Illinois House Bill 5800 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Introduced on June 10 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-11-10 - Referred to Rules Committee
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Attorney General Act. Provides that if an incident occurs between a police officer, or multiple police officers, and another person in which an apparent excessive amount of force was used and death occurred from that use of force, the matter shall be investigated by the Office of the Attorney General, in place of and instead of an investigation by the State's Attorney of the jurisdiction where the incident occurred. Provides that if, at the conclusion of the investigation, the Attorney General determines that the use of force by a peace officer comprised a criminal act, the Attorney General shall bring appropriate charges and prosecute the case on behalf of the people of the State. Effective immediately.

ATT'Y GEN-POLICE USE OF FORCE

Rep. Rita Mayfield [D]	Rep. Daniel Didech [D]	Rep. Mary Flowers [D]	Rep. Marcus Evans [D]
Rep. Bob Morgan [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-11-10	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2020-11-10	House	First Reading
2020-10-27	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Bob Morgan
2020-09-11	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
2020-08-31	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
2020-06-17	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel Didech
2020-06-10	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Rita Mayfield

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
15	205	10	New Code	See Bill Text
15	205	4	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5800&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=108&GA=101
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/HB/10100HB5800.htm