Illinois-2023-HB4047-Introduced

103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4047

Introduced , by Rep. John M. Cabello - Patrick Windhorst

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

`5 ILCS 100/5-45.35 new`
`50 ILCS 705/8.1`	`from Ch. 85, par. 508.1`
`720 ILCS 5/7-5.5`

Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that a training waiver from the Minimum Standards Basic Law Enforcement or County Correctional Training Course due to extensive prior law enforcement or county corrections experience shall be given whether or not the experience was obtained by employment by this State or any local governmental agency. Provides that, within 60 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board shall adopt uniform rules providing for a training waiver process for a person previously employed and qualified as a law enforcement or county corrections officer under federal law or the laws of any other state. Requires the rules to provide that any person previously employed or qualified as a law enforcement or county corrections officer under federal law or the laws of any other state shall successfully complete the following prior to the approval of a waiver: (1) a training program approved by the Board on the laws of this State relevant to the duties of law enforcement and county correctional officers; and (2) firearms training. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Grants the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board emergency rulemaking authority to implement the provisions of the amendatory Act. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Deletes language providing that a peace officer, or any other person acting under the color of law, shall not discharge kinetic impact projectiles or other non-lethal or less-lethal projectiles in a manner that targets the back.

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A BILL FOR

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1 AN ACT concerning government.

2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

3 represented in the General Assembly:

4 Section 5. The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act is

5 amended by adding Section 5-45.35 as follows:

6 (5 ILCS 100/5-45.35 new)

7 Sec. 5-45.35. Emergency rulemaking; Illinois Law

8 Enforcement Training Standards Board. To provide for the

9 expeditious and timely implementation of the changes made in

10 Section 8.1 of the Illinois Police Training Act, emergency

11 rules implementing the waiver process under Section 8.1 of the

12 Illinois Police Training Act may be adopted in accordance with

13 Section 5-45 by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training

14 Standards Board. The adoption of emergency rules authorized by

15 Section 5-45 and this Section is deemed to be necessary for the

16 public interest, safety, and welfare.

17 This Section is repealed one year after the effective date

18 of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly.

19 Section 10. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended by

20 changing Section 8.1 as follows:

21 (50 ILCS 705/8.1) (from Ch. 85, par. 508.1)

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1 Sec. 8.1. Full-time law enforcement and county corrections

2 officers.

3 (a) No person shall receive a permanent appointment as a

4 law enforcement officer or a permanent appointment as a county

5 corrections officer unless that person has been awarded,

6 within 6 months of the officer's initial full-time employment,

7 a certificate attesting to the officer's successful completion

8 of the Minimum Standards Basic Law Enforcement or County

9 Correctional Training Course as prescribed by the Board; or

10 has been awarded a certificate attesting to the officer's

11 satisfactory completion of a training program of similar

12 content and number of hours and which course has been found

13 acceptable by the Board under the provisions of this Act; or a

14 training waiver by reason of extensive prior law enforcement

15 or county corrections experience, whether or not the

16 experience was obtained by employment by this State or any

17 local governmental agency,the basic training requirement is

18 determined by the Board to be illogical and unreasonable.

19 Within 60 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act

20 of the 103rd General Assembly, the Board shall adopt uniform

21 rules providing for a waiver process for a person previously

22 employed and qualified as a law enforcement or county

23 corrections officer under federal law or the laws of any other

24 state. The rules shall provide that any person previously

25 employed or qualified as a law enforcement or county

26 corrections officer under federal law or the laws of any other

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1 state shall successfully complete the following prior to the

2 approval of a waiver:

3 (1) a training program approved by the Board on the

4 laws of this State relevant to the duties of law

5 enforcement and county correctional officers; and

6 (2) firearms training.

7 If such training is required and not completed within the

8 applicable 6 months, then the officer must forfeit the

9 officer's position, or the employing agency must obtain a

10 waiver from the Board extending the period for compliance.

11 Such waiver shall be issued only for good and justifiable

12 reasons, and in no case shall extend more than 90 days beyond

13 the initial 6 months. Any hiring agency that fails to train a

14 law enforcement officer within this period shall be prohibited

15 from employing this individual in a law enforcement capacity

16 for one year from the date training was to be completed. If an

17 agency again fails to train the individual a second time, the

18 agency shall be permanently barred from employing this

19 individual in a law enforcement capacity.

