Illinois House Bill 4234

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11)
Status: Introduced on December 16 2025 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2026-03-27 - House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board shall develop or approve a course to assist law enforcement officers in identifying and interacting with individuals with epilepsy. Provides that the course must be fully consistent with the best practice guidelines issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Provides that the Board shall conduct or approve the epilepsy identification and treatment training course no later than 2 years after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Provides that the Board may consult with the Department of Public Health or the Department of Human Services to develop and update the curriculum as needed. Provides that, every 3 years, a law enforcement officer shall complete training on identifying and interacting with individuals with epilepsy.

POLICE-EPILEPSY TRAINING

Rep. Amy Briel [D]	Rep. Lisa Davis [D]	Rep. Barbara Hernandez [D]	Rep. Nabeela Syed [D]
Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid [D]	Rep. Dagmara Avelar [D]	Rep. Rita Mayfield [D]	Rep. Michelle Mussman [D]
Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth [D]	Rep. Camille Lilly [D]	Rep. Emanuel Welch [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-03-27	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2026-03-27	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2026-03-20	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Police & Fire Committee
2026-03-19	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
2026-03-19	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Amy Briel
2026-02-24	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch
2026-02-24	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
2026-02-24	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth
2026-02-24	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
2026-02-24	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
2026-02-24	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dagmara Avelar
2026-02-24	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid
2026-02-24	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nabeela Syed
2026-02-24	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez
2026-02-24	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa Davis
2026-02-11	House	Assigned to Police & Fire Committee
2026-01-14	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2026-01-14	House	First Reading
2025-12-16	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Amy Briel

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
50	705	10.28	New Code	See Bill Text
50	705	7	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=4234&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=164705&SessionID=114
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus/FullText?LegDocId=206053&DocName=10400HB4234&DocNum=4234&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=164705&GAID=18&SessionID=114&SpecSess=&Session=
Amendment	https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus/FullText?LegDocId=209887&DocName=10400HB4234ham001&DocNum=4234&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=164705&GAID=18&SessionID=114&SpecSess=&Session=