IL HB3321 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly

Status

Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: Introduced on February 6 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-04-11 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandun Schweizer
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

Creates the Honorable Funerals for First Responders Act. Provides that a first responder killed in the line of duty shall receive an honorable funeral. Defines "honorable funeral" as a funeral that respects the wishes of the deceased first responder and the family of the deceased first responder and includes religious observances desired by the deceased first responder and the family of the deceased first responder. Provides that an elected official may not attend the funeral of a first responder killed in the line of duty if the elected official knows, or has reason to know, that the family of the first responder killed in the line of duty does not wish the elected official to attend the funeral. Provides that in no case shall any elected official be required to attend the funeral of a first responder killed in the line of duty. Provides that the family of the first responder killed in the line of duty shall have sole discretion over which elected official may attend the funeral of a first responder killed in the line of duty. Provides that, before an elected official attends the funeral of a first responder killed in the line of duty, the elected official must make reasonable efforts to learn if the family of the first responder killed in the line of duty would like the elected official to attend the funeral. Defines other terms.

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Title

FIRST RESPONDER FUNERALS

Sponsors


History

DateChamberAction
2025-04-11HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandun Schweizer
2025-04-08HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias
2025-03-18HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Kelly
2025-02-18HouseReferred to Rules Committee
2025-02-18HouseFirst Reading
2025-02-06HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar

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