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Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority Firearm Prohibitors and Records Improvement Task Force met June 20.

Here is the agenda provided by the task force:

Task Force Member Attendance	Present	Absent
ISP Deputy Director: Chris Campbell- Designee Col Cpt. Yenchco	1X
Deputy Director Dr. Sharon Coleman IDHS Forensic & Justice Services	1X
IDOC Director designees: Sharon Shipinski		X
IDOC Director designees: Zachary Sarver	1X
Illinois Attorney General designee: Caitlyn McEllis	1X
Marcia M. Meis, Director AOIC designee Stephany Ortiz	1X
Jim Kaitschuk, Illinois Sheriff’s Association		X
Robert Berlin, Illinois State’s Attorney’s Association	1X
James Keegan, Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police	1X
Lia Daniels, Illinois Health, and Hospital Assoc. representing Elizabeth Nelson	1X
Mayor Reggie Freeman, Illinois Municipal League		X
ICJIA Executive Director: Delrice Adams		X

Also present were:

Jay Gragg, IDHS, FOID Mental Health Reporting

Stefanie Browning, IDHS, FOID Mental Health Reporting

Angela Graves, IDHS, FOID Mental Health Reporting

Theresa Everist, IDHS, FOID Mental Health Reporting

Carrie Wilcox,

K. Jill Urbas, IDHS, FOID Mental Health Reporting

Other Authority Staff Members:

Tim Lavery, ICJIA Director of Research

Emilee Green, ICJIA Research Analyst Center for Justice Research and Evaluation

Sarah Henricksen, ICJIA, Associate General Counsel

Michael Lynch ICJIA Strategic Projects Administrator

Minutes by:

Kimberly Atkins, ICJIA Strategic Project Administrator: Minutes/Editor

I. Call to Order and Roll Call

• Chairperson Delrice Adams delegated Administration to Tim Lavery. Mr. Lavery called the meeting to order at 2:04 P.M.

• Sarah Henricksen, Associate General Counsel took roll call and Quorum was established

II. OLD BUSINESS

Approval of the minutes

• Motion: To approve the minutes from May 16, 2024, Meeting

• Motion by: Caitlyn Mc Ellis

• Seconded by: Zachary Sarver

• Henricksen took voice vote, and the motion carries for approval of the minutes

II. New Business

• Special Chairperson, ICJIA Tim Lavery, thanked members for their contributions to the task force and time dedicated in review of the final report. Members will be given the opportunity to discuss the report and vote on the final report. If approved at today’s meeting, the report will be submitted to the Governor’s Office and General Assembly and available on ICJIA’s website. Tim Lavery turned the meeting over to Emilee Green to take the floor to review the report

• Emily Green The taskforce views screen share by Ms. Green that goes over Final Report Draft and the organization of the report and review the report on screen and discussed the report organization and wording. Review of progress for this year of meetings.

• Qualified examiner language is listed and Ms. Mc Ellis, provides clarification for language. The definition of Qualified Examiner, the entire list for qualified examiners is in the appendix.

• Ms. Green mentioned that for 2025 the taskforce will be looking at completing a Qualtrics survey to provide feedback on the next steps to focus on 2025. The group may want to look at prioritizing Illinois State Police firearms Service Bureau most common prohibitors which is the first item on the next steps carried from 2023,

• Emily Greene There may be other acts that mentioned qualified examinators. Before the June 30, 2024, meeting we may look at getting a Qualtrics survey out to members to determine the focus on the taskforce and next steps.

• Chris Campbell clear and present danger, ISP now provides information to local PD to turn in card and file a disposition notice. In this case, law enforcement LEEDS notification would be accessible to local police.

• Special Chairperson Lavery asks the task force to take a few minutes to talk about the 2025 priorities if there are things that come to mind for the task force to have dialog.

• Lia Mc Daniels Health care providers instead of just Hospitals was updated in the report

• Special Chair Tim Lavery: Asks for a motion to vote to adopt and approve the edited final Report

• Motion by: James Keegan

• Seconded by: Lia Daniels

• Final vote conducted by Henricksen

• Motion carries unanimously

• Next meeting is in planning for next fiscal Year in August

• Further review the road map for 2025 and build based on the findings from the previous year.

F. Public Comment

• There were none presented.

V. Adjournment:

• Motion by: Zachary Sarver.

• Second by: Lia Daniels

• Meeting Adjourned: at 2:50 PM

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