Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB0024 Compare Versions

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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB0024 Introduced 1/13/2025, by Sen. Michael E. Hastings SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: See Index Amends the Missing Persons Identification Act. Requires a law enforcement agency to attempt to obtain a biological sample from closely related family members of the missing person or a personal item of the missing person beginning 30 days after the date of the missing person report (rather than within 30 days after receipt of a report). Provides that a law enforcement agency may not establish or maintain a policy that requires the observance of a waiting period before accepting a missing person report. Modifies the circumstances under which a law enforcement agency may not refuse to accept a missing person report. Requires a law enforcement agency to notify a person responsible for the missing person's welfare, or other specified individuals, about specified efforts to locate a missing person. Provides that, if a person remains missing for 30 days after the date of report, the law enforcement agency shall immediately (rather than may) generate a report of the missing person within NamUs, and the law enforcement agency shall (rather than may) attempt to obtain specified information and materials that have not been received. Modifies the follow-up action required by a law enforcement agency after creation of a missing person report. Modifies the definition of "high-risk missing person". Upon receipt of a missing person report (rather than immediately), requires the responding local law enforcement agency to enter all collected information relating to the missing person case in the Law Enforcement Agencies Data System and the National Crime Information Center. Makes other changes to reporting requirements. Modifies requirements for submission of fingerprints from unidentified remains for analysis as well as other requirements relating identified human remains. Provides that an assisting law enforcement agency, a medical examiner, a coroner, or the Illinois State Police may not close an unidentified person case until the individual has been identified and must keep the case active. Requires the coroner, medical examiner, or assisting law enforcement agency (rather than the coroner or medical examiner) to obtain a biological (rather than DNA) sample from an individual whose remains are not identifiable, and modifies how the sample may be analyzed and labeled. Makes other changes. LRB104 06956 RTM 16993 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB0024 Introduced 1/13/2025, by Sen. Michael E. Hastings SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: See Index See Index Amends the Missing Persons Identification Act. Requires a law enforcement agency to attempt to obtain a biological sample from closely related family members of the missing person or a personal item of the missing person beginning 30 days after the date of the missing person report (rather than within 30 days after receipt of a report). Provides that a law enforcement agency may not establish or maintain a policy that requires the observance of a waiting period before accepting a missing person report. Modifies the circumstances under which a law enforcement agency may not refuse to accept a missing person report. Requires a law enforcement agency to notify a person responsible for the missing person's welfare, or other specified individuals, about specified efforts to locate a missing person. Provides that, if a person remains missing for 30 days after the date of report, the law enforcement agency shall immediately (rather than may) generate a report of the missing person within NamUs, and the law enforcement agency shall (rather than may) attempt to obtain specified information and materials that have not been received. Modifies the follow-up action required by a law enforcement agency after creation of a missing person report. Modifies the definition of "high-risk missing person". Upon receipt of a missing person report (rather than immediately), requires the responding local law enforcement agency to enter all collected information relating to the missing person case in the Law Enforcement Agencies Data System and the National Crime Information Center. Makes other changes to reporting requirements. Modifies requirements for submission of fingerprints from unidentified remains for analysis as well as other requirements relating identified human remains. Provides that an assisting law enforcement agency, a medical examiner, a coroner, or the Illinois State Police may not close an unidentified person case until the individual has been identified and must keep the case active. Requires the coroner, medical examiner, or assisting law enforcement agency (rather than the coroner or medical examiner) to obtain a biological (rather than DNA) sample from an individual whose remains are not identifiable, and modifies how the sample may be analyzed and labeled. Makes other changes. LRB104 06956 RTM 16993 b LRB104 06956 RTM 16993 b A BILL FOR
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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning government.
12	12	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
13	13	3 represented in the General Assembly:
14	14	4 Section 5. The Missing Persons Identification Act is
15	15	5 amended by changing Sections 5, 10, 20, and 25 as follows:
16	16	6 (50 ILCS 722/5)
17	17	7 Sec. 5. Missing person reports.
