Bill Text: IL SB3472 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that no law enforcement officer or law enforcement agency shall engage in profiling. Creates a cause of action against the State for individuals injured by profiling. Allows a court to award of attorney's fees to a prevailing plaintiff. Requires law enforcement agencies in the State to adopt policies designed to eliminate profiling by: (i) prohibiting profiling; (ii) including profiling issues as part of law enforcement training; (iii) establishing procedures for receiving, investigating, and responding to complaints alleging profiling by law enforcement officers or law enforcement agencies; (iv) adopting the model policies promoted by the Racial Profiling Prevention and Data Oversight Board; (v) collecting data in accordance with the Racial Profiling Prevention and Data Oversight Act; and (vi) ceasing practices that permit profiling. Defines terms.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-08 - Referred to Assignments [SB3472 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SB3472-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 1. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 2-131 as follows:
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6 | (625 ILCS 5/2-131 new) | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 2-131. Profiling prohibited; policies; enforcement; | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | remedy. | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | (a) As used in this Section: | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | "Citizenship or immigration status" means all matters | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | regarding citizenship of the United States or any other | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | country or the authority to reside in or otherwise be present | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | in the United States. | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | "Law enforcement agency" means an agency of the State or | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | of a unit of local government charged with the enforcement of | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | State, county, or municipal laws or with managing custody of | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | detained persons in the State. | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | "Law enforcement officer" means any individual with the | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | power to arrest or detain individuals, including law | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | enforcement officers, corrections officers, and others | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | employed or designated by a law enforcement agency. | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | "Profiling" means the practice of a law enforcement | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | officer or law enforcement agency relying, to any degree, on |
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1 | actual or perceived race, ethnicity, national origin, | ||||||
2 | religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, or | ||||||
3 | citizenship status or immigration status in selecting which | ||||||
4 | individual to subject to routine or spontaneous investigatory | ||||||
5 | activities or in deciding upon the scope and substance of law | ||||||
6 | enforcement activity following the initial investigatory | ||||||
7 | procedure, except when there is trustworthy information, | ||||||
8 | relevant to the locality and time frame, that links a person | ||||||
9 | with a particular characteristic described in this paragraph | ||||||
10 | to an identified criminal incident or scheme. "Profiling" does | ||||||
11 | not include policing when race, ethnicity, national origin, | ||||||
12 | religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, or | ||||||
13 | citizenship status or immigrations status is used in | ||||||
14 | combination with other identifying factors as part of a | ||||||
15 | specific individual description to initiate an enforcement | ||||||
16 | action. | ||||||
17 | "Routine or spontaneous investigatory activities" | ||||||
18 | includes, but is not limited to the following activities by a | ||||||
19 | law enforcement officer or law enforcement agency: interviews, | ||||||
20 | traffic stops, pedestrian stops, frisks and other types of | ||||||
21 | body searches, and consensual or nonconsensual searches of the | ||||||
22 | person, property, or possessions, including vehicles, of | ||||||
23 | individuals using any form of public or private | ||||||
24 | transportation, including motorists and pedestrians. | ||||||
25 | (b) No law enforcement officer or law enforcement agency | ||||||
26 | shall engage in profiling. |
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1 | The State or an individual injured by profiling may | ||||||
2 | enforce this Section in a civil action for declaratory or | ||||||
3 | injunctive relief, filed in a circuit court of this State. | ||||||
4 | In any action brought under this Section, relief may be | ||||||
5 | obtained against: | ||||||
6 | (1) any governmental body that employed any law | ||||||
7 | enforcement officer who engaged in profiling; | ||||||
8 | (2) any officer of such body who engaged in profiling; | ||||||
9 | and | ||||||
10 | Proof that routine or spontaneous investigatory activities | ||||||
11 | of law enforcement officers or law enforcement agencies in a | ||||||
12 | jurisdiction have had a disparate impact on an individual | ||||||
13 | shall constitute prima facie evidence of a violation of this | ||||||
14 | Section. | ||||||
15 | (c) In any action or proceeding to enforce this Section | ||||||
16 | against any State agency, a court may allow a prevailing | ||||||
17 | plaintiff reasonable attorney's fee as part of the costs, and | ||||||
18 | may include expert fees as part of the attorney's fee. | ||||||
19 | (d) Law enforcement agencies in this State shall adopt | ||||||
20 | policies to eliminate profiling by: | ||||||
21 | (1) prohibiting profiling; | ||||||
22 | (2) including profiling issues as part of law | ||||||
23 | enforcement training; | ||||||
24 | (3) establishing procedures for receiving, | ||||||
25 | investigating, and responding to complaints alleging | ||||||
26 | profiling by law enforcement officers or law enforcement |
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