101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB2114

 

Introduced , by Rep. Allen Skillicorn

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
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    Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that a peace officer may not stop a motor vehicle or conduct a search of a business or residence solely to enforce a federal law relating to immigrants or immigration, including the federal Immigration and Nationality Act, unless the officer is acting: (1) at the request of, and providing assistance to, an appropriate federal law enforcement officer; or (2) under the terms of an agreement between the law enforcement agency employing the officer and the federal government under which the agency receives delegated authority to enforce federal law relating to immigrants or immigration. Provides that a peace officer may arrest an undocumented person only if the officer is acting under the authority granted under the Code. Establishes procedures that a law enforcement agency must follow related to arrestees subject to immigration detainers. Provides that any person may file a complaint with the Attorney General if the person offers evidence to support an allegation that a unit of local government has adopted, enforced, or endorsed a policy under which the unit of local government prohibits or discourages the enforcement of immigration laws or that the unit of local government, by consistent actions, prohibits or discourages the enforcement of those laws. Provides for equitable relief. Preempts home rule. Amends the State Comptroller Act. Provides that a unit of local government may not receive State grant funds if the unit of local government adopts, enforces, or endorses a policy under which the unit of local government prohibits or discourages the enforcement of immigration laws or, by consistent actions, prohibits or discourages the enforcement of immigration laws. Repeals the Illinois TRUST Act.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
HOME RULE NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    (5 ILCS 805/Act rep.)
5    Section 5. The Illinois TRUST Act is repealed.
 
6    Section 10. The State Comptroller Act is amended by adding
7Section 9.07 as follows:
 
8    (15 ILCS 405/9.07 new)
9    Sec. 9.07. Denial of State grant funds.
10    (a) A unit of local government as defined in Section 107B-1
11of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 may not receive State
12grant funds if the unit of local government adopts, enforces,
13or endorses a policy under which the unit of local government
14prohibits or discourages the enforcement of immigration laws
15or, by consistent actions, prohibits or discourages the
16enforcement of immigration laws.
17    (b) State grant funds for a unit of local government shall
18be denied for the State fiscal year following the year in which
19a final judicial determination in an action brought under
20Section 107B-40 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is
21made that the unit of local government has intentionally
22prohibited or discouraged the enforcement of immigration laws.

 

 

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1    (c) The Comptroller shall adopt rules to implement this
2Section uniformly among the State agencies from which State
3grant funds are distributed to a unit of local government.
4    (d) A unit of local government that has not violated
5Section 107B-30 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 may
6not be denied State grant funds, regardless of whether the unit
7of local government is a part of another unit of local
8government that is in violation of that Section.
 
9    Section 15. The Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is
10amended by adding Article 107B as follows:
 
11    (725 ILCS 5/Art. Art. 107B heading new)
12
ARTICLE Art. 107B. ENFORCEMENT OF FEDERAL IMMIGRATION LAW

 
13    (725 ILCS 5/107B-1 new)
14    Sec. 107B-1. Definitions. In this Article:
15    "Immigration detainer" means a United States Department of
16Homeland Security Form I-247 or a similar or successor form
17that requests a unit of local government to maintain temporary
18custody of an alien for the federal government.
19    "Immigration laws" means the laws of this State or federal
20law relating to immigrants or immigration, including the
21federal Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. Section 1101
22et seq.).
23    "Lawful detention" means the detention of a person by a

 

 

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1unit of local government for the investigation of a criminal
2offense. "Lawful detention" excludes a detention if the sole
3reason for the detention is that the person:
4        (1) is a victim of or witness to a criminal offense; or
5        (2) is reporting a criminal offense.
6    "Policy" includes a formal, written rule, order,
7ordinance, or policy and an informal, unwritten policy.
8    "Unit of local government" has the meaning ascribed to the
9term in Section 1 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution
10and includes a home rule unit.
 
11    (725 ILCS 5/107B-5 new)
12    Sec. 107B-5. Enforcement of federal immigration law.
13    (a) A peace officer may not stop a motor vehicle or conduct
14a search of a business or residence solely to enforce a federal
15law relating to immigrants or immigration, including the
16federal Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. Section 1101
17et seq.), unless the officer is acting:
18        (1) at the request of, and providing assistance to, an
19    appropriate federal law enforcement officer; or
20        (2) under the terms of an agreement between the law
21    enforcement agency employing the officer and the federal
22    government under which the agency receives delegated
23    authority to enforce federal law relating to immigrants or
24    immigration.
25    (b) A peace officer may arrest an undocumented person only

 

 

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1if the officer is acting under the authority granted under
2Section 107-2 of this Code.
 