18	18	8 (a) Report acceptance. Law All law enforcement agencies
19	19	9 shall accept without delay any report of a missing person and
20	20	10 may attempt to obtain a DNA sample from the missing person or a
21	21	11 DNA reference sample created from family members' DNA samples
22	22	12 for submission under paragraph (1) of subsection (c) of
23	23	13 Section 10. Acceptance of a missing person report filed in
24	24	14 person may not be refused on any ground. A No law enforcement
25	25	15 agency may not establish or maintain a policy that requires
26	26	16 the observance of a waiting period before accepting a missing
27	27	17 person report, and it may not may refuse to accept a missing
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29	29	19 (1) on the basis that the missing person is an adult;
30	30	20 (2) on the basis that the circumstances do not
31	31	21 indicate foul play;
32	32	22 (3) on the basis that the person has been missing for a
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68	68	1 (4) on the basis that the person has been missing for a
69	69	2 long period of time;
70	70	3 (5) on the basis that there is no indication that the
71	71	4 missing person was in the jurisdiction served by the law
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73	73	6 (6) on the basis that the circumstances suggest that
74	74	7 the disappearance may be voluntary;
75	75	8 (7) (blank); on the basis that the reporting
76	76	9 individual does not have personal knowledge of the facts;
77	77	10 (8) on the basis that the reporting individual cannot
78	78	11 provide all of the information requested by the law
79	79	12 enforcement agency;
80	80	13 (9) on the basis that the reporting individual lacks a
81	81	14 familial or other relationship with the missing person; or
82	82	15 (9-5) on the basis of the missing person's mental
83	83	16 state or medical condition. ; or
84	84	17 (10) for any other reason.
85	85	18 (a-5) Multiple reports for same missing person. If the law
86	86	19 enforcement agency learns through investigation that a missing
87	87	20 person report has been filed by another law enforcement agency
88	88	21 for the same missing person and is under active investigation
89	89	22 by that agency and if a missing person entry is active in the
90	90	23 Law Enforcement Agencies Data System (LEADS) for the missing
91	91	24 person, then the law enforcement agency may not draft an
92	92	25 additional missing person report but shall draft an
93	93	26 informational report detailing the interview of the reporting
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104	104	1 individual. The informational report shall be forwarded
105	105	2 without delay to the original law enforcement agency handling
106	106	3 the missing person case.
107	107	4 (b) Manner of reporting. All law enforcement agencies
108	108	5 shall accept missing person reports in person. Law enforcement
109	109	6 agencies are encouraged to accept reports by phone or by
110	110	7 electronic or other media to the extent that such reporting is
111	111	8 consistent with law enforcement policies or practices.
112	112	9 (c) Contents of report. In accepting a report of a missing
113	113	10 person, the law enforcement agency shall attempt to gather
114	114	11 relevant information relating to the disappearance. The law
115	115	12 enforcement agency shall attempt to gather at the time of the
116	116	13 report information that shall include, but shall not be
117	117	14 limited to, the following:
118	118	15 (1) the name of the missing person, including
119	119	16 alternative names used;
120	120	17 (2) the missing person's date of birth;
121	121	18 (3) the missing person's identifying marks, such as
122	122	19 birthmarks, moles, tattoos, and scars;
123	123	20 (4) the missing person's height and weight;
124	124	21 (5) the missing person's gender;
125	125	22 (6) the missing person's race;
126	126	23 (7) the missing person's current hair color and true
127	127	24 or natural hair color;
128	128	25 (8) the missing person's eye color;
129	129	26 (9) the missing person's prosthetics, surgical
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140	140	1 implants, or cosmetic implants;
141	141	2 (10) the missing person's physical anomalies;
142	142	3 (11) the missing person's blood type, if known;
143	143	4 (12) the missing person's driver's license number, if
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145	145	6 (13) the missing person's social security number, if
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147	147	8 (14) a photograph of the missing person; recent
148	148	9 photographs are preferable and the agency is encouraged to
149	149	10 attempt to ascertain the approximate date the photograph
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151	151	12 (15) a description of the clothing the missing person
152	152	13 was believed to be wearing;
153	153	14 (16) a description of items that might be with the
154	154	15 missing person, such as jewelry, accessories, and shoes or
155	155	16 boots;
156	156	17 (17) information on the missing person's electronic
157	157	18 communications devices, such as cellular telephone numbers
158	158	19 and e-mail addresses;
159	159	20 (18) the reasons why the reporting individual believes
160	160	21 that the person is missing;
161	161	22 (19) the name and location of the missing person's
162	162	23 school or employer, if known;
163	163	24 (20) the name and location of the missing person's
164	164	25 dentist or primary care physician or provider, or both, if
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176	176	1 (21) any circumstances that may indicate that the
177	177	2 disappearance was not voluntary;
178	178	3 (22) any circumstances that may indicate that the
179	179	4 missing person may be at risk of injury or death;
180	180	5 (23) a description of the possible means of
181	181	6 transportation of the missing person, including make,
182	182	7 model, color, license number, and Vehicle Identification
183	183	8 Number of a vehicle;
184	184	9 (24) any identifying information about a known or
185	185	10 possible abductor or person last seen with the missing
186	186	11 person, or both, including:
187	187	12 (A) name;
188	188	13 (B) a physical description;
189	189	14 (C) date of birth;
190	190	15 (D) identifying marks;
191	191	16 (E) the description of possible means of
192	192	17 transportation, including make, model, color, license
193	193	18 number, and Vehicle Identification Number of a
194	194	19 vehicle;
195	195	20 (F) known associates;
196	196	21 (25) any other information that may aid in locating
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198	198	23 (26) the date of last contact.
