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HB5369 • 2026
ISP RADIO INTEROPERABILITY
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ISP RADIO INTEROPERABILITY
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Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 22, 2026
Assigned to Appropriations- Public Safety and Infrastructure
Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 15, 2026
Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John F. Curran
First Reading
Referred to Assignments
Arrive in Senate
Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 28, 2026
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 103-000-000
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Executive Committee ; 011-000-000
Second Reading - Short Debate
Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Executive Committee
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee ; 012-000-000
Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
Assigned to Executive Committee
First Reading
Referred to Rules Committee
Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar
ISP RADIO INTEROPERABILITY
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Full Text of HB5369 Home Legislation Full Text HB5369 - 104th General Assembly Bill Status Full Text Votes Witness Slips Select Menu Bill Status Full Text Votes Witness Slips Printer Friendly Version Introduced Engrossed House Amendment 001 Printer Friendly Version Introduced Engrossed House Amendment 001 Open PDF HB5369 Engrossed LRB104 19688 RTM 33137 b 1 AN ACT concerning State government. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Illinois State Police Radio Act is amended 5 by changing Section 10 as follows: 6 (20 ILCS 2615/10) 7 Sec. 10. Public safety radio interoperability. 8 (a) In this Section, "interoperability" means the ability 9 of emergency response providers and relevant government 10 officials to communicate across jurisdictions, disciplines, 11 and levels of government as needed and as authorized. 12 (b) The Upon their establishment and thereafter, the 13 Director of the Illinois State Police, or his or her designee, 14 shall serve as the chairman of the Illinois Statewide 15 Interoperability Executive Committee (SIEC) . The SIEC shall 16 oversee governance, interoperability, and land mobile radio 17 standards for Illinois' land mobile radio communications 18 system and shall collaborate with the Office of the Statewide 19 9-1-1 Administrator and the Office of the Statewide 20 Interoperability Coordinator to strengthen Illinois' emergency 21 communications ecosystem and as the chairman of the STARCOM21 22 Oversight Committee . The SIEC may designate subcommittees 23 necessary to effectuate its responsibilities under this HB5369 Engrossed - 2 - LRB104 19688 RTM 33137 b 1 Section. The Director or his or her designee, as chairman, may 2 increase the size and makeup of the voting membership of the 3 SIEC each committee when deemed necessary for improved public 4 safety radio interoperability, but the voting membership of 5 each committee must represent public safety users (police, 6 fire, or EMS) and must, at a minimum, include the Statewide 7 Interoperability Coordinator, the Statewide 9-1-1 8 Administrator, the Director of the Secretary of State Police 9 or the Director's designee, and at least one representative 10 from each of the following, appointed by the Governor: an 11 association representing Illinois fire chiefs, an association 12 representing Illinois fire protection districts, the Office of 13 the State Fire Marshal, an association representing Illinois 14 chiefs of police, an association representing Illinois 15 sheriffs, the Illinois State Police, the Illinois Emergency 16 Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security, the 17 Department of Public Health, the Department of Innovation and 18 Technology, the Department of Military Affairs, the Department 19 of Corrections, and the Department of Natural Resources 20 representatives specified in this Section . 21 Committee members The STARCOM21 Oversight Committee must 22 comprise public safety users accessing the system and shall 23 include the Statewide Interoperability Coordinator. The 24 members of the STARCOM21 Oversight Committee shall serve 25 without compensation and may, at the call of the Chair, meet in 26 person or remotely. The SIEC shall adopt bylaws for its HB5369 Engrossed - 3 - LRB104 19688 RTM 33137 b 1 effective operation, as well as that of its subcommittees, and 2 may appoint advisors from the public safety communications 3 community to serve on any subcommittees at the pleasure of the 4 SIEC. The Illinois State Police shall provide administrative 5 and other support to the SIEC and any duly created 6 subcommittees STARCOM21 Oversight Committee . 7 (c) The SIEC STARCOM21 Oversight Committee shall: 8 (1) no later than July 1, 2027, establish: 9 (A) standards necessary to ensure land mobile 10 radio equipment interoperates throughout Illinois; 11 (B) planning, training, and evaluation standards 12 necessary to enhance public safety communications 13 operational readiness; and 14 (C) standards necessary for the unification of the 15 Integrated Public Alert and Warning System statewide 16 review existing statutory law and make recommendations 17 for legislative changes to ensure efficient, 18 effective, reliable, and sustainable radio 19 interoperability statewide ; 20 (2) (blank) make recommendations concerning better 21 integration of the Integrated Public Alert and Warning 22 System statewide ; and 23 (3) annually review existing statutory law and make 24 recommendations for legislative changes to ensure 25 efficient, effective, reliable, and sustainable 26 communications interoperability statewide develop a plan HB5369 Engrossed - 4 - LRB104 19688 RTM 33137 b 1 to sustainably fund radio infrastructure, radio equipment, 2 and interoperability statewide . 3 The SIEC shall have at a minimum one representative from 4 each of the following: the Illinois Fire Chiefs Association, 5 the Rural Fire Protection Association, the Office of the State 6 Fire Marshal, the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police, 7 the Illinois Sheriffs' Association, the Illinois State Police, 8 the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, the Department of 9 Public Health, and the Secretary of State Police (which 10 representative shall be the Director of the Secretary of State 11 Police or his or her designee). 12 (Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 103-34, eff. 6-9-23.) 13 Section 99. 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