Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that the position of police chief shall be elected by the registered voters of each municipality with a police department starting at the 2024 general election. Provides that a police chief shall enter upon the duties of his or her office on the December 1 following his or her election, and, on December 1, 2024, the term of any appointed police chief expires. Establishes qualifications for police chiefs. Makes conforming changes. Amends the Election Code to make conforming changes. Effective immediately, except that the changes to the Civil Service In Cities Division and the Board Of Fire and Police Commissioners Division of the Illinois Municipal Code take effect on December 1, 2024.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-02-09 - Referred to Assignments [SB1768 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator Rachel Ventura [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-043	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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