199	199	24 (d) Notification and follow up action.
200	200	25 (1) Notification. The law enforcement agency shall
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212	212	1 person responsible for the missing person's welfare, or
213	213	2 other person in a position to assist the law enforcement
214	214	3 agency in its efforts to locate the missing person of the
215	215	4 following:
216	216	5 (A) general information about the handling of the
217	217	6 missing person case or about intended efforts in the
218	218	7 case to the extent that the law enforcement agency
219	219	8 determines that disclosure would not adversely affect
220	220	9 its ability to locate or protect the missing person or
221	221	10 to apprehend or prosecute any person criminally
222	222	11 involved in the disappearance;
223	223	12 (B) that the person should promptly contact the
224	224	13 law enforcement agency if the missing person remains
225	225	14 missing in order to provide additional information and
226	226	15 materials that will aid in locating the missing person
227	227	16 such as the missing person's credit cards, debit
228	228	17 cards, banking information, and cellular telephone
229	229	18 records; and
230	230	19 (C) that any DNA samples provided for the missing
231	231	20 person case are provided on a voluntary basis and will
232	232	21 be used solely to help locate or identify the missing
233	233	22 person and will not be used for any other purpose.
234	234	23 The law enforcement agency, upon acceptance of a
235	235	24 missing person report, shall inform the reporting citizen
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248	248	1 contact information for the National Center for Missing
249	249	2 and Exploited Children shall be given. If the missing
250	250	3 person is age 18 or older, contact information for the
251	251	4 National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
252	252	5 organization shall be given.
253	253	6 The law enforcement agency is encouraged to make
254	254	7 available informational materials, through publications or
255	255	8 electronic or other media, that advise the public about
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259	259	12 (2) Follow up action. If the person identified in the
260	260	13 missing person report remains missing for after 30 days
261	261	14 after the date of the report, but not more than 60 days,
262	262	15 the law enforcement agency shall immediately may generate
263	263	16 a report of the missing person within the National Missing
264	264	17 and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs), and the law
265	265	18 enforcement agency shall may attempt to obtain all of the
266	266	19 following the additional information and materials that
267	267	20 have not been received, specified below:
268	268	21 (A) Additional photographs of the missing person
269	269	22 that may aid the investigation or identification of an
270	270	23 unidentified person, including photographs of the
271	271	24 missing person's scars, marks, and tattoos. All
272	272	25 photographs collected by law enforcement of the
273	273	26 missing person shall be added the National Missing and
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284	284	1 Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) record. The law
285	285	2 enforcement agency is not required to obtain written
286	286	3 authorization before it releases publicly a photograph
287	287	4 that would aid in the investigation or location of the
288	288	5 missing person. DNA samples from family members or
289	289	6 from the missing person along with any needed
290	290	7 documentation, or both, including any consent forms,
291	291	8 required for the use of State or federal DNA
292	292	9 databases, including, but not limited to, the Local
293	293	10 DNA Index System (LDIS), State DNA Index System
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297	297	14 (B) Fingerprint records of the missing person from
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299	299	16 database, if available. The missing person's
300	300	17 fingerprint record shall be added to the missing
301	301	18 person entry in the Law Enforcement Agencies Data
302	302	19 System (LEADS) and the National Missing and
303	303	20 Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) on the 30th day
304	304	21 after the date of the report. The fingerprint records
305	305	22 may be used for direct comparison to the fingerprint
306	306	23 records of unidentified persons only. an authorization
307	307	24 to release dental or skeletal x-rays of the missing
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309	309	26 (C) An authorization to release dental or skeletal
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320	320	1 radiographs of the missing person. any additional
321	321	2 photographs of the missing person that may aid the
322	322	3 investigation or an identification; the law
323	323	4 enforcement agency is not required to obtain written
324	324	5 authorization before it releases publicly any
325	325	6 photograph that would aid in the investigation or
326	326	7 identification of the missing person;
327	327	8 (D) Dental charts and radiographs of the missing
328	328	9 person, if available. The missing person's dental
329	329	10 record shall be added to the missing person entry in
330	330	11 the Law Enforcement Agencies Data System (LEADS) and
331	331	12 the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System
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333	333	14 dental records may be used only for direct comparison
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336	336	17 (E) Biological samples from closely related family
337	337	18 members of the missing person or biological samples
338	338	19 from personal items of the missing person, along with
339	339	20 any consent forms, required for the entry of a DNA
340	340	21 profile in the Combined DNA Index System, including,
341	341	22 but not limited to, the Local DNA Index System (LDIS),
342	342	23 State DNA Index System (SDIS), and National DNA Index
343	343	24 System (NDIS) fingerprints.
