Rep. William Davis
Filed: 4/23/2018
 
 


 




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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5203 




2 AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5203, AS AMENDED, by 
3replacing everything after the enacting clause with the 
4following:


5 "Section 1. This Act may be referred to as Kayla's Law.

6 Section 5. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended by 
7changing Sections 7 and 10.21 as follows:



8 (50 ILCS 705/7) (from Ch. 85, par. 507)



9 Sec. 7. Rules and standards for schools. The Board shall 
10adopt rules and
minimum standards for such schools which shall 
11include, but not be limited to,
the following:

12  a. The curriculum for probationary police officers 
13 which shall be
offered by all certified schools shall 
14 include, but not be limited to,
courses of procedural 
15 justice, arrest and use and control tactics, search and 
 
 
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1 seizure, including temporary questioning, civil rights, 
2 human rights, human relations,
cultural competency, 
3 including implicit bias and racial and ethnic sensitivity,

4 criminal law, law of criminal procedure, constitutional 
5 and proper use of law enforcement authority, vehicle and 
6 traffic law including
uniform and non-discriminatory 
7 enforcement of the Illinois Vehicle Code,
traffic control 
8 and accident investigation, techniques of obtaining

9 physical evidence, court testimonies, statements, reports, 
10 firearms
training, training in the use of electronic 
11 control devices, including the psychological and 
12 physiological effects of the use of those devices on 
13 humans, first-aid (including cardiopulmonary 
14 resuscitation), training in the administration of opioid 
15 antagonists as defined in paragraph (1) of subsection (e) 
16 of Section 5-23 of the Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and 
17 Dependency Act, handling of
juvenile offenders, 
18 recognition of
mental conditions and crises, including, 
19 but not limited to, the disease of addiction, which require 
20 immediate assistance and response and methods to
safeguard 
21 and provide assistance to a person in need of mental

22 treatment, recognition of abuse, neglect, financial 
23 exploitation, and self-neglect of adults with disabilities 
24 and older adults, as defined in Section 2 of the Adult 
25 Protective Services Act, crimes against the elderly, law of 
26 evidence, the hazards of high-speed police vehicle
chases 
 
 
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1 with an emphasis on alternatives to the high-speed chase, 
2 and
physical training. The curriculum shall include 
3 specific training in
techniques for immediate response to 
4 and investigation of cases of domestic
violence and of 
5 sexual assault of adults and children, including cultural 
6 perceptions and common myths of sexual assault and sexual 
7 abuse as well as interview techniques that are age 
8 sensitive and are trauma informed, victim centered, and 
9 victim sensitive. The curriculum shall include
training in 
10 techniques designed to promote effective
communication at 
11 the initial contact with crime victims and ways to 
12 comprehensively
explain to victims and witnesses their 
13 rights under the Rights
of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act 
14 and the Crime
Victims Compensation Act. The curriculum 
15 shall also include training in effective recognition of and 
16 responses to stress, trauma, and post-traumatic stress 
17 experienced by police officers. The curriculum shall also 
18 include a block of instruction aimed at identifying and 
19 interacting with persons with autism and other 
20 developmental or physical disabilities, reducing barriers 
21 to reporting crimes against persons with autism, and 
22 addressing the unique challenges presented by cases 
23 involving victims or witnesses with autism and other 
24 developmental disabilities. The curriculum for
permanent 
25 police officers shall include, but not be limited to: (1) 
26 refresher
and in-service training in any of the courses 
 
 
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1 listed above in this
subparagraph, (2) advanced courses in 
2 any of the subjects listed above in
this subparagraph, (3) 
3 training for supervisory personnel, and (4)
specialized 
4 training in subjects and fields to be selected by the 
5 board. The training in the use of electronic control 
6 devices shall be conducted for probationary police 
7 officers, including University police officers.

8  b. Minimum courses of study, attendance requirements 
9 and equipment
requirements.

10  c. Minimum requirements for instructors.

11  d. Minimum basic training requirements, which a 
12 probationary police
officer must satisfactorily complete 
13 before being eligible for permanent
employment as a local 
14 law enforcement officer for a participating local

15 governmental agency. Those requirements shall include 
16 training in first aid
(including cardiopulmonary 
17 resuscitation).

18  e. Minimum basic training requirements, which a 
19 probationary county
corrections officer must 
20 satisfactorily complete before being eligible for

21 permanent employment as a county corrections officer for a 
22 participating
local governmental agency.

