SAFE-T Act Resource Center

Statements and information on the "SAFE-T Act" 

Updated January 5, 2023

Note: Trailer Bill 1 was passed in May 2021 after the original SAFE-T Act passed in January 2021. Trailer Bill 2 passed in January 2022. Trailer Bill 3 passed in early December 2022.

2022 

• Illinois Supreme Court final ruling on Pretrial Fairness Act may not be until March 2023 (January 2023)

• Illinois Supreme Court stays Pretrial Fairness Act, pending appeal (December 2022)

• Judge rules pretrial provisions in the Pretrial Fairness Act unconstitutional (December 2022)

• LATEST FACT SHEET with dates of implementation for all SAFE-T Act issues (PDF, Version 8, December 2022)

• Issues still on the table and under discussion in the Fall of 2022 (PDF, September 2022)
  
  
• Update on the SAFE-T Act (PDF, May 2022). 

2021

• Trailer bill signed; ILACP and ILETSB offer training this week (June 27, 2021)
  
  
• Training on SAFE-T Act and Trailer Bill set for June 28 and 29. Click here for more info and to register (June 17, 2021)
  
  
• Click for 5-page guide to implementation of SAFE-T Act including trailer bill provisions: PDF VERSION 4: What's effective July 1?  
  
  
• Illinois Chiefs support "trailer bill" to SAFE-T Act; here is our statement (May 31, 2021)
  
  
• LE Coalition releases detailed "trailer bill language" with changes to SAFE-T Act (PDF) (May 7, 2021)
  
  
• Qualified immunity in 2 minutes: a great video from the national FOP (April 2021)

• Trailer bill language proposed by Illinois Chiefs. Download 13-page document with language (March 25, 2021)
  
  
• Updated language (talking points) you can use to talk to your legislators and local officials about the law. Update 6.  (March 16, 2021)
  
  
• Corrected and Updated. List of effective dates of more than 25 aspects of the new law Version 2 (March 8, 2021)
  
  Download PDF file of list of effective dates for various aspects of the new law (Version 2) Uploaded March 8, 2021)
  
  
• President James Black's statement on signing of HB 3653 (February 22, 2021)
  
  
• Executive Director Ed Wojcicki statement on signing of "anti-police bill" (February 22, 2021)
  
  
• Update 5. Words and phrases to help you talk about the flaws in HB 3653. Updated February 19. 2021.
  
  
• On Centersquare, Wojcicki, Senator Sims comment on funding for body cams (February 24, 2021)
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  Alabama chief writes open letter explaining why Illinois officers want to leave Illinois. Download his letter. February 19, 2021.
  
  
• Two cities (Hamel and Freeport) adopt resolutions opposing HB 3653. Download their language here.
  
  
• Fact vs. Fiction updated. Ed Wojcicki statement #4 with summary of major concerns. Updated information that you can use to express your concerns. February 10, 2021.Click here for this statement - update #4. 
  
  
• Update 3: Wojcicki says statements of Black Caucus, black chiefs and other Iaw enforcement all have validity. February 8, 2021
  Click here for the statement.
  
  
• Update 2: Information you can use to express concerns about problems with the bill: FACT vs. FICTION. February 2, 2021.
  Click here for PDF - detailed 6-page analysis. This describes our major concerns and scenarios.
  Click here for easy reading of Fact vs. Fiction on a smartphone or tablet. 

• Illinois Chiefs' Fact Sheet 1. January 26, 2021. 
  Click here for Fact Sheet 1. This provides an overview of our concerns and our next steps.
  
  
• Kane County State's Attorney expresses specific concerns to state senators and reps (January 22, 2021). This is a good read and explains some of the issues very well. Shared with permission of State's Attorney Jamie L. Mosser. 
  Click here.

• Detailed analysis of HB 3653 by Odelson, Sterk, Murphey, Frazier and McGrath, Ltd. 
  Click here. This PDF file from Odelson, Sterk, Murphey, Frazier and McGrath, based in Evergreen Park, Illinois, is 17 pages and provides a good explanation of the bill, with page numbers of the bill for easy reference. It is shared here with permission of attorney Michael Stillman in that law firm. Caveat: Everyone's analysis of the bill is being updated continuously.
  
  
• Initial analysis by Illinois Municipal League (January 13, 2021).
  Click here.
  
  
• Initial statement by ILACP President James R. Black (January 13, 2021).
  Click here.
  
  

• HB 3653 as passed by the General Assembly on January 13, 2021.
  Click here.

  Roll call vote of HB 3653. Who voted for it and against it? January 13, 2021.
  Click here.

MEDIA - SELECTION OF STORIES

See this list of more than a dozen stories in which ILACP is quoted, February-March 2021

HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS OR MORE RESOURCES TO SUGGEST?

Contact ILACP Executive Director Ed Wojcicki at [email protected]