344	344	25 (3) Biological samples Samples collected for DNA
345	345	26 analysis shall may be submitted to a National Missing and
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356	356	1 Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) partner laboratory or
357	357	2 other accredited laboratory resource where DNA profiles
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359	359	4 Systems within 90 60 days from the date of the report. The
360	360	5 Illinois State Police laboratories shall establish
361	361	6 procedures for determining how to prioritize analysis of
362	362	7 the samples relating to missing person cases. All
363	363	8 biological DNA samples and subsequent DNA profiles
364	364	9 obtained in missing person cases from family members of
365	365	10 the missing person or personal items of the missing person
366	366	11 may not be retained after the location or identification
367	367	12 of the remains of the missing person unless there is a
368	368	13 search warrant signed by a court of competent
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370	370	15 (4) This subsection shall not be interpreted to
371	371	16 preclude a law enforcement agency from attempting to
372	372	17 obtain the materials identified in this subsection before
373	373	18 the expiration of the specified periods. 30-day period.
374	374	19 The responsible law enforcement agency may make a National
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376	376	21 the missing person within 60 days after the report of the
377	377	22 disappearance of the missing person.
378	378	23 (5) Law enforcement agencies are encouraged to
379	379	24 establish written protocols for the handling of missing
380	380	25 person cases to accomplish the purposes of this Act. Law
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392	392	1 until the missing person has returned or been located,
393	393	2 either alive or deceased. Law enforcement agencies shall
394	394	3 keep cases under active investigation until the person is
395	395	4 located or returned. Reasons for closing a missing person
396	396	5 case may not include exhaustion of leads or termination of
397	397	6 the anticipated life span of the missing person.
398	398	7 (Source: P.A. 101-266, eff. 1-1-21; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)
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400	400	9 Sec. 10. Law enforcement analysis and reporting of missing
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402	402	11 (a) Prompt determination and definition of a high-risk
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404	404	13 (1) Definition. "High-risk missing person" means a
405	405	14 person whose whereabouts are not currently known and whose
406	406	15 circumstances indicate that the person may be at risk of
407	407	16 injury or death. The circumstances that indicate that a
408	408	17 person is a high-risk missing person include, but are not
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410	410	19 (A) the person is missing as a result of a stranger
411	411	20 abduction;
412	412	21 (B) the person is missing under suspicious
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414	414	23 (C) the person is missing under unknown
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427	427	1 circumstances;
428	428	2 (E) the person is missing more than 30 days;
429	429	3 (F) the person has already been designated as a
430	430	4 high-risk missing person by another law enforcement
431	431	5 agency;
432	432	6 (G) there is evidence that the person is at risk
433	433	7 because:
434	434	8 (i) the person is in need of medical
435	435	9 attention, including but not limited to persons
436	436	10 with dementia-like symptoms, or prescription
437	437	11 medication;
438	438	12 (ii) the person does not have a pattern of
439	439	13 running away or disappearing;
440	440	14 (iii) the person may have been abducted by a
441	441	15 non-custodial parent;
442	442	16 (iv) the person is mentally impaired,
443	443	17 including, but not limited to, a person having a
444	444	18 developmental disability, as defined in Section
445	445	19 1-106 of the Mental Health and Developmental
446	446	20 Disabilities Code, or a person having an
447	447	21 intellectual disability, as defined in Section
448	448	22 1-116 of the Mental Health and Developmental
449	449	23 Disabilities Code;
450	450	24 (v) the person is under the age of 21;
451	451	25 (vi) the person has been the subject of past
452	452	26 threats or acts of violence;
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463	463	1 (vii) the person has gone missing eloped from
464	464	2 a facility licensed under the Nursing Home Care
465	465	3 Act nursing home;
466	466	4 (G-5) the person is a veteran or active duty
467	467	5 member of the United States Armed Forces, the National
468	468	6 Guard, or any reserve component of the United States
469	469	7 Armed Forces who is believed to have a physical or
470	470	8 mental health condition that is related to his or her
471	471	9 service; or
472	472	10 (H) any other factor that may, in the judgment of
473	473	11 the law enforcement official, indicate that the
474	474	12 missing person may be at risk.