3    (725 ILCS 5/107B-10 new)
4    Sec. 107B-10. Duties related to certain arrested persons.
5    (a) If a person is arrested and is unable to provide proof
6of the person's lawful presence in the United States, not later
7than 48 hours after the person is arrested and before the
8person is released on bond, a law enforcement agency performing
9the booking process shall:
10        (1) review any information available from the federal
11    Priority Enforcement Program operated by United States
12    Immigration and Customs Enforcement or a successor
13    program; and
14        (2) if information obtained under paragraph (1)
15    reveals that the person is not a citizen or national of the
16    United States and is unlawfully present in the United
17    States according to the terms of the federal Immigration
18    and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. Section 1101 et seq.):
19            (A) provide notice of that fact to the judge
20        authorized to grant or deny the person's release on
21        bail under Article 110; and
22            (B) record that fact in the person's case file.
23    (b) A law enforcement agency is not required to perform a
24duty imposed by subsection (a) with respect to a person who is
25transferred to the custody of the agency by another law

 

 

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1enforcement agency if the transferring agency performed that
2duty before transferring custody of the person.
3    (c) A judge who receives notice of a person's immigration
4status under this Article shall record that status in the court
5record.
 
6    (725 ILCS 5/107B-15 new)
7    Sec. 107B-15. Duties related to immigration detainer.
8    (a) A law enforcement agency that has custody of a person
9subject to an immigration detainer issued by United States
10Immigration and Customs Enforcement shall:
11        (1) provide to the judge authorized to grant or deny
12    the person's release on bail under Article 110 notice that
13    the person is subject to an immigration detainer;
14        (2) record in the person's case file that the person is
15    subject to an immigration detainer; and
16        (3) comply with, honor, and fulfill the requests made
17    in the detainer.
18    (b) A law enforcement agency is not required to perform a
19duty imposed by paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a) with
20respect to a person who is transferred to the custody of the
21agency by another law enforcement agency if the transferring
22agency performed that duty before transferring custody of the
23person.
24    (c) A judge who receives notice that a person is subject to
25a detainer under this Article shall record that fact in the

 

 

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1court record, regardless of whether the notice is received
2before or after a judgment in the case.
 
3    (725 ILCS 5/107B-20 new)
4    Sec. 107B-20. Release to federal custody.
5    (a) This Article applies only to a criminal case in which:
6        (1) the judgment requires the defendant to be confined
7    in a secure correctional facility; and
8        (2) the judge:
9            (A) indicates in the record under this Article that
10        the defendant is subject to an immigration detainer; or
11            (B) otherwise indicates in the record that the
12        defendant is subject to a transfer into federal
13        custody.
14    (b) In a criminal case described in subsection (a), the
15judge shall, at the time of pronouncement of a sentence of
16confinement, issue an order requiring the secure correctional
17facility in which the defendant is to be confined to reduce the
18defendant's sentence by a period of not more than 7 days on the
19facility's determination that the reduction in sentence will
20facilitate the seamless transfer of the defendant into federal
21custody. In this subsection (b), "secure correctional
22facility" means a municipal or county jail; or a facility
23operated by or under a contract with the Department of
24Corrections.
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1subparagraph (a)(2)(A) or (B) is not available at the time
2sentence is pronounced in the case, the judge shall issue the
3order described in subsection (b) as soon as the information
4becomes available.
 
5    (725 ILCS 5/107B-25 new)
6    Sec. 107B-25. Applicability of Article.
7    (a) This Article does not apply to:
8        (1) a school district or open-enrollment charter
9    school;
10        (2) the release of information contained in education
11    records of an educational agency or institution, except in
12    conformity with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy
13    Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C. Section 1232g).
14     (b) This Article does not apply to a hospital or hospital
15district created under the Hospital District Law to the extent
16that the hospital or hospital district is providing access to
17or delivering medical or health care services as required under
18the following applicable federal or State laws:
19        (1) 42 U.S.C. Section 1395dd;
20        (2) 42 U.S.C. Section 1396b(v);
21        (3) the Community Benefits Act;
22        (4) Section 6.08 of the Hospital Licensing Act;
23        (5) Section 2-114 of the MC/DD Act;
24        (6) Section 2-114 of the Nursing Home Care Act;
25        (7) Section 2-114 of the ID/DD Community Care Act; or

 

 

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1        (8) Section 3-114 of the Specialized Mental Health
2    Rehabilitation Act of 2013.
3    (c) Subsection (b) does not exclude the application of this
4Article to a sworn peace officer employed by a hospital or
5hospital district subject to subsection (b).
 
6    (725 ILCS 5/107B-30 new)
7    Sec. 107B-30. Unit of local government policy regarding
8immigration enforcement.
9    (a) A unit of local government may not adopt, enforce, or
10endorse a policy under which the unit of local government
11prohibits or discourages the enforcement of immigration laws.
12    (b) In compliance with subsection (a), a unit of local
13government may not prohibit or discourage a person who is a
14sworn peace officer, a corrections officer, a booking clerk, a
15judge, or a State's Attorney, or other prosecuting attorney and
16who is employed by or otherwise under the direction or control
17of the unit of local government from doing any of the
18following:
19        (1) inquiring into the immigration status of a person
20    under a lawful detention or under arrest;
21        (2) with respect to information relating to the
22    immigration status, lawful or unlawful, of any person under
23    a lawful detention or under arrest:
24            (A) sending the information to or requesting or
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1        Citizenship and Immigration Services or United States
2        Immigration and Customs Enforcement, including
3        information regarding a person's place of birth;
4            (B) maintaining the information; or
5            (C) exchanging the information with another unit
6        of local government or a federal or State governmental
7        unit;
8            (3) assisting or cooperating with a federal
9        immigration officer as reasonable or necessary,
10        including providing enforcement assistance; or
11            (4) permitting a federal immigration officer to
12        enter and conduct enforcement activities at a
13        municipal or county jail to enforce federal
14        immigration laws.
 
