Bill Text: IL SB1195 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Requires the curriculum for probationary law enforcement officers to include a block of instruction addressing trauma-informed programs, procedures, and practices meant to minimize traumatization of the victim. Requires minimum in-service training requirements that a law enforcement officer must satisfactorily complete every 3 years to include trauma-informed programs, procedures, and practices meant to minimize traumatization of the victim. Requires the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board to conduct or approve training programs in trauma-informed responses and investigation of sexual assault and sexual abuse to include identifying conflicts of interest and options to address those conflicts when a responding or investigating officer is familiar with the victim or accused.

Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 23-10)

Status: (Passed) 2025-08-01 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0084 [SB1195 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-SB1195-Enrolled.html

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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 5. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended by
changing Sections 7 and 10.21 as follows:
(50 ILCS 705/7)
Sec. 7. Rules and standards for schools. The Board shall
adopt rules and minimum standards for such schools which shall
include, but not be limited to, the following:
a. The curriculum for probationary law enforcement
officers which shall be offered by all certified schools
shall include, but not be limited to, courses of
procedural justice, arrest and use and control tactics,
search and seizure, including temporary questioning, civil
rights, human rights, human relations, cultural
competency, including implicit bias and racial and ethnic
sensitivity, criminal law, law of criminal procedure,
constitutional and proper use of law enforcement
authority, crisis intervention training, vehicle and
traffic law including uniform and non-discriminatory
enforcement of the Illinois Vehicle Code, traffic control
and crash investigation, techniques of obtaining physical
evidence, court testimonies, statements, reports, firearms

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training, training in the use of electronic control
devices, including the psychological and physiological
effects of the use of those devices on humans, first aid
(including cardiopulmonary resuscitation), training in the
administration of opioid antagonists as defined in
paragraph (1) of subsection (e) of Section 5-23 of the
Substance Use Disorder Act, handling of juvenile
offenders, recognition of mental conditions and crises,
including, but not limited to, the disease of addiction,
which require immediate assistance and response and
methods to safeguard and provide assistance to a person in
need of mental treatment, recognition of abuse, neglect,
financial exploitation, and self-neglect of adults with
disabilities and older adults, as defined in Section 2 of
the Adult Protective Services Act, crimes against the
elderly, law of evidence, the hazards of high-speed police
vehicle chases with an emphasis on alternatives to the
high-speed chase, and physical training. The curriculum
shall include a block of instruction addressing
trauma-informed programs, procedures, and practices meant
to minimize traumatization of the victim. The curriculum
shall include specific training in techniques for
immediate response to and investigation of cases of
domestic violence and of sexual assault of adults and
children, including cultural perceptions and common myths
of sexual assault and sexual abuse as well as interview

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techniques that are age sensitive and are trauma informed,
victim centered, and victim sensitive. The curriculum
shall include training in techniques designed to promote
effective communication at the initial contact with crime
victims and ways to comprehensively explain to victims and
witnesses their rights under the Rights of Crime Victims
and Witnesses Act and the Crime Victims Compensation Act.
The curriculum shall also include training in effective
recognition of and responses to stress, trauma, and
post-traumatic stress experienced by law enforcement
officers that is consistent with Section 25 of the
Illinois Mental Health First Aid Training Act in a peer
setting, including recognizing signs and symptoms of
work-related cumulative stress, issues that may lead to
suicide, and solutions for intervention with peer support
resources. The curriculum shall include a block of
instruction addressing the mandatory reporting
requirements under the Abused and Neglected Child
Reporting Act. The curriculum shall also include a block
of instruction aimed at identifying and interacting with
persons with autism and other developmental or physical
disabilities, reducing barriers to reporting crimes
against persons with autism, and addressing the unique
challenges presented by cases involving victims or
witnesses with autism and other developmental
disabilities. The curriculum shall include training in the

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detection and investigation of all forms of human
trafficking. The curriculum shall also include instruction
in trauma-informed responses designed to ensure the
physical safety and well-being of a child of an arrested
parent or immediate family member; this instruction must
include, but is not limited to: (1) understanding the
trauma experienced by the child while maintaining the
integrity of the arrest and safety of officers, suspects,
and other involved individuals; (2) de-escalation tactics
that would include the use of force when reasonably
necessary; and (3) inquiring whether a child will require
supervision and care. The curriculum for probationary law
enforcement officers shall include: (1) at least 12 hours
of hands-on, scenario-based role-playing; (2) at least 6
hours of instruction on use of force techniques, including
the use of de-escalation techniques to prevent or reduce
the need for force whenever safe and feasible; (3)
specific training on officer safety techniques, including
cover, concealment, and time; and (4) at least 6 hours of
training focused on high-risk traffic stops. The
curriculum for permanent law enforcement officers shall
include, but not be limited to: (1) refresher and
in-service training in any of the courses listed above in
this subparagraph, (2) advanced courses in any of the
subjects listed above in this subparagraph, (3) training
for supervisory personnel, and (4) specialized training in

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subjects and fields to be selected by the board. The
training in the use of electronic control devices shall be
conducted for probationary law enforcement officers,
including University police officers. The curriculum shall
also include training on the use of a firearms restraining
order by providing instruction on the process used to file
a firearms restraining order and how to identify
situations in which a firearms restraining order is
appropriate.
b. Minimum courses of study, attendance requirements
and equipment requirements.
c. Minimum requirements for instructors.
d. Minimum basic training requirements, which a
probationary law enforcement officer must satisfactorily
complete before being eligible for permanent employment as
a local law enforcement officer for a participating local
governmental or State governmental agency. Those
requirements shall include training in first aid
(including cardiopulmonary resuscitation).
e. Minimum basic training requirements, which a
probationary county corrections officer must
satisfactorily complete before being eligible for
permanent employment as a county corrections officer for a
participating local governmental agency.
f. Minimum basic training requirements which a
probationary court security officer must satisfactorily

