Bill Text: IL HB2586 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Provides that specified provisions of the Illinois State Police Law may be referred to as Alyssa's Law. Amends the State Employee Indemnification Act. Provides that the term "employee" includes, among other things, (1) any Metropolitan Enforcement Groups created under the Intergovernmental Drug Laws Enforcement Act if all sworn members of the Metropolitan Enforcement Group are employees under the Act; and (2) any law enforcement organization established under a written agreement under the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act for the purpose of enforcing and investigating specified offenses, if the Illinois State Police is a party to the agreement and all sworn members of the law enforcement organization are employees under the Act. Authorizes the Division of Criminal Investigation to conduct investigations into Internet crimes against children and provide support to applicable statewide task forces. Defines "CJIS Systems Agency" and "Criminal Justice Information System". Provides that the CJIS Security Policy of the Federal Bureau of Investigation governs criminal justice information systems and requires all of those systems to be subject to a management control agreement controlled by the criminal justice agency that owns the criminal justice information system and to be subject to oversight by the CJIS Systems Agency. Provides that the CJIS Systems Agency shall establish principles and standards to provide consistency in the operation and use of criminal justice system information technology throughout the State. Provides that the CJIS Systems Agency may impose more stringent or additional protection measures than those measures outlined in the CJIS Security Policy of the Federal Bureau of Investigation if the protection measures are documented and maintained. Provides that State agencies and units of local government shall work with the CJIS Systems Agency to follow all principles and standards. Provides that, consistent with the CJIS Security Policy of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, no State agency, unit of local government, or employee of a State agency or unit of local government shall usurp, replace, or diminish the role and responsibility of the CJIS Information Security Officer or the CJIS Systems Officer appointed by the head of the CJIS Systems Agency. Provides that the Division of Patrol shall serve as the lead State agency for administering the commercial vehicle safety plan and the only agency to enforce the provisions of Chapter 18b of the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that certain provisions take effect October 1, 2025.

Sponsorship: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 24-2)

Status: (Passed) 2025-08-11 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0157 [HB2586 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB2586-Enrolled.html

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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 1. Paragraph (14) of subsection (a) of Section
2605-35 of the Illinois State Police Law may be referred to as
Alicia's Law.
Section 5. The State Employee Indemnification Act is
amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
(5 ILCS 350/1) (from Ch. 127, par. 1301)
Sec. 1. Definitions. For the purpose of this Act:
(a) The term "State" means the State of Illinois, the
General Assembly, the court, or any State office, department,
division, bureau, board, commission, or committee, the
governing boards of the public institutions of higher
education created by the State, the Illinois National Guard,
the Illinois State Guard, the Comprehensive Health Insurance
Board, any poison control center designated under the Poison
Control System Act that receives State funding, or any other
agency or instrumentality of the State. It does not mean any
local public entity as that term is defined in Section 1-206 of
the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort
Immunity Act or a pension fund.

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(b) The term "employee" means: any present or former
elected or appointed officer, trustee or employee of the
State, or of a pension fund; any present or former
commissioner or employee of the Executive Ethics Commission or
of the Legislative Ethics Commission; any present or former
Executive, Legislative, or Auditor General's Inspector
General; any present or former employee of an Office of an
Executive, Legislative, or Auditor General's Inspector
General; any present or former member of the Illinois National
Guard while on active duty; any present or former member of the
Illinois State Guard while on State active duty; individuals
or organizations who contract with the Department of
Corrections, the Department of Juvenile Justice, the
Comprehensive Health Insurance Board, or the Department of
Veterans' Affairs to provide services; individuals or
organizations who contract with the Department of Human
Services (as successor to the Department of Mental Health and
Developmental Disabilities) to provide services including but
not limited to treatment and other services for sexually
violent persons; individuals or organizations who contract
with the Department of Military Affairs for youth programs;
individuals or organizations who contract to perform carnival
and amusement ride safety inspections for the Department of
Labor; individuals who contract with the Office of the State's
Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor to provide legal services, but
only when performing duties within the scope of the Office's

