Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012 and the Unified Code of Corrections. Permits currently employed State correctional officers to carry their own firearms off duty without being in violation of the unlawful use of weapons and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon statutes if they meet certain training requirements. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall supply its retired correctional officers and retired personnel of the Parole Division with an identification card that acknowledges years of service and title of employee at his or her time of retirement from the Department of Corrections. Deletes provision that parole agents and supervisors who are discharged from employment of the Illinois Department of Corrections shall no longer be considered law enforcement officials and all their rights as law enforcement officials shall be revoked permanently.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Andrew F Skoog [HB3257 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative David Reis [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-109	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative John Anthony [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-075	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative John Bradley [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-117	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Reginald Phillips [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-110	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Andrew Skoog [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-076	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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