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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB4009

Introduced 2/6/2026, by Sen. Michael E. Hastings

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

50 ILCS 722/5
50 ILCS 722/10
50 ILCS 722/20
50 ILCS 722/25

Amends the Missing Persons Identification Act. Provides that, if
biological samples are not available from a missing person, then
biological samples may be used from any (rather than closely related)
biological relatives of the missing person. Provides that biological
samples from relatives must be provided voluntarily and that all consent
and information forms must be completed and submitted with the samples.
Provides that biological samples collected for DNA analysis shall be
submitted to an accredited forensic laboratory for DNA testing for entry
by a Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) participating laboratory (rather
than a Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) or other accredited laboratory
where DNA profiles are entered into local, State, and national DNA Index
Systems) within 90 days from the date of the police report. Provides that
the DNA profiles of biological samples from the remains of unidentifiable
individuals collected by a coroner, medical examiner, or assisting law
enforcement agency shall be entered into the Combined DNA Index System
(CODIS) (rather than the appropriate State and National DNA Index System)
within 90 days from the discovery of the remains.
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A BILL FOR

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AN ACT concerning local government.

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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3
represented in the General Assembly:

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Section 5.
The Missing Persons Identification Act is
5
amended by changing Sections 5, 10, 20, and 25 as follows:

6

(50 ILCS 722/5)
7

(Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-339
)
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Sec. 5.
Missing person reports.
9

(a) Report acceptance. All law enforcement agencies shall
10
accept without delay any report of a missing person and may
11
attempt to obtain a DNA sample from the missing person or a DNA
12
reference sample created from family members' DNA samples for
13
submission under paragraph (1) of subsection (c) of Section
14
10. Acceptance of a missing person report filed in person may
15
not be refused on any ground. No law enforcement agency may
16
refuse to accept a missing person report:
17

(1) on the basis that the missing person is an adult;
18

(2) on the basis that the circumstances do not
19

indicate foul play;
20

(3) on the basis that the person has been missing for a
21

short period of time;
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(4) on the basis that the person has been missing a
23

long period of time;

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(5) on the basis that there is no indication that the
2

missing person was in the jurisdiction served by the law
3

enforcement agency at the time of the disappearance;
4

(6) on the basis that the circumstances suggest that
5

the disappearance may be voluntary;
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(7) on the basis that the reporting individual does
7

not have personal knowledge of the facts;
8

(8) on the basis that the reporting individual cannot
9

provide all of the information requested by the law
10

enforcement agency;
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(9) on the basis that the reporting individual lacks a
12

familial or other relationship with the missing person;
13

(9-5) on the basis of the missing person's mental
14

state or medical condition; or
15

(10) for any other reason.
16

(b) Manner of reporting. All law enforcement agencies
17
shall accept missing person reports in person. Law enforcement
18
agencies are encouraged to accept reports by phone or by
19
electronic or other media to the extent that such reporting is
20
consistent with law enforcement policies or practices.
21

(c) Contents of report. In accepting a report of a missing
22
person, the law enforcement agency shall attempt to gather
23
relevant information relating to the disappearance. The law
24
enforcement agency shall attempt to gather at the time of the
25
report information that shall include, but shall not be
26
limited to, the following:

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(1) the name of the missing person, including
2

alternative names used;
3

(2) the missing person's date of birth;
4

(3) the missing person's identifying marks, such as
5

birthmarks, moles, tattoos, and scars;
6

(4) the missing person's height and weight;
7

(5) the missing person's gender;
8

(6) the missing person's race;
9

(7) the missing person's current hair color and true
10

or natural hair color;
11

(8) the missing person's eye color;
12

(9) the missing person's prosthetics, surgical
13

implants, or cosmetic implants;
14

(10) the missing person's physical anomalies;
15

(11) the missing person's blood type, if known;
16

(12) the missing person's driver's license number, if
17

known;
18

(13) the missing person's social security number, if
19

known;
20

(14) a photograph of the missing person; recent
21

photographs are preferable and the agency is encouraged to
22

attempt to ascertain the approximate date the photograph
23

was taken;
24

(15) a description of the clothing the missing person
25

was believed to be wearing;
26

(16) a description of items that might be with the

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missing person, such as jewelry, accessories, and shoes or
2

boots;
3

(17) information on the missing person's electronic
4

communications devices, such as cellular telephone numbers
5

and e-mail addresses;
6

(18) the reasons why the reporting individual believes
7

that the person is missing;
8

(19) the name and location of the missing person's
9

school or employer, if known;
10

(20) the name and location of the missing person's
11

dentist or primary care physician or provider, or both, if
12

known;
13

(21) any circumstances that may indicate that the
14

disappearance was not voluntary;
15

(22) any circumstances that may indicate that the
16

missing person may be at risk of injury or death;
17

(23) a description of the possible means of
18

transportation of the missing person, including make,
19

model, color, license number, and Vehicle Identification
20

Number of a vehicle;
21

(24) any identifying information about a known or
22

possible abductor or person last seen with the missing
23

person, or both, including:
24

(A) name;
25

(B) a physical description;
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(C) date of birth;