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prosecutorial activities; individual representatives of or
designated organizations authorized to represent the Office of
State Long-Term Ombudsman for the Department on Aging;
individual representatives of or organizations designated by
the Department on Aging in the performance of their duties as
adult protective services agencies or regional administrative
agencies under the Adult Protective Services Act; individuals
or organizations appointed as members of a review team or the
Advisory Council under the Adult Protective Services Act;
individuals or organizations who perform volunteer services
for the State where such volunteer relationship is reduced to
writing; individuals who serve on any public entity (whether
created by law or administrative action) described in
paragraph (a) of this Section; individuals or not for profit
organizations who, either as volunteers, where such volunteer
relationship is reduced to writing, or pursuant to contract,
furnish professional advice or consultation to any agency or
instrumentality of the State; individuals who serve as foster
parents for the Department of Children and Family Services
when caring for youth in care as defined in Section 4d of the
Children and Family Services Act; individuals who serve as
members of an independent team of experts under the
Developmental Disability and Mental Health Safety Act (also
known as Brian's Law); and individuals who serve as
arbitrators pursuant to Part 10A of Article II of the Code of
Civil Procedure and the rules of the Supreme Court

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implementing Part 10A, each as now or hereafter amended; the
members of the Certification Review Panel under the Illinois
Police Training Act; the term "employee" does not mean an
independent contractor except as provided in this Section. The
term includes (1) an individual appointed as an inspector by
the Director of the Illinois State Police when performing
duties within the scope of the activities of a Metropolitan
Enforcement Group or a law enforcement organization
established under the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act; (2)
any Metropolitan Enforcement Group created under the
Intergovernmental Drug Laws Enforcement Act if all sworn
members of the Metropolitan Enforcement Group are employees
under this Act; and (3) any law enforcement organization
established under a written agreement under the
Intergovernmental Cooperation Act for the purpose of enforcing
and investigating the offenses listed in paragraph (4) of
Section 3 of the Intergovernmental Drug Laws Enforcement Act,
or similar offenses, if the Illinois State Police is a party to
the agreement and all sworn members of the law enforcement
organization are employees under this Act. An individual who
renders professional advice and consultation to the State
through an organization which qualifies as an "employee" under
the Act is also an employee. The term includes the estate or
personal representative of an employee.
(c) The term "pension fund" means a retirement system or
pension fund created under the Illinois Pension Code.

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(Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 101-652, eff. 1-1-22;
102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22.)
Section 10. The Illinois State Police Law of the Civil
Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing
Sections 2605-5, 2605-30, 2605-35, and 2605-45 as follows:
(20 ILCS 2605/2605-5)
Sec. 2605-5. Definitions. In this Law:
"CJIS Systems Agency" means the agency responsible for
establishing and administering an information technology
security program throughout the agency's user community,
including the local levels.
"Criminal Justice Information System" or "CJIS" means any
system, including the equipment, facilities, procedures, and
agreements, accepted and adopted by the criminal justice
community for the collection, processing, preservation, and
dissemination of criminal justice information, including, but
not limited to, biometric data, identity history data,
biographic data, property data, case or incident history,
arrest records, warrants, incarceration and correctional data,
firearms background checks, and sex offender registry.
"Director" means the Director of the Illinois State
Police.
"Missing endangered senior" means an individual 65 years
of age or older or a person with Alzheimer's disease or related

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dementias who is reported missing to a law enforcement agency
and is, or is believed to be:
(1) a temporary or permanent resident of Illinois;
(2) at a location that cannot be determined by an
individual familiar with the missing individual; and
(3) incapable of returning to the individual's
residence without assistance.
(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)
(20 ILCS 2605/2605-30) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a-2)
Sec. 2605-30. Division of Patrol (formerly State
Troopers). The Division of Patrol shall exercise the following
functions and those in Section 2605-35:
(1) Cooperate with federal and State authorities
requesting utilization of the Illinois State Police's
radio network system under the Illinois Aeronautics Act.
(2) Exercise the rights, powers, and duties of the
Illinois State Police under the Illinois State Police Act.
(2.5) Provide uniformed patrol of Illinois highways
and proactively enforce criminal and traffic laws.
(3) (Blank).
(4) Exercise the rights, powers, and duties of the
Illinois State Police vested by law in the Illinois State
Police by the Illinois Vehicle Code.
(5) Exercise other duties that have been or may be
vested by law in the Illinois State Police.

