Bill
HB 2586
Modernizes ISP training, expands forensic services and missing-person efforts, and broadens indemnification coverage for contractors and volunteers.
Status and key dates
- Bill number: HB 2586 — Enrolled as Public Act 104‑0157.
- Introduced: February 7, 2025. Passed both houses May 21, 2025; sent to Governor June 17, 2025; approved August 11, 2025.
- Effective dates: Some provisions effective October 1, 2025; other provisions effective January 1, 2026 (per the enrolled act).
Purpose and intent
- Modernize and reorganize parts of the Illinois State Police (ISP) Law, especially the Division of the Academy and Training and the Division of Forensic Services.
- Expand ISP authorities and duties in forensic toxicology, training, missing‑person response, and agency administration.
- Adjust the State Employee Indemnification Act definitions to clarify who counts as a “State” employee for indemnification purposes.
- Designate a statutory name for a paragraph of ISP law (“Alicia’s Law”).
Major substantive changes (by topic)
1. Illinois State Police Law (20 ILCS 2605; multiple sections amended)
- Reorganizes and expands training responsibilities under the Division of the Academy and Training (education/oversight duties updated).
- Division of Forensic Services: expands functions to include issuing reports for certain drug tests, operating/establishing forensic toxicology systems and laboratories (Springfield, Chicago, and elsewhere as needed), and adopting administrative rules for toxicology reporting. Also tasked with training and providing best‑practice guidance to local agencies on death‑scene investigations and entry of medical/dental data into forensic databases.
- State Missing Persons Clearinghouse: requires ISP to establish a clearinghouse to promote immediate/effective community responses to missing children.
- Juvenile records reporting: requires ISP to produce a quarterly count of juvenile records it receives (shifted from a requirement to submit that report to the General Assembly).
- Revenue and property authority: explicitly authorizes ISP to receive revenue, grants (including pass‑through grants), donations, and real/personal property from lawful sources.
- Administrative adjustments: defines “LEADS” (Law Enforcement Agencies Data System) and replaces references to legacy systems (e.g., “SWORD”) with LEADS; makes conforming changes across statutes.
- Governance of Illinois Forensic Science Commission: beginning January 1, 2026 the Governor will designate the Commission chair for a 2‑year term.
State Employee Indemnification Act (5 ILCS 350/1)
Statutory naming
Who is affected
- Illinois State Police (internal structure, training, forensic services, and revenue/authority).
- Local law enforcement agencies and coroners (new guidance, training, forensic reporting, clearinghouse resources).
- Forensic laboratories (authority to establish/operate and to follow new reporting rules).
- Individuals and organizations contracting with or volunteering for State agencies (expanded coverage under indemnification provisions).
- Illinois Forensic Science Commission (change in chair designation process).
- Public — especially missing children/families via the Missing Persons Clearinghouse improvements.
Procedural/implementation notes
- Effective dates vary by provision (noted above). Many operational changes (e.g., lab establishment, administrative rules, and the clearinghouse) will require subsequent rulemaking, administrative action, budgetary and operational planning by ISP.
- The act includes numerous conforming and technical edits across related Illinois statutes (e.g., vehicle code, intergovernmental acts) to reflect reorganized divisions and updated system names.
Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.
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