475	475	13 (b) Law enforcement risk assessment.
476	476	14 (1) Upon initial receipt of a missing person report,
477	477	15 the law enforcement agency shall immediately determine
478	478	16 whether there is a basis to determine that the missing
479	479	17 person is a high-risk missing person.
480	480	18 (2) If a law enforcement agency has previously
481	481	19 determined that a missing person is not a high-risk
482	482	20 missing person, but obtains new information, it shall
483	483	21 immediately determine whether the information indicates
484	484	22 that the missing person is a high-risk missing person.
485	485	23 (3) Law enforcement agencies are encouraged to
486	486	24 establish written protocols for the handling of missing
487	487	25 person cases to accomplish the purposes of this Act.
488	488	26 (c) Law enforcement reporting.
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499	499	1 (1) Upon receipt of a missing person report, the The
500	500	2 responding local law enforcement agency shall immediately
501	501	3 enter all collected information relating to the missing
502	502	4 person case in the Law Enforcement Agencies Data System
503	503	5 (LEADS) and the National Crime Information Center (NCIC).
504	504	6 The database entries shall remain on file indefinitely or
505	505	7 until action is taken by the originating agency to clear
506	506	8 or cancel the record. In addition, if the missing person
507	507	9 remains missing for 30 days from the date of report, the
508	508	10 law enforcement agency shall immediately generate a report
509	509	11 of the missing person within the National Missing and
510	510	12 Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) as required under
511	511	13 paragraph (2) of subsection (d) of Section 5 databases and
512	512	14 the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System
513	513	15 (NamUs) within 45 days after the receipt of the report, or
514	514	16 in the case of a high risk missing person, within 30 days
515	515	17 after the receipt of the report. If the DNA sample
516	516	18 submission is to a National Missing and Unidentified
517	517	19 Persons System (NamUs) partner laboratory, the DNA profile
518	518	20 may be uploaded by the partner laboratory to the National
519	519	21 DNA Index System (NDIS). A packet submission of all
520	520	22 relevant reports and DNA samples may be sent to the
521	521	23 National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
522	522	24 within 30 days for any high-risk missing person cases. The
523	523	25 information shall be provided in accordance with
524	524	26 applicable guidelines relating to the databases. The
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535	535	1 information shall be entered as follows:
536	536	2 (A) If Illinois State Police laboratories are
537	537	3 utilized in lieu of National Missing and Unidentified
538	538	4 Persons System (NamUs) partner laboratories, all
539	539	5 appropriate DNA profiles, as determined by the
540	540	6 Illinois State Police, shall be uploaded into the
541	541	7 appropriate index missing person databases of the
542	542	8 State DNA Index System (SDIS) and National DNA Index
543	543	9 System (NDIS) after completion of the DNA analysis and
544	544	10 other procedures required for database entry. The
545	545	11 responding local law enforcement agency may submit any
546	546	12 DNA samples voluntarily obtained from family members
547	547	13 to a National Missing and Unidentified Persons System
548	548	14 (NamUs) partner laboratory for DNA analysis within 90
549	549	15 30 days. A notation of DNA submission may be made
550	550	16 within the National Missing and Unidentified Persons
551	551	17 System (NamUs) record.