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(6) Exercise other duties that may be assigned by the
Director in order to fulfill the responsibilities and to
achieve the purposes of the Illinois State Police.
(7) Provide comprehensive law enforcement services to
the public and to county, municipal, and federal law
enforcement agencies, at their request.
(8) Patrol Illinois highways with the intent to
interdict crime and ensure traffic safety while assisting
citizens during times of need.
(9) Enforce the provisions of Chapter 18b of the
Illinois Vehicle Code.
(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 103-34, eff. 1-1-24.)
(20 ILCS 2605/2605-35) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a-3)
Sec. 2605-35. Division of Criminal Investigation.
(a) The Division of Criminal Investigation shall exercise
the following functions and those in Section 2605-30:
(1) Exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested by
law in the Illinois State Police by the Illinois Horse
Racing Act of 1975, including those set forth in Section
2605-215.
(2) Investigate the origins, activities, personnel,
and incidents of crime and enforce the criminal laws of
this State related thereto.
(3) Enforce all laws regulating the production, sale,
prescribing, manufacturing, administering, transporting,

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having in possession, dispensing, delivering,
distributing, or use of controlled substances and
cannabis.
(4) Cooperate with the police of cities, villages, and
incorporated towns and with the police officers of any
county in enforcing the laws of the State and in making
arrests and recovering property.
(5) Apprehend and deliver up any person charged in
this State or any other state with treason or a felony or
other crime who has fled from justice and is found in this
State.
(6) Investigate recipients and providers under the
Illinois Public Aid Code and any personnel involved in the
administration of the Code who are suspected of any
violation of the Code pertaining to fraud in the
administration, receipt, or provision of assistance and
pertaining to any violation of criminal law; and exercise
the functions required under Section 2605-220 in the
conduct of those investigations.
(7) Conduct other investigations as provided by law,
including, but not limited to, investigations of human
trafficking, illegal drug trafficking, illegal firearms
trafficking, and cyber crimes that can be investigated and
prosecuted in Illinois.
(8) Investigate public corruption.
(9) Exercise other duties that may be assigned by the

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Director in order to fulfill the responsibilities and
achieve the purposes of the Illinois State Police, which
may include the coordination of gang, terrorist, and
organized crime prevention, control activities, and
assisting local law enforcement in their crime control
activities.
(10) Conduct investigations (and cooperate with
federal law enforcement agencies in the investigation) of
any property-related crimes, such as money laundering,
involving individuals or entities listed on the sanctions
list maintained by the U.S. Department of Treasury's
Office of Foreign Asset Control.
(11) Oversee Illinois State Police special weapons and
tactics (SWAT) teams, including law enforcement response
to weapons of mass destruction.
(12) Oversee Illinois State Police air operations.
(13) Investigate criminal domestic terrorism
incidents, and otherwise deter all criminal threats to
Illinois.
(14) Conduct investigations into Internet crimes
against children and provide support to applicable
statewide task forces.
(a-5) The Division of Criminal Investigation shall gather
information, intelligence, and evidence to facilitate the
identification, apprehension, and prosecution of persons
responsible for committing crime; to provide specialized

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intelligence and analysis, investigative, tactical, and
technological services in support of law enforcement
operations throughout the State of Illinois; and to oversee
and operate the statewide criminal intelligence fusion center.
(b) (Blank).
(b-5) The Division of Criminal Investigation shall
cooperate and liaise with all federal law enforcement and
other partners on criminal investigations, intelligence,
information sharing, and national security planning and
response.
(c) The Division of Criminal Investigation shall provide
statewide coordination and strategy pertaining to
firearm-related intelligence, firearms trafficking
interdiction, and investigations reaching across all divisions
of the Illinois State Police, including providing crime gun
intelligence support for suspects and firearms involved in
firearms trafficking or the commission of a crime involving
firearms that is investigated by the Illinois State Police and
other federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies, with
the objective of reducing and preventing illegal possession
and use of firearms, firearms trafficking, firearm-related
homicides, and other firearm-related violent crimes in
Illinois.
(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22;
102-1108, eff. 12-21-22; 102-1116, eff. 1-10-23; 103-34, eff.
1-1-24; 103-609, eff. 7-1-24.)