15    (725 ILCS 5/107B-35 new)
16    Sec. 107B-35. Discrimination prohibited. A unit of local
17government or a person employed by or otherwise under the
18direction or control of the unit of local government may not
19consider race, color, language, or national origin while
20enforcing immigration laws except to the extent permitted by
21the United States Constitution or the Illinois Constitution.
 
22    (725 ILCS 5/107B-40 new)
23    Sec. 107B-40. Complaint; equitable relief.
24    (a) Any person, including the federal government, may file

 

 

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1a complaint with the Attorney General if the person offers
2evidence to support an allegation that a unit of local
3government has adopted, enforced, or endorsed a policy under
4which the unit of local government prohibits or discourages the
5enforcement of immigration laws or that the unit of local
6government, by consistent actions, prohibits or discourages
7the enforcement of those laws. The person must include with the
8complaint the evidence the person has that supports the
9complaint.
10    (b) A unit of local government for which the Attorney
11General has received a complaint under subsection (a) shall
12comply with a document request, including a request for
13supporting documents, from the Attorney General related to the
14complaint.
15    (c) If the Attorney General determines that a complaint
16filed under subsection (a) against a unit of local government
17is valid, the Attorney General shall, not later than 10 days
18after the date of the determination, provide written
19notification to the unit of local government that:
20        (1) the complaint has been filed;
21        (2) the Attorney General has determined that the
22    complaint is valid;
23        (3) the Attorney General may file an action to enjoin
24    the violation if the unit of local government does not come
25    into compliance with the requirements of Section 107B-30 on
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1    provided; and
2        (4) the unit of local government shall be denied State
3    grant funds for the State fiscal year following the year in
4    which a final judicial determination in an action brought
5    under subsection (e) is made.
6    (d) Not later than the 30th day after the day a unit of
7local government receives written notification under
8subsection (c), the unit of local government shall provide the
9Attorney General with a copy of:
10        (1) the unit of local government's written policies
11    related to immigration enforcement actions;
12        (2) each immigration detainer received by the unit of
13    local government from the United States Department of
14    Homeland Security; and
15        (3) each response sent by the unit of local government
16    for a detainer described in paragraph (2) of this
17    subsection (d).
18    (e) If the Attorney General determines that a complaint
19filed under subsection (a) against a unit of local government
20is valid, the Attorney General may file a petition for a writ
21of mandamus or apply for other appropriate equitable relief in
22a circuit court in a county in which the principal office of
23the unit of local government is located to compel the unit of
24local government that adopts, enforces, or endorses a policy
25under which the unit of local government prohibits or
26discourages the enforcement of immigration laws or that, by

 

 

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1consistent actions, prohibits or discourages the enforcement
2of those laws to comply with Section 107B-30. The Attorney
3General may recover reasonable expenses incurred in obtaining
4relief under this subsection, including court costs,
5reasonable attorney's fees, investigative costs, witness fees,
6and deposition costs.
7    (f) An appeal of a suit brought under subsection (e) is
8governed by Illinois Supreme Court Rule 311(b) for
9discretionary acceleration of appeals. The Appellate Court
10shall render its final order or judgment with the least
11possible delay.
 
12    (725 ILCS 5/107B-45 new)
13    Sec. 107B-45. Home rule. The adoption, enforcement, or
14endorsement of a policy under which a unit of local government
15enforces immigration laws, is an exclusive power and function
16of the State. A home rule unit may not regulate enforcement of
17immigration laws in a manner inconsistent with this Article and
18any ordinance or local law contrary to this Article is declared
19void. This is a denial and limitation of home rule powers and
20functions under subsection (h) of Section 6 of Article VII of
21the Illinois Constitution.

 

 

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1 INDEX
2 Statutes amended in order of appearance
3    5 ILCS 805/Act rep.
4    15 ILCS 405/9.07 new
5    725 ILCS 5/Art. Art. 107B
6    heading new
7    725 ILCS 5/107B-1 new
8    725 ILCS 5/107B-5 new
9    725 ILCS 5/107B-10 new
10    725 ILCS 5/107B-15 new
11    725 ILCS 5/107B-20 new
12    725 ILCS 5/107B-25 new
13    725 ILCS 5/107B-30 new
14    725 ILCS 5/107B-35 new
15    725 ILCS 5/107B-40 new
16    725 ILCS 5/107B-45 new