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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB1655
 
Introduced 1/28/2025, by Rep. Justin Slaughter
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
55 ILCS 5/3-6001.5
    Amends the Counties Code. Provides that, in a county with a population of 3,000,000 or more, a person is not eligible to be elected or appointed to the office of sheriff, unless the person has a certificate attesting to the person's successful completion of the County Correctional Training Course as prescribed by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board or a substantially similar training program of another state or the federal government.


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A BILL FOR
 
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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing 
5Section 3-6001.5 as follows:
 
6    (55 ILCS 5/3-6001.5)
7    Sec. 3-6001.5. Sheriff qualifications. A person is not 
8eligible to be elected or appointed to the office of sheriff, 
9unless that person meets all of the following requirements:
10        (1) Is a United States citizen.
11        (2) Has been a resident of the county for at least one 
12    year.
13        (3) Is not a convicted felon.
14        (4) The person is seeking election or appointment to:
15            (A) the office of sheriff in a county with a 
16        population of less than 3,000,000 and has Has a 
17        certificate attesting to the person's his or her 
18        successful completion of the Minimum Standards Basic 
19        Law Enforcement Officers Training Course, as 
20        prescribed by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training 
21        Standards Board, or a substantially similar training 
22        program of another state or the federal government; or
23            (B) the office of sheriff in a county with a 
 
 
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1        population that is greater than or equal to 3,000,000 
2        and has a certificate attesting to the person's 
3        successful completion of the County Correctional 
4        Training Course, as prescribed by the Illinois Law 
5        Enforcement Training Standards Board, or a 
6        substantially similar training program of another 
7        state or the federal government. 
8    Subparagraph (A) of This paragraph (4) does not apply to a 
9sheriff currently serving on the effective date of this 
10amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly. Subparagraph (B) 
11of paragraph (4) does not apply to a sheriff currently serving 
12on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th 
13General Assembly. 
14(Source: P.A. 101-652, eff. 1-1-22.)