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1+104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2350 Introduced , by Rep. Gregg Johnson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 50 ILCS 706/10-1050 ILCS 707/550 ILCS 707/10 Amends the Law Enforcement Officer-Worn Body Camera Act. Provides that an auxiliary officer is a law enforcement officer for purposes of the Act. Amends the Law Enforcement Camera Grant Act. Specifies that the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board must make grants to units of local government in Illinois and Illinois public universities for, among other things, purchasing or leasing officer-worn body cameras and associated technology for auxiliary officers and training auxiliary officers. Defines "auxiliary officer" for purposes of both Acts. LRB104 05069 RTM 15097 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2350 Introduced , by Rep. Gregg Johnson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 50 ILCS 706/10-1050 ILCS 707/550 ILCS 707/10 50 ILCS 706/10-10 50 ILCS 707/5 50 ILCS 707/10 Amends the Law Enforcement Officer-Worn Body Camera Act. Provides that an auxiliary officer is a law enforcement officer for purposes of the Act. Amends the Law Enforcement Camera Grant Act. Specifies that the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board must make grants to units of local government in Illinois and Illinois public universities for, among other things, purchasing or leasing officer-worn body cameras and associated technology for auxiliary officers and training auxiliary officers. Defines "auxiliary officer" for purposes of both Acts. LRB104 05069 RTM 15097 b LRB104 05069 RTM 15097 b A BILL FOR
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313 1 AN ACT concerning local government.
414 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
515 3 represented in the General Assembly:
616 4 Section 5. The Law Enforcement Officer-Worn Body Camera
717 5 Act is amended by changing Section 10-10 as follows:
818 6 (50 ILCS 706/10-10)
919 7 Sec. 10-10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
1020 8 "Auxiliary officer" means an individual serving the police
1121 9 agency of a municipality pursuant to Section 3.1-30-20 of the
1222 10 Illinois Municipal Code or serving a county sheriff pursuant
1323 11 to Section 3-6013 of the Counties Code.
1424 12 "Badge" means an officer's department issued
1525 13 identification number associated with his or her position as a
1626 14 police officer with that department.
1727 15 "Board" means the Illinois Law Enforcement Training
1828 16 Standards Board created by the Illinois Police Training Act.
1929 17 "Business offense" means a petty offense for which the
2030 18 fine is in excess of $1,000.
2131 19 "Community caretaking function" means a task undertaken by
2232 20 a law enforcement officer in which the officer is performing
2333 21 an articulable act unrelated to the investigation of a crime.
2434 22 "Community caretaking function" includes, but is not limited
2535 23 to, participating in town halls or other community outreach,
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3474 1 helping a child find his or her parents, providing death
3575 2 notifications, and performing in-home or hospital well-being
3676 3 checks on the sick, elderly, or persons presumed missing.
3777 4 "Community caretaking function" excludes law
3878 5 enforcement-related encounters or activities.
3979 6 "Fund" means the Law Enforcement Camera Grant Fund.
4080 7 "In uniform" means a law enforcement officer who is
4181 8 wearing any officially authorized uniform designated by a law
4282 9 enforcement agency, or a law enforcement officer who is
4383 10 visibly wearing articles of clothing, a badge, tactical gear,
4484 11 gun belt, a patch, or other insignia that he or she is a law
4585 12 enforcement officer acting in the course of his or her duties.
4686 13 "Law enforcement officer" or "officer" means any person
4787 14 employed by a State, county, municipality, special district,
4888 15 college, unit of government, or any other entity authorized by
4989 16 law to employ peace officers or exercise police authority and
5090 17 who is primarily responsible for the prevention or detection
5191 18 of crime and the enforcement of the laws of this State. "Law
5292 19 enforcement officer" or "officer" includes an auxiliary
5393 20 officer assigned to public service.
5494 21 "Law enforcement agency" means all State agencies with law
5595 22 enforcement officers, county sheriff's offices, municipal,
5696 23 special district, college, or unit of local government police
5797 24 departments.
5898 25 "Law enforcement-related encounters or activities"
5999 26 include, but are not limited to, traffic stops, pedestrian
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70110 1 stops, arrests, searches, interrogations, investigations,
71111 2 pursuits, crowd control, traffic control, non-community
72112 3 caretaking interactions with an individual while on patrol, or
73113 4 any other instance in which the officer is enforcing the laws
74114 5 of the municipality, county, or State. "Law
75115 6 enforcement-related encounter or activities" does not include
76116 7 when the officer is completing paperwork alone, is
77117 8 participating in training in a classroom setting, or is only
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79119 10 "Minor traffic offense" means a petty offense, business
80120 11 offense, or Class C misdemeanor under the Illinois Vehicle
81121 12 Code or a similar provision of a municipal or local ordinance.
