republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/101st/hb-2591.md

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Bill	POLICE TRAINING-CERTIFICATION	Amends the Illinois Police Training Act concerning certification by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board. Provides that if the certification is not completed during the initial 6-month period or under the 90-day extension, the applicant must wait one full calendar year before testing becomes available again under that same agency. Provides that if an applicant is hired with another department, that recruit must wait one full calendar year with the original department he or she tested with prior to a lateral transfer. Makes technical changes.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	101st	HB 2591	Illinois HB 2591 (101st)	bill		enacted		3	42	2	2019-02-14	2019-08-02	openstates	ocd-bill/8156bc6e-0c9f-440a-8d02-604b6a5b7880	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2591&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=118724&SessionID=108&GA=101	0b417ce1b4cc9a4dc437a6566b264b49d861e1c26ceeedf7390e3578eb7e7745	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2591 (101st) — POLICE TRAINING-CERTIFICATION

Amends the Illinois Police Training Act concerning certification by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board. Provides that if the certification is not completed during the initial 6-month period or under the 90-day extension, the applicant must wait one full calendar year before testing becomes available again under that same agency. Provides that if an applicant is hired with another department, that recruit must wait one full calendar year with the original department he or she tested with prior to a lateral transfer. Makes technical changes.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 113–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brian W. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
• Elgie R. Sims, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• John M. Cabello — primary (person)
• Justin Slaughter — cosponsor (person)
• Rachelle Crowe — cosponsor (person)
• Terry Link — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-14 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. John M. Cabello filing
• 2019-02-14 First Reading reading-1
• 2019-02-14 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2019-02-26 Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee referral-committee
• 2019-03-28 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Criminal Committee; 019-000-000 committee-passage
• 2019-03-29 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2019-04-03 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. John M. Cabello amendment-introduction
• 2019-04-03 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2019-04-09 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Criminal Committee
• 2019-04-10 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary - Criminal Committee; 018-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-10 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2019-04-10 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2019-04-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2019-04-11 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2019-04-11 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Justin Slaughter
• 2019-04-12 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2019-04-12 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2019-04-12 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
• 2019-04-12 First Reading reading-1
• 2019-04-12 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2019-04-24 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2019-05-01 Do Pass Local Government; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2019-05-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 2, 2019
• 2019-05-09 Second Reading reading-2
• 2019-05-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2019
• 2019-05-14 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terry Link amendment-introduction
• 2019-05-14 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2019-05-14 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Local Government
• 2019-05-15 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Local Government; 006-000-000
• 2019-05-21 Recalled to Second Reading reading-2
• 2019-05-21 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Withdrawn by Sen. Terry Link
• 2019-05-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
• 2019-05-21 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2019-05-21 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) amendment-failure
• 2019-05-21 Passed Both Houses
• 2019-05-21 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
• 2019-05-21 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Brian W. Stewart
• 2019-05-23 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachelle Crowe
• 2019-06-19 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-08-02 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2019-08-02 Effective Date January 1, 2020
• 2019-08-02 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0187 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8156bc6e-0c9f-440a-8d02-604b6a5b7880. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).