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HR0098 - CONGRATS-METAMORA 8TH GD BBALL
Dennis Tipsword
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Congratulates the Metamora Grade School 8th grade boys basketball team on placing 3rd at the Illinois Elementary School Association 2022-2023 Class 3A State Finals.
STATUS
Passed
HB4053 - CRIM PRO-PHONE CALLS-CONTACT
Patrick Windhorst, Dennis Tipsword, Tony M. McCombie
Last updated over 1 year ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. In a provision which specifies that a person who is in police custody shall have the right, upon being taken into police custody, to communicate free of charge with an attorney of his or her choice and members of his or her family, deletes a provision that required that right to be provided as soon as possible upon being taken into custody. Provides that, if a person who is in police custody is transferred to a new place of detention, that person has a right to make one telephone call (rather than 3 telephone calls) within 3 hours of arrival. Specifies that this right is not renewable. Provides that the person in police custody is prohibited from contacting the alleged victim or victims of the offense for which the person is charged. Provides that statements that are made by a person who is detained in police custody in violation of the right to communicate provisions of the Code may be used to evaluate whether those statements were voluntarily given and are reliable, based on the totality of the circumstances. Authorizes a custodial arrest of a person accused of an offense that is not a felony or Class A misdemeanor if necessary to verify the accused's identity.
STATUS
Introduced
HB4216 - SCHOOL SAFETY OFFICERS
Ryan Spain, Dennis Tipsword, Jay C. Hoffman
Last updated about 1 year ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that the Law Enforcement Training Standards Board shall approve a course for school safety officers (a retired law enforcement officer who has been hired by a school district to perform security services). Sets forth training and certification requirements, including firearm certification. Provides that an applicant for employment as a school safety officer must authorize an investigation to determine if the applicant has been convicted of any criminal offense that disqualifies the person as a school safety officer. Amends the Law Enforcement Officer-Worn Body Camera Act. Exempts school safety officers from the Act if a school board does not require officer-worn body cameras. Amends the School Code. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2025, a school may employ a school safety officer. Requires a school safety officer applicant to provide the school district a certificate of completion or approved waiver issued by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board. Provides that a school safety officer shall wear a uniform that clearly identifies the officer as a school safety officer. Provides that a school safety officer may detain a person when the officer has reasonable suspicion to believe that an offense, other than an ordinance violation, is being committed. Provides that a school safety officer may carry a firearm as long as the officer is certified under specified provisions of the Illinois Police Training Act. Adds references to school safety officers throughout the Code. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
HR0228 - CONGRATS-WASHINGTON COMM. H.S.
Dennis Tipsword
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Congratulates the Washington Community High School wrestling team, the Panthers, on winning the 2023 Illinois High School Association Class 2A State Championship.
