Bill Text: IL SB1619 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board shall include in their evidence-based curriculum standards for cases of sexual assault and sexual abuse specific techniques on interviewing minors. Provides that the evidence-based curriculum standards for cases of sexual assault and sexual abuse specific shall be required for probationary police officers and all law enforcement officers (rather than only for law enforcement officers who conduct sexual assault and sexual abuse investigations).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB1619 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SB1619-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 SB1619 Introduced 2/15/2019, by Sen. Napoleon Harris, III SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
50 ILCS 705/10.21
Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board shall include in their evidence-based curriculum standards for cases of sexual assault and sexual abuse specific techniques on interviewing minors. Provides that the evidence-based curriculum standards for cases of sexual assault and sexual abuse specific shall be required for probationary police officers and all law enforcement officers (rather than only for law enforcement officers who conduct sexual assault and sexual abuse investigations).
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning local 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 Section 10.21 as follows:
(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
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

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(8) recognizing special sensitivities of victims due
to: age, including those under the age of 13; gender; or
other qualifications.
(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
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 Department of

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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 (including
specific techniques on interviewing minors), which have
been demonstrated to minimize retraumatization, for cases
of sexual assault and sexual abuse for probationary police
officers and all law enforcement officers who conduct
sexual assault and sexual abuse investigations.
(Source: P.A. 99-801, eff. 1-1-17; 100-201, eff. 8-18-17;
100-910, eff. 1-1-19.)