Illinois General Assembly - Full Text of HB1655

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB1655

Introduced 1/28/2025, by Rep. Justin Slaughter

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

55 ILCS 5/3-6001.5

Amends the Counties Code. Provides that, in a county with a population of 3,000,000 or more, a person is not eligible to be elected or appointed to the office of sheriff, unless the person has a certificate attesting to the person's successful completion of the County Correctional Training Course as prescribed by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board or a substantially similar training program of another state or the federal government.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning local government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section 3-6001.5 as follows:

(55 ILCS 5/3-6001.5)

Sec. 3-6001.5. Sheriff qualifications. A person is not eligible to be elected or appointed to the office of sheriff, unless that person meets all of the following requirements:

(1) Is a United States citizen.

(2) Has been a resident of the county for at least one year.

(3) Is not a convicted felon.

(4) The person is seeking election or appointment to:

(A) the office of sheriff in a county with a population of less than 3,000,000 and has Has a certificate attesting to the person's his or her successful completion of the Minimum Standards Basic Law Enforcement Officers Training Course, as prescribed by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board, or a substantially similar training program of another state or the federal government; or

(B) the office of sheriff in a county with a population that is greater than or equal to 3,000,000 and has a certificate attesting to the person's successful completion of the County Correctional Training Course, as prescribed by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board, or a substantially similar training program of another state or the federal government.

Subparagraph (A) of This paragraph (4) does not apply to a sheriff currently serving on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly. Subparagraph (B) of paragraph (4) does not apply to a sheriff currently serving on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly.

(Source: P.A. 101-652, eff. 1-1-22.)