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(D) identifying marks;
2

(E) the description of possible means of
3

transportation, including make, model, color, license
4

number, and Vehicle Identification Number of a
5

vehicle;
6

(F) known associates;
7

(25) any other information that may aid in locating
8

the missing person; and
9

(26) the date of last contact.
10

(d) Notification and follow up action.
11

(1) Notification. The law enforcement agency shall
12

notify the person making the report, a family member, or
13

other person in a position to assist the law enforcement
14

agency in its efforts to locate the missing person of the
15

following:
16

(A) general information about the handling of the
17

missing person case or about intended efforts in the
18

case to the extent that the law enforcement agency
19

determines that disclosure would not adversely affect
20

its ability to locate or protect the missing person or
21

to apprehend or prosecute any person criminally
22

involved in the disappearance;
23

(B) that the person should promptly contact the
24

law enforcement agency if the missing person remains
25

missing in order to provide additional information and
26

materials that will aid in locating the missing person

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such as the missing person's credit cards, debit
2

cards, banking information, and cellular telephone
3

records; and
4

(C) that any DNA samples provided for the missing
5

person case are provided on a voluntary basis and will
6

be used solely to help locate or identify the missing
7

person and will not be used for any other purpose.
8

The law enforcement agency, upon acceptance of a
9

missing person report, shall inform the reporting citizen
10

of one of 2 resources, based upon the age of the missing
11

person. If the missing person is under 18 years of age,
12

contact information for the National Center for Missing
13

and Exploited Children shall be given. If the missing
14

person is age 18 or older, contact information for the
15

National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
16

organization shall be given.
17

The law enforcement agency is encouraged to make
18

available informational materials, through publications or
19

electronic or other media, that advise the public about
20

how the information or materials identified in this
21

subsection are used to help locate or identify missing
22

persons.
23

(2) Follow up action. If the person identified in the
24

missing person report remains missing after 30 days, but
25

not more than 60 days, the law enforcement agency may
26

generate a report of the missing person within the

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National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs),
2

and the law enforcement agency may attempt to obtain the
3

additional information and materials that have not been
4

received, specified below:
5

(A) DNA samples from family members or from the
6

missing person along with any needed documentation, or
7

both, including any consent forms, required for the
8

use of State or federal DNA databases, including, but
9

not limited to, the Local DNA Index System (LDIS),
10

State DNA Index System (SDIS), National DNA Index
11

System (NDIS), and National Missing and Unidentified
12

Persons System (NamUs) partner laboratories;
13

(B) an authorization to release dental or skeletal
14

x-rays of the missing person;
15

(C) any additional photographs of the missing
16

person that may aid the investigation or an
17

identification; the law enforcement agency is not
18

required to obtain written authorization before it
19

releases publicly any photograph that would aid in the
20

investigation or identification of the missing person;
21

(D) dental information and x-rays; and
22

(E) fingerprints.
23

(3) Samples collected for DNA analysis may be
24

submitted to a National Missing and Unidentified Persons
25

System (NamUs) partner laboratory or other resource where
26

DNA profiles are entered into local, State, and national

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DNA Index Systems within 60 days. The Illinois State
2

Police shall establish procedures for determining how to
3

prioritize analysis of the samples relating to missing
4

person cases. All DNA samples obtained in missing person
5

cases from family members of the missing person may not be
6

retained after the location or identification of the
7

remains of the missing person unless there is a search
8

warrant signed by a court of competent jurisdiction.
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(4) This subsection shall not be interpreted to
10

preclude a law enforcement agency from attempting to
11

obtain the materials identified in this subsection before
12

the expiration of the 30-day period. The responsible law
13

enforcement agency may make a National Missing and
14

Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) report on the missing
15

person within 60 days after the report of the
16

disappearance of the missing person.
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(5) Law enforcement agencies are encouraged to
18

establish written protocols for the handling of missing
19

person cases to accomplish the purposes of this Act.
20
(Source: P.A. 101-266, eff. 1-1-21; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)

21

(Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 104-339
)
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Sec. 5.
Missing person reports.
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(a-1) Law enforcement policy. Law enforcement agencies
24
shall adopt a policy regarding missing person investigations
25
and missing person reporting and follow-up actions.

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(a-5) Report acceptance. Law enforcement agencies shall
2
accept without delay any report of a missing person. A law
3
enforcement agency may not establish or maintain a policy that
4
requires the observance of a waiting period before accepting a
5
missing person report, and it may not refuse to accept a
6
missing person report:
7

(1) on the basis that the missing person is an adult;
8

(2) on the basis that the circumstances do not
9

indicate foul play;
10

(3) on the basis that the person has been missing for a
11

short period of time;
12

(4) on the basis that the person has been missing for a
13

long period of time;
14

(5) on the basis that there is no indication that the
15

missing person was in the jurisdiction served by the law
16

enforcement agency at the time of the disappearance;
17

(6) on the basis that the circumstances suggest that
18

the disappearance may be voluntary;
19

(7) (blank);
20

(8) on the basis that the reporting individual cannot
21

provide all of the information requested by the law
22

enforcement agency;
23

(9) on the basis that the reporting individual lacks a
24

familial or other relationship with the missing person; or
25

(9-5) on the basis of the missing person's mental
26

state or medical condition.

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(a-10) Multiple reports for same missing person. If the
2
law enforcement agency learns through investigation that a
3
missing person report has been filed by another law
4
enforcement agency for the same missing person and is under
5
active investigation by that agency and if a missing person
6
entry is active in the Law Enforcement Agencies Data System
7
(LEADS), then the law enforcement agency may not draft an
8
additional missing person report but shall draft an
9
informational report detailing the interview of the reporting
10
individual. The informational report shall be forwarded to the
11
original law enforcement agency handling the missing person
12
case without delay. A second or subsequent agency is not
13
prohibited from entering a duplicate missing person report in
14
LEADS; however, only one LEADS missing person report is
15
required. Any existing LEADS missing person report may be
16
modified by the originating agency to include additional or
17
updated information.
18

(b) Manner of reporting. All law enforcement agencies
19
shall accept missing person reports in person. Law enforcement
20
agencies are encouraged to accept reports by phone or by
21
electronic or other media to the extent that such reporting is
22
consistent with law enforcement policies or practices.
23

