Illinois House Bill 229 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Failed on January 8 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Creates the Eliminate Racial Profiling Act. Prohibits a State or local law enforcement agent or law enforcement agency from engaging in racial profiling. Allows the State or an individual injured by racial profiling to enforce the racial profiling provision in a civil action for declaratory or injunctive relief. Requires law enforcement agencies to maintain policies and procedures, designed to eliminate racial profiling, and to certify that in applications for certain federal grant programs. Requires the Attorney General to adopt rules for administrative complaint procedures and independent audit programs applicable to law enforcement agencies. Allows the Attorney General to make grants to law enforcement agencies to develop and implement best practices to eliminate racial profiling. Allows the Attorney General to order the withholding of certain federal grants for law enforcement agencies that are not in compliance with the Act. Grants rulemaking authority to the Attorney General to implement the Act. Contains report and publication requirements, with some limitations to protect personal identifying information. Amends the Freedom of Information Act to exempt disclosure of the name and identifying information of a law enforcement officer, complainant, or other person in any activity for which data is collected and compiled under the Eliminate Racial Profiling Act, except for disclosure of information to that person.

ELIMINATE RACIAL PROFILING ACT

Rep. Andre Thapedi [D]

Rep. Mary Flowers [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-08	House	Session Sine Die
2018-11-07	House	Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee
2017-03-31	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2017-03-23	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
2017-03-23	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. André Thapedi
2017-01-25	House	Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee
2017-01-24	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
2017-01-11	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2017-01-11	House	First Reading
2016-12-09	House	Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. André Thapedi

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
5	140	7.5	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=229&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=91&GA=100
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/HB/10000HB0229.htm
Amendment	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/HB/10000HB0229ham001.htm