20 An individual who is not certified by the Board or whose

21 certified status is inactive shall not function as a law

22 enforcement officer, be assigned the duties of a law

23 enforcement officer by an employing agency, or be authorized

24 to carry firearms under the authority of the employer, except

25 as otherwise authorized to carry a firearm under State or

26 federal law. Sheriffs who are elected as of January 1, 2022

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1 (the effective date of Public Act 101-652) ~~this amendatory Act~~

2 ~~of the 101st General Assembly,~~ are exempt from the requirement

3 of certified status. Failure to be certified in accordance

4 with this Act shall cause the officer to forfeit the officer's

5 position.

6 An employing agency may not grant a person status as a law

7 enforcement officer unless the person has been granted an

8 active law enforcement officer certification by the Board.

9 (b) Inactive status. A person who has an inactive law

10 enforcement officer certification has no law enforcement

11 authority.

12 (1) A law enforcement officer's certification becomes

13 inactive upon termination, resignation, retirement, or

14 separation from the officer's employing law enforcement

15 agency for any reason. The Board shall re-activate a

16 certification upon written application from the law

17 enforcement officer's law enforcement agency that shows

18 the law enforcement officer: (i) has accepted a full-time

19 law enforcement position with that law enforcement agency,

20 (ii) is not the subject of a decertification proceeding,

21 and (iii) meets all other criteria for re-activation

22 required by the Board. The Board may also establish

23 special training requirements to be completed as a

24 condition for re-activation.

25 The Board shall review a notice for reactivation from

26 a law enforcement agency and provide a response within 30

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1 days. The Board may extend this review. A law enforcement

2 officer shall be allowed to be employed as a full-time law

3 enforcement officer while the law enforcement officer

4 reactivation waiver is under review.

5 A law enforcement officer who is refused reactivation

6 or an employing agency of a law enforcement officer who is

7 refused reactivation under this Section may request a

8 hearing in accordance with the hearing procedures as

9 outlined in subsection (h) of Section 6.3 of this Act.

10 The Board may refuse to re-activate the certification

11 of a law enforcement officer who was involuntarily

12 terminated for good cause by an employing agency for

13 conduct subject to decertification under this Act or

14 resigned or retired after receiving notice of a law

15 enforcement agency's investigation.

16 (2) A law enforcement agency may place an officer who

17 is currently certified on inactive status by sending a

18 written request to the Board. A law enforcement officer

19 whose certificate has been placed on inactive status shall

20 not function as a law enforcement officer until the

21 officer has completed any requirements for reactivating

22 the certificate as required by the Board. A request for

23 inactive status in this subsection shall be in writing,

24 accompanied by verifying documentation, and shall be

25 submitted to the Board with a copy to the chief

26 administrator of the law enforcement officer's current or

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1 new employing agency.

2 (3) Certification that has become inactive under

3 paragraph (2) of this subsection (b)~~,~~ shall be reactivated

4 by written notice from the law enforcement officer's

5 agency upon a showing that the law enforcement officer ~~is~~:

6 (i) is employed in a full-time law enforcement position

7 with the same law enforcement agency, (ii) is not the

8 subject of a decertification proceeding, and (iii) meets

9 all other criteria for re-activation required by the

10 Board.

11 (4) Notwithstanding paragraph (3) of this subsection

12 (b), a law enforcement officer whose certification has

13 become inactive under paragraph (2) may have the officer's

14 employing agency submit a request for a waiver of training

15 requirements to the Board in writing and accompanied by

16 any verifying documentation~~.~~. A grant of a waiver is

17 within the discretion of the Board. Within 7 days of

18 receiving a request for a waiver under this Section

19 ~~section~~, the Board shall notify the law enforcement

20 officer and the chief administrator of the law enforcement

21 officer's employing agency, whether the request has been

22 granted, denied, or if the Board will take additional time

23 for information. A law enforcement agency~~,~~ whose request

24 for a waiver under this subsection is denied~~,~~ is entitled

25 to request a review of the denial by the Board. The law

26 enforcement agency must request a review within 20 days of

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1 the waiver being denied. The burden of proof shall be on

2 the law enforcement agency to show why the law enforcement

3 officer is entitled to a waiver of the legislatively

4 required training and eligibility requirements.

5 (c) No provision of this Section shall be construed to

6 mean that a county corrections officer employed by a

7 governmental agency at the time of the effective date of this

8 amendatory Act, either as a probationary county corrections

9 officeror as a permanent county corrections officer, shall

10 require certification under the provisions of this Section. No

11 provision of this Section shall be construed to apply to

12 certification of elected county sheriffs.

