Bill Text: IL SB3742 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that parole agents and supervisors who are terminated (rather than discharged) from employment of the Illinois Department of Corrections shall no longer be considered law enforcement officials and all their rights as law enforcement officials shall be revoked permanently. Provides that a State parole agent or supervisor retains the right to exercise the ability of off-duty status after retirement if the agent or supervisor seeks eligibility with the Retired Officer's Carry Conceal Program which is supervised by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board. Defines "terminated". Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-12 - Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 3, 2024 [SB3742 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB3742-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB3742 Introduced 2/9/2024, by Sen. Patrick J. Joyce SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
730 ILCS 5/3-14-1.5
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that parole agents and supervisors who are terminated (rather than discharged) from employment of the Illinois Department of Corrections shall no longer be considered law enforcement officials and all their rights as law enforcement officials shall be revoked permanently. Provides that a State parole agent or supervisor retains the right to exercise the ability of off-duty status after retirement if the agent or supervisor seeks eligibility with the Retired Officer's Carry Conceal Program which is supervised by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board. Defines "terminated". Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning criminal law.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
changing Section 3-14-1.5 as follows:
(730 ILCS 5/3-14-1.5)
Sec. 3-14-1.5. Parole agents and parole supervisors;
off-duty firearms. Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and
Section 24-1.6 of the Criminal Code of 2012 do not apply to
parole agents and parole supervisors who meet the following
conditions:
(1) The parole agent or parole supervisor must receive
training in the use of firearms while off-duty conducted by
the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board and be
certified as having successfully completing such training by
the Board. The Board shall determine the amount of such
training and the course content for such training. The parole
agent or parole supervisor shall requalify for the firearms
training annually at a State range certified by the Illinois
Law Enforcement Training Standards Board. The expenses of such
retraining shall be paid by the parole agent or parole
supervisor and moneys for such requalification shall be
expended at the request of the Illinois Law Enforcement

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Training Standards Board.
(2) The parole agent or parole supervisor shall purchase
such firearm at his or her own expense and shall register the
firearm with the Illinois State Police and with any other
local law enforcement agencies that require such registration.
(3) The parole agent or parole supervisor may not carry
any Illinois Department of Corrections State issued firearm
while off-duty. A person who violates this paragraph (3) is
subject to disciplinary action by the Illinois Department of
Corrections.
(4) Parole agents and supervisors who are terminated from
employment of the Illinois Department of Corrections shall no
longer be considered law enforcement officials and all their
rights as law enforcement officials shall be revoked
permanently. A State parole agent or supervisor retains the
right to exercise the ability of off-duty status after
retirement if the agent or supervisor seeks eligibility with
the Retired Officer's Carry Conceal Program which is
supervised by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards
Board.
(5) For the purposes of this Section, "terminated" means
terminated from employment due to internal disciplinary
matters and not due to retirement from the agency or
department that the parole agent or supervisor represents.
discharged from employment of the Illinois Department of
Corrections shall no longer be considered law enforcement

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officials and all their rights as law enforcement officials
shall be revoked permanently.
(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)