Rep. Mary Flowers

Amends the School Code. Sets forth a list of nonfiction, fiction, and children's books about racism that shall be required reading for students in every public elementary and secondary school beginning with the 2021-2022 school year. Requires that the instruction in the material presented by each book be age appropriate and taught at the appropriate grade level. Effectively immediately.

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that, in a municipality with at least one high school in a county of 175,000 or more inhabitants, the municipality shall include in its search for new hires for its police department candidates who are in or who have completed the police training academy job training program under the School Code from high schools in marginalized communities. Limits home rule powers. Amends the School Code. Makes the establishment of the police training academy job training program mandatory in school districts with a high school in a county of 175,000 or more inhabitants.

Amends the Criminal Identification Act. Provides that the Illinois State Police and all law enforcement agencies within the State shall automatically expunge all criminal history records of an arrest, charge not initiated by arrest, order of supervision, or order of qualified probation for any person who, on or after January 1, 1970, has been convicted of, or is serving an order of supervision for, possession of cannabis whether or not the person has served or is serving his or her sentence for that violation on the effective date of the amendatory Act. Provides that the clerk of the circuit court shall, on the effective date of the amendatory Act, automatically expunge the court records of a person who, on or after January 1, 1970, has been convicted of, or is serving an order of supervision for, possession of cannabis whether or not the person has served or is serving his or her sentence for that violation on the effective date of the amendatory Act. Provides that a person imprisoned solely as a result of one or more convictions for possession of cannabis shall be released from incarceration on the effective date of the amendatory Act. Amends the Cannabis Control Act. Repeals the provision prohibiting the possession of cannabis. Amends the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act to make conforming changes. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board, police training schools approved by the Board, law enforcement agencies, and units of local government may not initiate, administer, or conduct training programs that include warrior-style training, either directly or through a third party. Provides that the Board may not reimburse a law enforcement agency or unit of local government for any portion of training programs that include warrior-style training. Provides that law enforcement agencies and units of local government may not indemnify or otherwise provide liability protection for a peace officer for liability arising from the use of tactics derived from warrior-style training. Defines "warrior-style" training. Preempts home rule. Amends the Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois to make conforming changes. Effective immediately.

Creates the Police Department Nonlethal Force Policy Act. Provides that the Illinois State Police, Secretary of State Police Department, and each mass transit district police force, university police force, county sheriff's office, and municipal police department of this State shall develop a plan or strategy for the use of nonlethal force on a person suspected of committing or having committed a criminal offense or resisting arrest. The plan or strategy shall include the use of new technologies and alternatives to the use of firearms in apprehending a suspect or in protecting the officer from harm by a suspect.

Creates the Committee on the Elimination of Eugenics-Inspired Laws Act. Creates the Committee on the Elimination of Eugenics-Inspired Laws. Provides for the membership of the Committee and further requirements concerning Committee members and meetings. Requires the Committee to research and identify any and all Eugenics-Inspired laws and administrative rules of this State, and any other related matters it deems necessary to its inquiry. Requires the Committee to also produce and make available to the public educational materials on the history and impact of eugenics and eugenics-inspired laws and administrative rules in the United States, as well as a summary of its annual report. Requires the Committee to issue an annual report of its findings concerning eugenics-inspired laws and rules to the Governor and the General Assembly, and make recommendations to eliminate, remediate, or mitigate the harmful effects of such laws, rules, and policies. Requires each State agency to perform an internal examination for the existence of eugenics-inspired rules, policies, and procedures, and issue an annual report to the Governor, the General Assembly, and the Committee. Requires each State agency to implement strategies and programs to eliminate and prevent any disparities created by discriminatory rules, policies, and procedures, and make the services provided by the State agency more readily accessible to the public. Defines terms.

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that, not later than 90 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, each municipality which has a police department must begin performing a comprehensive review of current police force deployments, strategies, policies, procedures, and practices, and develop a plan to improve such deployments, strategies, policies, procedures, and practices, for the purposes of addressing the particular needs of the communities served by such police department and promote community engagement to foster trust, fairness, and legitimacy and to address any racial bias and disproportionate policing of communities of color. Requires adoption of a plan and implementation of the plan no later than January 1, 2022. Provides that the minimum requirements of the plan shall include: reorganization of the police department to include community mental health and social service resources within each police department; and reallocation of a portion of a municipality's police department budget by investing in communities, especially marginalized ones, where much of the policing occurs to provide support to the people and services in those marginalized communities. Limits home rule powers. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.

Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Creates the Low Income Debt Reduction Office within the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. Provides that the Office shall, without charge, assist low income persons and households in the abatement of debt by providing services, information, and resources by which such persons may resolve their debts or debt-related issues. Provides that the services, information, and resources provided by the Office shall be made available to the public on the Department's Internet website. Specifies the services, information, and resources provided by the Office. Provides that the Department shall provide staff, administrative support, and related support to the Office as required to administer the Office, and may adopt rules. Defines "low income persons and households".

Amends the Local Records Act. Provides that a Local Records Commission may not destroy public records concerning complaints alleging misconduct by law enforcement officers without prior permission from the Attorney General. Provides that the requirements of the Section may not be waived or modified by a collective bargaining agreement or any other agreement. Defines "law enforcement officer". Effective immediately.

Urges the Illinois General Assembly and the United States Congress to explore a new, domestic investment plan to promote economic growth and recovery in targeted African American communities.