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(20 ILCS 2605/2605-45) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a-5)
Sec. 2605-45. Division of Justice Services.
(a) The Division of Justice Services shall provide
administrative and technical services and support to the
Illinois State Police, criminal justice agencies, and the
public and shall exercise the following functions:
(1) Operate and maintain the Law Enforcement Agencies
Data System (LEADS), a statewide, computerized
telecommunications system designed to provide services,
information, and capabilities to the law enforcement and
criminal justice community in the State of Illinois. The
Director is responsible for establishing policy,
procedures, and regulations consistent with State and
federal rules, policies, and law by which LEADS operates.
The Director shall designate a statewide LEADS
Administrator for management of the system. The Director
may appoint a LEADS Advisory Policy Board to reflect the
needs and desires of the law enforcement and criminal
justice community and to make recommendations concerning
policies and procedures.
(2) Pursue research and the publication of studies
pertaining to local law enforcement activities.
(3) Serve as the State's point of contact for the
Federal Bureau of Investigation's Uniform Crime Reporting
Program and National Incident-Based Reporting System.

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(4) Operate an electronic data processing and computer
center for the storage and retrieval of data pertaining to
criminal activity.
(5) Exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested in
the Illinois State Police by the Cannabis Regulation and
Tax Act and the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis
Program Act.
(6) (Blank).
(6.5) Exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested
in the Illinois State Police by the Firearm Owners
Identification Card Act, the Firearm Concealed Carry Act,
the Firearm Transfer Inquiry Program, the prohibited
persons portal under Section 2605-304, and the Firearm
Dealer License Certification Act.
(7) Exercise other duties that may be assigned by the
Director to fulfill the responsibilities and achieve the
purposes of the Illinois State Police.
(8) Exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested by
law in the Illinois State Police by the Criminal
Identification Act and the Illinois Uniform Conviction
Information Act.
(9) Exercise the powers and perform the duties that
have been vested in the Illinois State Police by the
Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Registration
Act, the Sex Offender Registration Act, and the Sex
Offender Community Notification Law and adopt reasonable

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rules necessitated thereby.
(10) Serve as the State central repository for
criminal history record information.
(11) Share all necessary information with the
Concealed Carry Licensing Review Board and the Firearms
Owner's Identification Card Review Board necessary for the
execution of their duties.
(12) Serve as the CJIS Systems Agency for Illinois.
(b) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the CJIS
Security Policy of the Federal Bureau of Investigation governs
criminal justice information systems and requires all of those
systems to be subject to a management control agreement
controlled by the criminal justice agency that owns the
criminal justice information system and to be subject to
oversight by the CJIS Systems Agency. The CJIS Systems Agency
shall establish principles and standards to provide
consistency in the operation and use of criminal justice
system information technology throughout the State. The CJIS
Systems Agency may impose more stringent or additional
protection measures than those measures outlined in the CJIS
Security Policy of the Federal Bureau of Investigation if the
protection measures are documented and maintained. State
agencies and units of local government shall work with the
CJIS Systems Agency to follow all principles and standards,
including those imposed under this Section. Consistent with
the CJIS Security Policy of the Federal Bureau of

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Investigation, no State agency, unit of local government, or
employee of a State agency or unit of local government shall
usurp, replace, or diminish the role and responsibility of the
CJIS Information Security Officer or the CJIS Systems Officer
appointed by the head of the CJIS Systems Agency.
(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 103-34, eff. 1-1-24.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Section and Section 15
take effect October 1, 2025.