Illinois Senate Bill 1538 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 13 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a municipality's police department may be discontinued after referendum of the electors of the municipality. Requires a petition of the electors requesting the referendum or an ordinance requesting the referendum by the city council of the municipality. Provides that if the referendum passes, the sheriff's department acquires primary jurisdiction over police protection of the municipality and the county acquires the authority to levy any taxes the municipality could have levied to support the policing of the municipality.

MUNI-DISCONTINUE POLICE DEPT

Sen. Don Harmon [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-01-13	Senate	Session Sine Die
2020-09-12	Senate	Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Don Harmon
2019-07-03	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
2019-04-12	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2019-04-10	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Local Government; 009-000-000
2019-04-09	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 10, 2019
2019-04-09	Senate	Second Reading
2019-04-09	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Local Government
2019-04-08	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments
2019-04-08	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terry Link
2019-03-20	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 21, 2019
2019-03-20	Senate	Do Pass as Amended Local Government; 009-000-000
2019-03-20	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted
2019-03-19	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Local Government
2019-03-15	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
2019-03-15	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terry Link
2019-03-06	Senate	Postponed - Local Government
2019-02-27	Senate	Assigned to Local Government
2019-02-15	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2019-02-15	Senate	First Reading
2019-02-15	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terry Link

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
65	5	11-1-14	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1538&GAID=15&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=108&GA=101
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/SB/10100SB1538.htm
Amendment	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/SB/10100SB1538sam001.htm
Amendment	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/SB/10100SB1538sam002.htm