HB3443 Summary

• Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act to change residency requirement thresholds for peace officers from municipalities with 1,000,000+ population to those with 100,000+ population in arbitration disputes.

• Prohibits Illinois State Police and law enforcement agencies from acquiring military equipment including tracked armored vehicles, weaponized aircraft/vessels, .50-caliber+ firearms, grenade launchers, and bayonets through federal surplus programs.

• Establishes mandatory body camera implementation for all law enforcement agencies on a staggered timeline by population size, with final implementation by January 1, 2025.

• Revises criminal code provisions on use of force by peace officers to require consideration of "totality of circumstances," prohibit deadly force against people with mental health crises, and ban chokeholds and restraints risking asphyxiation.

• Expands pretrial release options, reduces mandatory supervised release terms for certain felony convictions, and requires reporting of all in-custody deaths to the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority with demographic and circumstantial details.