Bill Text: IL HB4295 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Task Force on Missing and Murdered Chicago Women Act. Provides that 2 officers of the Chicago Police Department shall be nominated by the Chicago Police Superintendent or the Superintendent's designee to the Task Force on Missing and Murdered Chicago Women. Makes technical changes.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)

Status: (Failed) 2025-01-07 - Session Sine Die [HB4295 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB4295-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4295 Introduced , by Rep. Sonya M. Harper SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
50 ILCS 722/13 new
230 ILCS 40/15
Amends the Missing Persons Identification Act. Defines "Ebony Alert" as a notification system designed to issue and coordinate alerts with respect to Black youth, including young women and girls, who are reported missing under unexplained or suspicious circumstances, who are reported missing and are at risk, who are reported missing and are developmentally disabled or cognitively impaired, or who have been abducted. Provides for procedures for law enforcement agencies to request activation of an Ebony Alert by the Illinois State Police if the law enforcement agency determines that an Ebony Alert would be an effective tool in the investigation of missing or abducted Black youth, including listing factors for the agency to consider. Allows use of a changeable message sign under specified circumstances. Provides that radio, television, cable, satellite, and social media systems are encouraged, but not required, to cooperate with disseminating the Ebony Alert or the information contained in an Ebony Alert. Amends the Video Gaming Act. Provides that the Illinois Gaming Board, in its discretion, may require video gaming terminals to display Amber Alert and Ebony Alert (rather than only Amber Alert) messages if the Board makes a finding that it would be economically and technically feasible and pose no risk to the integrity and security of the central communications system and video gaming terminals.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Missing Persons Identification Act is
amended by adding Section 13 as follows:
(50 ILCS 722/13 new)
Sec. 13. Ebony Alerts.
(a) As used in this Section, "Ebony Alert" means a
notification system, activated under subsection (b), designed
to issue and coordinate alerts with respect to Black youth,
including young women and girls, who are reported missing
under unexplained or suspicious circumstances, who are
reported missing and are at risk, who are reported missing and
are developmentally disabled or cognitively impaired, or who
have been abducted.
(b) If a person is reported missing or abducted to a law
enforcement agency and that agency determines that factors
considered under subsection (f) justify an Ebony Alert, the
law enforcement agency may request the Illinois State Police
to activate an Ebony Alert in a system created and maintained
by the Illinois State Police. If the Director of the Illinois
State Police, or an individual or division designated by the
Director, concurs that the factors considered under subsection

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(f) justify an Ebony Alert, the Illinois State Police may
activate an Ebony Alert within the appropriate geographical
area requested by the investigating law enforcement agency.
(c) Radio, television, cable, satellite, and social media
systems are encouraged, but not required, to cooperate with
disseminating the Ebony Alert or the information contained in
an Ebony Alert.
(d) Upon activation of an Ebony Alert, the Illinois State
Police may assist the investigating law enforcement agency by
issuing other alerts, an electronic flyer, or changeable
message signs in compliance with subsection (e).
(e) Upon activation of an Ebony Alert, the Illinois State
Police may use a changeable message sign if both of the
following conditions are met:
(1) a law enforcement agency determines that a vehicle
may be involved in the missing person incident; and
(2) specific identifying information about the vehicle
is available for public dissemination.
(f) A law enforcement agency may request that an Ebony
Alert be activated if that agency determines that an Ebony
Alert would be an effective tool in the investigation of
missing or abducted Black youth, including young women or
girls. The law enforcement agency may consider the following
factors to make that determination:
(1) The missing person is age 12 to 25 years of age.
(2) The missing person suffers from a mental or

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physical disability.
(3) The person is missing under circumstances that
indicate any of the following:
(A) The missing person's physical safety may be
endangered. The missing person's physical safety is
presumed to be endangered, unless there is evidence to
the contrary, if the person is 18 or under.
(B) The missing person may be subject to
trafficking.
(4) The person has gone missing under unexplained or
suspicious circumstances.
(5) The person is in danger because of age, health,
mental or physical disability, or environment or weather
conditions, that the person is in the company of a
potentially dangerous person, or that there are other
factors indicating that the person may be in peril.
(6) If the investigating law enforcement agency has
utilized available local resources.
(7) If there is information available that, if
disseminated to the public, could assist in the safe
recovery of the missing person.
Section 10. The Video Gaming Act is amended by changing
Section 15 as follows:
(230 ILCS 40/15)

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Sec. 15. Minimum requirements for licensing and
registration. Every video gaming terminal offered for play
shall first be tested and approved pursuant to the rules of the
Board, and each video gaming terminal offered in this State
for play shall conform to an approved model. For the
examination of video gaming machines and associated equipment
as required by this Section, the Board shall utilize the
services of independent outside testing laboratories that have
been accredited in accordance with ISO/IEC 17025 by an
accreditation body that is a signatory to the International
Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation Mutual Recognition
Agreement signifying they are qualified to perform such
examinations. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the
Board shall consider the licensing of independent outside
testing laboratory applicants in accordance with procedures
established by the Board by rule. The Board shall not withhold
its approval of an independent outside testing laboratory
license applicant that has been accredited as required by this
Section and is licensed in gaming jurisdictions comparable to
Illinois. Upon the finalization of required rules, the Board
shall license independent testing laboratories and accept the
test reports of any licensed testing laboratory of the video
gaming machine's or associated equipment manufacturer's
choice, notwithstanding the existence of contracts between the
Board and any independent testing laboratory. Every video
gaming terminal offered in this State for play must meet

