Illinois House Bill 4047

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: Introduced on April 26 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2023-04-27 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin Schmidt
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that a training waiver from the Minimum Standards Basic Law Enforcement or County Correctional Training Course due to extensive prior law enforcement or county corrections experience shall be given whether or not the experience was obtained by employment by this State or any local governmental agency. Provides that, within 60 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board shall adopt uniform rules providing for a training waiver process for a person previously employed and qualified as a law enforcement or county corrections officer under federal law or the laws of any other state. Requires the rules to provide that any person previously employed or qualified as a law enforcement or county corrections officer under federal law or the laws of any other state shall successfully complete the following prior to the approval of a waiver: (1) a training program approved by the Board on the laws of this State relevant to the duties of law enforcement and county correctional officers; and (2) firearms training. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Grants the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board emergency rulemaking authority to implement the provisions of the amendatory Act. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Deletes language providing that a peace officer, or any other person acting under the color of law, shall not discharge kinetic impact projectiles or other non-lethal or less-lethal projectiles in a manner that targets the back.

POLICE WAIVERS/PROJECTILES

Rep. John Cabello [R]	Rep. Patrick Windhorst [R]	Rep. Dennis Tipsword [R]	Rep. Tony McCombie [R]
Rep. Kevin Schmidt [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-04-27	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin Schmidt
2023-04-27	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tony M. McCombie
2023-04-27	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2023-04-27	House	First Reading
2023-04-27	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dennis Tipsword, Jr.
2023-04-26	House	Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick Windhorst
2023-04-26	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. John M. Cabello

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
5	100	5-45.35	New Code	See Bill Text
50	705	8.1	Amended Code	Citation Text
720	5	7-5.5	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4047&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=112&GA=103
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/HB/10300HB4047.htm