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complete before being eligible for permanent employment as
a court security officer for a participating local
governmental agency. The Board shall establish those
training requirements which it considers appropriate for
court security officers and shall certify schools to
conduct that training.
A person hired to serve as a court security officer
must obtain from the Board a certificate (i) attesting to
the officer's successful completion of the training
course; (ii) attesting to the officer's satisfactory
completion of a training program of similar content and
number of hours that has been found acceptable by the
Board under the provisions of this Act; or (iii) attesting
to the Board's determination that the training course is
unnecessary because of the person's extensive prior law
enforcement experience.
Individuals who currently serve as court security
officers shall be deemed qualified to continue to serve in
that capacity so long as they are certified as provided by
this Act within 24 months of June 1, 1997 (the effective
date of Public Act 89-685). Failure to be so certified,
absent a waiver from the Board, shall cause the officer to
forfeit his or her position.
All individuals hired as court security officers on or
after June 1, 1997 (the effective date of Public Act
89-685) shall be certified within 12 months of the date of

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their hire, unless a waiver has been obtained by the
Board, or they shall forfeit their positions.
The Sheriff's Merit Commission, if one exists, or the
Sheriff's Office if there is no Sheriff's Merit
Commission, shall maintain a list of all individuals who
have filed applications to become court security officers
and who meet the eligibility requirements established
under this Act. Either the Sheriff's Merit Commission, or
the Sheriff's Office if no Sheriff's Merit Commission
exists, shall establish a schedule of reasonable intervals
for verification of the applicants' qualifications under
this Act and as established by the Board.
g. Minimum in-service training requirements, which a
law enforcement officer must satisfactorily complete every
3 years. Those requirements shall include constitutional
and proper use of law enforcement authority; procedural
justice; civil rights; human rights; reporting child abuse
and neglect; autism-informed law enforcement responses,
techniques, and procedures; trauma-informed programs,
procedures, and practices meant to minimize traumatization
of the victim; and cultural competency, including implicit
bias and racial and ethnic sensitivity. These trainings
shall consist of at least 30 hours of training every 3
years.
h. Minimum in-service training requirements, which a
law enforcement officer must satisfactorily complete at

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least annually. Those requirements shall include law
updates, emergency medical response training and
certification, crisis intervention training, and officer
wellness and mental health.
i. Minimum in-service training requirements as set
forth in Section 10.6.
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the
changes made to this Section by Public Act 101-652, Public Act
102-28, and Public Act 102-694 take effect July 1, 2022.
(Source: P.A. 102-28, eff. 6-25-21; 102-345, eff. 6-1-22;
102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 102-694, eff. 1-7-22; 102-982, eff.
7-1-23; 103-154, eff. 6-30-23; 103-949, eff. 1-1-25.)
(50 ILCS 705/10.21)
Sec. 10.21. Training; sexual assault and sexual abuse.
(a) The Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board
shall conduct or approve training programs in trauma-informed
responses and investigations of sexual assault and sexual
abuse, which include, but is not limited to, the following:
(1) recognizing the symptoms of trauma;
(2) understanding the role trauma has played in a
victim's life;
(3) responding to the needs and concerns of a victim;
(4) delivering services in a compassionate, sensitive,
and nonjudgmental manner;
(5) interviewing techniques in accordance with the

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curriculum standards in subsection (f) of this Section;
(6) understanding cultural perceptions and common
myths of sexual assault and sexual abuse;
(7) report writing techniques in accordance with the
curriculum standards in subsection (f) of this Section;
and
(8) recognizing special sensitivities of victims due
to: age, including those under the age of 13; gender; or
other qualifications; and .
(9) identifying conflicts of interest and options to
address those conflicts when a responding or investigating
officer is familiar with the victim or accused.
(b) This training must be presented in all full and
part-time basic law enforcement academies on or before July 1,
2018.
(c) Agencies employing law enforcement officers must
present this training to all law enforcement officers within 3
years after January 1, 2017 (the effective date of Public Act
99-801) and must present in-service training on sexual assault
and sexual abuse response and report writing training
requirements every 3 years.
(d) Agencies employing law enforcement officers who
conduct sexual assault and sexual abuse investigations must
provide specialized training to these officers on sexual
assault and sexual abuse investigations within 2 years after
January 1, 2017 (the effective date of Public Act 99-801) and

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must present in-service training on sexual assault and sexual
abuse investigations to these officers every 3 years.
(e) Instructors providing this training shall have
successfully completed training on evidence-based,
trauma-informed, victim-centered response to cases of sexual
assault and sexual abuse and have experience responding to
sexual assault and sexual abuse cases.
(f) The Board shall adopt rules, in consultation with the
Office of the Illinois Attorney General and the Illinois State
Police, to determine the specific training requirements for
these courses, including, but not limited to, the following:
(1) evidence-based curriculum standards for report
writing and immediate response to sexual assault and
sexual abuse, including trauma-informed, victim-centered,
age sensitive, interview techniques, which have been
demonstrated to minimize retraumatization, for
probationary police officers and all law enforcement
officers; and
(2) evidence-based curriculum standards for
trauma-informed, victim-centered, age sensitive
investigation and interviewing techniques, which have been
demonstrated to minimize retraumatization, for cases of
sexual assault and sexual abuse for law enforcement
officers who conduct sexual assault and sexual abuse
investigations.
(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)