104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB1126
 
Introduced 1/9/2025, by Rep. Charles Meier
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
730 ILCS 5/3-2.5-40.2 new
730 ILCS 5/3-7-2.6 new
    Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the Department of Juvenile Justice and the Department of Corrections shall immediately discharge from their employment: (1) any Department employee against whom a conviction is entered on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act for an offense of unauthorized bringing of contraband into a penal institution by an employee; unauthorized possessing of contraband in a penal institution by an employee; or unauthorized delivery of contraband in a penal institution by an employee; or (2) any Department employee who, on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act is determined by the respective Department to have violated the Department policy prohibiting: (A) facilitating the bringing or delivering of an item of contraband into a Department facility; (B) bringing or delivering an item of contraband into a Department facility; or (C) possessing an item of contraband in a Department facility. Provides that any employee discharged for a violation of these provisions shall not be eligible to be rehired by either the Department of Juvenile Justice or the Department of Corrections. Defines various terms. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR
 
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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by 
5adding Sections 3-2.5-40.2 and 3-7-2.6 as follows:
 
6    (730 ILCS 5/3-2.5-40.2 new)
7    Sec. 3-2.5-40.2. Department of Juvenile Justice employees; 
8contraband; termination of employment.
9    (a) In this Section: 
10    "Conviction" has the meaning ascribed to the term in 
11Section 5-1-5 of this Code. 
12    "Department of Juvenile Justice employee" means any 
13officer or employee of the Department of Juvenile Justice and 
14includes security personnel. 
15    "Item of contraband" has the meaning ascribed to the term 
16in Section 31A-0.1 of the Criminal Code of 2012. 
17    (b) The Department of Juvenile Justice shall immediately 
18discharge from its employment:
19        (1) any Department of Juvenile Justice employee 
20    against whom a conviction is entered on or after the 
21    effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General 
22    Assembly for an offense described in Section 31A-1.2 of 
23    the Criminal Code of 2012; or 
 
 
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1        (2) any Department of Juvenile Justice employee who, 
2    on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 
3    the 104th General Assembly, is determined by the 
4    Department of Juvenile Justice to have violated the 
5    Department of Juvenile Justice policy prohibiting: 
6            (A) facilitating the bringing or delivering of an 
7        item of contraband into a Department of Juvenile 
8        Justice youth center or facility; 
9            (B) bringing or delivering an item of contraband 
10        into a Department of Juvenile Justice youth center or 
11        facility; or 
12            (C) possessing an item of contraband in a 
13        Department of Juvenile Justice youth center or 
14        facility. 
15    (c) Any Department of Juvenile Justice employee discharged 
16in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) shall not 
17be eligible to be rehired by the Department of Juvenile 
18Justice or the Department of Corrections.
 
19    (730 ILCS 5/3-7-2.6 new)
20    Sec. 3-7-2.6. State correctional employees; contraband; 
21termination of employment. 
22    (a) In this Section:
23    "Conviction" has the meaning ascribed to the term in 
24Section 5-1-5 of this Code. 
25    "Item of contraband" has the meaning ascribed to the term 
 
 
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1in Section 31A-0.1 of the Criminal Code of 2012. 
2    "State correctional employee" means any officer or 
3employee of the Department of Corrections and includes 
4security personnel. 
5    (b) The Department of Corrections shall immediately 
6discharge from its employment:
7        (1) any State correctional employee against whom a 
8    conviction is entered on or after the effective date of 
9    this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly for an 
10    offense described in Section 31A-1.2 of the Criminal Code 
11    of 2012; or 
12        (2) any State correctional employee who, on or after 
13    the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th 
14    General Assembly, is determined by the Department of 
15    Corrections to have violated the Department of Corrections 
16    policy prohibiting:
17            (A) facilitating the bringing or delivering of an 
18        item of contraband into a Department of Corrections 
19        institution or facility; 
20            (B) bringing or delivering an item of contraband 
21        into a Department of Corrections institution or 
22        facility; or
23            (C) possessing an item of contraband in a 
24        Department of Corrections institution or facility.
25    (c) Any State correctional employee discharged in 
26accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) shall not be 
 
 
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1eligible to be rehired by the Department of Corrections or the 
2Department of Juvenile Justice.
 
3    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
4becoming law.