Illinois House Bill 2448

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-2)
Status: Passed on June 9 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-06-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0036
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Amends the Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that any person hired by the Department of Natural Resources for a sworn law enforcement position or position that has arrest authority must at the time of hire, be not less than 20 years of age and have successfully completed an associate's degree or 60 credit hours at an accredited college or university. Provides that any person so hired shall not have power of arrest, nor shall he or she be permitted to carry firearms, until he or she reaches 21 years of age (rather than at the time of hire, the person must be not less than 21 years of age, or 20 years of age and have successfully completed an associate's degree or 60 credit hours at an accredited college or university, and any person hired after successful completion of an associate's degree or 60 credit hours at an accredited college or university shall not have power of arrest, nor shall he or she be permitted to carry firearms, until he or she reaches 21 years of age). Effective immediately.

CONSERVATION POLICE-STANDARDS

Rep. Gregg Johnson [D]	Rep. Matt Hanson [D]	Rep. Nabeela Syed [D]	Rep. Bradley Fritts [R]
Rep. Harry Benton [D]	Rep. Jenn Ladisch Douglass [D]	Rep. Lance Yednock [D]	Rep. Lawrence Walsh [D]
Rep. LaShawn Ford [D]	Rep. Travis Weaver [R]	Rep. Dave Vella [D]	Rep. Katie Stuart [D]
Rep. Sharon Chung [D]	Sen. Christopher Belt [D]

2023-05-04 - Senate - Third Reading in Senate (Y: 54 N: 1 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-03-21 - House - Third Reading in House (Y: 90 N: 18 NV: 4 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-06-09	House	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0036
2023-06-09	House	Effective Date June 9, 2023
2023-06-09	House	Governor Approved
2023-06-02	House	Sent to the Governor
2023-05-04	House	Passed Both Houses
2023-05-04	Senate	Third Reading - Passed; 054-001-000
2023-04-20	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 25, 2023
2023-04-20	Senate	Second Reading
2023-04-12	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 18, 2023
2023-04-12	Senate	Approved for Consideration Assignments
2023-04-06	Senate	Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Christopher Belt
2023-03-22	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2023-03-22	Senate	First Reading
2023-03-22	Senate	Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Michael W. Halpin
2023-03-22	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
2023-03-22	Senate	Arrive in Senate
2023-03-21	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sharon Chung
2023-03-21	House	Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 090-018-000
2023-03-16	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
2023-03-16	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Vella
2023-03-15	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Travis Weaver
2023-03-15	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
2023-03-15	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr.
2023-03-15	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lance Yednock
2023-03-15	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jenn Ladisch Douglass
2023-03-15	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Benton
2023-03-15	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Bradley Fritts
2023-03-15	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nabeela Syed
2023-03-14	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
2023-03-14	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
2023-03-02	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Matt Hanson
2023-03-02	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
2023-03-02	House	Do Pass / Short Debate Police & Fire Committee; 012-000-000
2023-02-23	House	Assigned to Police & Fire Committee
2023-02-15	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2023-02-15	House	First Reading
2023-02-15	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Gregg Johnson

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
20	805	63b2.2	Amended Code	Citation Text
20	805	805-535	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2448&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=112&GA=103
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/HB/10300HB2448.htm
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/HB/10300HB2448eng.htm
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/HB/10300HB2448enr.htm
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/103/103-0036.htm
Roll Call	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/votehistory/103/house/10300HB2448_03212023_023000T.pdf
Roll Call	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/votehistory/103/senate/10300HB2448_05042023_070000T.pdf