Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB1700 Compare Versions

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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1700 Introduced 2/5/2025, by Sen. Bill Cunningham SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 55 ILCS 5/3-7008 from Ch. 34, par. 3-7008 Amends the Cook County Sheriff's Merit Board Division of the Counties Code. Provides that all deputy sheriffs shall be not less than 19 years of age at the time of their appointment (rather than 21 years of age or 20 years of age and have successfully completed 2 years of law enforcement studies at an accredited college or university). Increases the probationary period for deputy sheriff appointees to 15 months (rather than 12 months). LRB104 02895 AWJ 12905 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1700 Introduced 2/5/2025, by Sen. Bill Cunningham SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 55 ILCS 5/3-7008 from Ch. 34, par. 3-7008 55 ILCS 5/3-7008 from Ch. 34, par. 3-7008 Amends the Cook County Sheriff's Merit Board Division of the Counties Code. Provides that all deputy sheriffs shall be not less than 19 years of age at the time of their appointment (rather than 21 years of age or 20 years of age and have successfully completed 2 years of law enforcement studies at an accredited college or university). Increases the probationary period for deputy sheriff appointees to 15 months (rather than 12 months). LRB104 02895 AWJ 12905 b LRB104 02895 AWJ 12905 b A BILL FOR
2	2	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1700 Introduced 2/5/2025, by Sen. Bill Cunningham SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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5	5	Amends the Cook County Sheriff's Merit Board Division of the Counties Code. Provides that all deputy sheriffs shall be not less than 19 years of age at the time of their appointment (rather than 21 years of age or 20 years of age and have successfully completed 2 years of law enforcement studies at an accredited college or university). Increases the probationary period for deputy sheriff appointees to 15 months (rather than 12 months).
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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning local government.
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 10. The Counties Code is amended by changing
15	15	5 Section 3-7008 as follows:
16	16	6 (55 ILCS 5/3-7008) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-7008)
17	17	7 (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 103-623)
18	18	8 Sec. 3-7008. Appointments. The appointment of deputy
19	19	9 sheriffs in the Police Department, full-time deputy sheriffs
20	20	10 not employed as county police officers or county corrections
21	21	11 officers and of employees in the Department of Corrections
22	22	12 shall be made from those applicants who have been certified by
23	23	13 the Board as being qualified for appointment. Certification
24	24	14 for appointment in one department shall not constitute
25	25	15 certification for appointment in another department.
26	26	16 Certification may be made at any point prior to appointment
27	27	17 and may be made in conjunction with the Sheriff's application
28	28	18 process. All persons so appointed shall, at the time of their
29	29	19 appointment, be not less than 21 years of age, or 20 years of
30	30	20 age and have successfully completed 2 years of law enforcement
31	31	21 studies at an accredited college or university. Any person
32	32	22 appointed subsequent to successful completion of 2 years of
33	33	23 such law enforcement studies shall not have power of arrest,
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37	37	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1700 Introduced 2/5/2025, by Sen. Bill Cunningham SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
38	38	55 ILCS 5/3-7008 from Ch. 34, par. 3-7008 55 ILCS 5/3-7008 from Ch. 34, par. 3-7008
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40	40	Amends the Cook County Sheriff's Merit Board Division of the Counties Code. Provides that all deputy sheriffs shall be not less than 19 years of age at the time of their appointment (rather than 21 years of age or 20 years of age and have successfully completed 2 years of law enforcement studies at an accredited college or university). Increases the probationary period for deputy sheriff appointees to 15 months (rather than 12 months).
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68	68	1 nor shall he or she be permitted to carry firearms, until he or
69	69	2 she reaches 21 years of age. Any person appointed shall be a
70	70	3 citizen of the United States, an individual who is legally
71	71	4 authorized to work in the United States under federal law and
72	72	5 is authorized under federal law to obtain, carry, or purchase
73	73	6 or otherwise possess a firearm, or an individual against whom
74	74	7 immigration action has been deferred by the U.S. Citizenship
75	75	8 and Immigration Services under the federal Deferred Action for
76	76	9 Childhood Arrivals (DACA) process and who is authorized under
77	77	10 federal law to obtain, carry, or purchase or otherwise possess
78	78	11 a firearm. In addition, all persons so appointed shall be not
79	79	12 more than the maximum age limit fixed by the Board from time to
80	80	13 time, be of sound mind and body, be of good moral character,
81	81	14 have not been convicted of a crime which the Board considers to
82	82	15 be detrimental to the applicant's ability to carry out his or
83	83	16 her duties, possess such prerequisites of training, education
84	84	17 and experience as the Board may from time to time prescribe,
85	85	18 and shall be required to pass successfully mental, physical,
86	86	19 psychiatric and other tests and examinations as may be
87	87	20 prescribed by the Board. Preference shall be given in such
88	88	21 appointments to persons who have honorably served in the
89	89	22 military or naval services of the United States. All
90	90	23 appointees shall serve a probationary period of 12 months and
91	91	24 during that period may be discharged at the will of the
92	92	25 Sheriff. However, civil service employees of the house of
93	93	26 correction who have certified status at the time of the
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104	104	1 transfer of the house of correction to the County Department
105	105	2 of Corrections are not subject to this probationary period,
106	106	3 and they shall retain their job titles, such tenure privileges
107	107	4 as are now enjoyed and any subsequent title changes shall not
108	108	5 cause reduction in rank or elimination of positions.
