---
type: "Bill"
title: "POLICE TRAINING-AUTISM"
description: "Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board shall conduct or approve training programs in autism-informed responses, procedures, and techniques, including specified examples of training program subjects. Requires the Board to conduct or approve the autism-informed training program no later than 2 years after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Requires all permanent and part-time law enforcement officers and permanent and part-time corrections officers to complete the autism-informed training program within 12 months after it was first offered or approved by the Board and every 24 months thereafter as part of the officer's in-service training. Provides that the Board shall adopt rules, in consultation with the Department of Public Health and the Illinois State Police, specifying training requirements for the programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "SB 3201"
citation: "Illinois SB 3201 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael J. Kelly", "Natalie Toro"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 67
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-02-06"
last_action: "2024-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d39510af-f348-4833-a386-cc927b0cddd4"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=3201&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=152480&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "e21fbd30d6e466521089f52f1b64a2f2fcbed3605d06cab1908b42eb296a335e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---

# Illinois SB 3201 (103rd) — POLICE TRAINING-AUTISM

Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board shall conduct or approve training programs in autism-informed responses, procedures, and techniques, including specified examples of training program subjects. Requires the Board to conduct or approve the autism-informed training program no later than 2 years after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Requires all permanent and part-time law enforcement officers and permanent and part-time corrections officers to complete the autism-informed training program within 12 months after it was first offered or approved by the Board and every 24 months thereafter as part of the officer's in-service training. Provides that the Board shall adopt rules, in consultation with the Department of Public Health and the Illinois State Police, specifying training requirements for the programs.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB3201.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB3201eng.pdf)
3. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB3201sam001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB3201enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Sp. Comm on Crim Law and Pub Safety, Amendment 1 — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Sp. Comm on Crim Law and Pub Safety — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · lower
- Police & Fire Committee — **13–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Michael J. Kelly — primary (person)
- Natalie Toro — primary (person)
- Adriane Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Belt — cosponsor (person)
- Cristina Castro — cosponsor (person)
- David Koehler — cosponsor (person)
- Diane Blair-Sherlock — cosponsor (person)
- Doris Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Emil Jones, III — cosponsor (person)
- Fred Crespo — cosponsor (person)
- Gregg Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Harry Benton — cosponsor (person)
- Javier L. Cervantes — cosponsor (person)
- Joyce Mason — cosponsor (person)
- Karina Villa — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly A. Lightford — cosponsor (person)
- La Shawn K. Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Fine — cosponsor (person)
- Laura M. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Lindsey LaPointe — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Edly-Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Mattie Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Meg Loughran Cappel — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Natalie A. Manley — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick J. Joyce — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Faraci — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel Ventura — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Feigenholtz — cosponsor (person)
- Willie Preston — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-02-06** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Natalie Toro `filing`
- **2024-02-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-02-06** Referred to Assignments
- **2024-02-14** Assigned to Special Committee on Criminal Law and Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-15** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 5, 2024
- **2024-03-20** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
- **2024-04-05** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 19, 2024
- **2024-04-12** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 3, 2024
- **2024-04-19** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 3, 2024
- **2024-05-03** Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 17, 2024
- **2024-05-09** Do Pass Special Committee on Criminal Law and Public Safety; 010-000-000
- **2024-05-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 14, 2024 `reading-2`
- **2024-05-10** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Natalie Toro `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-05-10** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
- **2024-05-14** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Special Committee on Criminal Law and Public Safety
- **2024-05-14** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III
- **2024-05-15** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Karina Villa
- **2024-05-15** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Special Committee on Criminal Law and Public Safety; 008-000-000
- **2024-05-16** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-05-16** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Toro `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 17, 2024
- **2024-05-17** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-17** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
- **2024-05-17** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Paul Faraci
- **2024-05-17** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Willie Preston
- **2024-05-17** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Simmons
- **2024-05-17** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
- **2024-05-17** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Fine
- **2024-05-17** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt
- **2024-05-17** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Sara Feigenholtz
- **2024-05-17** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2024-05-17** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
- **2024-05-17** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Patrick J. Joyce
- **2024-05-17** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel
- **2024-05-17** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
- **2024-05-17** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2024-05-17** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Kelly
- **2024-05-17** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-05-17** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-05-20** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachel Ventura
- **2024-05-21** Assigned to Police & Fire Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-21** Committee/Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 24, 2024
- **2024-05-22** Motion Filed to Suspend Rule 21 Police & Fire Committee; Rep. Kam Buckner
- **2024-05-22** Motion to Suspend Rule 21 - Prevailed 071-039-000
- **2024-05-22** Do Pass / Short Debate Police & Fire Committee; 013-000-000
- **2024-05-22** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-05-22** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-05-22** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-05-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2024-05-24** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-24** Passed Both Houses
- **2024-05-24** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Benton
- **2024-05-24** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley
- **2024-05-24** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Gregg Johnson
- **2024-05-24** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
- **2024-05-24** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Diane Blair-Sherlock
- **2024-05-24** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Fred Crespo
- **2024-05-24** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Lindsey LaPointe
- **2024-05-24** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason
- **2024-05-24** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
- **2024-05-24** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Doris Turner
- **2024-05-24** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Javier L. Cervantes
- **2024-05-24** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
- **2024-06-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-08-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2024-08-09** Effective Date January 1, 2025
- **2024-08-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0949 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d39510af-f348-4833-a386-cc927b0cddd4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).