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type: "Bill"
title: "POLICE TRAINING-CERTIFICATION"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "101st"
identifier: "HB 2591"
citation: "Illinois HB 2591 (101st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-14"
last_action: "2019-08-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8156bc6e-0c9f-440a-8d02-604b6a5b7880"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2591&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=118724&SessionID=108&GA=101"
source_hash: "0b417ce1b4cc9a4dc437a6566b264b49d861e1c26ceeedf7390e3578eb7e7745"
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 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](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB2591&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=118724&DocNum=2591&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB2591eng&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=118724&DocNum=2591&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB2591enr&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=118724&DocNum=2591&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **570** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1130** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8156bc6e-0c9f-440a-8d02-604b6a5b7880`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).