109	109	6 (Source: P.A. 103-357, eff. 1-1-24.)
110	110	7 (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 103-623)
111	111	8 Sec. 3-7008. Appointments. The appointment of deputy
112	112	9 sheriffs in the Police Department, full-time deputy sheriffs
113	113	10 not employed as county police officers or county corrections
114	114	11 officers and of employees in the Department of Corrections
115	115	12 shall be made from those applicants who have been certified by
116	116	13 the Board as being qualified for appointment. Certification
117	117	14 for appointment in one department shall not constitute
118	118	15 certification for appointment in another department.
119	119	16 Certification may be made at any point prior to appointment
120	120	17 and may be made in conjunction with the Sheriff's application
121	121	18 process. All persons so appointed shall, at the time of their
122	122	19 appointment, be not less than 19 21 years of age, or 20 years
123	123	20 of age and have successfully completed 2 years of law
124	124	21 enforcement studies at an accredited college or university.
125	125	22 Any person appointed subsequent to successful completion of 2
126	126	23 years of such law enforcement studies shall not have power of
127	127	24 arrest, nor shall he or she be permitted to carry firearms,
128	128	25 until he or she reaches 21 years of age. Any person appointed
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139	139	1 shall be a citizen of the United States, an individual who is
140	140	2 legally authorized to work in the United States under federal
141	141	3 law and is authorized under federal law to obtain, carry, or
142	142	4 purchase or otherwise possess a firearm, or an individual
143	143	5 against whom immigration action has been deferred by the U.S.
144	144	6 Citizenship and Immigration Services under the federal
145	145	7 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) process and who
146	146	8 is authorized under federal law to obtain, carry, or purchase
147	147	9 or otherwise possess a firearm. In addition, all persons so
148	148	10 appointed shall be not more than the maximum age limit fixed by
149	149	11 the Board from time to time, be of sound mind and body, be of
150	150	12 good moral character, have not been convicted of a crime which
151	151	13 the Board considers to be detrimental to the applicant's
152	152	14 ability to carry out his or her duties, possess such
153	153	15 prerequisites of training, education and experience as the
154	154	16 Board may from time to time prescribe, and shall be required to
155	155	17 pass successfully mental, physical, psychiatric and other
156	156	18 tests and examinations as may be prescribed by the Board.
157	157	19 Preference shall be given in such appointments to persons who
158	158	20 have honorably served in the military or naval services of the
159	159	21 United States. All appointees shall serve a probationary
160	160	22 period of 15 12 months and during that period may be discharged
161	161	23 at the will of the Sheriff. However, civil service employees
162	162	24 of the house of correction who have certified status at the
163	163	25 time of the transfer of the house of correction to the County
164	164	26 Department of Corrections are not subject to this probationary
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175	175	1 period, and they shall retain their job titles, such tenure
176	176	2 privileges as are now enjoyed and any subsequent title changes
177	177	3 shall not cause reduction in rank or elimination of positions.
178	178	4 An applicant who is a veteran, as that term is defined in
179	179	5 38 U.S.C. 101(2), who was discharged honorably or generally
180	180	6 under honorable conditions no later than 6 months before
181	181	7 applying may request examination to occur before the next
182	182	8 scheduled examination date and, if requested, may be examined
183	183	9 as soon as possible prior to the next examination date
184	184	10 following receipt of the application. Once the applicant
185	185	11 passes the examination and all other requirements to be on an
186	186	12 eligibility list, the applicant shall be immediately placed on
187	187	13 the eligibility list. Nothing in this paragraph waives
188	188	14 eligibility for the applicant to receive military preference
189	189	15 points during the application process or employment.
190	190	16 (Source: P.A. 103-357, eff. 1-1-24; 103-623, eff. 1-1-25.)
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