Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB2644 Compare Versions

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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2644 Introduced , by Rep. Martin McLaughlin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 820 ILCS 315/2 from Ch. 48, par. 282 Amends the Line of Duty Compensation Act. Expands the definition of "law enforcement officer" or "officer" to include any person working as a volunteer for the State or a local governmental entity in some position involving the enforcement of the law and protection of the public interest at the risk of that person's life, including, but not limited to, volunteers assisting with parking and traffic. LRB104 09764 SPS 19830 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2644 Introduced , by Rep. Martin McLaughlin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 820 ILCS 315/2 from Ch. 48, par. 282 820 ILCS 315/2 from Ch. 48, par. 282 Amends the Line of Duty Compensation Act. Expands the definition of "law enforcement officer" or "officer" to include any person working as a volunteer for the State or a local governmental entity in some position involving the enforcement of the law and protection of the public interest at the risk of that person's life, including, but not limited to, volunteers assisting with parking and traffic. LRB104 09764 SPS 19830 b LRB104 09764 SPS 19830 b A BILL FOR
2	2	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2644 Introduced , by Rep. Martin McLaughlin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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5	5	Amends the Line of Duty Compensation Act. Expands the definition of "law enforcement officer" or "officer" to include any person working as a volunteer for the State or a local governmental entity in some position involving the enforcement of the law and protection of the public interest at the risk of that person's life, including, but not limited to, volunteers assisting with parking and traffic.
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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning employment.
12	12	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
13	13	3 represented in the General Assembly:
14	14	4 Section 5. The Line of Duty Compensation Act is amended by
15	15	5 changing Section 2 as follows:
16	16	6 (820 ILCS 315/2) (from Ch. 48, par. 282)
17	17	7 Sec. 2. As used in this Act, unless the context otherwise
18	18	8 requires:
19	19	9 (a) "Law enforcement officer" or "officer" means any
20	20	10 person employed by, or working as a volunteer for, the State or
21	21	11 a local governmental entity as a policeman, peace officer,
22	22	12 auxiliary policeman or in some like position involving the
23	23	13 enforcement of the law and protection of the public interest
24	24	14 at the risk of that person's life, and includes, but is not
25	25	15 limited to, volunteers assisting with parking and traffic.
26	26	16 This includes supervisors, wardens, superintendents and their
27	27	17 assistants, guards and keepers, correctional officers, youth
28	28	18 supervisors, parole agents, aftercare specialists, school
29	29	19 teachers, and correctional counselors in all facilities of
30	30	20 both the Department of Corrections and the Department of
31	31	21 Juvenile Justice, while within the facilities under the
32	32	22 control of the Department of Corrections or the Department of
33	33	23 Juvenile Justice or in the act of transporting inmates or
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37	37	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2644 Introduced , by Rep. Martin McLaughlin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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68	68	1 wards from one location to another or while performing their
69	69	2 official duties, and all other Department of Corrections or
70	70	3 Department of Juvenile Justice employees who have daily
71	71	4 contact with inmates. For the purposes of this Act, "law
72	72	5 enforcement officer" or "officer" also means a probation
73	73	6 officer, as defined in Section 9b of the Probation and
74	74	7 Probation Officers Act.
75	75	8 The death of the foregoing employees of the Department of
76	76	9 Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice in order to
77	77	10 be included herein must be by the direct or indirect willful
78	78	11 act of an inmate, ward, work-releasee, parolee, aftercare
79	79	12 releasee, parole violator, aftercare release violator, person
80	80	13 under conditional release, or any person sentenced or
81	81	14 committed, or otherwise subject to confinement in or to the
82	82	15 Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile
83	83	16 Justice.
84	84	17 (b) "Fireman" means any person employed by the State or a
85	85	18 local governmental entity as, or otherwise serving as, a
86	86	19 member or officer of a fire department either for the purpose
87	87	20 of the prevention or control of fire or the underwater
88	88	21 recovery of drowning victims, including volunteer firemen.
89	89	22 (c) "Local governmental entity" includes counties,
90	90	23 municipalities, and municipal corporations.
91	91	24 (d) "State" means the State of Illinois and its
92	92	25 departments, divisions, boards, bureaus, commissions,
93	93	26 authorities, and colleges and universities.
