Was sent this email today via our police chief.


Subject: HB 163 amendment #2 Summary

Friends-

Late on January 5th, the Illinois General Assembly filed a 611 page bill that eliminates law enforcement as we know it from every community in the State. The Illinois G.A. has until noon on January 13th to pass legislation before the next duly elected General Assembly takes office.  Senate Amendment number two to House Bill 163 radically changes law enforcement, victim services, criminal proceedings and the protections of every law enforcement officer in the State, regardless of employment as a peace officer, deputy, trooper, university police officer, corrections officer, court security officer or other law enforcement.
Through 611 pages, HB 163 eliminates all protections from law enforcement officers.  It eliminates officer’s ability to pursue their job without civil liability, it eliminates the ability of officers to pursue collective bargaining agreements, it invalidates the constitutionally protected due process of officers and it substantially increases the costs for employers of law enforcement officers.  This list is probably not comprehensive, but it certainly covers the bulk.  Specifically, SB 163 does the following:
Requires In custody death reporting to AG
Requires statewide use of force policy
Eliminates prison gerrymandering
Eliminates Qualified Immunity for police officers, making them civilly liable to siren chasing trial lawyers
Eliminates Officer’s rights to Collectively Bargain, creating a “special class” of public employee who does not have these rights in Illinois
Eliminates impartial arbitration over burdensome residency requirements
Allows for unrestricted and ungoverned disciplinary policies of law enforcement officers
Prohibits departments from taking advantage of cost saving federal surplus programs or allowing the purchase of certain “militaristic” equipment
Allows officers to be punished or fired based on anonymous and unsubstantiated or unverifiable complaints-no sworn affidavits
Creates a co-responder model for social workers with corresponding grant funding from ICJIA
Mandates that those unsubstantiated and unverified complaints be kept to be used against officers forever, with no destruction and no limits on how they can be utilized to inflict harm on officers
Substantially increases both initial and ongoing education requirements with no money to pay for the increased costs and no assurances that the courses will even be offered
Mandates the use of body cameras by all departments for every officer with no money to pay for the cost of those cameras and 20 cut in LGDF funding if you don’t
Significantly increases the training requirements for those going through the academy and those that are already certified-provides NO money to do this
Defunds any department that does not comply 100% with the draconian requirements of the legislation
Eliminates funding for law enforcement agencies
Requires reporting to National use of force registry
No more suspending driver’s license for traffic violations
COMPLETE ban on chokeholds and anything above the shoulders regardless of threat of serious bodily injury or death
Eliminates Cash Bail
Enacts multiple benefits for felons-including access to victims compensation
Prohibits use of force in almost all situations, and makes officers criminally liable for virtually any use of force
Removes prohibitions against obstructing police officers
Requires duty to intervene
Eliminates felony murder
Institutes 3 phone call bill
Changes parameters for getting a warrant and requires a plan for certain situations
No custodial arrests for Category b or c offenses-citation only
Changes standard for conditions that have to be met to not allow for pretrial release
Eliminates charges for habitual criminals
Charges officers with Official Misconduct, a class 3 felony, for banal and incidental issues
Last, but not least…….EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY
The fight over this bill is a fight to save law enforcement.  If we lose this fight, it might as well be a crime to be a law enforcement officer in Illinois.  You need to contact your Senator and Representative to implore that they do not hand this state over to the felons while criminalizing our profession.  I have included some simple instructions to help you, your friends, your coworkers and your family members in helping to save Illinois from this destructive agenda.  We are all counting on you.
Find your local elected officials by going to the Illinois State Board of Elections.  You can get there with this link:
Illinois State Board of Elections
If you live somewhere other than you work, please consider contacting the elected officials for both locations.  You can use your work address on the State Board of Election’s website just like a home address.  You can always say “I work in Springfield…” or “I live in Decatur…”
Go to www.ILGA.gov to find the contact information for your legislators.  Click the “Members” text under the House or the Senate columns to pull up the list and then just click on your legislator’s name.  It will list the various contact details for your legislator and you can pick how you want to contact them.  You can email them, or call their district office or their Springfield office.  Choose whatever one you want, they all work.  If you decide to call, you may have to leave a message on a machine or with staff.  Do not worry, and it is not important that the legislator call you back.  Just be sure to leave in your message that you need them to vote no on HB 163 or bills that eliminate law enforcement from their (and your) community.  Do not be stressed about it, it is very easy to do.
Some advice on being the most effective advocate you can be includes:
Be respectful of their time, long calls and long messages are not necessary.  Remember, these individuals work for you, so the most important thing is to let them know how they can do the best job for you.
Be professional.  Do not assume they are against you or supportive of the bill.  Let them know what you think and what you want, but do not blame them or accuse them.
If they disagree with you there is probably nothing you can do to change their mind.  That is ok, but please remember how they handled your concerns when it is time to re-up their employment contract.
If they do not respond to you, do not feel ignored.  They are getting hundreds of calls and emails.  They will read every email and listen to every message.  Your voice is being heard.
Feel free to include personal or local information.  We all care about our community the most, and that is true of legislators.  Feel free to share how this would hurt you, your family and your community.  Be a neighbor first, a law enforcement officer second and a willing partner third.
Thank you for being part of the effort to save law enforcement and making democracy work in the process.  Feel free to let me know if you have problems, great results or questions  Also, thank you to our partners at the FOP for drafting the vast majority of this piece and sharing it.

