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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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Attorney General Act is amended by adding 
5Section 6.7 as follows:
 
6    (15 ILCS 205/6.7 new)
7    Sec. 6.7. Office for Missing and Murdered Black Women and 
8Girls.
9    (a) There is created within the Office of the Attorney 
10General an Office for Missing and Murdered Black Women and 
11Girls, consisting of Assistant Attorneys General appointed by 
12the Attorney General, who, together with such other staff as 
13is deemed necessary by the Attorney General, shall:
14        (1) serve as the legal and policy advisor to the 
15    Attorney General to ensure justice for missing and 
16    murdered Black women and girls;
17        (2) develop recommendations for policies to address 
18    injustices in the criminal justice system's response to 
19    cases of missing and murdered Black women and girls; and
20        (3) coordinate with State and local agencies to:
21            (A) collect data on missing person and homicide 
22        cases involving Black women and girls, including the 
23        total number of cases, the rate at which the cases are 
 
 
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1        solved, the length of time the cases remain open, and a 
2        comparison to similar cases involving different 
3        demographic groups;
4            (B) collect data on Amber Alerts, including the 
5        total number of Amber Alerts issued, the total number 
6        of Amber Alerts that involve Black girls, and the 
7        outcome of cases involving Amber Alerts disaggregated 
8        by the child's race and sex;
9            (C) collect data on reports of missing Black 
10        girls, including the number of classified runaways, 
11        and a comparison to similar cases involving different 
12        demographic groups;
13            (D) conduct case reviews and report on the results 
14        of such reviews for cases involving missing and 
15        murdered Black women and girls, including cold cases 
16        for missing Black women and girls and death 
17        investigation review for cases of Black women and 
18        girls ruled as suicide or overdose under suspicious 
19        circumstances;
20            (E) develop tools and processes to evaluate the 
21        implementation and impact of the efforts of the 
22        Office;
23            (F) give technical assistance for State and local 
24        enforcement agencies during active cases involving 
25        missing and murdered Black women and girls; and
26            (G) create and maintain a centralized data 
 
 
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1        repository and public dashboard for the tracking of 
2        missing and murdered Black women and girls.
3    (b) No later than January 1 after the effective date of 
4this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly and 
5biennially thereafter, the Office shall file with the General 
6Assembly, as provided in Section 3.1 of the General Assembly 
7Organization Act, a report on missing and murdered Black women 
8and girls, including, but not limited to, the information 
9collected under paragraph (3) of subsection (a).