Illinois Senate Bill 1360

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-2)
Status: Introduced on January 29 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-31 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Jil Tracy
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Illinois State Police Radio Act. In provisions about public safety radio interoperability, defines interoperability and includes legislative findings. Provides that the Illinois Statewide Interoperability Executive Committee (SIEC) shall oversee advisory boards in the governance, interoperability, and land mobile radio standards for Illinois' land mobile radio communications system and shall collaborate with the Office of the Statewide 9-1-1 Administrator and the Homeland Security Advisory Council to strengthen Illinois' emergency communications ecosystem. Modifies the membership of the SIEC. Provides that the advisory boards of the SIEC shall include, but are not limited to, the Governance Advisory Board, the Statewide Interoperability Advisory Board, and the STARCOM21 Advisory Board. Removes references to the STARCOM21 Oversight Committee. Requires the SIEC to adopt bylaws for its effective operation, as well as that of its advisory boards, and allows the SIEC to appoint advisors from the public safety communications community to serve on its advisory boards at the pleasure of the SIEC. Requires the SIEC to establish, no later than July 1, 2026, standards necessary to ensure land mobile radio equipment interoperates throughout Illinois; compliance with these standards shall be implemented as funding becomes available; planning, training, and evaluation standards necessary to enhance public safety communications operational readiness; and standards necessary for the unification of the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System statewide. Requires the SIEC to, no later than July 1, 2026, develop and recommend a plan to sustainably fund radio infrastructure, radio equipment, and interoperability statewide. Allows the Illinois State Police to use any money appropriated to it for the purpose promoting public safety radio interoperability if the use of the funds is consistent with any standards set forth by the SIEC and to adopt emergency rules or jointly adopt emergency rules with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act and the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act to make conforming changes. Effective July 1, 2025.

ISP RADIO INTEROPERABILITY

Sen. Patrick Joyce [D]	Sen. David Koehler [D]	Sen. Terri Bryant [R]	Sen. Dave Syverson [R]
Sen. Sally Turner [R]	Sen. Chris Balkema [R]	Sen. Jil Tracy [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-31	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Jil Tracy
2025-01-30	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Chris Balkema
2025-01-30	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Sally J. Turner
2025-01-29	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Dave Syverson
2025-01-29	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Terri Bryant
2025-01-29	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
2025-01-29	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2025-01-29	Senate	First Reading
2025-01-29	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Patrick J. Joyce

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
20	2615	10	Amended Code	Citation Text
20	3305	5	Amended Code	Citation Text
5	100	5-45.62	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1360&GAID=18&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=114&GA=104
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/104/SB/10400SB1360.htm