Bill Text: IL HB3340 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates the Racial and Ethnic Bias Training Act. Provides that the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board shall adopt model rules for training for law enforcement officers to recognize implicit racial and ethnic bias and racial sensitivity that may be adopted by law enforcement agencies in this State. Provides that the Department of State Police shall work in consultation with the Board to adopt model rules for training to recognize implicit racial and ethnic bias and racial sensitivity for officers. Provides that training on recognizing implicit racial and ethnic bias and promoting racial sensitivity for individuals who work in the criminal justice system shall be required.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB3340 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB3340-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB3340 Introduced , by Rep. Elgie R. Sims, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act
20 ILCS 2605/2605-86 new
50 ILCS 705/10.8 new
Creates the Racial and Ethnic Bias Training Act. Provides that the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board shall adopt model rules for training for law enforcement officers to recognize implicit racial and ethnic bias and racial sensitivity that may be adopted by law enforcement agencies in this State. Provides that the Department of State Police shall work in consultation with the Board to adopt model rules for training to recognize implicit racial and ethnic bias and racial sensitivity for officers. Provides that training on recognizing implicit racial and ethnic bias and promoting racial sensitivity for individuals who work in the criminal justice system shall be required.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning racial and ethnic bias training.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Racial
and Ethnic Bias Training Act.
Section 5. Definitions. In this Act:
"Board" means the Illinois Law Enforcement Training
Standards Board.
"Department" means the Department of State Police."
"Law enforcement agency" means a municipal, county, park
district, State controlled university, college, and public
community colleges law enforcement agency.
Section 10. Law enforcement agency implicit racial and
ethnic bias training.
(a) The Board shall adopt model rules for training for law
enforcement officers to recognize implicit racial and ethnic
bias and promote racial sensitivity that may be adopted by law
enforcement agencies in this State.
(b) The Department shall work in consultation with the
Board to adopt model rules for training to recognize implicit
racial and ethnic bias and promote racial sensitivity for
officers.

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Section 15. Criminal justice implicit racial and ethnic and
bias training. Training on recognizing implicit racial and
ethnic bias and promoting racial sensitivity for individuals
who work in the criminal justice system shall be required.
Persons under this Section that are required to complete
training to recognize implicit racial and ethnic bias and
promote racial sensitivity include, but is not limited to,
prosecutors, public defenders, judges, and correctional
officers and employees in this State.
Section 85. The Department of State Police Law of the Civil
Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section
2605-86 as follows:
(20 ILCS 2605/2605-86 new)
Sec. 2605-86. Implicit racial and ethnic bias training. The
Department shall work in consultation with the Illinois Law
Enforcement Training Standards Board to adopt model rules for
training to recognize implicit racial and ethnic bias and
racial sensitivity for officers.
Section 90. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended by
adding Section 10.8 as follows:
(50 ILCS 705/10.8 new)

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Sec. 10.8. Implicit racial and ethnic bias training. The
Board shall adopt model rules for training for law enforcement
officers to recognize implicit racial and ethnic bias and
racial sensitivity that may be adopted by law enforcement
agencies in this State.