Bill Text: IL HB3232 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates the Tribal Law Enforcement Borders Act. Provides that law enforcement officers of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation may exercise the powers and authority of law enforcement officers anywhere on property owned, occupied, or operated by the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation or at the site of a function sponsored by the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation and other specified areas. Provides that law enforcement officers employed by a Native American Indian Tribe may exercise the powers and authority of law enforcement officers anywhere within the exterior limits of the reservation of the tribe employing the tribal law enforcement officer if the Native American Indian Tribe maintains in force a valid and binding agreement with an insurance carrier to provide liability insurance coverage for damages arising from the acts, errors, or omissions of the tribal law enforcement agency or officer and other specified omissions. Provides that the tribe shall waive its sovereign immunity solely to the extent necessary to permit recovery under the liability insurance, but not to exceed the policy limits. Sets forth provisions concerning county law enforcement borders, municipal law enforcement border, and the powers of all law enforcement officers. Makes other changes.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-18 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB3232 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB3232-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3232 Introduced , by Rep. Bradley Fritts SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act
Creates the Tribal Law Enforcement Borders Act. Provides that law enforcement officers of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation may exercise the powers and authority of law enforcement officers anywhere on property owned, occupied, or operated by the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation or at the site of a function sponsored by the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation and other specified areas. Provides that law enforcement officers employed by a Native American Indian Tribe may exercise the powers and authority of law enforcement officers anywhere within the exterior limits of the reservation of the tribe employing the tribal law enforcement officer if the Native American Indian Tribe maintains in force a valid and binding agreement with an insurance carrier to provide liability insurance coverage for damages arising from the acts, errors, or omissions of the tribal law enforcement agency or officer and other specified omissions. Provides that the tribe shall waive its sovereign immunity solely to the extent necessary to permit recovery under the liability insurance, but not to exceed the policy limits. Sets forth provisions concerning county law enforcement borders, municipal law enforcement border, and the powers of all law enforcement officers. Makes other changes.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Tribal
Law Enforcement Borders Act.
Section 5. County law enforcement borders. County sheriffs
and their deputies may exercise the powers and authority of
law enforcement officers anywhere within their county.
Section 10. Municipal law enforcement borders.
(a) A law enforcement officer employed by a municipality
may exercise the powers and authority of a law enforcement
officer anywhere within the limits of the municipality
employing the law enforcement officer and outside of the
municipality when on property owned or under the control of
the municipality.
(b) In addition to the areas where a law enforcement
officer may exercise the powers and authority of a law
enforcement officer under subsection (a), law enforcement
officers of any jurisdiction within DeKalb County may exercise
the powers and authority of law enforcement officers in any
area within DeKalb County when executing a valid arrest
warrant or search warrant to the extent necessary to execute

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the warrants.
(c) In addition to the areas where law enforcement
officers may exercise the powers and authority of law
enforcement officers under subsection (a), a law enforcement
officer of any jurisdiction within Johnson County may exercise
the powers and authority as law enforcement officers in any
adjoining city within Johnson County when any crime, including
a traffic infraction, has been or is being committed by a
person in view of the law enforcement officer. A law
enforcement officer shall be considered to be exercising
powers under subsection (a), when the officer is responding to
the scene of a crime, even if the officer exits the city limits
of the city employing the officer and further reenters the
city limits of the city employing the officer to respond to the
scene.
Section 15. Tribal law enforcement.
(a) Law enforcement officers employed by a Native American
Indian Tribe may exercise the powers and authority of law
enforcement officers anywhere within the exterior limits of
the reservation of the tribe employing the tribal law
enforcement officer, subject to the following:
(1) The provisions of this subsection shall be
applicable only if the Native American Indian Tribe
maintains in force a valid and binding agreement with an
insurance carrier to provide liability insurance coverage