(c) Contents of report. In accepting a report of a missing
24
person, the law enforcement agency shall attempt to gather
25
relevant information relating to the disappearance. The law
26
enforcement agency shall attempt to gather at the time of the

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report information that shall include, but shall not be
2
limited to, the following:
3

(1) the name of the missing person, including
4

alternative names used;
5

(2) the missing person's date of birth;
6

(3) the missing person's identifying marks, such as
7

birthmarks, moles, tattoos, and scars;
8

(4) the missing person's height and weight;
9

(5) the missing person's gender;
10

(6) the missing person's race;
11

(7) the missing person's current hair color and true
12

or natural hair color;
13

(8) the missing person's eye color;
14

(9) the missing person's prosthetics, surgical
15

implants, or cosmetic implants;
16

(10) the missing person's physical anomalies;
17

(11) the missing person's blood type, if known;
18

(12) the missing person's driver's license number, if
19

known;
20

(13) the missing person's social security number, if
21

known;
22

(14) a photograph of the missing person; recent
23

photographs are preferable and the agency is encouraged to
24

attempt to ascertain the approximate date the photograph
25

was taken;
26

(15) a description of the clothing the missing person

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was believed to be wearing;
2

(16) a description of items that might be with the
3

missing person, such as jewelry, accessories, and shoes or
4

boots;
5

(17) information on the missing person's electronic
6

communications devices, such as cellular telephone numbers
7

and e-mail addresses;
8

(18) the reasons why the reporting individual believes
9

that the person is missing;
10

(19) the name and location of the missing person's
11

school or employer, if known;
12

(20) the name and location of the missing person's
13

dentist or primary care physician or provider, or both, if
14

known;
15

(21) any circumstances that may indicate that the
16

disappearance was not voluntary;
17

(22) any circumstances that may indicate that the
18

missing person may be at risk of injury or death;
19

(23) a description of the possible means of
20

transportation of the missing person, including make,
21

model, color, license number, and Vehicle Identification
22

Number of a vehicle;
23

(24) any identifying information about a known or
24

possible abductor or person last seen with the missing
25

person, or both, including:
26

(A) name;

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(B) a physical description;
2

(C) date of birth;
3

(D) identifying marks;
4

(E) the description of possible means of
5

transportation, including make, model, color, license
6

number, and Vehicle Identification Number of a
7

vehicle;
8

(F) known associates;
9

(25) any other information that may aid in locating
10

the missing person; and
11

(26) the date of last contact.
12

(c-5) Collection of evidence. Nothing prohibits the
13
collection of photographs, documents, biological samples,
14
dental charts, radiographs, or fingerprints at the start of a
15
missing person investigation.
16

(c-10) LEADS entry requirement. Using the information
17
gathered in subsection (c) for the missing person report, the
18
law enforcement agency shall immediately enter a missing
19
person report in LEADS.
20

(d) Notification and follow up action.
21

(1) Notification. The law enforcement agency shall
22

notify the person making the report, a family member, a
23

person responsible for the missing person's welfare, or
24

other person in a position to assist the law enforcement
25

agency in its efforts to locate the missing person of the
26

following:

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(A) general information about the handling of the
2

missing person case or about intended efforts in the
3

case to the extent that the law enforcement agency
4

determines that disclosure would not adversely affect
5

its ability to locate or protect the missing person or
6

to apprehend or prosecute any person criminally
7

involved in the disappearance;
8

(A-5) information regarding the collection of
9

documents and biological samples that could assist in
10

the identification of a missing person, including
11

dental charts and radiographs, medical records,
12

fingerprints, and biological samples from the person's
13

personal items or from the missing person's
immediate

14

biological family members;
15

(B) that the person should promptly contact the
16

law enforcement agency if the missing person remains
17

missing
in order
to provide additional information and
18

materials that will aid in locating the missing person
19

such as the missing person's credit cards, debit
20

cards, banking information, and cellular telephone
21

records; and
22

(C) that any
biological

DNA
samples provided for
23

the missing person case are provided on a voluntary
24

basis and will be used solely to help locate or
25

identify the missing person and will not be used for
26

any other purpose.

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The law enforcement agency, upon acceptance of a
2

missing person report, shall inform the reporting citizen
3

of one of 2 resources, based upon the age of the missing
4

person. If the missing person is under 18 years of age,
5

contact information for the National Center for Missing
6

and Exploited Children shall be given. If the missing
7

person is age 18 or older, contact information for the
8

National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
9

organization shall be given.
10

The law enforcement agency is encouraged to make
11

available informational materials, through publications or
12

electronic or other media, that advise the public about
13

how the information or materials identified in this
14

subsection are used to help locate or identify missing
15

persons.
16

(2) Follow up action. If the missing person remains
17

missing for 60 days after the date of the report, then the
18

law enforcement agency shall immediately generate a report
19

of the missing person within the National Missing and
20

Unidentified Persons System (NamUs), and the law
21

enforcement agency shall attempt to obtain all of the
22

following additional information and materials that have
23

not been received:
24

(A) Additional photographs of the missing person
25

that may aid the investigation or identification of an
26

unidentified person, including photographs of the

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missing person's scars, marks, and tattoos. All
2

photographs of the missing person that the law
3

enforcement agency collected shall be added to the
4

National Missing and Unidentified Persons System
5

(NamUs) record. The law enforcement agency is not
6

required to obtain written authorization before it
7

releases publicly a photograph that would aid in the
8

investigation or location of the missing person.
9

(B) Fingerprint records of the missing person from
10

a competent authority or from a criminal history
11

database, if available. If a missing person remains
12

missing for 30 days after the date of the police
13

report, then the missing person's fingerprint record
14

shall be added to the missing person entry in the Law
15

Enforcement Agencies Data System (LEADS). If a missing
16

person remains missing for 60 days after the date of
17

the police report, then the missing person's
18

fingerprint record shall be entered in the National
19

Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs). The
20

fingerprint records may be used for direct comparison
21

to the fingerprint records of unidentified persons
22

only.
23

(C) (Blank).
24

(D) Dental charts and radiographs of the missing
25

person, if available. If a missing person remains
26

missing for 60 days after the date of the police report

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and missing for 60 days after the date of the police
2

