Board of Commissioners of Cook County - File #: 24-4243

• File #: 24-4243
• Version: 1
• Name: REQUESTING THAT THE ILLINOIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY APPROVE SB3948
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Approved
• File created: 7/21/2024
• In control: Legislation and Intergovernmental Relations Committee
• On agenda: 7/25/2024
• Final action: 9/19/2024
• Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION REQUESTING THAT THE ILLINOIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY APPROVE SB3948, AN AMENDMENT TO THE MISSING PERSONS IDENTIFICATION ACT WHEREAS, each year, over 600,000 individuals go missing in the United States; and, while many missing children and adults are quickly found alive and well, tens of thousands of individuals remain missing for more than a year - what many agencies consider "cold cases". On any given day in the United States, there are approximately 90,000 active missing person cases in the National Crime Information Center (NCIC); and WHEREAS, regardless of the reason for the disappearance, family and friends of the missing person experience trauma that motivates them to determine what has happened to a missing loved one; and WHEREAS, among many tools utilized by law enforcement agencies during investigations, the collection of DNA or biological samples from two or more close biological relatives of the missing person helps with searching against the profiles of un...
• Sponsors: Monica Gordon

Date	Ver.	Action By	Motion	Result
9/19/2024	1	Board of Commissioners	approve	Pass
9/18/2024	1	Legislation and Intergovernmental Relations Committee	recommend for approval	Pass
7/25/2024	1	Board of Commissioners	refer	Pass

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PROPOSED RESOLUTION

REQUESTING THAT THE ILLINOIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY APPROVE SB3948, AN AMENDMENT TO THE MISSING PERSONS IDENTIFICATION ACT

WHEREAS, each year, over 600,000 individuals go missing in the United States; and, while many missing children and adults are quickly found alive and well, tens of thousands of individuals remain missing for more than a year - what many agencies consider "cold cases". On any given day in the United States, there are approximately 90,000 active missing person cases in the National Crime Information Center (NCIC); and

WHEREAS, regardless of the reason for the disappearance, family and friends of the missing person experience trauma that motivates them to determine what has happened to a missing loved one; and

WHEREAS, among many tools utilized by law enforcement agencies during investigations, the collection of DNA or biological samples from two or more close biological relatives of the missing person helps with searching against the profiles of unidentified persons and remains in the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS); and

WHEREAS, managed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), CODIS is the FBI's program of support for criminal justice DNA databases, as well as the software used to run these databases. CODIS operates on three levels: The Local DNA Index System (LDIS), which is used by city and county laboratories, the State DNA Index System (SDIS) where profiles from laboratories across the State can be compared, and the National DNA Index System (NDIS), where profiles from laboratories across the country can be compared; and

WHEREAS; the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, or NamUs, is the national information clearinghouse and resource center for missing, unidentified, and unclaimed person cases throughout the United States. Administered by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), an agency of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), the NamUs program brings people, information, forensic sc...