Date	Chamber	Action
1/10/2017	House	Session Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

New Act

225 ILCS 447/40-10

Synopsis As Introduced
Creates the Peace Officer and Private Security Contractor Chokehold Prohibition Act. Provides that a peace officer, private security contractor, or registered employee of a private security contractor agency may not apply a chokehold in the performance of his or her duties, unless faced with a situation in which the use of deadly force is justified under the Justifiable Use of Force; Exoneration Article of the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a peace officer who applies a chokehold in violation of the Act shall be discharged from his or her employment with the law enforcement agency that employed the peace officer. Provides that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall revoke the license of a private security contractor who applies a chokehold in violation of the Act. Provides that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall revoke the permanent employee registration card of a registered employee of a private security contractor agency who applies a chokehold in violation of the Act. Provides that any person injured, or the next of kin of a person killed, by a peace officer, private security contractor, or registered employee of a private security contractor agency from applying a chokehold in violation of the Act shall be entitled to: (1) all actual damages against the peace officer, private security contractor, or registered employee of a private security contractor agency for applying a chokehold in violation of the Act or his or her employer, or both; and (2) any punitive damages which may be awarded by the court or by a jury. Provides that the action must be brought within 2 years after the discovery of the injury or death resulting from a violation of the Act. Defines "chokehold". Amends the Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004 to make conforming changes. Effective immediately.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
1/14/2015	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Mary E. Flowers
1/14/2015	House	First Reading
1/14/2015	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2/3/2015	House	Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee
3/27/2015	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
1/10/2017	House	Session Sine Die

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