report in the National Missing and Unidentified
3

Persons System (NamUs), then the missing person's
4

dental record shall be added to the missing person
5

entry in the Law Enforcement Agencies Data System
6

(LEADS). The dental records may be used only for
7

direct comparison to the dental records of
8

unidentified persons.
9

(E) Biological samples from
closely related family
10

members of the missing person or biological samples
11

from personal items of
the missing person, along with
12

any consent forms, required for the entry of a DNA
13

profile
into the

in the Combined DNA Index System,
14

including, but not limited to, the Local DNA Index
15

System (LDIS), State DNA Index System (SDIS), and

16

National DNA Index System (NDIS).
If biological
17

samples are not available from the missing person,
18

then biological samples may be used from biological
19

relatives of the missing person. Biological samples
20

from relatives must be provided voluntarily, and all
21

consent and information forms must be completed and
22

submitted with the samples.

23

(3) Biological samples collected for DNA analysis, if
24

any, shall be submitted to
an accredited forensic
25

laboratory for DNA testing for entry by
a Combined DNA
26

Index System (CODIS)
participating laboratory

or other

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accredited laboratory where DNA profiles are entered into
2

local, State, and national DNA Index Systems
within 90
3

days from the date of the police report. Illinois State
4

Police laboratories shall establish procedures for
5

determining how to prioritize analysis of the samples
6

relating to missing person cases. All biological samples
7

and subsequent DNA profiles, if any, obtained in missing
8

person cases from family members of the missing person or
9

from

personal items of
the missing person may not be
10

retained after the location or identification of the
11

remains of the missing person unless there is a search
12

warrant signed by a court of competent jurisdiction.
13

(4) This subsection shall not be interpreted to
14

preclude a law enforcement agency from attempting to
15

obtain the materials identified in this subsection before
16

the expiration of the specified periods.
17

(5) Law enforcement agencies are encouraged to
18

establish written protocols for the handling of missing
19

person cases to accomplish the purposes of this Act. Law
20

enforcement agencies may not close a missing person case
21

until the missing person has returned or been located,
22

either alive or deceased. Law enforcement agencies shall
23

keep cases under active investigation until the missing
24

person is located or returned. Reasons for closing a
25

missing person case may not include exhaustion of leads or
26

termination of the anticipated life span of the missing

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person.
2
(Source: P.A. 104-339, eff. 1-1-26.)

3

(50 ILCS 722/10)
4

(Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-339
)
5

Sec. 10.
Law enforcement analysis and reporting of missing
6
person information.
7

(a) Prompt determination and definition of a high-risk
8
missing person.
9

(1) Definition. "High-risk missing person" means a
10

person whose whereabouts are not currently known and whose
11

circumstances indicate that the person may be at risk of
12

injury or death. The circumstances that indicate that a
13

person is a high-risk missing person include, but are not
14

limited to, any of the following:
15

(A) the person is missing as a result of a stranger
16

abduction;
17

(B) the person is missing under suspicious
18

circumstances;
19

(C) the person is missing under unknown
20

circumstances;
21

(D) the person is missing under known dangerous
22

circumstances;
23

(E) the person is missing more than 30 days;
24

(F) the person has already been designated as a
25

high-risk missing person by another law enforcement

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agency;
2

(G) there is evidence that the person is at risk
3

because:
4

(i) the person is in need of medical
5

attention, including but not limited to persons
6

with dementia-like symptoms, or prescription
7

medication;
8

(ii) the person does not have a pattern of
9

running away or disappearing;
10

(iii) the person may have been abducted by a
11

non-custodial parent;
12

(iv) the person is mentally impaired,
13

including, but not limited to, a person having a
14

developmental disability, as defined in Section
15

1-106 of the Mental Health and Developmental
16

Disabilities Code, or a person having an
17

intellectual disability, as defined in Section
18

1-116 of the Mental Health and Developmental
19

Disabilities Code;
20

(v) the person is under the age of 21;
21

(vi) the person has been the subject of past
22

threats or acts of violence;
23

(vii) the person has eloped from a nursing
24

home;
25

(G-5) the person is a veteran or active duty
26

member of the United States Armed Forces, the National

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Guard, or any reserve component of the United States
2

Armed Forces who is believed to have a physical or
3

mental health condition that is related to his or her
4

service; or
5

(H) any other factor that may, in the judgment of
6

the law enforcement official, indicate that the
7

missing person may be at risk.
8

(b) Law enforcement risk assessment.
9

(1) Upon initial receipt of a missing person report,
10

the law enforcement agency shall immediately determine
11

whether there is a basis to determine that the missing
12

person is a high-risk missing person.
13

(2) If a law enforcement agency has previously
14

determined that a missing person is not a high-risk
15

missing person, but obtains new information, it shall
16

immediately determine whether the information indicates
17

that the missing person is a high-risk missing person.
18

(3) Law enforcement agencies are encouraged to
19

establish written protocols for the handling of missing
20

person cases to accomplish the purposes of this Act.
21

(c) Law enforcement reporting.
22

(1) The responding local law enforcement agency shall
23

immediately enter all collected information relating to
24

the missing person case in the Law Enforcement Agencies
25

Data System (LEADS) and the National Crime Information
26

Center (NCIC) databases and the National Missing and

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Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) within 45 days after
2

