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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4    Section 5. The Missing Persons Identification Act is
5amended by changing Sections 5, 10, 20, and 25 as follows:
6    (50 ILCS 722/5)
7    Sec. 5. Missing person reports.
8    (a-1) Law enforcement policy. Law enforcement agencies
9shall adopt a policy regarding missing person investigations
10and missing person reporting and follow-up actions.
11    (a-5) Report acceptance. Law enforcement agencies shall
12accept without delay any report of a missing person. A law
13enforcement agency may not establish or maintain a policy that
14requires the observance of a waiting period before accepting a
15missing person report, and it may not refuse to accept a
16missing 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;
22        (4) on the basis that the person has been missing for a
23    long period of time;
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1        (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;
6        (7) (blank);
7        (8) on the basis that the reporting individual cannot
8    provide all of the information requested by the law
9    enforcement agency;
10        (9) on the basis that the reporting individual lacks a
11    familial or other relationship with the missing person; or
12        (9-5) on the basis of the missing person's mental
13    state or medical condition.
14    (a-10) Multiple reports for same missing person. If the
15law enforcement agency learns through investigation that a
16missing person report has been filed by another law
17enforcement agency for the same missing person and is under
18active investigation by that agency and if a missing person
19entry is active in the Law Enforcement Agencies Data System
20(LEADS), then the law enforcement agency may not draft an
21additional missing person report but shall draft an
22informational report detailing the interview of the reporting
23individual. The informational report shall be forwarded to the
24original law enforcement agency handling the missing person
25case without delay. A second or subsequent agency is not
26prohibited from entering a duplicate missing person report in
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1LEADS; however, only one LEADS missing person report is
2required. Any existing LEADS missing person report may be
3modified by the originating agency to include additional or
4updated information.
5    (b) Manner of reporting. All law enforcement agencies
6shall accept missing person reports in person. Law enforcement
7agencies are encouraged to accept reports by phone or by
8electronic or other media to the extent that such reporting is
9consistent with law enforcement policies or practices.
10    (c) Contents of report. In accepting a report of a missing
11person, the law enforcement agency shall attempt to gather
12relevant information relating to the disappearance. The law
13enforcement agency shall attempt to gather at the time of the
14report information that shall include, but shall not be
15limited to, the following:
16        (1) the name of the missing person, including
17    alternative names used;
18        (2) the missing person's date of birth;
19        (3) the missing person's identifying marks, such as
20    birthmarks, moles, tattoos, and scars;
21        (4) the missing person's height and weight;
22        (5) the missing person's gender;
23        (6) the missing person's race;
24        (7) the missing person's current hair color and true
25    or natural hair color;
26        (8) the missing person's eye color;
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1        (9) the missing person's prosthetics, surgical
2    implants, or cosmetic implants;
3        (10) the missing person's physical anomalies;
4        (11) the missing person's blood type, if known;
5        (12) the missing person's driver's license number, if
6    known;
7        (13) the missing person's social security number, if
8    known;
9        (14) a photograph of the missing person; recent
10    photographs are preferable and the agency is encouraged to
11    attempt to ascertain the approximate date the photograph
12    was taken;
13        (15) a description of the clothing the missing person
14    was believed to be wearing;
15        (16) a description of items that might be with the
16    missing person, such as jewelry, accessories, and shoes or
17    boots;
18        (17) information on the missing person's electronic
19    communications devices, such as cellular telephone numbers
20    and e-mail addresses;
21        (18) the reasons why the reporting individual believes
22    that the person is missing;
23        (19) the name and location of the missing person's
24    school or employer, if known;
25        (20) the name and location of the missing person's
26    dentist or primary care physician or provider, or both, if
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1    known;
2        (21) any circumstances that may indicate that the
3    disappearance was not voluntary;
4        (22) any circumstances that may indicate that the
5    missing person may be at risk of injury or death;
6        (23) a description of the possible means of
7    transportation of the missing person, including make,
8    model, color, license number, and Vehicle Identification
9    Number of a vehicle;
10        (24) any identifying information about a known or
11    possible abductor or person last seen with the missing
12    person, or both, including:
13            (A) name;
14            (B) a physical description;
15            (C) date of birth;
16            (D) identifying marks;
17            (E) the description of possible means of
18        transportation, including make, model, color, license
19        number, and Vehicle Identification Number of a
20        vehicle;
21            (F) known associates;
22        (25) any other information that may aid in locating
23    the missing person; and
24        (26) the date of last contact.
