Sen. Mattie Hunter

Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act and the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act. Provides that a person who, in good faith, seeks or obtains emergency medical assistance for someone experiencing an overdose or who is experiencing an overdose shall not be arrested, charged, or prosecuted for controlled substance manufacture, delivery, or possession with intent to manufacture or deliver or a possession violation of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, a drug paraphernalia violation, a methamphetamine delivery or possession violation, a drug-induced homicide violation, or an aggravated battery violation based on unlawfully delivering a controlled substance to another person and any user experiences great bodily harm or permanent disability as a result of the injection, inhalation, or ingestion of any amount of the controlled substance. Provides that these violations must not serve as the sole basis of a violation of parole, mandatory supervised release, probation or conditional discharge, a Department of Children and Family Services investigation, or any seizure of property under any State law authorizing civil forfeiture so long as the evidence for the violation was acquired as a result of the person seeking or obtaining emergency medical assistance in the event of an overdose. Provides that the limited immunity as relates to methamphetamine only applies to possession of less than 3 grams. Provides that nothing in these provisions are intended to interfere with or prevent the investigation, arrest, or prosecution of any person for the delivery or distribution of cannabis, methamphetamine, or other controlled substances, drug-induced homicide, or any other crime if the evidence of the violation is not acquired as a result of the person seeking or obtaining emergency medical assistance in the event of an overdose. Deletes provisions that the limited immunity only applies to Class 4 felony possession of a controlled, counterfeit, or look-alike substance or a controlled substance analog.

Creates the Reporting of Deaths in Custody Act. Provides that in any case in which a person dies while in the custody of: (1) any law enforcement agency, (2) a local or State correctional facility in the State, or (3) a peace officer or as a result of the peace officer's use of force, the law enforcement agency shall investigate and report the death in writing to the Attorney General, no later than 30 days after the date on which the person in custody or incarcerated died. Provides information that must be contained in the report. Provides that the report shall be a public record under the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that the Attorney General shall issue a public annual report tabulating and evaluating trends and information on deaths in custody. Provides that the family, next of kin, or any other person reasonably nominated by the decedent as an emergency contact shall be notified as soon as possible in a suitable manner giving an accurate factual account of the cause of death and circumstances surrounding the death in custody. Amends the Illinois Identification Card Act and the Unified Code of Corrections concerning reports the Secretary of State, Department of Juvenile Justice, and the Department of Corrections shall make to the General Assembly. Provides that the Secretary of State, Department of Juvenile Justice, and the Department of Corrections shall publish the reports on their respective websites.

Amends the Criminal and Traffic Assessment Act. Deletes language providing that one hour of public or community service shall be equivalent to $4 of assessment. Provides instead that the period of public service necessary to satisfy the assessment shall be set by the court, but in no event shall the hourly rate of the public or community service performed by the defendant be equivalent to less than $10 per hour. Deletes language providing that the performance of public or community service shall be a condition of probation, conditional discharge, or supervision and shall be in addition to the performance of any other period of public or community service ordered by the court or required by law. Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. In a provision regarding assessment waiver, removes language from the definition of "assessments" excluding assessments tied to violations of the Illinois Vehicle Code. Effective immediately.

Creates the Business Supply Chain Transparency for Slavery, Trafficking, and Child Labor Act. Provides that every retail seller and manufacturer doing business in the State and having annual worldwide gross receipts that exceed $100,000,000 shall disclose its efforts to eradicate slavery, human trafficking, and child labor from its direct supply chain for tangible goods offered for sale. Provides requirements and process for disclosures. Provides that the Department of Revenue shall make available to the Attorney General a list of retail sellers and manufacturers required to disclose efforts to eradicate slavery, human trafficking, and child labor pursuant to the Act. Provides that the list shall be based on tax returns filed for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2021 and shall be submitted annually to the Attorney General by November 30, 2021, and each November 30 thereafter. Provides that the list shall be derived from original tax returns received by the Department on or before December 31, 2020, and each December 31 thereafter. Effective January 1, 2021.

Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Creates the Office of Inclusion within the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to assist minority-owned businesses, women-owned businesses, veteran-owned businesses, and businesses owned by persons with disabilities. Provides that private institutions of higher education approved by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission for the purposes of the Monetary Award Program shall submit supplier diversity reports to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. Effective immediately.

Amends the School Code. In regards to punitive action against a truant minor, provides that a truant minor may not be removed from the attendance rolls until all appropriate and available services have been utilized to compel the student to return to school. Sets forth the measures a school district must take prior to the removal of the student from the attendance rolls. Sets forth the services the school district must provide to a student who is homeless or who has a documented disability prior to the removal of the student from the attendance rolls or prior to referring a person who has custody or control of the student to a municipality. Effective July 1, 2021.

Amends the Cannabis Control Act, the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act, and the Unified Code of Corrections. In provisions relating to probation for persons who have not been previously convicted of a felony offense, removes provisions requiring probation to be 24 months or at least 24 months and specified conditions of probation. Effective immediately.

Amends the School Code. Requires that every school district, charter school, alternative school, or any school receiving public funds develop an absenteeism and truancy policy to be communicated to students and their parent or guardian on an annual basis. Sets forth the minimum criteria that must be included in the policy. Requires each school to update and file the absenteeism and truancy policy with the State Board of Education every 2 years. Effective July 1, 2020.

Amends the Sex Offender Registration Act and the Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Registration Act. Provides that in a municipality having a population of over 2,000,000 inhabitants, the Superintendent of the Police Department shall designate not less than 4 police district offices as registration centers. Provides that if an offender who is required to register under the respective Acts resides, is employed at, or attends an institution of higher education in a municipality having a population of over 2,000,000 inhabitants, the offender shall register at any of the registration centers designated by the Superintendent (rather than in the City of Chicago, where the offender shall register at a fixed location designated by the Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department). Provides that a person who lacks a fixed residence must report not less than every 90 days (rather than weekly), in person, with the sheriff's office of the county in which he or she is located in an unincorporated area, or at any of the locations designated by the chief of police in the municipality in which he or she is located. Provides that if the person lacks a fixed address, he or she does not have to provide documentation of his or her registering address. Provides that the registering agency shall waive all registration fees if the person lacks a fixed address.

Amends the Criminal Identification Act concerning expungement. Provides for automatic expungement of law enforcement records, criminal history records, and court records of all persons whose arrest or charge not initiated by arrest resulted in release without charging or in acquittal, dismissal, or conviction when the conviction was reversed or vacated. Provides exceptions. Effective immediately.