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House Bill 3653 abolishes cash bail, creates a statewide certification system for police, requires body-worn cameras, and amends crowd control responses, sentencing laws and law enforcement training requirements. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
SPRINGFIELD, IL State lawmakers passed a broad package of police reforms Wednesday in the final hours of the lame-duck session of the 101st Illinois General Assembly.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker indicated he will sign the bill, over the objections of law enforcement groups. Backers of the measure say it will increase police accountability and reduce inequities in the criminal law system.
Authored by the Legislative Black Caucus following last summer s protests against police brutality, House Bill 3653 would make Illinois the first state in the nation to end cash bail, starting in 2023. It would also require all officers to wear body cameras by 2025, expand the process for revoking the certificatio