the receipt of the report, or in the case of a high risk
3

missing person, within 30 days after the receipt of the
4

report. If the DNA sample submission is to a National
5

Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) partner
6

laboratory, the DNA profile may be uploaded by the partner
7

laboratory to the National DNA Index System (NDIS). A
8

packet submission of all relevant reports and DNA samples
9

may be sent to the National Missing and Unidentified
10

Persons System (NamUs) within 30 days for any high-risk
11

missing person cases. The information shall be provided in
12

accordance with applicable guidelines relating to the
13

databases. The information shall be entered as follows:
14

(A) If Illinois State Police laboratories are
15

utilized in lieu of National Missing and Unidentified
16

Persons System (NamUs) partner laboratories, all
17

appropriate DNA profiles, as determined by the
18

Illinois State Police, shall be uploaded into the
19

missing person databases of the State DNA Index System
20

(SDIS) and National DNA Index System (NDIS) after
21

completion of the DNA analysis and other procedures
22

required for database entry. The responding local law
23

enforcement agency may submit any DNA samples
24

voluntarily obtained from family members to a National
25

Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
26

partner laboratory for DNA analysis within 30 days. A

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notation of DNA submission may be made within the
2

National Missing and Unidentified Persons System
3

(NamUs) record.
4

(B) Information relevant to the Federal Bureau of
5

Investigation's Violent Criminal Apprehension Program
6

shall be entered as soon as possible.
7

(C) The Illinois State Police shall ensure that
8

persons entering data relating to medical or dental
9

records in State or federal databases are specifically
10

trained to understand and correctly enter the
11

information sought by these databases. The Illinois
12

State Police shall either use a person with specific
13

expertise in medical or dental records for this
14

purpose or consult with a chief medical examiner,
15

forensic anthropologist, or odontologist to ensure the
16

accuracy and completeness of information entered into
17

the State and federal databases.
18

(2) The Illinois State Police shall immediately notify
19

all law enforcement agencies within this State and the
20

surrounding region of the information that will aid in the
21

prompt location and safe return of the high-risk missing
22

person.
23

(3) The local law enforcement agencies that receive
24

the notification from the Illinois State Police shall
25

notify officers to be on the lookout for the missing
26

person or a suspected abductor.

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(4) Pursuant to any applicable State criteria, local
2

law enforcement agencies shall also provide for the prompt
3

use of an Amber Alert in cases involving abducted
4

children; or use of the Endangered Missing Person Advisory
5

in appropriate high risk cases.
6
(Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 101-266, eff. 1-1-21;
7
102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)

8

(Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 104-339
)
9

Sec. 10.
Law enforcement analysis and reporting of missing
10
person information.
11

(a) Prompt determination and definition of a high-risk
12
missing person.
13

(1) Definition. "High-risk missing person" means a
14

person whose whereabouts are not currently known and whose
15

circumstances indicate that the person may be at risk of
16

injury or death. The circumstances that indicate that a
17

person is a high-risk missing person include, but are not
18

limited to, any of the following:
19

(A) the person is missing as a result of a stranger
20

abduction;
21

(B) the person is missing under suspicious
22

circumstances;
23

(C) the person is missing under unknown
24

circumstances;
25

(D) the person is missing under known dangerous

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circumstances;
2

(E) the person is missing more than 60 days;
3

(F) the person has already been designated as a
4

high-risk missing person by another law enforcement
5

agency;
6

(G) there is evidence that the person is at risk
7

because:
8

(i) the person is in need of medical
9

attention, including but not limited to persons
10

with dementia-like symptoms, or prescription
11

medication;
12

(ii) the person does not have a pattern of
13

running away or disappearing;
14

(iii) the person may have been abducted by a
15

non-custodial parent;
16

(iv) the person is mentally impaired,
17

including, but not limited to, a person having a
18

developmental disability, as defined in Section
19

1-106 of the Mental Health and Developmental
20

Disabilities Code, or a person having an
21

intellectual disability, as defined in Section
22

1-116 of the Mental Health and Developmental
23

Disabilities Code;
24

(v) the person is under the age of 21;
25

(vi) the person has been the subject of past
26

threats or acts of violence;

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(vii) the person has gone missing from a
2

facility licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act;
3

(G-5) the person is a veteran or active duty
4

member of the United States Armed Forces, the National
5

Guard, or any reserve component of the United States
6

Armed Forces who is believed to have a physical or
7

mental health condition that is related to his or her
8

service; or
9

(H) any other factor that may, in the judgment of
10

the law enforcement official, indicate that the
11

missing person may be at risk.
12

(b) Law enforcement risk assessment.
13

(1) Upon initial receipt of a missing person report,
14

the law enforcement agency shall immediately determine
15

whether there is a basis to determine that the missing
16

person is a high-risk missing person.
17

(2) If a law enforcement agency has previously
18

determined that a missing person is not a high-risk
19

missing person, but obtains new information, it shall
20

immediately determine whether the information indicates
21

that the missing person is a high-risk missing person.
22

(3) Law enforcement agencies are encouraged to
23

establish written protocols for the handling of missing
24

person cases to accomplish the purposes of this Act.
25

(c) Law enforcement reporting.
26

(1) Upon receipt of a missing person report, the

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responding local law enforcement agency shall enter all
2

collected information relating to the missing person case
3

in the Law Enforcement Agencies Data System (LEADS) and
4

the National Crime Information Center (NCIC). The database
5

entries shall remain on file indefinitely or until action
6

is taken by the originating agency to clear or cancel the
7

record. In addition, if the missing person remains missing
8

for 60 days after the date of
the
report, the law
9

enforcement agency shall immediately generate a report of
10

the missing person within the National Missing and
11

Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) as required under
12

paragraph (2) of subsection (d) of Section 5. The
13

information shall be entered as follows:
14

(A) For Illinois State Police laboratories or
15

other accredited
forensic
laboratories
for DNA
16

testing
,
all laboratories,
all appropriate DNA
17

profiles
, as determined by the Illinois State Police,

18

shall be uploaded into the
missing person database

19

appropriate index
of the State DNA Index System (SDIS)
20

and National DNA Index System (NDIS) after completion
21

of the DNA analysis and other procedures required for
22

database entry. The responding local law enforcement
23

agency shall attempt to collect and submit any DNA
24

samples voluntarily obtained from family members to an
25

accredited
forensic

Combined DNA Index System (CODIS)