552	552	18 (B) If the missing person remains missing for 30
553	553	19 days from the date of report and if reporting
554	554	20 requirements for entry into Information relevant to
555	555	21 the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Violent Criminal
556	556	22 Apprehension Program are met, the law enforcement
557	557	23 agency shall enter the missing person case into the
558	558	24 Federal Bureau of Investigation's Violent Criminal
559	559	25 Apprehension Program database be entered as soon as
560	560	26 possible.
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571	571	1 (C) The Illinois State Police shall ensure that
572	572	2 persons entering data relating to medical or dental
573	573	3 records in State or federal databases are specifically
574	574	4 trained to understand and correctly enter the
575	575	5 information sought by these databases. The Illinois
576	576	6 State Police shall either use a person with specific
577	577	7 expertise in medical or dental records for this
578	578	8 purpose or consult with a chief medical examiner,
579	579	9 forensic anthropologist, or odontologist to ensure the
580	580	10 accuracy and completeness of information entered into
581	581	11 the State and federal databases.
582	582	12 (2) The Illinois State Police shall immediately notify
583	583	13 all law enforcement agencies within this State and the
584	584	14 surrounding region of the information that will aid in the
585	585	15 prompt location and safe return of the high-risk missing
586	586	16 person.
587	587	17 (3) The local law enforcement agencies that receive
588	588	18 the notification from the Illinois State Police shall
589	589	19 notify officers to be on the lookout for the missing
590	590	20 person or a suspected abductor.
591	591	21 (4) Pursuant to any applicable State criteria, local
592	592	22 law enforcement agencies shall also provide for the prompt
593	593	23 use of an Amber Alert in cases involving abducted
594	594	24 children; or use of the Endangered Missing Person Advisory
595	595	25 in appropriate high-risk missing person high risk cases.
596	596	26 (Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 101-266, eff. 1-1-21;
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607	607	1 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)
608	608	2 (50 ILCS 722/20)
609	609	3 Sec. 20. Unidentified persons or human remains
610	610	4 identification responsibilities.
611	611	5 (a) In this Section, "assisting law enforcement agency"
612	612	6 means a law enforcement agency with jurisdiction acting under
613	613	7 the request and direction of the medical examiner or coroner
614	614	8 to assist with human remains identification.
615	615	9 (a-5) If the official with custody of the human remains is
616	616	10 not a coroner or medical examiner, the official shall
617	617	11 immediately notify the coroner or medical examiner of the
618	618	12 county in which the remains were found. The coroner or medical
619	619	13 examiner shall go to the scene and take charge of the remains.
620	620	14 (b) Notwithstanding any other action deemed appropriate
621	621	15 for the handling of the human remains, the assisting law
622	622	16 enforcement agency, medical examiner, or coroner shall make
623	623	17 reasonable attempts to promptly identify human remains. This
624	624	18 does not include historic or prehistoric skeletal remains.
625	625	19 These actions shall include, but are not limited to, obtaining
626	626	20 the following when possible:
627	627	21 (1) photographs of the human remains (prior to an
628	628	22 autopsy);
629	629	23 (2) dental and skeletal radiographs X-rays;
630	630	24 (3) photographs of items found on or with the human
631	631	25 remains;
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642	642	1 (4) fingerprints from the remains;
643	643	2 (5) tissue samples suitable for DNA analysis;
644	644	3 (6) (blank); and
645	645	4 (7) any other information that may support
646	646	5 identification efforts.
647	647	6 (c) No medical examiner or coroner or any other person
648	648	7 shall dispose of, or engage in actions that will materially
649	649	8 affect the unidentified human remains before the assisting law
650	650	9 enforcement agency, medical examiner, or coroner obtains items
651	651	10 essential for human identification efforts listed in
652	652	11 subsection (b) of this Section.
653	653	12 (d) Cremation of unidentified human remains is prohibited.
654	654	13 (e) (Blank).
655	655	14 (f) The assisting law enforcement agency, medical
656	656	15 examiner, or coroner shall seek support from appropriate State
657	657	16 and federal agencies, including National Missing and
658	658	17 Unidentified Persons System resources to facilitate prompt
659	659	18 identification of human remains. This support may include, but
660	660	19 is not limited to, fingerprint comparison; forensic
661	661	20 odontology; nuclear or mitochondrial DNA analysis, or both;
662	662	21 and forensic anthropology.