82122 13 "Officer-worn body camera" means an electronic camera
83123 14 system for creating, generating, sending, receiving, storing,
84124 15 displaying, and processing audiovisual recordings that may be
85125 16 worn about the person of a law enforcement officer.
86126 17 "Peace officer" has the meaning provided in Section 2-13
87127 18 of the Criminal Code of 2012.
88128 19 "Petty offense" means any offense for which a sentence of
89129 20 imprisonment is not an authorized disposition.
90130 21 "Recording" means the process of capturing data or
91131 22 information stored on a recording medium as required under
92132 23 this Act.
93133 24 "Recording medium" means any recording medium authorized
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106146 1 cloud storage, solid state, digital, flash memory technology,
107147 2 or any other electronic medium.
108148 3 (Source: P.A. 102-1104, eff. 12-6-22.)
109149 4 Section 10. The Law Enforcement Camera Grant Act is
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111151 6 (50 ILCS 707/5)
112152 7 Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
113153 8 "Auxiliary officer" means an individual serving the police
114154 9 agency of a municipality pursuant to Section 3.1-30-20 of the
115155 10 Illinois Municipal Code or serving a county sheriff pursuant
116156 11 to Section 3-6013 of the Counties Code.
117157 12 "Board" means the Illinois Law Enforcement Training
118158 13 Standards Board created by the Illinois Police Training Act.
119159 14 "In-car video camera" means a video camera located in a
120160 15 law enforcement patrol vehicle.
121161 16 "In-car video camera recording equipment" means a video
122162 17 camera recording system located in a law enforcement patrol
123163 18 vehicle consisting of a camera assembly, recording mechanism,
124164 19 and an in-car video recording medium.
125165 20 "In uniform" means a law enforcement officer who is
126166 21 wearing any officially authorized uniform designated by a law
127167 22 enforcement agency, or a law enforcement officer who is
128168 23 visibly wearing articles of clothing, badge, tactical gear,
129169 24 gun belt, a patch, or other insignia indicating that he or she
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140180 1 is a law enforcement officer acting in the course of his or her
141181 2 duties.
142182 3 "Law enforcement officer" or "officer" means any person
143183 4 employed by a unit of local government or an Illinois public
144184 5 university as a policeman, peace officer or in some like
145185 6 position involving the enforcement of the law and protection
146186 7 of the public interest at the risk of that person's life.
147187 8 "Officer-worn body camera" means an electronic camera
148188 9 system for creating, generating, sending, receiving, storing,
149189 10 displaying, and processing audiovisual recordings that may be
150190 11 worn about the person of a law enforcement officer.
151191 12 "Recording" means the process of capturing data or
152192 13 information stored on a recording medium as required under
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154194 15 "Recording medium" means any recording medium authorized
155195 16 by the Board for the retention and playback of recorded audio
156196 17 and video including, but not limited to, VHS, DVD, hard drive,
157197 18 cloud storage, solid state, digital, flash memory technology,
158198 19 or any other electronic medium.
159199 20 "Unit of local government" has the meaning ascribed to it
160200 21 in Section 1 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.
161201 22 (Source: P.A. 102-16, eff. 6-17-21; 102-699, eff. 4-19-22.)
162202 23 (50 ILCS 707/10)
163203 24 Sec. 10. Law Enforcement Camera Grant Fund; creation,
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175215 1 (a) The Law Enforcement Camera Grant Fund is created as a
176216 2 special fund in the State treasury. From appropriations to the
177217 3 Board from the Fund, the Board must make grants to units of
178218 4 local government in Illinois and Illinois public universities
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180220 6 cameras for use in law enforcement vehicles, (2) purchasing or
181221 7 leasing officer-worn body cameras and associated technology
182222 8 for law enforcement officers and auxiliary officers, and (3)
183223 9 training for law enforcement officers and auxiliary officers
184224 10 in the operation of the cameras. Grants under this Section may
185225 11 be used to offset data storage and related licensing costs for
186226 12 officer-worn body cameras. For the purposes of this Section,
187227 13 "purchasing or leasing" includes providing funding to units of
188228 14 local government in advance that can be used to obtain this
189229 15 equipment rather than only for reimbursement of purchased
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191231 17 Moneys received for the purposes of this Section,
192232 18 including, without limitation, fee receipts and gifts, grants,
193233 19 and awards from any public or private entity, must be
194234 20 deposited into the Fund. Any interest earned on moneys in the
195235 21 Fund must be deposited into the Fund.
196236 22 (b) The Board may set requirements for the distribution of
197237 23 grant moneys and determine which law enforcement agencies are
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199239 25 (b-5) The Board shall consider compliance with the Uniform
200240 26 Crime Reporting Act as a factor in awarding grant moneys.
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