Bill Title: 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.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 13-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-21 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David Friess [HB3217 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Jason Bunting [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-106	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	N/A
Representative Patrick Windhorst [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-117	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Kevin Schmidt [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-114	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	N/A
Representative Martin McLaughlin [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-052	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Travis Weaver [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-093	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jennifer Sanalitro [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-048	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	N/A
Representative Tom Weber [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-064	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Paul Jacobs [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-118	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Brandun Schweizer [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-104	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Amy Grant [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-047	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative William Hauter [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-087	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jed Davis [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-075	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative David Friess [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-115	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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