HB1426 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB103 25024 RLC 51358 b

103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB1426

Introduced 1/31/2023, by Rep. Joe C. Sosnowski

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 2605/2605-490 new
20 ILCS 2705/2705-625 new

Amends the Illinois State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Illinois State Police, with cooperation of the Governor, the Illinois Department of Transportation, any other appropriate State agency, and State or local police and public safety agencies, shall develop and implement an alert system to be activated on report of an active shooter. Provides that the Director of the Illinois State Police shall be the statewide coordinator of the alert system. Provides that the coordinator shall adopt rules and issue directives as necessary to ensure proper implementation of the alert system. Provides that the rules and directives shall prescribe procedures for local law enforcement agencies requesting activation of the alert system. Provides that the Illinois State Police shall recruit public and commercial television and radio broadcasters, mobile telephone service providers, private commercial entities, State or local governmental entities, the public, and other appropriate persons to assist in developing and implementing the alert system. Amends the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois to make conforming changes. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning State government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section 2605-490 as follows:

(20 ILCS 2605/2605-490 new)

Sec. 2605-490. Illinois active shooter alert system.

(a) The Illinois State Police, with the cooperation of the Governor, the Illinois Department of Transportation, any other appropriate State agency, and State or local police and public safety agencies, shall develop and implement an alert system to be activated upon the report of an active shooter.

(b) The Director of the Illinois State Police shall be the statewide coordinator of the alert system. The coordinator shall adopt rules and issue directives as necessary to ensure proper implementation of the alert system. The rules and directives shall prescribe procedures for local law enforcement agencies to request activation of the alert system.

(c) The Illinois State Police shall recruit public and commercial television and radio broadcasters, mobile telephone service providers, private commercial entities, State or local governmental entities, the public, and other appropriate persons to assist in developing and implementing the alert system. The Illinois State Police may enter into agreements with participants in the alert system to provide necessary support for the alert system.

(d) Upon the request of a local law enforcement agency regarding an active shooter, the Illinois State Police shall activate the alert system in a 50-mile radius of the active shooter's location and notify appropriate participants in the alert system as established by rule if the local law enforcement agency:

(1) believes an active shooter is in the agency's jurisdiction;

(2) determines an active shooter alert would assist individuals near the active shooter's location;

(3) verifies the active shooter situation through a preliminary investigation; and

(4) provides the Illinois State Police with the active shooter's last known location and any identifiable information for the active shooter.

The Illinois State Police may modify the criteria described by this subsection as necessary for the proper implementation of the alert system.

(e) Before requesting activation of the alert system, a local law enforcement agency must verify that the criteria described in subsection (d) have been satisfied. Upon verification of the applicable criteria, the local law enforcement agency may immediately contact the Illinois State Police to request activation and supply the necessary information in a manner prescribed by the coordinator.

(f) A State agency participating in the alert system shall:

(1) cooperate with the Illinois State Police and assist in developing and implementing the alert system; and

(2) establish a plan for providing relevant information to its officers, investigators, or employees, as appropriate, on activation of the alert system.

(g) In addition to its other duties prescribed in this Section, the Illinois Department of Transportation shall establish a plan for providing relevant information to the public within 50 miles of an active shooter for which an alert has been issued through an existing system of dynamic message signs located across the State.

(h) The Director shall terminate any activation of the alert system for a particular active shooter if:

(1) the active shooter situation is resolved; or

(2) the Director determines the alert system is no longer an effective tool for providing relevant information to the public about the active shooter.

As soon as practicable after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly, the Illinois State Police shall adopt rules and issue directives necessary to implement this Section.

Section 10. The Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section 2705-625 as follows:

(20 ILCS 2705/2705-625 new)

Sec. 2705-625. Illinois active shooter alert system. The Department of Transportation shall perform the duties prescribed to it in Section 2605-490 of the Illinois State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.