23  f. Minimum basic training requirements which a 
24 probationary court
security officer must satisfactorily 
25 complete before being eligible for
permanent employment as 
26 a court security officer for a participating local

 
 
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1 governmental agency. The Board shall
establish those 
2 training requirements which it considers appropriate for 
3 court
security officers and shall certify schools to 
4 conduct that training. 

5  A person hired to serve as a court security officer 
6 must obtain from the
Board a certificate (i) attesting to 
7 his or her successful completion of the
training course; 
8 (ii) attesting to his or her satisfactory
completion of a 
9 training program of similar content and number of hours 
10 that
has been found acceptable by the Board under the 
11 provisions of this Act; or
(iii) attesting to the Board's 
12 determination that the training
course is unnecessary 
13 because of the person's extensive prior law enforcement

14 experience.

15  Individuals who currently serve as court security 
16 officers shall be deemed
qualified to continue to serve in 
17 that capacity so long as they are certified
as provided by 
18 this Act within 24 months of June 1, 1997 (the effective 
19 date of Public Act 89-685). Failure to be so certified, 
20 absent a waiver from the
Board, shall cause the officer to 
21 forfeit his or her position.

22  All individuals hired as court security officers on or 
23 after June 1, 1997 (the effective
date of Public Act 
24 89-685) this amendatory Act of 1996 shall be certified 
25 within 12 months of the
date of their hire, unless a waiver 
26 has been obtained by the Board, or they
shall forfeit their 
 
 
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1 positions.

2  The Sheriff's Merit Commission, if one exists, or the 
3 Sheriff's Office if
there is no Sheriff's Merit Commission, 
4 shall maintain a list of all
individuals who have filed 
5 applications to become court security officers and
who meet 
6 the eligibility requirements established under this Act. 
7 Either
the Sheriff's Merit Commission, or the Sheriff's 
8 Office if no Sheriff's Merit
Commission exists, shall 
9 establish a schedule of reasonable intervals for

10 verification of the applicants' qualifications under
this 
11 Act and as established by the Board.

12  g. Minimum in-service training requirements, which a 
13 police officer must satisfactorily complete every 3 years. 
14 Those requirements shall include constitutional and proper 
15 use of law enforcement authority, procedural justice, 
16 civil rights, human rights, mental health awareness and 
17 response, and cultural competency.
18  h. Minimum in-service training requirements, which a 
19 police officer must satisfactorily complete at least 
20 annually. Those requirements shall include law updates and 
21 use of force training which shall include scenario based 
22 training, or similar training approved by the Board.
23(Source: P.A. 99-352, eff. 1-1-16; 99-480, eff. 9-9-15; 99-642, 
24eff. 7-28-16; 99-801, eff. 1-1-17; 100-121, eff. 1-1-18; 
25100-247, eff. 1-1-18; revised 10-3-17.)


 
 
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1 (50 ILCS 705/10.21)
2 Sec. 10.21. Training; sexual assault and sexual abuse.
3 (a) The Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board 
4shall conduct or approve training programs in trauma-informed 
5responses and investigations of sexual assault and sexual 
6abuse, which include, but is not limited to, the following:
7  (1) recognizing the symptoms of trauma;
8  (2) understanding the role trauma has played in a 
9 victim's life;
10  (3) responding to the needs and concerns of a victim;
11  (4) delivering services in a compassionate, sensitive, 
12 and nonjudgmental manner;
13  (5) interviewing techniques in accordance with the 
14 curriculum standards in subsection (f) of this Section;
15  (6) understanding cultural perceptions and common 
16 myths of sexual assault and sexual abuse; and
17  (7) report writing techniques in accordance with the 
18 curriculum standards in subsection (f) of this Section; and 
19  (8) recognizing special sensitivities of victims due 
20 to: age, including those under the age of 13; gender; or 
21 other qualifications.
22 (b) This training must be presented in all full and 
23part-time basic law enforcement academies on or before July 1, 
242018.
25 (c) Agencies employing law enforcement officers must 
26present this training to all law enforcement officers within 3 
 