25    (c-5) Collection of evidence. Nothing prohibits the
26collection of photographs, documents, biological samples,
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1dental charts, radiographs, or fingerprints at the start of a
2missing person investigation.
3    (c-10) LEADS entry requirement. Using the information
4gathered in subsection (c) for the missing person report, the
5law enforcement agency shall immediately enter a missing
6person report in LEADS.
7    (d) Notification and follow up action.
8        (1) Notification. The law enforcement agency shall
9    notify the person making the report, a family member, a
10    person responsible for the missing person's welfare, or
11    other person in a position to assist the law enforcement
12    agency in its efforts to locate the missing person of the
13    following:
14            (A) general information about the handling of the
15        missing person case or about intended efforts in the
16        case to the extent that the law enforcement agency
17        determines that disclosure would not adversely affect
18        its ability to locate or protect the missing person or
19        to apprehend or prosecute any person criminally
20        involved in the disappearance;
21            (A-5) information regarding the collection of
22        documents and biological samples that could assist in
23        the identification of a missing person, including
24        dental charts and radiographs, medical records,
25        fingerprints, and biological samples from the person's
26        personal items or from the missing person's [immediate]
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1        biological family members;
2            (B) that the person should promptly contact the
3        law enforcement agency if the missing person remains
4        missing [in order] to provide additional information and
5        materials that will aid in locating the missing person
6        such as the missing person's credit cards, debit
7        cards, banking information, and cellular telephone
8        records; and
9            (C) that any biological [DNA] samples provided for
10        the missing person case are provided on a voluntary
11        basis and will be used solely to help locate or
12        identify the missing person and will not be used for
13        any other purpose.
14        The law enforcement agency, upon acceptance of a
15    missing person report, shall inform the reporting citizen
16    of one of 2 resources, based upon the age of the missing
17    person. If the missing person is under 18 years of age,
18    contact information for the National Center for Missing
19    and Exploited Children shall be given. If the missing
20    person is age 18 or older, contact information for the
21    National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
22    organization shall be given.
23        The law enforcement agency is encouraged to make
24    available informational materials, through publications or
25    electronic or other media, that advise the public about
26    how the information or materials identified in this
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1    subsection are used to help locate or identify missing
2    persons.
3        (2) Follow up action. If the missing person remains
4    missing for 60 days after the date of the report, then the
5    law enforcement agency shall immediately generate a report
6    of the missing person within the National Missing and
7    Unidentified Persons System (NamUs), and the law
8    enforcement agency shall attempt to obtain all of the
9    following additional information and materials that have
10    not been received:
11            (A) Additional photographs of the missing person
12        that may aid the investigation or identification of an
13        unidentified person, including photographs of the
14        missing person's scars, marks, and tattoos. All
15        photographs of the missing person that the law
16        enforcement agency collected shall be added to the
17        National Missing and Unidentified Persons System
18        (NamUs) record. The law enforcement agency is not
19        required to obtain written authorization before it
20        releases publicly a photograph that would aid in the
21        investigation or location of the missing person.
22            (B) Fingerprint records of the missing person from
23        a competent authority or from a criminal history
24        database, if available. If a missing person remains
25        missing for 30 days after the date of the police
26        report, then the missing person's fingerprint record
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1        shall be added to the missing person entry in the Law
2        Enforcement Agencies Data System (LEADS). If a missing
3        person remains missing for 60 days after the date of
4        the police report, then the missing person's
5        fingerprint record shall be entered in the National
6        Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs). The
7        fingerprint records may be used for direct comparison
8        to the fingerprint records of unidentified persons
9        only.
10            (C) (Blank).
