Illinois House Bill 5841 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on September 24 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 Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Illinois Police Training Act is applicable to the training, certification, licensing, decertification, and revocation of licenses of State Police officers one year after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Requires full-time and part-time police officers to be licensed rather than certified beginning one year after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that the chief of police in municipalities with a population of 1,000,000 or more shall be elected beginning with the 2021 consolidated election and shall be known as the Superintendent of Police. Provides for the eligibility, bond, oath, recall, impeachment, and training required of the Superintendent of Police. Limits home rule powers. Requires, after the initial election of the Superintendent of Police, all police officers to give bond in the amount of $100,000. Repeals the provisions, except the bond and recall provisions, on January 1, 2031. Amends the Counties Code and Illinois Municipal Code requiring municipalities with police departments and counties to create an elected community accountability board that acts as the civilian accountability entity to the sheriff's department and police departments. Allows municipalities or counties under 10,000 to enter into an intergovernmental agreement to form a joint community accountability board. Limits home rule powers. Amends the Election Code making a conforming change. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately, except that specified provisions are effective one year after the amendatory Act becomes law.

POLICE LICENSE/ACCOUNTABILITY

Rep. LaShawn Ford [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-11-10	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2020-11-10	House	First Reading
2020-09-24	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
10	5	2A-1.2	Amended Code	Citation Text
20	2605	2605-375	Amended Code	Citation Text
20	2605	2605-5	Amended Code	Citation Text
20	2605	2605-53.5	New Code	See Bill Text
20	2605	2605-54	Amended Code	Citation Text
20	2605	2605-85	Amended Code	Citation Text
20	2605	2605-90	Amended Code	Citation Text
20	2605	2605-96	Amended Code	Citation Text
20	2605	2605-97	Amended Code	Citation Text
20	2605	2605-98	Amended Code	Citation Text
20	2605	55a in part	Amended Code	Citation Text
20	2610	40	Amended Code	Citation Text
20	2610	45	Amended Code	Citation Text
20	2610	8	Amended Code	Citation Text
30	805	8.45	New Code	See Bill Text
5	815	10	Amended Code	Citation Text
50	705	2	Amended Code	Citation Text
50	705	6	Amended Code	Citation Text
50	705	6.1	Amended Code	Citation Text
50	705	6.3	New Code	See Bill Text
50	705	8.1	Amended Code	Citation Text
50	705	8.2	Amended Code	Citation Text
55	5	3-6041	New Code	See Bill Text
65	5	11-1-15	New Code	See Bill Text
65	5	11-1-2.2	New Code	See Bill Text
65	5	3.1-20-7	New Code	See Bill Text
65	5	3.1-20-8	New Code	See Bill Text
65	5	3.1-20-9	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5841&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=108&GA=101
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/HB/10100HB5841.htm