Illinois House Bill 3217

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 13-0)
Status: Introduced on February 16 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-05-21 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David Friess
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Creates within the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board a Recruitment Division. Provides that the Division shall establish a Back the Badge program, which shall establish recruitment plans for law enforcement agencies. Provides that the Division shall determine and prioritize specific characteristics that a law enforcement agency and community desire in their police officers. Provides that the Division shall cooperate with law enforcement agencies to determine a strategy to hire and retain sworn police officers who are diverse and reflective of the community and the priorities of the law enforcement agencies.

POLICE TRAINING-BACK THE BADGE

Rep. Jason Bunting [R]	Rep. Patrick Windhorst [R]	Rep. Kevin Schmidt [R]	Rep. Martin McLaughlin [R]
Rep. Travis Weaver [R]	Rep. Jennifer Sanalitro [R]	Rep. Tom Weber [R]	Rep. Paul Jacobs [R]
Rep. Brandun Schweizer [R]	Rep. Amy Grant [R]	Rep. William Hauter [R]	Rep. Jed Davis [R]
Rep. David Friess [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-05-21	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David Friess
2024-05-21	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jed Davis
2024-05-21	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William E Hauter
2024-05-21	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Amy L. Grant
2024-05-21	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandun Schweizer
2024-05-21	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul Jacobs
2024-05-21	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tom Weber
2023-11-02	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jennifer Sanalitro
2023-06-09	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Travis Weaver
2023-05-02	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Martin McLaughlin
2023-04-27	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin Schmidt
2023-04-27	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick Windhorst
2023-03-10	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2023-03-07	House	To Criminal Administration and Enforcement Subcommittee
2023-02-28	House	Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee
2023-02-17	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2023-02-17	House	First Reading
2023-02-16	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jason Bunting

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
50	705	3.2	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3217&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=112&GA=103
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/HB/10300HB3217.htm