11            (D) Dental charts and radiographs of the missing
12        person, if available. If a missing person remains
13        missing for 30 [60] days after the date of the police
14        report [and missing for 60 days after the date of the ]
15        [police report in the National Missing and Unidentified ]
16        [Persons System (NamUs)], then the missing person's
17        dental record shall be added to the missing person
18        entry in the Law Enforcement Agencies Data System
19        (LEADS). If a missing person remains missing for 60 
20        days after the date of the police report, then the 
21        missing person's dental record shall be entered in the 
22        National Missing and Unidentified Persons System 
23        (NamUs). The dental records may be used [only] for
24        direct comparison to the dental records of
25        unidentified persons only.
26            (E) Biological samples from [closely related family ]
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1        [members of the missing person or biological samples ]
2        [from personal items of] the missing person, along with
3        any consent forms, required for the entry of a DNA
4        profile into [in] the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS). 
5        If biological samples are not available from the 
6        missing person, then biological samples may be used 
7        from biological relatives of the missing person. 
8        Biological samples from relatives must be provided 
9        voluntarily, and all consent and information forms 
10        must be completed and submitted with the samples [, ]
11        [including, but not limited to, the Local DNA Index ]
12        [System (LDIS), State DNA Index System (SDIS), and ]
13        [National DNA Index System (NDIS)].
14        (3) Biological samples collected for DNA analysis, if
15    any, shall be submitted to an accredited forensic 
16    laboratory for DNA testing for entry by a National DNA 
17    Index System (NDIS) participating laboratory [a Combined ]
18    [DNA Index System (CODIS) or other accredited laboratory ]
19    [where DNA profiles are entered into local, State, and ]
20    [national DNA Index Systems] within 90 days from the date of
21    the police report. Illinois State Police laboratories
22    shall establish procedures for determining how to
23    prioritize analysis of the samples relating to missing
24    person cases. All biological samples and subsequent DNA
25    profiles, if any, obtained in missing person cases from
26    family members of the missing person or from [personal ]
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1    [items of] the missing person may not be retained after the
2    location or identification of the remains of the missing
3    person unless there is a search warrant signed by a court
4    of competent jurisdiction.
5        (4) This subsection shall not be interpreted to
6    preclude a law enforcement agency from attempting to
7    obtain the materials identified in this subsection before
8    the expiration of the specified periods.
9        (5) Law enforcement agencies are encouraged to
10    establish written protocols for the handling of missing
11    person cases to accomplish the purposes of this Act. Law
12    enforcement agencies may not close a missing person case
13    until the missing person has returned or been located,
14    either alive or deceased. Law enforcement agencies shall
15    keep cases under active investigation until the missing
16    person is located or returned. Reasons for closing a
17    missing person case may not include exhaustion of leads or
18    termination of the anticipated life span of the missing
19    person.
20(Source: P.A. 104-339, eff. 1-1-26.)
21    (50 ILCS 722/10)
22    Sec. 10. Law enforcement analysis and reporting of missing
23person information.
24    (a) Prompt determination and definition of a high-risk
25missing person.
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1        (1) Definition. "High-risk missing person" means a
2    person whose whereabouts are not currently known and whose
3    circumstances indicate that the person may be at risk of
4    injury or death. The circumstances that indicate that a
5    person is a high-risk missing person include, but are not
6    limited to, any of the following:
7            (A) the person is missing as a result of a stranger
8        abduction;
9            (B) the person is missing under suspicious
10        circumstances;
11            (C) the person is missing under unknown
12        circumstances;
13            (D) the person is missing under known dangerous
14        circumstances;
15            (E) the person is missing more than 60 days;
16            (F) the person has already been designated as a
17        high-risk missing person by another law enforcement
18        agency;
19            (G) there is evidence that the person is at risk
20        because:
21                (i) the person is in need of medical
22            attention, including but not limited to persons
23            with dementia-like symptoms, or prescription
24            medication;
25                (ii) the person does not have a pattern of
26            running away or disappearing;
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1                (iii) the person may have been abducted by a
2            non-custodial parent;
3                (iv) the person is mentally impaired,
4            including, but not limited to, a person having a
5            developmental disability, as defined in Section
6            1-106 of the Mental Health and Developmental
7            Disabilities Code, or a person having an
8            intellectual disability, as defined in Section
9            1-116 of the Mental Health and Developmental
10            Disabilities Code;
11                (v) the person is under the age of 21;
12                (vi) the person has been the subject of past
13            threats or acts of violence;
14                (vii) the person has gone missing from a
15            facility licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act;
16            (G-5) the person is a veteran or active duty
17        member of the United States Armed Forces, the National
18        Guard, or any reserve component of the United States
19        Armed Forces who is believed to have a physical or
20        mental health condition that is related to his or her
21        service; or
22            (H) any other factor that may, in the judgment of
23        the law enforcement official, indicate that the
24        missing person may be at risk.
