Bill Text: IL SB3306 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board shall conduct or approve a required (rather than optional) advanced training program for law enforcement officers to recognize and respond to anaphylaxis, including the administration of an epinephrine auto-injector. Provides that a local law enforcement agency shall authorize (rather than may authorize) a law enforcement officer who has completed the required advanced training regarding anaphylaxis and the administration of an epinephrine auto-injector to carry, administer, or assist with the administration of epinephrine auto-injectors provided by the local law enforcement agency whenever the officer is performing official duties. Allows rulemaking by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board to implement the amendatory Act.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2026-05-22 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB3306 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2025-SB3306-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning government. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly: | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | adding Section 10.19 as follows: | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | (50 ILCS 705/10.19) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Sec. 10.19. Training; administration of epinephrine. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | (a) This Section, along with Section 40 of the Illinois | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | State Police Act, may be referred to as the Annie LeGere Law. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | (b) For purposes of this Section, "epinephrine | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | auto-injector" means a single-use device used for the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | automatic injection of a pre-measured dose of epinephrine into | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | the human body prescribed in the name of a local law | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | enforcement agency. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | (c) The Board shall conduct or approve a required an | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | optional advanced training program for law enforcement | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | officers to recognize and respond to anaphylaxis, including | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | the administration of an epinephrine auto-injector. The | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | training must include, but is not limited to: | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | (1) how to recognize symptoms of an allergic reaction; | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | (2) how to respond to an emergency involving an | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | allergic reaction; | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | (3) how to administer an epinephrine auto-injector; | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | (4) how to respond to an individual with a known | ||||||
| 2 | allergy as well as an individual with a previously unknown | ||||||
| 3 | allergy; | ||||||
| 4 | (5) a test demonstrating competency of the knowledge | ||||||
| 5 | required to recognize anaphylaxis and administer an | ||||||
| 6 | epinephrine auto-injector; and | ||||||
| 7 | (6) other criteria as determined in rules adopted by | ||||||
| 8 | the Board. | ||||||
| 9 | (d) A local law enforcement agency shall may authorize a | ||||||
| 10 | law enforcement officer who has completed the required an | ||||||
| 11 | optional advanced training program under subsection (c) to | ||||||
| 12 | carry, administer, or assist with the administration of | ||||||
| 13 | epinephrine auto-injectors provided by the local law | ||||||
| 14 | enforcement agency whenever the officer is performing official | ||||||
| 15 | duties. | ||||||
| 16 | (e) Each A local law enforcement agency that authorizes | ||||||
| 17 | its officers to carry and administer epinephrine | ||||||
| 18 | auto-injectors under subsection (d) must establish a policy to | ||||||
| 19 | control the acquisition, storage, transportation, | ||||||
| 20 | administration, and disposal of epinephrine auto-injectors and | ||||||
| 21 | to provide continued training in the administration of | ||||||
| 22 | epinephrine auto-injectors. | ||||||
| 23 | (f) A physician, physician assistant with prescriptive | ||||||
| 24 | authority, or advanced practice registered nurse with | ||||||
| 25 | prescriptive authority may provide a standing protocol or | ||||||
| 26 | prescription for epinephrine auto-injectors in the name of a | ||||||
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| 1 | local law enforcement agency to be maintained for use when | ||||||
| 2 | necessary. | ||||||
| 3 | (g) When a law enforcement officer administers an | ||||||
| 4 | epinephrine auto-injector in good faith, the law enforcement | ||||||
| 5 | officer and local law enforcement agency, and its employees | ||||||
| 6 | and agents, including a physician, physician assistant with | ||||||
| 7 | prescriptive authority, or advanced practice registered nurse | ||||||
| 8 | with prescriptive authority who provides a standing order or | ||||||
| 9 | prescription for an epinephrine auto-injector, incur no civil | ||||||
| 10 | or professional liability, except for willful and wanton | ||||||
| 11 | conduct, or as a result of any injury or death arising from the | ||||||
| 12 | use of an epinephrine auto-injector. | ||||||
| 13 | (h) The Board shall adopt rules to implement this Section, | ||||||
| 14 | including, but not limited to: | ||||||
| 15 | (1) minimum training standards; | ||||||
| 16 | (2) guidelines to control the acquisition, storage, | ||||||
| 17 | transportation, administration, and disposal of | ||||||
| 18 | epinephrine auto-injectors; and | ||||||
| 19 | (3) documentation and reporting requirements following | ||||||
| 20 | the administration of epinephrine by a law enforcement | ||||||
| 21 | officer. | ||||||
| 22 | (Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 102-694, eff. 1-7-22; | ||||||
| 23 | 103-154, eff. 6-30-23.) | ||||||