26

laboratory for DNA
testing for entry by a Combined DNA

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Index System (CODIS) participating laboratory

analysis

2

within 90 days from the date of the police report. A
3

notation of DNA submission may be made within the
4

National Missing and Unidentified Persons System
5

(NamUs) record.
6

(B) If the missing person remains missing for 60
7

days from the date of
the
report and if reporting
8

requirements for entry into the Federal Bureau of
9

Investigation's Violent Criminal Apprehension Program
10

are met, the law enforcement agency shall enter the
11

missing person case into the Federal Bureau of
12

Investigation's Violent Criminal Apprehension Program
13

database.
14

(C) The Illinois State Police or other assigned
15

law enforcement agency shall ensure that persons
16

entering data relating to medical or dental records in
17

State or federal databases are specifically trained to
18

understand and correctly enter the information sought
19

by these databases. The Illinois State Police shall
20

either use a person with specific expertise in medical
21

or dental records for this purpose or consult with a
22

chief medical examiner, forensic anthropologist, or
23

odontologist to ensure the accuracy and completeness
24

of information entered into the State and federal
25

databases.
26

(2) The Illinois State Police shall immediately notify

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all law enforcement agencies within this State and the
2

surrounding region of the information that will aid in the
3

prompt location and safe return of the high-risk missing
4

person.
5

(3) The local law enforcement agencies that receive
6

the notification from the Illinois State Police shall
7

notify officers to be on the lookout for the missing
8

person or a suspected abductor.
9

(4) Pursuant to any applicable State criteria, local
10

law enforcement agencies shall also provide for the prompt
11

use of an Amber Alert in cases involving abducted
12

children; or use of the Endangered Missing Person Advisory
13

in appropriate high-risk missing person cases.
14
(Source: P.A. 104-339, eff. 1-1-26; revised 9-10-25.)

15

(50 ILCS 722/20)
16

(Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-339
)
17

Sec. 20.
Unidentified persons or human remains
18
identification responsibilities.
19

(a) In this Section, "assisting law enforcement agency"
20
means a law enforcement agency with jurisdiction acting under
21
the request and direction of the medical examiner or coroner
22
to assist with human remains identification.
23

(a-5) If the official with custody of the human remains is
24
not a coroner or medical examiner, the official shall
25
immediately notify the coroner or medical examiner of the

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county in which the remains were found. The coroner or medical
2
examiner shall go to the scene and take charge of the remains.
3

(b) Notwithstanding any other action deemed appropriate
4
for the handling of the human remains, the assisting law
5
enforcement agency, medical examiner, or coroner shall make
6
reasonable attempts to promptly identify human remains. This
7
does not include historic or prehistoric skeletal remains.
8
These actions shall include, but are not limited to, obtaining
9
the following when possible:
10

(1) photographs of the human remains (prior to an
11

autopsy);
12

(2) dental and skeletal X-rays;
13

(3) photographs of items found on or with the human
14

remains;
15

(4) fingerprints from the remains;
16

(5) tissue samples suitable for DNA analysis;
17

(6) (blank); and
18

(7) any other information that may support
19

identification efforts.
20

(c) No medical examiner or coroner or any other person
21
shall dispose of, or engage in actions that will materially
22
affect the unidentified human remains before the assisting law
23
enforcement agency, medical examiner, or coroner obtains items
24
essential for human identification efforts listed in
25
subsection (b) of this Section.
26

(d) Cremation of unidentified human remains is prohibited.

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(e) (Blank).
2

(f) The assisting law enforcement agency, medical
3
examiner, or coroner shall seek support from appropriate State
4
and federal agencies, including National Missing and
5
Unidentified Persons System resources to facilitate prompt
6
identification of human remains. This support may include, but
7
is not limited to, fingerprint comparison; forensic
8
odontology; nuclear or mitochondrial DNA analysis, or both;
9
and forensic anthropology.
10

(f-5) Fingerprints from the unidentified remains,
11
including partial prints, shall be submitted to the Illinois
12
State Police or other resource for the purpose of attempting
13
to identify the deceased. The coroner or medical examiner
14
shall cause a dental examination to be performed by a forensic
15
odontologist for the purpose of dental charting, comparison to
16
missing person records, or both. Tissue samples collected for
17
DNA analysis shall be submitted within 30 days of the recovery
18
of the remains to a National Missing and Unidentified Persons
19
System partner laboratory or other resource where DNA profiles
20
are entered into the National DNA Index System upon completion
21
of testing. Forensic anthropological analysis of the remains
22
shall also be considered.
23

(g) (Blank).
24

(g-2) The medical examiner or coroner shall report the
25
unidentified human remains and the location where the remains
26
were found to the Illinois State Police within 24 hours of

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discovery and then to the Federal Bureau of Investigation
2
within 72 hours of discovery if the remains are not identified
3
as mandated by Section 15 of this Act. The assisting law
4
enforcement agency, medical examiner, or coroner shall contact
5
the Illinois State Police to request the creation of a
6
National Crime Information Center Unidentified Person record
7
within 5 days of the discovery of the remains. The assisting
8
law enforcement agency, medical examiner, or coroner shall
9
provide the Illinois State Police all information required for
10
National Crime Information Center entry. Upon notification,
11
the Illinois State Police shall create the Unidentified Person
12
record without unnecessary delay.
13

