Sen. Steve McClure
Filed: 2/22/2022
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1486
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1486 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 5. The Children and Family Services Act is | ||||||
| 5 | amended by adding Section 21.6 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (20 ILCS 505/21.6 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 21.6. Child protective investigators; personal | ||||||
| 8 | protection spray devices. A child protective investigator is | ||||||
| 9 | authorized to carry and use personal protection spray devices, | ||||||
| 10 | such as mace, pepper mace, or pepper gas, for self-defense | ||||||
| 11 | purposes while investigating a report of child abuse or | ||||||
| 12 | neglect if the child protective investigator has been trained | ||||||
| 13 | on the proper use of such personal protection spray devices by | ||||||
| 14 | the Illinois State Police. The Illinois State Police shall | ||||||
| 15 | establish a training program for child protective | ||||||
| 16 | investigators on the proper use of personal protection spray | ||||||
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| 1 | devices for self-defense purposes. The Department shall | ||||||
| 2 | provide funding for the training program.
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| 3 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 4 | becoming law.".
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