2001 Senate Bill 478 ↩

Senate Roll Call 143: Passed

To revise the requirement that the State Police maintain a database of information on all people who have been convicted within the state of a felony or a misdemeanor, to include an expanded definition of juvenile offense convictions, arrests and adjudications. Certain physical records, such as paper copies of fingerprint cards, could be replaced with electronic forms. Specific procedures for cases where local police agencies are required to submit to the database different types of information, including fingerprints, are specified in the bill. The legislation consolidates and details various provisions of law contained in different Public Acts, defines more precisely exactly what records must be kept and in what form, and creates some new record keeping requirements. The bill is part of a legislative package comprised of Senate Bills 478 and 479.