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104	104	1 (e) "Killed in the line of duty" means losing one's life as
105	105	2 a result of injury received in the active performance of
106	106	3 duties as a law enforcement officer, civil defense worker,
107	107	4 civil air patrol member, paramedic, fireman, or chaplain if
108	108	5 the death occurs within one year from the date the injury was
109	109	6 received and if that injury arose from violence or other
110	110	7 accidental cause. In the case of a State employee, "killed in
111	111	8 the line of duty" means losing one's life as a result of injury
112	112	9 received in the active performance of one's duties as a State
113	113	10 employee, if the death occurs within one year from the date the
114	114	11 injury was received and if that injury arose from a willful act
115	115	12 of violence by another State employee committed during such
116	116	13 other employee's course of employment and after January 1,
117	117	14 1988. The term excludes death resulting from the willful
118	118	15 misconduct or intoxication of the officer, civil defense
119	119	16 worker, civil air patrol member, paramedic, fireman, chaplain,
120	120	17 or State employee. However, the burden of proof of such
121	121	18 willful misconduct or intoxication of the officer, civil
122	122	19 defense worker, civil air patrol member, paramedic, fireman,
123	123	20 chaplain, or State employee is on the Attorney General.
124	124	21 Subject to the conditions set forth in subsection (a) with
125	125	22 respect to inclusion under this Act of Department of
126	126	23 Corrections and Department of Juvenile Justice employees
127	127	24 described in that subsection, for the purposes of this Act,
128	128	25 instances in which a law enforcement officer receives an
129	129	26 injury in the active performance of duties as a law
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140	140	1 enforcement officer include, but are not limited to, instances
141	141	2 when:
142	142	3 (1) the injury is received as a result of a willful act
143	143	4 of violence committed other than by the officer and a
144	144	5 relationship exists between the commission of such act and
145	145	6 the officer's performance of his duties as a law
146	146	7 enforcement officer, whether or not the injury is received
147	147	8 while the officer is on duty as a law enforcement officer;
148	148	9 (2) the injury is received by the officer while the
149	149	10 officer is attempting to prevent the commission of a
150	150	11 criminal act by another or attempting to apprehend an
151	151	12 individual the officer suspects has committed a crime,
152	152	13 whether or not the injury is received while the officer is
153	153	14 on duty as a law enforcement officer;
154	154	15 (3) the injury is received by the officer while the
155	155	16 officer is traveling to or from his employment as a law
156	156	17 enforcement officer or during any meal break, or other
157	157	18 break, which takes place during the period in which the
158	158	19 officer is on duty as a law enforcement officer.
159	159	20 In the case of an Armed Forces member, "killed in the line
160	160	21 of duty" means losing one's life while on active duty in
161	161	22 connection with the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on
162	162	23 the United States, Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation
163	163	24 Freedom's Sentinel, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation New
164	164	25 Dawn, or Operation Inherent Resolve.
165	165	26 (f) "Volunteer fireman" means a person having principal
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176	176	1 employment other than as a fireman, but who is carried on the
177	177	2 rolls of a regularly constituted fire department either for
178	178	3 the purpose of the prevention or control of fire or the
179	179	4 underwater recovery of drowning victims, the members of which
180	180	5 are under the jurisdiction of the corporate authorities of a
181	181	6 city, village, incorporated town, or fire protection district,
182	182	7 and includes a volunteer member of a fire department organized
183	183	8 under the General Not for Profit Corporation Act, which is
184	184	9 under contract with any city, village, incorporated town, fire
185	185	10 protection district, or persons residing therein, for fire
186	186	11 fighting services. "Volunteer fireman" does not mean an
187	187	12 individual who volunteers assistance without being regularly
188	188	13 enrolled as a fireman.
189	189	14 (g) "Civil defense worker" means any person employed by
190	190	15 the State or a local governmental entity as, or otherwise
191	191	16 serving as, a member of a civil defense work force, including
192	192	17 volunteer civil defense work forces engaged in serving the
193	193	18 public interest during periods of disaster, whether natural or
194	194	19 man-made.
195	195	20 (h) "Civil air patrol member" means any person employed by
196	196	21 the State or a local governmental entity as, or otherwise
197	197	22 serving as, a member of the organization commonly known as the
198	198	23 "Civil Air Patrol", including volunteer members of the
199	199	24 organization commonly known as the "Civil Air Patrol".
200	200	25 (i) "Paramedic" means an Emergency Medical
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