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SB 1842

MUNI-PART-TIME POLICE OFFICERS

104th Regular Session Introduced by Chapin Rose

Allows part-time police to supervise full-time officers only in towns under 3,000 residents, preserving training, hiring standards, and supervision rules; effective immediately.

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Bill Summary · SB 1842

SB 1842 — MUNI — Part‑Time Police Officers

Status: Referred to Assignments (introduced early 2025)
Jurisdiction: Illinois (amends Illinois Municipal Code, 65 ILCS 5/3.1‑30‑21)
Effective date: Upon becoming law (version: effective immediately)

Purpose / Intent

The bill revises the statutory rules governing part‑time police officers in municipal departments. Its principal change is to relax a prior absolute prohibition on assigning part‑time officers to supervise full‑time officers by allowing such supervisory assignments in very small municipalities (population under 3,000). The measure also preserves and references existing municipal responsibilities for hiring standards, training, supervision, and pension treatment of part‑time officers.

Key provisions

  • Amends 65 ILCS 5/3.1‑30‑21 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
  • Changes the prior language that part‑time police officers "shall not be assigned under any circumstances to supervise or direct full‑time police officers" to a narrower prohibition: part‑time officers shall not be assigned to supervise or direct full‑time officers, except in municipalities with a population of less than 3,000. (In short: supervision by part‑time officers is permitted only in municipalities under 3,000 population.)
  • Retains existing municipal obligations:
    • Municipalities may appoint, discipline, and discharge part‑time police officers.
    • Municipalities must adopt, by ordinance, hiring standards for part‑time officers and submit those standards to the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board.
    • Training requirements under the Illinois Police Training Act remain in force; part‑time officers hired after January 1, 1996 who lack certification under Section 8.2 must be directly supervised.
    • Provisions addressing membership/pension treatment of part‑time officers are referenced in the section and remain operative as applicable.
  • Effective immediately upon enactment (per bill text).

Who is affected

  • Municipal governments and police department leadership, especially in municipalities with populations under 3,000 (which gain statutory flexibility to assign supervisory duties to part‑time officers).
  • Part‑time and full‑time police officers (chain‑of‑command, supervisory relationships, and supervision protocols).
  • Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board (receives municipal hiring standards submissions; training/supervision enforcement implications).
  • Pension systems and administrators, to the extent the section’s membership/pension provisions apply.

Procedural / Timeline notes

  • Introduced in early 2025; referred to Assignments per bill metadata. A companion bill is HB 3975. If enacted, the bill takes effect immediately (per version language).

Practical implications (concise)

  • Small municipalities may use part‑time personnel in supervisory roles, potentially easing staffing constraints and operational flexibility.
  • The change preserves training and certification safeguards (direct supervision where certification is absent) and maintains municipal duties to set and submit hiring standards.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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