Bill Amendment: IL HB2045 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly

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Bill Title: GOVERNMENT-TECH

Status: 2026-05-22 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [HB2045 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB2045-House_Amendment_001.html

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Rep. Paul Jacobs

Filed: 4/16/2026

 

 

 

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2045
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2045 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by changing
Section 6z-126 as follows:
(30 ILCS 105/6z-126)
Sec. 6z-126. Law Enforcement Training Fund.
(a) The Law Enforcement Training Fund is hereby created as
a special fund in the State treasury. Moneys in the Fund shall
consist of: (i) the share of the revenue from increasing the
insurance producer license fees allocated for transfer to the
Fund as provided under subsection (a-5) of Section 500-135 of
the Illinois Insurance Code; and (ii) the share of the moneys
collected from auto insurance policy fees under Section 8.6 of
the Illinois Vehicle Hijacking and Motor Vehicle Theft
Prevention and Insurance Verification Act allocated for

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deposit into the Fund; and (iii) any moneys received for the
purposes of item (iv) of subsection (b) of this Section,
including, but not limited to, fee receipts, gifts, grants,
and awards from any public or private entity. Any interest
earned on moneys in the Fund must be deposited into the Fund.
(b) This Fund shall be used by the Illinois Law
Enforcement Training Standards Board for the following
purposes: (i) to fund law enforcement certification
compliance; (ii) for the development and provision of basic
courses by Board-approved academics, and in-service courses by
approved academies; and (iii) for the ordinary and contingent
expenses of the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards
Board; and (iv) for the awarding of grants to units of local
government, public institutions of higher education, and
qualified nonprofit entities for the purpose of hiring and
retaining law enforcement officers, county correctional
officers, and public safety telecommunicators.
(c) When awarding grants under this Section, the Board
shall prioritize:
(1) grants that will be used in underserved areas and
areas experiencing the most need to hire, retain, or hire
and retain law enforcement officers, county correctional
officers, and public safety telecommunicators in
underserved areas and areas experiencing the most need;
(2) achieving demographic and geographic diversity of
law enforcement officers that are recruited or hired by

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applicants that are awarded grants;
(3) maximizing the effects of moneys spent on the
actual recruitment and retention of law enforcement
officers, county correctional officers, and public safety
telecommunicators; and
(4) providing grants that can impact multiple
employers.
(d) The Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board
may, by rule, set requirements for the distribution of grant
moneys and determine which entities are eligible.
(e) The Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board
shall consider compliance with the Uniform Crime Reporting Act
as a factor in awarding grant moneys.
(f) As used in this Section, "qualified nonprofit entity"
means a nonprofit entity, as defined by the Board by rule, that
has established experience in recruitment and retention of law
enforcement officers in Illinois.
(Source: P.A. 103-8, eff. 6-7-23; 103-154, eff. 6-30-23;
104-2, eff. 6-16-25.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.".