(g-5) The assisting law enforcement agency, medical
14
examiner, or coroner shall obtain a National Crime Information
15
Center number from the Illinois State Police to verify entry
16
and maintain this number within the unidentified human remains
17
case file. A National Crime Information Center Unidentified
18
Person record shall remain on file indefinitely or until
19
action is taken by the originating agency to clear or cancel
20
the record. The assisting law enforcement agency, medical
21
examiner, or coroner shall notify the Illinois State Police of
22
necessary record modifications or cancellation if
23
identification is made.
24

(h) (Blank).
25

(h-5) The assisting law enforcement agency, medical
26
examiner, or coroner shall create an unidentified person

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record in the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System
2
prior to the submission of samples or within 30 days of the
3
discovery of the remains, if no identification has been made.
4
The entry shall include all available case information
5
including fingerprint data and dental charts. Samples shall be
6
submitted to a National Missing and Unidentified Persons
7
System partner laboratory for DNA analysis within 30 Days. A
8
notation of DNA submission shall be made within the National
9
Missing and Unidentified Persons System Unidentified Person
10
record.
11

(i) Nothing in this Act shall be interpreted to preclude
12
any assisting law enforcement agency, medical examiner,
13
coroner, or the Illinois State Police from pursuing other
14
efforts to identify human remains including efforts to
15
publicize information, descriptions, or photographs related to
16
the investigation.
17

(j) For historic or prehistoric human skeletal remains
18
determined by an anthropologist to be older than 100 years,
19
jurisdiction shall be transferred to the Department of Natural
20
Resources for further investigation under the Archaeological
21
and Paleontological Resources Protection Act.
22
(Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21;
23
102-869, eff. 1-1-23
.)

24

(Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 104-339
)
25

Sec. 20.
Unidentified persons or human remains

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identification responsibilities.
2

(a) In this Section, "assisting law enforcement agency"
3
means a law enforcement agency with jurisdiction acting under
4
the request and direction of the medical examiner or coroner
5
to assist with human remains identification.
6

(a-5) If the official with custody of the human remains is
7
not a coroner or medical examiner, the official shall
8
immediately notify the coroner or medical examiner of the
9
county in which the remains were found. The coroner or medical
10
examiner shall go to the scene and take charge of the remains.
11

(b) Notwithstanding any other action deemed appropriate
12
for the handling of the human remains, the assisting law
13
enforcement agency, medical examiner, or coroner shall make
14
reasonable attempts to promptly identify human remains. This
15
does not include historic or prehistoric skeletal remains.
16
These actions shall include, but are not limited to, obtaining
17
the following when possible:
18

(1) photographs of the human remains (prior to an
19

autopsy);
20

(2) dental and skeletal radiographs;
21

(3) photographs of items found on or with the human
22

remains;
23

(4) fingerprints from the remains;
24

(5) tissue samples suitable for DNA analysis;
25

(6) (blank); and
26

(7) any other information that may support

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identification efforts.
2

(c) No medical examiner or coroner or any other person
3
shall dispose of, or engage in actions that will materially
4
affect the unidentified human remains before the assisting law
5
enforcement agency, medical examiner, or coroner obtains items
6
essential for human identification efforts listed in
7
subsection (b) of this Section.
8

(d) Cremation of unidentified human remains is prohibited.
9

(e) (Blank).
10

(f) The assisting law enforcement agency, medical
11
examiner, or coroner shall seek support from appropriate State
12
and federal agencies, including National Missing and
13
Unidentified Persons System resources to facilitate prompt
14
identification of human remains. This support may include, but
15
is not limited to, fingerprint comparison; forensic
16
odontology; nuclear or mitochondrial DNA analysis, or both;
17
and forensic anthropology.
18

(f-5) In this subsection, "local, State, and federal
19
automated fingerprint identification system databases"
20
includes:
21

(1) local criminal history repositories;
22

(2) the Illinois State Police Automated Biometric
23

Identification System (ABIS), both criminal and civil, and
24

any successor databases; and
25

(3) the Next Generation Integrated Automated
26

Fingerprint Identification System (NGI) and other federal

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fingerprint databases, including immigration and military
2

databases and the Repository for Individuals of Special
3

Concern (RISC), and any successor databases.
4

It is the responsibility of the submitting agency to
5
ensure the following steps are completed in the following
6
order:
7

(1) Fingerprints from unidentified human remains,
8

including partial prints, if any, shall be submitted for
9

analysis within 7 days of recovery of the remains by the
10

assisting law enforcement agency, medical examiner, or
11

coroner to all local, State, and federal automated
12

fingerprint identification system databases.
13

(2) The submitting agency shall ensure fingerprints
14

are appropriately searched for identification purposes.
15

If there are no matches in any of the local, State, and
16
federal automated fingerprint identification system databases,
17
the unidentified fingerprint records shall be uploaded to the
18
National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
19
within 60 days after recovery of the remains. If no matches are
20
made in the local, State, and federal automated fingerprint
21
identification system databases, the submitting agency may
22
contact the International Criminal Police Organization
23
(INTERPOL) to search through the automated fingerprint
24
identification system databases of member countries if remains
25
are believed to have an international nexus. If the
26
fingerprint analysis does not aid in the identification of the

