Illinois House Bill 4423 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Failed on January 7 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-01-07 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Creates within the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board a Recruitment Division. Provides that the Division shall establish a Back the Badge program, which shall establish recruitment plans for law enforcement agencies. Provides that the Division shall determine and prioritize specific characteristics that a law enforcement agency and community desire in their police officers. Provides that the Division shall cooperate with law enforcement agencies to determine a strategy to hire and retain sworn police officers who are diverse and reflective of the community and the priorities of the law enforcement agencies.

POLICE TRAINING-BACK THE BADGE

Rep. Jason Bunting [R]

Rep. Brandun Schweizer [R]

Rep. Nicole La Ha [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-07	House	Session Sine Die
2024-04-05	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2024-03-05	House	Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee
2024-02-05	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicole La Ha
2024-01-25	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandun Schweizer
2024-01-16	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2024-01-16	House	First Reading
2024-01-10	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jason Bunting

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
50	705	3.3	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4423&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=112&GA=103
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/HB/10300HB4423.htm