Illinois Senate Bill 4002 (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 Police Training Act. Provides that the curriculum for probationary police officers and in-service training shall include instruction on the prevention of positional asphyxiation. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a peace officer shall not use prolonged restraint above the shoulders with risk of positional asphyxiation in the performance of his or her duties, unless deadly force is otherwise justified under the Code. Prohibits the use of prolonged restraint above the shoulders with risk of positional asphyxiation in order to prevent the destruction of evidence by ingestion. Effective immediately.

POLICE-POSITIONAL ASPHYXIATION

Sen. Rachelle Crowe [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-01-13	Senate	Session Sine Die
2021-01-04	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2021-01-04	Senate	First Reading
2021-01-04	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Rachelle Crowe

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
50	705	7	Amended Code	Citation Text
720	5	7-5.5	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4002&GAID=15&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=108&GA=101
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/SB/10100SB4002.htm