Appears to be a good old shell bill starting out life as a Controlled Substances Act before changes and submitted in 2019.  Repeating some info from OP but SFA 2 copied as written on the ILGA site but with line breaks inserted.

https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=163&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=114005&SessionID=108&GA=101

ILGA bill web page has not been updated with SFA #2 yet.  ILGA synopsis:

..."HB 0163 (SFA 0002)
Replaces everything after the enacting clause.
Creates the Reporting of Deaths in Custody Act.
Provides that the Attorney General shall create a standardized form to be used for the purpose of collecting information about persons who die in custody of a law agency, a local or State correctional facility in the State, or a peace officer.
Creates the Police Integrity and Accountability Act. Provides that a peace officer who subjects or causes to be subjected, including by failing to intervene, any other person to the deprivation of any individual rights arising under the Bill of Rights of the Illinois Constitution is liable to the injured party for legal or equitable relief or any other appropriate relief.
Provides that various immunities do not apply to claims brought this provision.
Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. Provides that notwithstanding any provision of this Act, employers shall not be required to bargain over matters relating to the discipline or discharge of peace officers. Provisions in existing collective bargaining agreements that address the discipline or discharge of peace officers shall lapse by operation of law on the renewal or extension of existing collective bargaining agreements by whatever means, or the approval of a collective bargaining agreement by the corporate authorities of the employer after the effective date of this Act, without imposing a duty to bargain on employers.
Amends the Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois and the Illinois Police Training Act to prohibit warrior-style training for police.
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012.
Makes it official misconduct for an employee of a law enforcement agency to knowingly fail to turn on an officer-worn body camera or turn off an officer-worn body camera when there is a reasonable opportunity to act in a manner that is consistent with the officer-worn body camera policy of the respective law enforcement agency or when he or she knowingly uses or communicates, directly or indirectly, information acquired in the course of employment, with the intent to obstruct, impede, or prevent the investigation, apprehension, or prosecution of any criminal offense or person.
Provides that an employee of a law enforcement agency commits misconduct when he or she knowingly misrepresents facts describing an incident in a police report or during investigations regarding the law enforcement employee's conduct.
Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963.
Prohibits no-knock warrants.
Abolishes cash bail.
Provides for pretrial release and eligibility for that release.
Amends various Acts to make conforming changes.
Effective immediately."...

WTF!  God I wish I could flee this state.

So, do the Illinois police unions regret supporting the Democrats in this state for the last 50 years now or are they just going to keep doing it?

Sweet irony!

Witness slips now folks.

Second City Cop

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saw today that they slid this into another Bill and passed it about 3 am. fooking terrible

Well if felony murder is now off the table, I assume that leaves only misdemeanor murder. As I understand it misdemeanors can be imprisoned no more than a year?

Does this thing have a chance to pass and be signed?  Won't this put LEO's firmly on our side?    I hope I wake up from this night mare soon, it is not very funny.

SFAmendment 002 (750+ pages delivered at 4:30 AM) and Bill HB3653 has passed both houses.  Sent to Governor now for signature.

https://ilga.gov/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=3653&GAID=15&GA=101&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=120371&SessionID=108

I am not sure, but I think "Felony Murder" means if an individual who participates in a crime in which someone else kills somebody that person can been charged with murder too.  

Still haven't heard, did this pass?

This could be the biggest mistake the Dems ever made.

It's easy not to care when the pressure of real elections has been removed.

So what does 'eliminate cash bail' actually mean? You commit any kind of crime, sign an I-Bond and walk out?

And the felony murder rule is gone? WTF...did an actual criminal write this?


Larry

Lol. Like they care. They'll continue to 'win' elections regardless.

Come election time I am predicting the unions STILL preach to vote D.  Reap what ye sow

IL has been run by D's for decades and just look at the shining example we are :/

it passed under a new bill number.
was told it removes felony murder charge for death of person without specific intent, i.e. perp A shoots at police, police return fire and kill perp B. currently perp A can be charged for murder in death of perp B. new law does not allow for this charge.

new law also makes choke holds illegal and does not allow law enforcement "warrior" training.(whatever that is, equal to definition of "assault" weapon.

I believe it goes to governor for signature.

again, fooking terrible

unions will still vote D. they have to to get Federal bailout for pensions. only hope left for the state's financial situation since D's won't address the root of the problem and keep spending on their pet projects and social giveaways.
Pritzger already said he wants to keep stimulus funds at state level instead of sending to localities. things will be getting worse...

Is this giving felons the right to vote?

Amendment #2. https://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB3653sam002&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=120371&DocNum=3653&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=

Its only 750+ pages

..."  (2) information informing the person that Section 2 of
11    Article III of the Illinois Constitution provides that the
12    right to vote of a person convicted of a felony shall be
13    restored not later than the completion of the person's
14    sentence and informing the person about voter registration
15    and shall distribute information prepared by the State
16    Board of Elections about voter registration. The
17    Department of Corrections may enter into an interagency
18    contract with the State Board of Elections to participate
19    in the automatic voter registration program and be a
20    designated automatic voter registration agency under
21    Section 1A-16.2 of the Election Code; and
22        (3) information about registering to vote upon
23    discharge from the correctional institution or facility if
24    the person upon discharge would be homeless. In this
25    paragraph (3), "homeless" means that the person has a
26    nontraditional residence, including, but not limited to, a
1    shelter, day shelter, park bench, street corner, or space
2    under a bridge