IL HB5336

Establishes the Public Empowerment and Community Act (PEACE Act) requiring the Department of Human Services to create and administer a grant pilot program funding community-based alternatives to law enforcement for crisis response.

Provides minimum annual grants of $250,000 to eligible municipalities and counties to support mobile crisis response teams and community paramedicine programs that do not include law enforcement officers as first responders.

Requires grantees to award at least 90% of grant funds to community-based organizations and prioritizes funding for programs serving historically marginalized populations and communities with high rates of police use of force or civilian complaints.

Establishes a stakeholder workgroup including emergency medical practitioners, public health professionals, crisis survivors, police brutality survivors, and family members of those killed by police—explicitly excluding current or former law enforcement officers.

Creates the Public Empowerment and Community Engagement Program Fund as a special state fund and automatically repeals the Act on December 31, 2027; requires Department to issue a public report on program outcomes within 6 months of program end.