Rep. Charles Meier
Filed: 3/14/2025
 
 

 
 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1126 

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1126 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
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 that term in 
11Section 5-1-5. 
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 that term 
16in clauses (i) through (x) of Section 31A-0.1 of the Criminal 
 
 
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1Code of 2012. 
2    (b) Subject to the requirements of the Department of 
3Central Management Services Law, the Department of Juvenile 
4Justice shall initiate discharge proceedings against:
5        (1) any Department of Juvenile Justice employee 
6    against whom a conviction is entered on or after the 
7    effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General 
8    Assembly for an offense described in Section 31A-1.2 of 
9    the Criminal Code of 2012; or 
10        (2) any Department of Juvenile Justice employee 
11    against whom, on or after the effective date of this 
12    amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly, a final 
13    determination has been made that the employee knowingly 
14    possessed contraband as ascribed to that term in clauses 
15    (i) through (x) of Section 31A-0.1 of the Criminal Code of 
16    2012, with the intent to deliver contraband or to 
17    otherwise provide an inmate access to contraband. 
18    (c) Any Department of Juvenile Justice employee against 
19whom a final determination has been made, subsequent to the 
20exercise of the right to due process, that a discharge is 
21sustained pursuant to the requirements of the Department of 
22Central Management Services Law and the Illinois Public Labor 
23Relations Act discharged in accordance with the provisions of 
24subsection (b) shall not be eligible to be rehired by the 
25Department of Juvenile Justice or hired by the Department of 
26Corrections.
 
 
 
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1    (730 ILCS 5/3-7-2.6 new)
2    Sec. 3-7-2.6. State correctional employees; contraband; 
3termination of employment. 
4    (a) In this Section:
5    "Conviction" has the meaning ascribed to that term in 
6Section 5-1-5. 
7    "Item of contraband" has the meaning ascribed to that term 
8in clauses (i) through (x) of Section 31A-0.1 of the Criminal 
9Code of 2012. 
10    "State correctional employee" means any officer or 
11employee of the Department of Corrections and includes 
12security personnel. 
13    (b) Subject to the requirements of the Department of 
14Central Management Services Law, the Department of Corrections 
15shall initiate discharge proceedings against:
16        (1) any State correctional employee against whom a 
17    conviction is entered on or after the effective date of 
18    this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly for an 
19    offense described in Section 31A-1.2 of the Criminal Code 
20    of 2012; or 
21        (2) any State correctional employee against whom, on 
22    or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 
23    104th General Assembly, a final determination has been 
24    made that the employee knowingly possessed contraband as 
25    ascribed to that term in clauses (i) through (x) of 
 
 
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1    Section 31A-0.1 of the Criminal Code of 2012, with the 
2    intent to deliver contraband or to otherwise provide an 
3    inmate access to contraband.
4    (c) Any State correctional employee against whom a final 
5determination has been made, subsequent to the exercise of the 
6right to due process, that a discharge is sustained under the 
7requirements of the Department of Central Management Services 
8Law and the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act in accordance 
9with the provisions of subsection (b) shall not be eligible to 
10be rehired by the Department of Corrections or hired by the 
11Department of Juvenile Justice.
 
12    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
13becoming law.".