663	663	22 (f-5) In this subsection, "local, State, and federal
664	664	23 automated fingerprint identification system databases"
665	665	24 includes:
666	666	25 (1) local criminal history repositories;
667	667	26 (2) the Illinois State Police Automated Biometric
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678	678	1 Identification System (ABIS), both criminal and civil, and
679	679	2 any successor databases; and
680	680	3 (3) the Next Generation Integrated Automated
681	681	4 Fingerprint Identification System (NGI) and other federal
682	682	5 fingerprint databases, including immigration and military
683	683	6 databases and the Repository for Individuals of Special
684	684	7 Concern (RISC), and any successor databases.
685	685	8 It is the responsibility of the submitting agency to
686	686	9 ensure the following steps are completed in the following
687	687	10 order:
688	688	11 (1) Fingerprints from unidentified human remains,
689	689	12 including partial prints, shall be submitted for analysis
690	690	13 within 7 days of recovery of the remains by the assisting
691	691	14 law enforcement agency, medical examiner, or coroner to
692	692	15 all local, State, and federal automated fingerprint
693	693	16 identification system databases.
694	694	17 (2) The submitting agency shall ensure fingerprints
695	695	18 are appropriately searched for identification purposes.
696	696	19 If there are no matches in any of the local, State, and
697	697	20 federal automated fingerprint identification system databases,
698	698	21 the unidentified fingerprint records shall be uploaded to the
699	699	22 National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) on
700	700	23 the 30th day after recovery of the remains. If no matches are
701	701	24 made in the local, State, and federal automated fingerprint
702	702	25 identification system databases, the submitting agency may
703	703	26 contact the International Criminal Police Organization
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714	714	1 (INTERPOL) to search through the automated fingerprint
715	715	2 identification system databases of member countries if remains
716	716	3 are believed to have an international nexus. If the
717	717	4 fingerprint analysis does not aid in the identification of the
718	718	5 remains, then the assisting law enforcement agency, coroner,
719	719	6 or medical examiner shall cause a dental examination to be
720	720	7 performed by a forensic odontologist within 45 days of
721	721	8 recovery of the remains for the purpose of dental charting,
722	722	9 direct comparison to missing person dental records, and
723	723	10 uploading to the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) and
724	724	11 National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs). If
725	725	12 the fingerprint and dental analysis does not aid in the
726	726	13 identification of the remains, then blood, tissue, or bone
727	727	14 samples from the unidentified remains shall be submitted for
728	728	15 DNA analysis within 90 days of the recovery of the remains to a
729	729	16 National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
730	730	17 partner laboratory or other accredited laboratory where DNA
731	731	18 profiles are entered into the National DNA Index System upon
732	732	19 completion of testing. In the case of markedly decomposed or
733	733	20 skeletal remains, a forensic anthropological analysis of the
734	734	21 remains shall also be performed within 30 days from the
735	735	22 recovery of the remains.
736	736	23 Fingerprints from the unidentified remains, including
737	737	24 partial prints, shall be submitted to the Illinois State
738	738	25 Police or other resource for the purpose of attempting to
739	739	26 identify the deceased. The coroner or medical examiner shall
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750	750	1 cause a dental examination to be performed by a forensic
751	751	2 odontologist for the purpose of dental charting, comparison to
752	752	3 missing person records, or both. Tissue samples collected for
753	753	4 DNA analysis shall be submitted within 30 days of the recovery
754	754	5 of the remains to a National Missing and Unidentified Persons
755	755	6 System partner laboratory or other resource where DNA profiles
756	756	7 are entered into the National DNA Index System upon completion
757	757	8 of testing. Forensic anthropological analysis of the remains
758	758	9 shall also be considered.
759	759	10 (g) (Blank).
760	760	11 (g-2) The medical examiner or coroner shall report the
761	761	12 unidentified human remains and the location where the remains
762	762	13 were found to the Illinois State Police within 24 hours of
763	763	14 discovery and then to the Federal Bureau of Investigation
764	764	15 within 72 hours of discovery if the remains are not identified
765	765	16 as mandated by Section 15 of this Act. The assisting law
766	766	17 enforcement agency, medical examiner, or coroner shall contact
767	767	18 the Illinois State Police to request the creation of a
768	768	19 National Crime Information Center Unidentified Person record
769	769	20 within 5 days of the discovery of the remains. In the case of
770	770	21 markedly decomposed or skeletal remains, the creation of a
771	771	22 National Crime Information Center (NCIC) Unidentified Person
772	772	23 File shall be made upon receipt of the anthropological
773	773	24 analysis report. The assisting law enforcement agency, medical
774	774	25 examiner, or coroner shall provide the Illinois State Police
775	775	26 all information required for National Crime Information Center
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786	786	1 entry. Upon notification, the Illinois State Police shall
787	787	2 create the Unidentified Person record without unnecessary
788	788	3 delay.