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for damages arising from the acts, errors, or omissions of
the tribal law enforcement agency or officer while acting
under this Section and waives its tribal immunity, as
provided in paragraph (2), for any liability for damages
arising from the acts, errors or omissions of the tribal
law enforcement agency or officer while acting pursuant to
this section. The insurance policy shall:
(A) Be in an amount not less than $500,000 for any
one person and $2,000,000 for any one occurrence for
personal injury and $1,000,000 for any one occurrence
for property damage;
(B) be in an amount not less than $2,000,000
aggregate loss limit;
(C) carry an endorsement to provide coverage for
mutual aid assistance;
(D) include an endorsement providing that the
insurer may not invoke tribal sovereign immunity up to
the limits of the policy set forth herein.
Any insurance carrier providing the liability insurance
coverage to a tribe shall certify to the Attorney General that
the tribe has in effect coverage which complies with the
requirements of this subsection. The tribe's insurance carrier
shall notify the Attorney General immediately by first class
mail if for any reason the coverage terminates or no longer
complies with the requirements of this subsection.
(2) The provisions of this subsection shall be

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applicable only if the Native American Indian Tribe has
filed a map clearly showing the boundaries of the tribe's
reservation with the county clerk.
(b) If a claim is brought against any tribal law
enforcement agency or officer for acts committed by an
agency or officer while acting under this Act, then the
claim shall be subject to disposition as if the tribe was
the State under the Court of Claims Act. However, the
Court of Claims Act shall not govern the tribe's purchase
of insurance. The tribe shall waive its sovereign immunity
solely to the extent necessary to permit recovery under
the liability insurance, but not to exceed the policy
limits.
(c) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to
prohibit any agreement between any State or local law
enforcement agency and any Native American Indian Tribe.
(d) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to
affect the provision of law enforcement services outside
the exterior boundaries of reservations so as to affect in
any way the criteria by which the United States department
of the interior makes a determination regarding placement
of land into trust.
(e) Neither the State nor any entity of the State
shall be liable for any act or failure to act by any tribal
law enforcement officer.

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Section 20. Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation law enforcement
officers. Law enforcement officers of the Prairie Band
Potawatomi Nation may exercise the powers and authority of law
enforcement officers anywhere:
(1) on property owned, occupied, or operated by the
Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation or at the site of a
function sponsored by the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation;
(2) on the streets, property, and highways immediately
adjacent to and coterminous with property described in
paragraph (1);
(3) within a municipality or county containing
property described in paragraph (1) or (2) is located, as
necessary to protect the health, safety and welfare of
benefit district employees, board members, volunteers, and
visitors, with appropriate agreement by local law
enforcement agencies. Agreements under this paragraph
shall include provisions defining the geographical scope
of the jurisdiction conferred, circumstances requiring the
extended jurisdiction, scope of law enforcement powers,
and duration of the agreement. Before any agreement
entered into under this Section shall take effect, it
shall be approved by the governing body of the
municipality, county, or both the municipality and county,
having jurisdiction where the property is located, and the
governing board of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation; and
(4) with appropriate notification of and coordination

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with local law enforcement agencies within the
municipality or county containing property described in
paragraph (1) or (2) is located, when there is reason to
believe that a violation of a State law, county
resolution, or municipality ordinance has occurred on the
property, as necessary to investigate and arrest persons
for the violation.
Section 25. Powers of all law enforcement agencies.
(a) All law enforcement officers not otherwise provided
statewide jurisdiction may exercise the powers and authority
of law enforcement officers anywhere when:
(1) a request for assistance has been made by law
enforcement officers from the area for which assistance is
requested;
(2) in fresh pursuit of a person;
(3) transporting persons in custody to an appropriate
facility, wherever the facility is located; and
(4) investigating a crime that occurred within the law
enforcement officer's jurisdiction, with appropriate
notification to and coordination with a local law
enforcement agency with jurisdiction over the area where
the investigation is to be conducted.
(b) In addition to the jurisdictional authority provided
under this Act and any other provision of law, all law
enforcement officers may exercise the powers and authority of

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law enforcement officers when outside their described
jurisdiction and when an activity is observed leading the
officer to reasonably suspect a person is committing, has
committed, or is about to commit a crime and reasonably
believe that a person is in imminent danger of death or bodily
injury without immediate action, subject to all of the
following:
(1) The officer is in an on-duty status, traveling in
a law enforcement vehicle to or from work or traveling to a
training or law enforcement function outside the law
enforcement officer's jurisdiction.
(2) The officer reports the activity and their actions
to a law enforcement agency with jurisdiction.
(3) The officer remains at the location of the
activity and cooperates with officers responding from the
jurisdiction of occurrence.
(4) The officer is in uniform or otherwise properly
identified as a law enforcement officer.
(5) The agency employing the officer may impose
additional restrictions through written policies.