HB 5495

Abstract

Amends the Seizure and Forfeiture Reporting Act. Removes provisions about the State Police Asset Forfeiture Section. Amends the State Finance Act. Changes the name of the State Police Revocation Enforcement Fund to the State Police Firearm Enforcement Fund (and makes conforming changes within the Act, the Illinois State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, and the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act). Provides that the balance remaining in the State Police Training and Academy Fund shall be transferred to the State Police Law Enforcement Administration Fund, and dissolves the State Police Training and Academy Fund (amends the Illinois Vehicle Hijacking and Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention and Insurance Verification Act and the Illinois Insurance Code to make conforming changes). Makes changes concerning the uses of the State Police Law Enforcement Administration Fund. Amends the School Code. Includes provisions relating to reporting of verified incidents involving a firearm or drugs to the State Board of Education, the State Board of Education reporting data by school district on its website, and local law enforcement reporting specified data from the previous year to the Illinois State Police's Illinois Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Amends the Illinois Gambling Act. Makes changes regarding applying for licensure and Fingerprinting. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012 and the Drug Asset Forfeiture Procedure Act. In provisions concerning non-judicial forfeiture, provides that the director or the director's designee (instead of just the director) shall dispose of property forfeited in accordance with law. Amends the Arsonist Registration Act. Changes the short title of the Act to the Arsonist Registry Act. Eliminates registration of arsonists (makes conforming changes in the Criminal Identification Act, the Unified Code of Corrections, and the Code of Civil Procedure). Provides that the Illinois State Police shall establish and maintain a Statewide Arsonist Database for the purpose of identifying arsonists and making that information available to law enforcement and the general public. Contains requirements for operation of the Database. Effective July 1, 2024. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adds reference to: 20 ILCS 2605/2605-35 was 20 ILCS 2605/55a-3 20 ILCS 2605/2605-40 was 20 ILCS 2605/55a-4 20 ILCS 2605/2605-615 20 ILCS 2610/40.1 20 ILCS 2620/9 from Ch. 127, par. 55l Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Further amends the Illinois State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Division of Criminal Investigation shall cooperate and liaise with all federal law enforcement and other partners on criminal investigations, intelligence, information sharing, and national security planning and response. Provides that the Division of Forensic Services shall examine digital evidence. In provisions relating to the Illinois Forensic Science Commission, changes references to forensic laboratory to ISO 17025 accredited forensic laboratory. Amends the Illinois State Police Act. Provides that the Illinois State Police Academy shall maintain and store training records for Illinois State Police officers. Amends the Narcotic Control Division Abolition Act. Provides that the Director of the Illinois State Police shall make the results obtained in the enforcement of the Act available on the Illinois State Police website and may make such other information and recommendations to the Governor annually as the Director deems proper (rather than report the results obtained in the enforcement of the Act, in an annual report to the Governor, together with such other information and recommendations as the Director deems proper). In the State Finance Act: repeals provisions creating the State Police Training and Academy Fund on July 1, 2025 (rather than January 1, 2025); in provisions relating to the State Police Law Enforcement Administration Fund, provides that the primary purpose of the Fund shall be to finance State Police cadet classes (rather than to finance State Police cadet classes in May and October of every year); and changes the date remaining moneys shall be transferred from the State Police Training and Academy Fund to the State Police Law Enforcement Administration Fund from July 1, 2024 to July 1, 2025, and repeals the provisions relating to the State Police Training and Academy Fund on January 1, 2026 (rather than January 1, 2025). In the Arsonist Registration Act, provides that the Statewide Arsonist Database shall contain information relating to each arsonist for a period of 10 years after conviction for an arson offense and the Illinois State Police must have the Statewide Arsonist Database created and ready to comply with the requirements of the provisions no later than July 1, 2025. In various Acts, adds references to the Arsonist Registry Act where references to the Arsonist Registration Act are stricken. Effective July 1, 2024. House Committee Amendment No. 2 Deletes reference to: 730 ILCS 148/15 Adds reference to: 730 ILCS 148/15 rep. In the Arsonist Registration Act, repeals provisions relating to discharge of an arsonist from a penal institution (rather than changing the provisions to require the forwarding of specified conviction information to the Illinois State Police by a circuit clerk or the Director of Corrections).