---
type: "Bill"
title: "POLICE TRAINING BD-MEMBERS"
description: "Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that the Executive Director of the Illinois Board of Higher Education shall no longer serve on the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "HB 1949"
citation: "Illinois HB 1949 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-17"
last_action: "2011-08-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28af5d79-01f1-4ccb-8a5d-7944594809db"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1949&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=59150&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "23650b9b8413d14c7c2ae356c344fe6af66f02adda6c0d6e830c066c2e9d58e2"
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 HB 1949 (97th) — POLICE TRAINING BD-MEMBERS

Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that the Executive Director of the Illinois Board of Higher Education shall no longer serve on the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB1949&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=59150&DocNum=1949&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB1949eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=59150&DocNum=1949&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB1949enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=59150&DocNum=1949&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Naomi D. Jakobsson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-17** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson `filing`
- **2011-02-17** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-17** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-23** Assigned to Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-24** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson `amendment-introduction`
- **2011-02-24** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-08** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson `amendment-introduction`
- **2011-03-08** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-08** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Higher Education Committee
- **2011-03-10** House Committee Amendment No. 3 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson `amendment-introduction`
- **2011-03-10** House Committee Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-15** House Committee Amendment No. 3 Rules Refers to Higher Education Committee
- **2011-03-16** House Committee Amendment No. 3 Adopted in Higher Education Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2011-03-16** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-03-17** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-03-17** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 `amendment-failure`
- **2011-03-17** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 `amendment-failure`
- **2011-03-30** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2011-03-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-03-31** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-04-06** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2011-04-06** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-06** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Edward D. Maloney
- **2011-04-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-07** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-27** Assigned to State Government and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-06** Do Pass State Government and Veterans Affairs; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2011
- **2011-05-12** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-05-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2011
- **2011-05-17** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-05-17** Passed Both Houses
- **2011-06-15** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2011-08-12** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2011-08-15** Effective Date January 1, 2012
- **2011-08-15** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0327 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/28af5d79-01f1-4ccb-8a5d-7944594809db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).