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remains, then the assisting law enforcement agency, coroner,
2
or medical examiner shall cause a dental examination to be
3
performed by a forensic odontologist within 45 days of
4
recovery of the remains for the purpose of dental charting,
5
direct comparison to missing person dental records, and
6
uploading to the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) and
7
National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs). If
8
the fingerprint and dental analysis does not aid in the
9
identification of the remains, then blood, tissue, or bone
10
samples from the unidentified remains shall be submitted for
11
DNA analysis within 90 days of the recovery of the remains to
12
an

a Combined DNA Index System (CODIS)
accredited
forensic

13
laboratory
for DNA testing for entry by a Combined DNA Index
14
System (CODIS) participating laboratory

where DNA profiles are
15
entered into the National DNA Index System upon completion of
16
testing
. In the case of markedly decomposed or skeletal
17
remains, a forensic anthropological analysis of the remains,
18
authorized by the coroner or medical examiner, shall also be
19
performed within 60 days from the recovery and preparation of
20
the remains for the analysis.
21

(g) (Blank).
22

(g-2) The medical examiner
,
or coroner shall cause the
23
entry of a National Crime Information Center Unidentified
24
Person record within 5 days of the discovery of the remains. In
25
the case of markedly decomposed or skeletal remains, the
26
creation of a National Crime Information Center (NCIC)

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Unidentified Person File shall be made upon receipt of the
2
anthropological analysis report. The medical examiner or
3
coroner shall provide the assisting law enforcement agency
4
with all information required for the National Crime
5
Information Center (NCIC) entry. Upon receipt of this
6
information, the assisting law enforcement agency shall create
7
the Unidentified Person record without unnecessary delay. In
8
the case of markedly decomposed or skeletal remains, the
9
creation of a National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
10
Unidentified Person File shall be made upon receipt of the
11
anthropological analysis report. If an anthropological
12
analysis report determines the remains to be historic or
13
prehistoric, then no NCIC entry is required.
14

(g-5) The medical examiner or coroner shall obtain a
15
National Crime Information Center number from the assisting
16
law enforcement agency to verify entry and maintain this
17
number within the unidentified human remains case file. A
18
National Crime Information Center Unidentified Person record
19
shall remain on file indefinitely or until action is taken by
20
the originating agency to clear or cancel the record. The
21
medical examiner or coroner shall notify the assisting law
22
enforcement agency of necessary record modifications or
23
cancellation if identification is made.
24

(h) (Blank).
25

(h-5) No later than 60 days following the discovery of the
26
remains, the assisting law enforcement agency, medical

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examiner, or coroner shall create an unidentified person
2
record in the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System
3
if no identification has been made. The entry shall include
4
all available case information, including fingerprint data and
5
dental radiographs and charts. A notation of DNA submission
6
shall be made within the National Missing and Unidentified
7
Persons System Unidentified Person record.
8

(i) Nothing in this Act shall be interpreted to preclude
9
any assisting law enforcement agency, medical examiner,
10
coroner, or the Illinois State Police from pursuing other
11
efforts to identify human remains including efforts to
12
publicize information, descriptions, or photographs related to
13
the investigation. An assisting law enforcement agency, a
14
medical examiner, a coroner, or the Illinois State Police may
15
not close an unidentified person case until the individual has
16
been identified. Law enforcement agencies, medical examiners,
17
and coroners shall keep such cases under active investigation
18
until the person is identified. Reasons for closing an
19
unidentified person case may not include exhaustion of leads
20
or termination of the anticipated life span of the missing
21
person's next of kin.
22

(j) For historic or prehistoric human skeletal remains
23
determined by an anthropologist to be older than 100 years,
24
jurisdiction shall be transferred to the Department of Natural
25
Resources for further investigation under the Archaeological
26
and Paleontological Resources Protection Act.

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(Source: P.A. 104-339, eff. 1-1-26; revised 9-10-25.)

2

(50 ILCS 722/25)
3

(Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-339
)
4

Sec. 25.
Unidentified persons.
The coroner or medical
5
examiner shall obtain a DNA sample from any individual whose
6
remains are not identifiable. The DNA sample shall be
7
forwarded to a National Missing and Unidentified Persons
8
System partner laboratory or other resource for analysis and
9
inclusion in the National DNA Index System.
10

Prior to the burial or interment of any unknown
11
individual's remains or any unknown individual's body part,
12
the medical examiner or coroner in possession of the remains
13
or body part must assign a DNA log number to the unknown
14
individual or body part. The medical examiner or coroner shall
15
place a tag that is stamped or inscribed with the DNA log
16
number on the individual or body part. The DNA log number shall
17
be stamped on the unidentified individual's toe tag, if
18
possible.
19
(Source: P.A. 100-901, eff. 1-1-19
.)

20

(Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 104-339
)
21

Sec. 25.
Unidentified deceased persons.
The coroner,
22
medical examiner, or assisting law enforcement agency shall
23
obtain a biological sample from any individual whose remains
24
are not identifiable. The biological sample shall be forwarded

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to an accredited
forensic laboratory for DNA testing for entry
2
by a
Combined DNA Index System (CODIS)
participating

3
laboratory where
eligible
DNA profiles are entered into
the
4
Combined DNA Index System (CODIS)

the appropriate State and
5
National DNA Index System
within 90 days from the discovery of
6
the remains.
7

Prior to the burial or interment of any unknown
8
individual's remains or any unknown individual's body part,
9
the medical examiner or coroner in possession of the remains
10
or body part must assign a case number to the unknown
11
individual or body part. The medical examiner or coroner shall
12
place a stainless-steel tag that is stamped or inscribed with
13
the assigned case number on the individual or body part and on
14
the outside of the burial container.
15
(Source: P.A. 104-339, eff. 1-1-26.)

16

Section 95.
No acceleration or delay.
Where this Act makes
17
changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text
18
that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section
19
represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does
20
not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes
21
made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other
22
Public Act.

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