STATUS
Passed
HB3828 - TAX CREDIT-VOLUNTR FIREFIGHTER
Brad Halbrook, Dennis Tipsword, Chris Miller
Last updated over 1 year ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates a tax credit for individual taxpayers who were members in good standing of a volunteer fire department for at least 6 months during the taxable year. Provides that the amount of the credit is $1,000. Provides that the credit may not be carried forward or back and may not reduce the taxpayer's liability to less than zero. Exempts the credit from the Act's sunset requirements. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
HB4050 - LAW ENFORCEMENT-BODY CAMERAS
Dennis Tipsword, Patrick Windhorst, Kevin Schmidt
Last updated over 1 year ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Law Enforcement Officer-Worn Body Camera Act. Provides that the Act does not apply to school resource officers, undercover or covert officers, or officers that are employed in an administrative capacity, except when undercover or covert officers are conducting interviews. Provides that a law enforcement officer is "in uniform" only when primarily assigned to respond to law enforcement-related encounters or activities. Adds a definition for "no expectation of privacy". Provides that, on and after January 1, 2026, an officer no longer needs to provide notice of recording to a person that has a reasonable expectation of privacy. Removes provisions prohibiting officers from viewing recordings prior to completing a report. Modifies exceptions to destruction of camera recordings if a recording has been flagged and when recordings may be used to discipline law enforcement officers. Provides that recordings are only subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act when a recording is flagged due to the filing of a complaint, discharge of a firearm, use of force, arrest or detention, or resulting death or bodily harm and the subject of the encounter has a reasonable expectation of privacy at the time of the recording (removing other exceptions). Provides that only the subject of the recording or the subject's legal representative may obtain the portion of the recording containing the subject if the subject or legal representative provides written authorization to release the video. Makes other changes. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012 and Freedom of Information Act making conforming changes. Amends the Law Enforcement Camera Grant Act. Removes a requirement to include criminal and other violations and civil proceedings in which the cameras were used in reports that must be provided by a law enforcement agency receiving a grant for in-car video cameras or for officer-worn body cameras. Further amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person also obstructs justice when, with intent to prevent the apprehension or obstruct the prosecution or defense of any person, he or she knowingly takes a body camera or any part of a body camera from a person known to be a peace officer. Provides that a violation is either a Class 1 felony or Class 2 felony.
STATUS
Introduced
HB3548 - VEH CD-NON-HIGHWAY VEHICLES
Bradley J. Fritts, Daniel M. Swanson, John M. Cabello
Last updated over 1 year ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the operation of a non-highway vehicle is authorized if it is operated only on streets where the posted speed limit is 55 (rather than 35) miles per hour or less and the use of the non-highway vehicle is permitted by the unit of local government. Provides that a non-highway vehicle may cross a road or street at an intersection where the road or street has a posted speed limit of more than 55 (rather than 35) miles per hour. Provides that a county board located in a county that permits the use of a non-highway vehicle on its roadways shall not be deemed liable for crashes involving the use of a non-highway vehicle on its roadways.
STATUS
Introduced
HB4047 - POLICE WAIVERS/PROJECTILES
John M. Cabello, Patrick Windhorst, Dennis Tipsword
Last updated over 1 year ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that a training waiver from the Minimum Standards Basic Law Enforcement or County Correctional Training Course due to extensive prior law enforcement or county corrections experience shall be given whether or not the experience was obtained by employment by this State or any local governmental agency. Provides that, within 60 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board shall adopt uniform rules providing for a training waiver process for a person previously employed and qualified as a law enforcement or county corrections officer under federal law or the laws of any other state. Requires the rules to provide that any person previously employed or qualified as a law enforcement or county corrections officer under federal law or the laws of any other state shall successfully complete the following prior to the approval of a waiver: (1) a training program approved by the Board on the laws of this State relevant to the duties of law enforcement and county correctional officers; and (2) firearms training. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Grants the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board emergency rulemaking authority to implement the provisions of the amendatory Act. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Deletes language providing that a peace officer, or any other person acting under the color of law, shall not discharge kinetic impact projectiles or other non-lethal or less-lethal projectiles in a manner that targets the back.
STATUS
Introduced
HR0495 - REESTABLISH PRAYER ROOM
Brad Halbrook, Mary E. Flowers, William E. Hauter
Last updated about 1 year ago
29 Co-Sponsors
Requests the reestablishment of a prayer room at the Illinois State Capitol Building near the rotunda in the current and ongoing renovations of the North Wing.
STATUS
Introduced
HB4049 - CRIM PRO/CD CORR-CONSECUTIVE
David Friess, Patrick Windhorst, Dennis Tipsword
Last updated over 1 year ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Restores the provisions concerning consecutive sentencing prior to the effective date of Public Act 102-1104. Deletes provisions that a defendant shall be given custodial credit for each day he or she was subjected to home confinement. Deletes provisions that the court may give custodial credit to a defendant for each day the defendant was subjected to GPS monitoring without home confinement or electronic monitoring without home confinement.
STATUS
Introduced
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