25    (b) Law enforcement risk assessment.
26        (1) Upon initial receipt of a missing person report,
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1    the law enforcement agency shall immediately determine
2    whether there is a basis to determine that the missing
3    person is a high-risk missing person.
4        (2) If a law enforcement agency has previously
5    determined that a missing person is not a high-risk
6    missing person, but obtains new information, it shall
7    immediately determine whether the information indicates
8    that the missing person is a high-risk missing person.
9        (3) Law enforcement agencies are encouraged to
10    establish written protocols for the handling of missing
11    person cases to accomplish the purposes of this Act.
12    (c) Law enforcement reporting.
13        (1) Upon receipt of a missing person report, the
14    responding local law enforcement agency shall enter all
15    collected information relating to the missing person case
16    in the Law Enforcement Agencies Data System (LEADS) and
17    the National Crime Information Center (NCIC). The database
18    entries shall remain on file indefinitely or until action
19    is taken by the originating agency to clear or cancel the
20    record. In addition, if the missing person remains missing
21    for 60 days after the date of the report, the law
22    enforcement agency shall immediately generate a report of
23    the missing person within the National Missing and
24    Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) as required under
25    paragraph (2) of subsection (d) of Section 5. The
26    information shall be entered as follows:
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1            (A) For Illinois State Police laboratories or
2        other accredited forensic laboratories for DNA 
3        testing, [all laboratories,] all appropriate DNA
4        profiles[, as determined by the Illinois State Police,]
5        shall be uploaded into the missing person database
6        [appropriate index] of the State DNA Index System (SDIS)
7        and National DNA Index System (NDIS) after completion
8        of the DNA analysis and other procedures required for
9        database entry. The responding local law enforcement
10        agency shall attempt to collect and submit any DNA
11        samples voluntarily obtained from family members to an
12        accredited forensic [Combined DNA Index System (CODIS)]
13        laboratory for DNA testing for entry by a National DNA 
14        Index System (NDIS) participating laboratory [analysis]
15        within 90 days from the date of the police report. A
16        notation of DNA submission may be made within the
17        National Missing and Unidentified Persons System
18        (NamUs) record.
19            (B) If the missing person remains missing for 60
20        days from the date of the report and if reporting
21        requirements for entry into the Federal Bureau of
22        Investigation's Violent Criminal Apprehension Program
23        are met, the law enforcement agency shall enter the
24        missing person case into the Federal Bureau of
25        Investigation's Violent Criminal Apprehension Program
26        database.
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1            (C) The Illinois State Police or other assigned
2        law enforcement agency shall ensure that persons
3        entering data relating to medical or dental records in
4        State or federal databases are specifically trained to
5        understand and correctly enter the information sought
6        by these databases. The Illinois State Police shall
7        either use a person with specific expertise in medical
8        or dental records for this purpose or consult with a
9        chief medical examiner, forensic anthropologist, or
10        odontologist to ensure the accuracy and completeness
11        of information entered into the State and federal
12        databases.
13        (2) The Illinois State Police shall immediately notify
14    all law enforcement agencies within this State and the
15    surrounding region of the information that will aid in the
16    prompt location and safe return of the high-risk missing
17    person.
18        (3) The local law enforcement agencies that receive
19    the notification from the Illinois State Police shall
20    notify officers to be on the lookout for the missing
21    person or a suspected abductor.
22        (4) Pursuant to any applicable State criteria, local
23    law enforcement agencies shall also provide for the prompt
24    use of an Amber Alert in cases involving abducted
25    children; or use of the Endangered Missing Person Advisory
26    in appropriate high-risk missing person cases.
