Bill Text: IL HB4619 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that before the first time a person may be summoned or directed by a peace officer or local law enforcement agency to perform the duties assigned to him or her by the peace officer or local law enforcement agency as a community policing volunteer, he or she shall receive training in civil rights, human rights, human relations, and cultural competency, including implicit bias and racial and ethnic sensitivity from a school or course approved by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board. Provides that the community policing volunteer shall receive renewed training in the subjects described in this provision every 3 years he or she serves as a community policing volunteer. Defines "community policing volunteer". Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4619 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB4619-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | adding Section 8.3 as follows:
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6 | (50 ILCS 705/8.3 new) | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 8.3. Community policing volunteer; training; | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | anti-discrimination. | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | (a) In this Section, "community policing volunteer" has the | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | meaning ascribed to it in Section 2-3.5 of the Criminal Code of | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | 2012. | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | (b) Before the first time a person may be summoned or | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | directed by a peace officer or local law enforcement agency to | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | perform the duties assigned to him or her by the peace officer | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | or local law enforcement agency as a community policing | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | volunteer, he or she shall receive training in civil rights, | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | human rights, human relations, and cultural competency, | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | including implicit bias and racial and ethnic sensitivity from | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | a school or course approved by the Board. The community | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | policing volunteer shall receive renewed training in the | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | subjects described in this Section every 3 years he or she | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | serves as a community policing volunteer.
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1 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
2 | becoming law.
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