 
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1years after January 1, 2017 (the effective date of Public Act 
299-801) and must present in-service training on sexual assault 
3and sexual abuse response and report writing training 
4requirements every 3 years.
5 (d) Agencies employing law enforcement officers who 
6conduct sexual assault and sexual abuse investigations must 
7provide specialized training to these officers on sexual 
8assault and sexual abuse investigations within 2 years after 
9January 1, 2017 (the effective date of Public Act 99-801) and 
10must present in-service training on sexual assault and sexual 
11abuse investigations to these officers every 3 years.
12 (e) Instructors providing this training shall have 
13successfully completed training on evidence-based, 
14trauma-informed, victim-centered response to cases of sexual 
15assault and sexual abuse and have experience responding to 
16sexual assault and sexual abuse cases.
17 (f) The Board shall adopt rules, in consultation with the 
18Office of the Illinois Attorney General and the Department of 
19State Police, to determine the specific training requirements 
20for these courses, including, but not limited to, the 
21following:
22  (1) evidence-based curriculum standards for report 
23 writing and immediate response to sexual assault and sexual 
24 abuse, including trauma-informed, victim-centered, age 
25 sensitive, interview techniques, which have been 
26 demonstrated to minimize retraumatization, for 
 
 
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1 probationary police officers and all law enforcement 
2 officers; and
3  (2) evidence-based curriculum standards for 
4 trauma-informed, victim-centered, age sensitive 
5 investigation and interviewing techniques, which have been 
6 demonstrated to minimize retraumatization, for cases of 
7 sexual assault and sexual abuse for law enforcement 
8 officers who conduct sexual assault and sexual abuse 
9 investigations.

10(Source: P.A. 99-801, eff. 1-1-17; 100-201, eff. 8-18-17.)

11 Section 10. The Sexual Assault Incident Procedure Act is 
12amended by changing Section 15 as follows:

13 (725 ILCS 203/15)

14 Sec. 15. Sexual assault incident policies.
15 (a) On or before January 1, 2018, every law enforcement 
16agency shall develop, adopt, and implement written policies 
17regarding procedures for incidents of sexual assault or sexual 
18abuse consistent with the guidelines developed under 
19subsection (b) of this Section. In developing these policies, 
20each law enforcement agency is encouraged to consult with other 
21law enforcement agencies, sexual assault advocates, and sexual 
22assault nurse examiners with expertise in recognizing and 
23handling sexual assault and sexual abuse incidents. These 
24policies must include mandatory sexual assault and sexual abuse 
 
 
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1response training as required in Section 10.21 of the Illinois 
2Police Training Act and Sections 2605-53 and 2605-98 of the 
3Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code 
4of Illinois.
5 (a-5) On or before January 1, 2021, every law enforcement 
6agency shall revise and implement its written policies 
7regarding procedures for incidents of sexual assault or sexual 
8abuse consistent with the guideline revisions developed under 
9subsection (b-5) of this Section. 
10 (b) On or before July 1, 2017, the Office of the Attorney 
11General, in consultation with the Illinois Law Enforcement 
12Training Standards Board and the Department of State Police, 
13shall develop and make available to each law enforcement 
14agency, comprehensive guidelines for creation of a law 
15enforcement agency policy on evidence-based, trauma-informed, 
16victim-centered sexual assault and sexual abuse response and 
17investigation.
18 These guidelines shall include, but not be limited to the 
19following:
20  (1) dispatcher or call taker response;
21  (2) responding officer duties;
22  (3) duties of officers investigating sexual assaults 
23 and sexual abuse;
24  (4) supervisor duties;
25  (5) report writing;
26  (6) reporting methods;
 
 
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1  (7) victim interviews;
2  (8) evidence collection;
3  (9) sexual assault medical forensic examinations;
4  (10) suspect interviews;
5  (11) suspect forensic exams;
6  (12) witness interviews;
7  (13) sexual assault response and resource teams, if 
8 applicable;
9  (14) working with victim advocates;
10  (15) working with prosecutors;
11  (16) victims' rights;
12  (17) victim notification; and
13  (18) consideration for specific populations or 
14 communities.

15 (b-5) On or before January 1, 2020, the Office of the 
16Attorney General, in consultation with the Illinois Law 
17Enforcement Training Standards Board and the Department of 
18State Police, shall revise the comprehensive guidelines 
19developed under subsection (b) to include responding to victims 
20who are under 13 years of age at the time the sexual assault or 
21sexual abuse occurred. 
22(Source: P.A. 99-801, eff. 1-1-17; 100-201, eff. 8-18-17.)".