Bill Text: IL SB1421 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the State Fire Marshal Act. Provides that the Division of Arson Investigation within the Office of the State Fire Marshal shall employ certified youth firesetter interventionists who conduct youth firesetter interventions when local authorities cannot do so on their own or when multiple local authorities in separate jurisdictions are involved. Requires the Division to assist youth firesetter interventionists throughout the State who have limited capabilities or particularly challenging cases, and to conduct training to certify youth firesetter interventionists throughout the State.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-03-31 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB1421 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB1421-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB1421 Introduced 2/7/2023, by Sen. Patrick J. Joyce SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 2905/5 new
Amends the State Fire Marshal Act. Establishes, subject to appropriation, the Division of Certified Youth Firesetter Interventionists within the Office of the State Fire Marshall. Provides that the Division shall consist of certified youth firesetter interventionists who conduct youth firesetter interventions when local authorities cannot do so on their own or when multiple local authorities in separate jurisdictions are involved. Describes the duties of the Division. Contains other provisions.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The State Fire Marshal Act is amended by adding
Section 5 as follows:
(20 ILCS 2905/5 new)
Sec. 5. Certified youth firesetter interventionists.
Subject to appropriation, the Division of Certified Youth
Firesetter Interventionists is established within the Office
of the State Fire Marshall. The Division shall consist of
certified youth firesetter interventionists who conduct youth
firesetter interventions when local authorities cannot do so
on their own or when multiple local authorities in separate
jurisdictions are involved. The Division shall assist youth
firesetter interventionists throughout the State who have
limited capabilities or particularly challenging cases. The
Division shall conduct training to certify youth firesetter
interventionists throughout the State. The Division shall be
headed by the Youth Firesetter Interventionist Coordinator,
who shall facilitate calls to the Division for referrals and
Freedom of Information Act requests and central record keeping
in the Office. Each certified youth firesetter interventionist
employed by the Division shall be compensated at a rate that is

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comparable to the rate of compensation for a State arson
investigator and shall be provided with a vehicle to perform
the duties described in this Section.