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HB 3072

Relating to expungements.

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Jason Kropf

HB 3072 replaces the Cook County Sheriff’s ex officio seat on the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board with a Cook County Sheriff’s Office appointee.

In committee upon adjournment.
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Bill Summary · HB 3072

HB 3072 — Summary (2025)

Status: In committee upon adjournment (last action: 2025-06-28)
Primary sponsor: Rep. Brad Stephens
Law(s) amended: 50 ILCS 705/3 (Illinois Police Training Act — composition of Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board)

Note on title: The bill file is captioned “Relating to expungements,” but the substantive text amends the Illinois Police Training Act and concerns Board membership. The title and text appear inconsistent.

Main purpose / intent

HB 3072 changes the composition of the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board by replacing the ex officio seat held by the Sheriff of Cook County with a seat held by a member of the Office of the Cook County Sheriff who is appointed by the Sheriff. In short: rather than the elected Sheriff serving on the Board, the Sheriff would appoint one member of his/her office to occupy that seat.

Key provisions

  • Amends Section 3 of the Illinois Police Training Act (50 ILCS 705/3).
  • Replaces the explicit listing of the “Sheriff of Cook County” as an ex officio Board member with “one member of the Office of the Cook County Sheriff appointed by the Sheriff of Cook County” who will serve as an ex officio member.
  • Leaves intact the Board’s overall structure (18 members as previously established) and other provisions in Section 3 (e.g., appointment process for gubernatorial appointees, Review Committee, recusal rules), as the introduced text does not make further substantive changes beyond the Cook County seat language.
  • Continues to allow ex officio members generally to designate designees where applicable (existing statutory language regarding designees remains).

Who or what is affected

  • Cook County representation on the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board: the seat will be filled by an appointee from the Cook County Sheriff’s Office instead of the elected Sheriff personally.
  • The Cook County Sheriff (gains formal authority to appoint an Office member to the Board).
  • The Board’s decision-making composition — any votes or deliberations that previously involved the Sheriff directly may instead be carried out by the appointed employee or designee.
  • Indirectly, matters overseen by the Board (training standards, decertification review processes, etc.) could be affected by the change in who represents Cook County interests.

Practical implications

  • The change allows the Sheriff to send a career deputy or staff member to represent the Sheriff’s Office on the Board, potentially improving continuity or subject-matter representation (if the appointee is a career law enforcement professional).
  • It removes the requirement that the elected Sheriff personally attend Board meetings; however, the seat remains an ex officio Cook County Sheriff’s Office seat and carries the usual powers of Board membership (vote, quorum counting).
  • May affect conflicts-of-interest dynamics and who votes on decertification or disciplinary matters involving Cook County law enforcement.

Legislative status and timeline

  • Filed/First reading: Feb 6, 2025 (filed with Clerk by Rep. Brad Stephens)
  • Referred to Rules Committee; later assigned to Judiciary — Criminal Committee and Appropriations at various stages
  • Read first time: Mar 20, 2025
  • Re-referred to Rules Committee (Rule 19(a)): Mar 21, 2025
  • Status as of last entry: In committee upon adjournment (June 28, 2025)

Notes

  • The bill is narrowly targeted to Board composition and does not include explicit fiscal provisions in the introduced text.
  • Because the bill modifies who occupies an ex officio seat rather than adding or removing representation for Cook County, the net number of Board members does not change.

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

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