789	789	4 (g-5) The assisting law enforcement agency, medical
790	790	5 examiner, or coroner shall obtain a National Crime Information
791	791	6 Center number from the Illinois State Police to verify entry
792	792	7 and maintain this number within the unidentified human remains
793	793	8 case file. A National Crime Information Center Unidentified
794	794	9 Person record shall remain on file indefinitely or until
795	795	10 action is taken by the originating agency to clear or cancel
796	796	11 the record. The assisting law enforcement agency, medical
797	797	12 examiner, or coroner shall notify the Illinois State Police of
798	798	13 necessary record modifications or cancellation if
799	799	14 identification is made.
800	800	15 (h) (Blank).
801	801	16 (h-5) The assisting law enforcement agency, medical
802	802	17 examiner, or coroner shall create an unidentified person
803	803	18 record in the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System
804	804	19 prior to the submission of samples and on the 30th day after or
805	805	20 within 30 days of the discovery of the remains, if no
806	806	21 identification has been made. The entry shall include all
807	807	22 available case information, including fingerprint data and
808	808	23 dental radiographs and charts. Samples shall be submitted to a
809	809	24 National Missing and Unidentified Persons System partner
810	810	25 laboratory for DNA analysis within 30 Days. A notation of DNA
811	811	26 submission shall be made within the National Missing and
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822	822	1 Unidentified Persons System Unidentified Person record.
823	823	2 (i) Nothing in this Act shall be interpreted to preclude
824	824	3 any assisting law enforcement agency, medical examiner,
825	825	4 coroner, or the Illinois State Police from pursuing other
826	826	5 efforts to identify human remains including efforts to
827	827	6 publicize information, descriptions, or photographs related to
828	828	7 the investigation. An assisting law enforcement agency, a
829	829	8 medical examiner, a coroner, or the Illinois State Police may
830	830	9 not close an unidentified person case until the individual has
831	831	10 been identified. Law enforcement agencies, medical examiners,
832	832	11 and coroners shall keep such cases under active investigation
833	833	12 until the person is identified. Reasons for closing an
834	834	13 unidentified person case may not include exhaustion of leads
835	835	14 or termination of the anticipated life span of the missing
836	836	15 person's next of kin.
837	837	16 (j) For historic or prehistoric human skeletal remains
838	838	17 determined by an anthropologist to be older than 100 years,
839	839	18 jurisdiction shall be transferred to the Department of Natural
840	840	19 Resources for further investigation under the Archaeological
841	841	20 and Paleontological Resources Protection Act.
842	842	21 (Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21;
843	843	22 102-869, eff. 1-1-23.)
844	844	23 (50 ILCS 722/25)
845	845	24 Sec. 25. Unidentified deceased persons. The coroner, or
846	846	25 medical examiner, or assisting law enforcement agency shall
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857	857	1 obtain a biological DNA sample from any individual whose
858	858	2 remains are not identifiable. The biological DNA sample shall
859	859	3 be forwarded to a National Missing and Unidentified Persons
860	860	4 System partner laboratory or other accredited laboratory where
861	861	5 DNA profiles are entered into resource for analysis and
862	862	6 inclusion in the National DNA Index System.
863	863	7 Prior to the burial or interment of any unknown
864	864	8 individual's remains or any unknown individual's body part,
865	865	9 the medical examiner or coroner in possession of the remains
866	866	10 or body part must assign a case DNA log number to the unknown
867	867	11 individual or body part. The medical examiner or coroner shall
868	868	12 place a stainless-steel tag that is stamped or inscribed with
869	869	13 the assigned case DNA log number on the individual or body part
870	870	14 and on the outside of the burial container. The DNA log number
871	871	15 shall be stamped on the unidentified individual's toe tag, if
872	872	16 possible.
873	873	17 (Source: P.A. 100-901, eff. 1-1-19.)
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