Bill
SB 1921
Adds two governor-appointed members representing a statewide law enforcement lodge to the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board, increasing membership to 20.
Status and effective date
- Introduced by Sen. Doris Turner (filed Feb 6, 2025; received by the Senate Mar 5, 2025).
- Passed both chambers in mid‑May 2025. Filed without the Governor’s signature and became effective immediately on May 28, 2025.
- Companion bill: HB 3509.
Purpose
- Amend the Illinois Police Training Act (50 ILCS 705/3) to expand and specify membership of the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board (ILETSB) by adding two members who represent a statewide lodge representing law enforcement and by setting procedures and terms for their appointment.
Key provisions
- Board size and composition
- Changes the enumerated membership count from 18 to 20 members by adding two new appointees who represent a statewide law enforcement lodge.
- Retains existing ex officio members (Attorney General, Director of Corrections, Superintendent of State Police, Sheriff of Cook County, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County) and the Governor’s appointees (mayors/village presidents, county sheriffs from counties other than Cook County, municipal managers, municipal police chiefs, citizens, representatives of sheriffs’ associations, and municipal police chiefs’ associations).
- Appointment timing and terms for the two new members
- The two new members are to be appointed by the Governor on the first Monday in August after the amendatory Act’s effective date.
- Initial staggering: one appointee serves for 2 years and the other for 3 years.
- Successors serve 3‑year terms with terms expiring the first Monday in August every three years.
- Vacancies filled by the Governor for unexpired terms.
- Governance and procedures (existing provisions retained/clarified)
- Ex officio members may appoint designees with full powers, including voting.
- A Review Committee within the Board (nine rotating members) reviews requests for reconsideration of decertification decisions; panels are composed of members including law enforcement and non‑law enforcement representatives.
- Conflict of interest and recusal rules: board members must recuse where an actual/perceived conflict exists; the Board may vote to recuse a non‑recusing member; Governor may remove members who voted when they should have recused. Examples of conflicts include familial, employment, organizational or union relationships.
Who is affected
- Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board composition and appointment process.
- Statewide law enforcement lodges (gains formal representation).
- Law enforcement officers and agencies subject to training standards and decertification review — increased direct representation of lodge interests may influence Board decisions on training, standards, and decertification processes.
- Governor’s appointment responsibilities and staggered term schedule for the new seats.
Legal reference
- Amends 50 ILCS 705/3 (Illinois Police Training Act).
Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.
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