Bill Text: IL SB1515 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Attorney General Act. Creates an Office for Missing and Murdered Black Women and Girls within the Office of the Attorney General. Provides that the Office shall: (1) serve as the legal and policy advisor to the Attorney General to ensure justice for missing and murdered Black women and girls; (2) develop recommendations for policies to address injustices in the criminal justice system's response to cases of missing and murdered Black women and girls; and (3) coordinate with State and local agencies to collect specified information and give technical assistance. Provides that, no later than January 1 after the effective date of the amendatory Act and biennially thereafter, the Office shall submit a report to the General Assembly on missing and murdered Black women and girls containing specified information.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-04 - Referred to Assignments [SB1515 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-SB1515-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1515 Introduced 2/4/2025, by Sen. Mike Simmons SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
15 ILCS 205/6.7 new
Amends the Attorney General Act. Creates an Office for Missing and Murdered Black Women and Girls within the Office of the Attorney General. Provides that the Office shall: (1) serve as the legal and policy advisor to the Attorney General to ensure justice for missing and murdered Black women and girls; (2) develop recommendations for policies to address injustices in the criminal justice system's response to cases of missing and murdered Black women and girls; and (3) coordinate with State and local agencies to collect specified information and give technical assistance. Provides that, no later than January 1 after the effective date of the amendatory Act and biennially thereafter, the Office shall submit a report to the General Assembly on missing and murdered Black women and girls containing specified information.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Attorney General Act is amended by adding
Section 6.7 as follows:
(15 ILCS 205/6.7 new)
Sec. 6.7. Office for Missing and Murdered Black Women and
Girls.
(a) There is created within the Office of the Attorney
General an Office for Missing and Murdered Black Women and
Girls, consisting of Assistant Attorneys General appointed by
the Attorney General, who, together with such other staff as
is deemed necessary by the Attorney General, shall:
(1) serve as the legal and policy advisor to the
Attorney General to ensure justice for missing and
murdered Black women and girls;
(2) develop recommendations for policies to address
injustices in the criminal justice system's response to
cases of missing and murdered Black women and girls; and
(3) coordinate with State and local agencies to:
(A) collect data on missing person and homicide
cases involving Black women and girls, including the
total number of cases, the rate at which the cases are

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solved, the length of time the cases remain open, and a
comparison to similar cases involving different
demographic groups;
(B) collect data on Amber Alerts, including the
total number of Amber Alerts issued, the total number
of Amber Alerts that involve Black girls, and the
outcome of cases involving Amber Alerts disaggregated
by the child's race and sex;
(C) collect data on reports of missing Black
girls, including the number of classified runaways,
and a comparison to similar cases involving different
demographic groups;
(D) conduct case reviews and report on the results
of such reviews for cases involving missing and
murdered Black women and girls, including cold cases
for missing Black women and girls and death
investigation review for cases of Black women and
girls ruled as suicide or overdose under suspicious
circumstances;
(E) develop tools and processes to evaluate the
implementation and impact of the efforts of the
Office;
(F) give technical assistance for State and local
enforcement agencies during active cases involving
missing and murdered Black women and girls; and
(G) create and maintain a centralized data

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repository and public dashboard for the tracking of
missing and murdered Black women and girls.
(b) No later than January 1 after the effective date of
this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly and
biennially thereafter, the Office shall file with the General
Assembly, as provided in Section 3.1 of the General Assembly
Organization Act, a report on missing and murdered Black women
and girls, including, but not limited to, the information
collected under paragraph (3) of subsection (a).