13 (d) Within 14 days, a law enforcement officer shall report

14 to the Board: (1) any name change; (2) any change in

15 employment; or (3) the filing of any criminal indictment or

16 charges against the officer alleging that the officer

17 committed any offense as enumerated in Section 6.1 of this

18 Act.

19 (e) All law enforcement officers must report the

20 completion of the training requirements required in this Act

21 in compliance with Section 8.4 of this Act.

22 (e-1) Each employing law enforcement agency shall allow

23 and provide an opportunity for a law enforcement officer to

24 complete the mandated requirements in this Act. All mandated

25 training shall ~~will~~ be provided ~~for~~ at no cost to the

26 employees. Employees shall be paid for all time spent

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1 attending mandated training.

2 (e-2) Each agency, academy, or training provider shall

3 maintain proof of a law enforcement officer's completion of

4 legislatively required training in a format designated by the

5 Board. The report of training shall be submitted to the Board

6 within 30 days following completion of the training. A copy of

7 the report shall be submitted to the law enforcement officer.

8 Upon receipt of a properly completed report of training, the

9 Board will make the appropriate entry into the training

10 records of the law enforcement officer.

11 (f) This Section does not apply to part-time law

12 enforcement officers or probationary part-time law enforcement

13 officers.

14 (g) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,

15 the changes made to this Section by ~~this amendatory Act of the~~

16 ~~102nd General Assembly,~~ Public Act 101-652, ~~and~~ Public Act

17 102-28, and Public Act 102-694 take effect July 1, 2022.

18 (Source: P.A. 101-187, eff. 1-1-20; 101-652, eff. 1-1-22;

19 102-28, eff. 6-25-21; 102-694, eff. 1-7-22; revised 2-3-22.)

20 Section 15. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by

21 changing Section 7-5.5 as follows:

22 (720 ILCS 5/7-5.5)

23 Sec. 7-5.5. Prohibited use of force by a peace officer.

24 (a) A peace officer, or any other person acting under the

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1 color of law, shall not use a chokehold or restraint above the

2 shoulders with risk of asphyxiation in the performance of his

3 or her duties, unless deadly force is justified under this

4 Article.

5 (b) A peace officer, or any other person acting under the

6 color of law, shall not use a chokehold or restraint above the

7 shoulders with risk of asphyxiation, or any lesser contact

8 with the throat or neck area of another, in order to prevent

9 the destruction of evidence by ingestion.

10 (c) As used in this Section, "chokehold" means applying

11 any direct pressure to the throat, windpipe, or airway of

12 another. "Chokehold" does not include any holding involving

13 contact with the neck that is not intended to reduce the intake

14 of air such as a headlock where the only pressure applied is to

15 the head.

16 (d) As used in this Section, "restraint above the

17 shoulders with risk of positional asphyxiation" means a use of

18 a technique used to restrain a person above the shoulders,

19 including the neck or head, in a position which interferes

20 with the person's ability to breathe after the person no

21 longer poses a threat to the officer or any other person.

22 (e) A peace officer, or any other person acting under the

23 color of law, shall not:

24 (i) use force as punishment or retaliation;

25 (ii) discharge kinetic impact projectiles and all

26 other non-lethal or less-lethal projectiles in a manner

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1 that targets the head, neck, groin, or anterior pelvis~~, or~~

2 ~~back~~;

3 (iii) discharge conducted electrical weapons in a

4 manner that targets the head, chest, neck, groin, or

5 anterior pelvis;

6 (iv) discharge firearms or kinetic impact projectiles

7 indiscriminately into a crowd;

8 (v) use chemical agents or irritants for crowd

9 control, including pepper spray and tear gas, prior to

10 issuing an order to disperse in a sufficient manner to

11 allow for the order to be heard and repeated if necessary,

12 followed by sufficient time and space to allow compliance

13 with the order unless providing such time and space would

14 unduly place an officer or another person at risk of death

15 or great bodily harm; or

16 (vi) use chemical agents or irritants, including

17 pepper spray and tear gas, prior to issuing an order in a

18 sufficient manner to ensure the order is heard, and

19 repeated if necessary, to allow compliance with the order

20 unless providing such time and space would unduly place an

21 officer or another person at risk of death or great bodily

22 harm.

23 (Source: P.A. 101-652, eff. 7-1-21; 102-28, eff. 6-25-21;

24 102-687, eff. 12-17-21.)