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minimum standards approved by the Board. Each approved model
shall, at a minimum, meet the following criteria:
(1) It must conform to all requirements of federal law
and regulations, including FCC Class A Emissions
Standards.
(2) It must theoretically pay out a mathematically
demonstrable percentage during the expected lifetime of
the machine of all amounts played, which must not be less
than 80%. The Board shall establish a maximum payout
percentage for approved models by rule. Video gaming
terminals that may be affected by skill must meet this
standard when using a method of play that will provide the
greatest return to the player over a period of continuous
play.
(3) It must use a random selection process to
determine the outcome of each play of a game. The random
selection process must meet 99% confidence limits using a
standard chi-squared test for (randomness) goodness of
fit.
(4) It must display an accurate representation of the
game outcome.
(5) It must not automatically alter pay tables or any
function of the video gaming terminal based on internal
computation of hold percentage or have any means of
manipulation that affects the random selection process or
probabilities of winning a game.

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(6) It must not be adversely affected by static
discharge or other electromagnetic interference.
(7) It must be capable of detecting and displaying the
following conditions during idle states or on demand:
power reset; door open; and door just closed.
(8) It must have the capacity to display complete play
history (outcome, intermediate play steps, credits
available, bets placed, credits paid, and credits cashed
out) for the most recent game played and 10 games prior
thereto.
(9) The theoretical payback percentage of a video
gaming terminal must not be capable of being changed
without making a hardware or software change in the video
gaming terminal, either on site or via the central
communications system.
(10) Video gaming terminals must be designed so that
replacement of parts or modules required for normal
maintenance does not necessitate replacement of the
electromechanical meters.
(11) It must have nonresettable meters housed in a
locked area of the terminal that keep a permanent record
of all cash inserted into the machine, all winnings made
by the terminal printer, credits played in for video
gaming terminals, and credits won by video gaming players.
The video gaming terminal must provide the means for
on-demand display of stored information as determined by

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the Board.
(12) Electronically stored meter information required
by this Section must be preserved for a minimum of 180 days
after a power loss to the service.
(13) It must have one or more mechanisms that accept
cash in the form of bills. The mechanisms shall be
designed to prevent obtaining credits without paying by
stringing, slamming, drilling, or other means. If such
attempts at physical tampering are made, the video gaming
terminal shall suspend itself from operating until reset.
(14) It shall have accounting software that keeps an
electronic record which includes, but is not limited to,
the following: total cash inserted into the video gaming
terminal; the value of winning tickets claimed by players;
the total credits played; the total credits awarded by a
video gaming terminal; and pay back percentage credited to
players of each video game.
(15) It shall be linked by a central communications
system to provide auditing program information as approved
by the Board. The central communications system shall use
a standard industry protocol, as defined by the Gaming
Standards Association, and shall have the functionality to
enable the Board or its designee to activate or deactivate
individual gaming devices from the central communications
system. In no event may the communications system approved
by the Board limit participation to only one manufacturer

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of video gaming terminals by either the cost in
implementing the necessary program modifications to
communicate or the inability to communicate with the
central communications system.
(16) The Board, in its discretion, may require video
gaming terminals to display Amber Alert or Ebony Alert
messages if the Board makes a finding that it would be
economically and technically feasible and pose no risk to
the integrity and security of the central communications
system and video gaming terminals.
Licensed terminal handlers shall have access to video
gaming terminals, including, but not limited to, logic door
access, without the physical presence or supervision of the
Board or its agent to perform, in coordination with and with
project approval from the central communication system
provider:
(i) the clearing of the random access memory and
reprogramming of the video gaming terminal;
(ii) the installation of new video gaming terminal
software and software upgrades that have been approved by
the Board;
(iii) the placement, connection to the central
communication system, and go-live operation of video
gaming terminals at a licensed establishment, licensed
truck stop establishment, licensed large truck stop
establishment, licensed fraternal establishment, or

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licensed veterans establishment;
(iv) the repair and maintenance of a video gaming
terminal located at a licensed establishment, licensed
truck stop establishment, licensed large truck stop
establishment, licensed fraternal establishment, or
licensed veterans establishment, including, but not
limited to, the replacement of the video gaming terminal
with a new video gaming terminal;
(v) the temporary movement, disconnection,
replacement, and reconnection of video gaming terminals to
allow for physical improvements and repairs at a licensed
establishment, licensed truck stop establishment, licensed
large truck stop establishment, licensed fraternal
establishment, or licensed veterans establishment, such as
replacement of flooring, interior repairs, and other
similar activities; and
(vi) such other functions as the Board may otherwise
authorize.
The Board shall, at a licensed terminal operator's
expense, cause all keys and other required devices to be
provided to a terminal operator necessary to allow the
licensed terminal handler access to the logic door to the
terminal operator's video gaming terminals.
The Board may adopt rules to establish additional criteria
to preserve the integrity and security of video gaming in this
State. The central communications system vendor may be

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