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1(Source: P.A. 104-339, eff. 1-1-26; revised 11-20-25.)
2    (50 ILCS 722/20)
3    Sec. 20. Unidentified persons or human remains
4identification responsibilities.
5    (a) In this Section, "assisting law enforcement agency"
6means a law enforcement agency with jurisdiction acting under
7the request and direction of the medical examiner or coroner
8to assist with human remains identification.
9    (a-5) If the official with custody of the human remains is
10not a coroner or medical examiner, the official shall
11immediately notify the coroner or medical examiner of the
12county in which the remains were found. The coroner or medical
13examiner shall go to the scene and take charge of the remains.
14    (b) Notwithstanding any other action deemed appropriate
15for the handling of the human remains, the assisting law
16enforcement agency, medical examiner, or coroner shall make
17reasonable attempts to promptly identify human remains. This
18does not include historic or prehistoric skeletal remains.
19These actions shall include, but are not limited to, obtaining
20the following when possible:
21        (1) photographs of the human remains (prior to an
22    autopsy);
23        (2) dental and skeletal radiographs;
24        (3) photographs of items found on or with the human
25    remains;
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1        (4) fingerprints from the remains;
2        (5) tissue samples suitable for DNA analysis;
3        (6) (blank); and
4        (7) any other information that may support
5    identification efforts.
6    (c) No medical examiner or coroner or any other person
7shall dispose of, or engage in actions that will materially
8affect the unidentified human remains before the assisting law
9enforcement agency, medical examiner, or coroner obtains items
10essential for human identification efforts listed in
11subsection (b) of this Section.
12    (d) Cremation of unidentified human remains is prohibited.
13    (e) (Blank).
14    (f) The assisting law enforcement agency, medical
15examiner, or coroner shall seek support from appropriate State
16and federal agencies, including National Missing and
17Unidentified Persons System resources to facilitate prompt
18identification of human remains. This support may include, but
19is not limited to, fingerprint comparison; forensic
20odontology; nuclear or mitochondrial DNA analysis, or both;
21and forensic anthropology.
22    (f-5) In this subsection, "local, State, and federal
23automated fingerprint identification system databases"
24includes:
25        (1) local criminal history repositories;
26        (2) the Illinois State Police Automated Biometric
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1    Identification System (ABIS), both criminal and civil, and
2    any successor databases; and
3        (3) the Next Generation Integrated Automated
4    Fingerprint Identification System (NGI) and other federal
5    fingerprint databases, including immigration and military
6    databases and the Repository for Individuals of Special
7    Concern (RISC), and any successor databases.
8    It is the responsibility of the submitting agency to
9ensure the following steps are completed in the following
10order:
11        (1) Fingerprints from unidentified human remains,
12    including partial prints, if any, shall be submitted for
13    analysis within 7 days of recovery of the remains by the
14    assisting law enforcement agency, medical examiner, or
15    coroner to all local, State, and federal automated
16    fingerprint identification system databases.
17        (2) The submitting agency shall ensure fingerprints
18    are appropriately searched for identification purposes.
19    If there are no matches in any of the local, State, and
20federal automated fingerprint identification system databases,
21the unidentified fingerprint records shall be uploaded to the
22National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
23within 60 days after recovery of the remains. If no matches are
24made in the local, State, and federal automated fingerprint
25identification system databases, the submitting agency may
26contact the International Criminal Police Organization
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1(INTERPOL) to search through the automated fingerprint
2identification system databases of member countries if remains
3are believed to have an international nexus. If the
4fingerprint analysis does not aid in the identification of the
5remains, then the assisting law enforcement agency, coroner,
6or medical examiner shall cause a dental examination to be
7performed by a forensic odontologist within 45 days of
8recovery of the remains for the purpose of dental charting,
9direct comparison to missing person dental records, and
10uploading to the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) and
11National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs). If
12the fingerprint and dental analysis does not aid in the
13identification of the remains, then blood, tissue, or bone
14samples from the unidentified remains shall be submitted for
15DNA analysis within 90 days of the recovery of the remains to a
16an [Combined DNA Index System (CODIS)] accredited forensic
17laboratory for DNA testing for entry by a National DNA Index 
18System (NDIS) participating laboratory [where DNA profiles are ]
19[entered into the National DNA Index System upon completion of ]
20[testing]. In the case of markedly decomposed or skeletal
21remains, a forensic anthropological analysis of the remains,
22authorized by the coroner or medical examiner, shall also be
23performed within 60 days from the recovery and preparation of
24the remains for the analysis.
