Bill Text: IL HR0880 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Urges every Illinois municipality and county to cut 10% of funding to law enforcement agencies that do not adopt and comply with an appropriately robust reform program. Urges municipalities and counties to review municipal and county codes for the over-criminalization of minor offenses and the criminalization of poverty or other status. Details steps to reform policing procedures.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-01-08 - Referred to Rules Committee [HR0880 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HR0880-Introduced.html

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HOUSE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The United States of America continues the
historical exploitation of and violence against marginalized
groups that has helped form the foundations of its prosperity;
and
WHEREAS, The modern police state has emerged from the
institutions of slave catchers and strike breakers, which were
later repurposed for use in upholding Jim Crow laws and for the
suppression of the civil rights movement; the State of Illinois
has a history of racially-biased policing and brutality by law
enforcement and corrections officers, and prior attempts at
reform have been unsuccessful; and
WHEREAS, There has been a lack of correlation between
increased police spending and feelings of safety or decreases
in crime; and
WHEREAS, Most crimes are never reported, and those that are
reported often go unresolved; and
WHEREAS, Many of the people in the jails and prisons of
Illinois have not been convicted, are awaiting trial, are
non-violent offenders, or are at a low risk of recidivism; and

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WHEREAS, There are many other data-driven and
evidence-based ways to promote peace within our communities;
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
we urge every Illinois municipality and county to cut 10% of
funding to law enforcement agencies that do not adopt and
comply with an appropriately robust reform program; and be it
further
RESOLVED, That an appropriately robust reform program
would ensure law enforcement officers are held accountable for
misconduct, policing agencies are held accountable for
creating policies and priorities with public input that are
transparent and evidence-based, and policing agencies' budgets
are reviewed to ensure resources are used for holistic public
safety and have transparency for police budgetary items; and be
it further
RESOLVED, That we urge municipalities and counties to
review municipal and county codes for the over-criminalization
of minor offenses and the criminalization of poverty or other
status; and be it further
RESOLVED, That we urge the State of Illinois to do the

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following:
(1) Set a statutory minimum requirement for the use of
lethal and less lethal force;
(2) Set minimum standards for the training, equipment,
and deployment of tactical teams, with a requirement to
report the relevant data on all deployments;
(3) Limit the use of and access to invasive
surveillance technologies by police agencies or private
companies contracted by police agencies, with oversight on
how data is collected and handled;
(4) Limit the use of traffic and pedestrian stops
through the limiting of the use of reasonable suspicion
stops for certain categories of offenses, requiring
officers to inform individuals that they have the right to
refuse to consent to a search and requiring reasonable
suspicion of evidence or contraband before searches;
(5) Limit arrests for low-level offenses and offenses
where summonses and citations are adequate replacements;
(6) Establish standards for policies on the release of
body cam footage;
(7) Require recordings of interrogations for accounts
of the interrogations to be admissible in court;
(8) Allow for the appointment of special independent
investigators or prosecutors for critical incidents;
(9) Re-evaluate the role of police unions in the
setting of policy;

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(10) Require policing agencies to release to the public
all department policies, information on the policing
agency's use of surveillance technologies, complaint data,
and crime and call for service data;
(11) Mandate data collection and reporting for all
enforcement actions;
(12) Review criminal codes and consider
decriminalizing low-level offenses for which arrests
and criminal penalties are inappropriate; and
(13) Discourage the use of police stops as a deterrent
to criminal activity, rather than investigating it;
and be it further
RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
delivered to the families of those harmed by police violence,
county and municipal boards, relevant state agencies, and
Governor JB Pritzker.