Bill Title: Creates the Domestic Violence Fatality Review Act. Defines terms. Establishes findings and purposes of the Act. Creates the Ad Hoc Statewide Domestic Violence Fatality Review Committee of the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority Board, and provides for: membership; terms and vacancies of members; quorum; meetings; compensation; duties; and responsibilities. Allows a regional domestic violence fatality review team to be established within the boundaries of each judicial circuit, and provides for: membership; terms of members; vacancies; quorum; meetings; compensation; duties; and responsibilities. Adds provisions governing: cases eligible for review; confidentiality of regional review teams, information, and domestic violence fatality reviews; access to records and information; storage and destruction of confidential information; penalties for unlawful disclosure of confidential information; and immunity. Makes conforming changes in the Open Meetings Act and the Freedom of Information Act. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-7)

Status: (Passed) 2021-08-20 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0520 [SB0685 Detail]

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Bill Drafts

Revision	Date	Format	Source	View
Chaptered	2021-08-23	HTML/Text	Link	View
Enrolled	2021-06-03	HTML/Text	Link	View
Engrossed	2021-04-23	HTML/Text	Link	View
Introduced	2021-02-25	HTML/Text	Link	View

Amendments

Amendment	Date	Disposition	Format	Source	View
House Amendment 002	2021-05-24	Proposed	HTML/Text	Link	View
House Amendment 001	2021-05-10	Proposed	HTML/Text	Link	View

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