25    (g) (Blank).
26    (g-2) The medical examiner[,] or coroner shall cause the
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1entry of a National Crime Information Center Unidentified
2Person record within 5 days of the discovery of the remains. In
3the case of markedly decomposed or skeletal remains, the
4creation of a National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
5Unidentified Person File shall be made upon receipt of the
6anthropological analysis report. The medical examiner or
7coroner shall provide the assisting law enforcement agency
8with all information required for the National Crime
9Information Center (NCIC) entry. Upon receipt of this
10information, the assisting law enforcement agency shall create
11the Unidentified Person record without unnecessary delay. In
12the case of markedly decomposed or skeletal remains, the
13creation of a National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
14Unidentified Person File shall be made upon receipt of the
15anthropological analysis report. If an anthropological
16analysis report determines the remains to be historic or
17prehistoric, then no NCIC entry is required.
18    (g-5) The medical examiner or coroner shall obtain a
19National Crime Information Center number from the assisting
20law enforcement agency to verify entry and maintain this
21number within the unidentified human remains case file. A
22National Crime Information Center Unidentified Person record
23shall remain on file indefinitely or until action is taken by
24the originating agency to clear or cancel the record. The
25medical examiner or coroner shall notify the assisting law
26enforcement agency of necessary record modifications or
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1cancellation if identification is made.
2    (h) (Blank).
3    (h-5) No later than 60 days following the discovery of the
4remains, the assisting law enforcement agency, medical
5examiner, or coroner shall create an unidentified person
6record in the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System
7if no identification has been made. The entry shall include
8all available case information, including fingerprint data and
9dental radiographs and charts. A notation of DNA submission
10shall be made within the National Missing and Unidentified
11Persons System Unidentified Person record.
12    (i) Nothing in this Act shall be interpreted to preclude
13any assisting law enforcement agency, medical examiner,
14coroner, or the Illinois State Police from pursuing other
15efforts to identify human remains including efforts to
16publicize information, descriptions, or photographs related to
17the investigation. An assisting law enforcement agency, a
18medical examiner, a coroner, or the Illinois State Police may
19not close an unidentified person case until the individual has
20been identified. Law enforcement agencies, medical examiners,
21and coroners shall keep such cases under active investigation
22until the person is identified. Reasons for closing an
23unidentified person case may not include exhaustion of leads
24or termination of the anticipated life span of the missing
25person's next of kin.
26    (j) For historic or prehistoric human skeletal remains
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1determined by an anthropologist to be older than 100 years,
2jurisdiction shall be transferred to the Department of Natural
3Resources for further investigation under the Archaeological
4and Paleontological Resources Protection Act.
5(Source: P.A. 104-339, eff. 1-1-26; revised 11-20-25.)
6    (50 ILCS 722/25)
7    Sec. 25. Unidentified deceased persons. The coroner,
8medical examiner, or assisting law enforcement agency shall
9obtain a biological sample from any individual whose remains
10are not identifiable. The biological sample shall be forwarded
11to an accredited forensic laboratory for DNA testing for entry 
12by a National DNA Index System (NDIS) participating [Combined ]
13[DNA Index System (CODIS)] laboratory where eligible DNA
14profiles are entered into the Combined DNA Index System 
15(CODIS) [the appropriate State and National DNA Index System]
16within 90 days from the discovery of the remains.
17    Prior to the burial or interment of any unknown
18individual's remains or any unknown individual's body part,
19the medical examiner or coroner in possession of the remains
20or body part must assign a case number to the unknown
21individual or body part. The medical examiner or coroner shall
22place a stainless-steel tag that is stamped or inscribed with
23the assigned case number on the individual or body part and on
24the outside of the burial container.
25(Source: P.A. 104-339, eff. 1-1-26.)