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type: "Bill"
title: "CONSERVATION POLICE-STANDARDS"
description: "Amends the Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that any person hired by the Department of Natural Resources for a sworn law enforcement position or position that has arrest authority must at the time of hire, be not less than 20 years of age and have successfully completed an associate's degree or 60 credit hours at an accredited college or university. Provides that any person so hired shall not have power of arrest, nor shall he or she be permitted to carry firearms, until he or she reaches 21 years of age (rather than at the time of hire, the person must be not less than 21 years of age, or 20 years of age and have successfully completed an associate's degree or 60 credit hours at an accredited college or university, and any person hired after successful completion of an associate's degree or 60 credit hours at an accredited college or university shall not have power of arrest, nor shall he or she be permitted to carry firearms, until he or she reaches 21 years of age). Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "HB 2448"
citation: "Illinois HB 2448 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Christopher Belt", "Gregg Johnson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-15"
last_action: "2023-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ebe2ac40-bb2b-4b8d-83ad-0b0b37ad8bd3"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=2448&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=147530&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "bb6d23c5f790c4368841107c10a101f8ca7e4cdf16b631aebbe64aec00393b01"
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 2448 (103rd) — CONSERVATION POLICE-STANDARDS
Amends the Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that any person hired by the Department of Natural Resources for a sworn law enforcement position or position that has arrest authority must at the time of hire, be not less than 20 years of age and have successfully completed an associate's degree or 60 credit hours at an accredited college or university. Provides that any person so hired shall not have power of arrest, nor shall he or she be permitted to carry firearms, until he or she reaches 21 years of age (rather than at the time of hire, the person must be not less than 21 years of age, or 20 years of age and have successfully completed an associate's degree or 60 credit hours at an accredited college or university, and any person hired after successful completion of an associate's degree or 60 credit hours at an accredited college or university shall not have power of arrest, nor shall he or she be permitted to carry firearms, until he or she reaches 21 years of age). Effective immediately.
## 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/HB/PDF/10300HB2448.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB2448eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB2448enr.pdf)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **541** (pass) · lower
- Police & Fire Committee — **120** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **9018** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Christopher Belt — primary (person)
- Gregg Johnson — primary (person)
- Bradley Fritts — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Vella — cosponsor (person)
- Harry Benton — cosponsor (person)
- Jenn Ladisch Douglass — cosponsor (person)
- Katie Stuart — cosponsor (person)
- La Shawn K. Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Lance Yednock — cosponsor (person)
- Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Hanson — cosponsor (person)
- Nabeela Syed — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon Chung — cosponsor (person)
- Travis Weaver — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-15** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Gregg Johnson `filing`
- **2023-02-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-15** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-02-23** Assigned to Police & Fire Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02** Do Pass / Short Debate Police & Fire Committee; 012-000-000
- **2023-03-02** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-03-02** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Matt Hanson
- **2023-03-14** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-03-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2023-03-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nabeela Syed
- **2023-03-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Bradley Fritts
- **2023-03-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Benton
- **2023-03-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jenn Ladisch Douglass
- **2023-03-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lance Yednock
- **2023-03-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr.
- **2023-03-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
- **2023-03-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Travis Weaver
- **2023-03-16** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Vella
- **2023-03-16** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
- **2023-03-21** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 090-018-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-21** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sharon Chung
- **2023-03-22** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-03-22** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-22** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Michael W. Halpin
- **2023-03-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-22** Referred to Assignments
- **2023-04-06** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Christopher Belt
- **2023-04-12** Approved for Consideration Assignments
- **2023-04-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 18, 2023 `reading-2`
- **2023-04-20** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 25, 2023
- **2023-05-04** Third Reading - Passed; 054-001-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-04** Passed Both Houses
- **2023-06-02** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-09** Effective Date June 9, 2023
- **2023-06-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0036 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ebe2ac40-bb2b-4b8d-83ad-0b0b37ad8bd3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).