Illinois · House Bill 1374 · 103rd General Assembly

COMM COL-POLICE/FIREFIGHTER

HB 1374 Sponsored by Dave Vella Died in committee

  1. Introduced Jan 24, 2023
  2. In committee Jan 31, 2023
  3. Died  
  4. Passed the Senate  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Amends the Public Community College Act. Provides that the Illinois Community College Board shall, in cooperation with the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board, develop an academic program to (i) grant students a certification to become a law enforcement officer or firefighter and (ii) grant those students an associate degree. Provides that in order to be admitted into the academic program, a student shall have completed a public safety or fire safety career and technical education course in high school.

Every action

9 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Dave Vella
  2. HouseFirst Reading
  3. CommitteeReferred to Rules Committee · House Rules
  4. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Benton
  5. CommitteeAssigned to Higher Education Committee · House Higher Education
  6. HouseMoved to Suspend Rule 21 Rep. Robyn Gabel
  7. HouseSuspend Rule 21 - Prevailed
  8. CommitteeRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee · House Rules
  9. HouseSession Sine Die

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 1 cosponsor: 1 Democrat.

All 1 cosponsor

From Illinois's official records (www.ilga.gov), checked Nov 13, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.