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Rep. Patrick Windhorst (R-Metropolis) voted to give noncitizens a path to become Illinois police officers, siding with a majority of state lawmakers in a recent action that one Republican senator called “a fundamentally bad idea.”

Senate Floor Amendment 1, which is contained in House Bill 3571, would permit counties and cities to hire sheriff’s deputies and police officers who are not citizens. SA 1 would grant noncitizen law enforcement officers arrest powers and other authority provided they are legally permitted to work in the U.S. and have the right to possess and carry firearms.

The measure would also apply to noncitizens who were deferred from immigration actions through the federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) process and can legally carry and possess a weapon.

The Illinois State Senate passed HB 3571 / SA 1 by a vote of 37-20 on May 18. The House followed by passing it a day later on a 100-7 vote. It now goes to the governor’s desk for approval..

“This is a fundamentally bad idea,” state Sen. Chapin Rose (R-Mahomet) said. “There's no fixing it, there's no amending it, there's no nothing. You cannot hand the power to arrest any citizen of the United States, let alone the ones we represent here in Illinois, over to someone who's not a United States citizen.”

Rose called police authority and particularly the ability to make arrests “the most important power that must be conferred with absolute concern for how it is employed and how it can be abused.” Giving the power to detain a citizen of Illinois or other states to a noncitizen represents “a fundamental breach of democracy” and “is antithetical to the police power of any state,” he said.

The Senate amendment allows noncitizens to be hired into law enforcement agencies on the condition that they are “legally authorized under federal law to work in the United States and … authorized under federal law to obtain, carry, or purchase or otherwise possess a firearm, or who is an individual against whom immigration action has been deferred by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services under … (the) DACA process and is authorized under federal law to obtain, carry, or purchase or otherwise possess a firearm,” according to the text of the measure.

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How House Members Voted

Office	Name	Party	Date Assumed Office	Vote on HB 3571
District 1	Aaron Ortiz	Democratic	January 9, 2019	Yes
District 2	Elizabeth Hernandez	Democratic	January 11, 2023	Yes
District 3	Eva Dina Delgado	Democratic	2019	Yes
District 4	Lilian Jiménez	Democratic	January 11, 2023	Yes
District 5	Kimberly du Buclet	Democratic	May 15, 2023	Yes
District 6	Sonya Harper	Democratic	2015	Yes
District 7	Emanuel Welch	Democratic	January 9, 2013	Yes
District 8	La Shawn Ford	Democratic	2007	Yes
District 9	Lakesia Collins	Democratic	July 24, 2020	Yes
District 10	Jawaharial Williams	Democratic	May 17, 2019	Yes
District 11	Ann M. Williams	Democratic	2011	Yes
District 12	Margaret Croke	Democratic	January 13, 2021	Yes
District 13	Hoan Huynh	Democratic	January 11, 2023	Yes
District 14	Kelly Cassidy	Democratic	May 16, 2011	Yes
District 15	Michael Kelly	Democratic	November 23, 2021	Yes
District 16	Kevin Olickal	Democratic	January 11, 2023	Yes
District 17	Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz	Democratic	January 9, 2019	Yes
District 18	Robyn Gabel	Democratic	2010	Yes
District 19	Lindsey LaPointe	Democratic	July 24, 2019	Yes
District 20	Brad Stephens	Republican	June 29, 2019	Yes
District 21	Abdelnasser Rashid	Democratic	January 11, 2023	Yes
District 22	Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar	Democratic	February 25, 2021	Yes
District 23	Edgar Gonzalez Jr.	Democratic	January 11, 2023	Yes
District 24	Theresa Mah	Democratic	January 11, 2023	Yes
District 25	Curtis Tarver II	Democratic	January 9, 2019	Yes
District 26	Kambium Buckner	Democratic	2019	Yes
District 27	Justin Slaughter	Democratic	2017	Yes
District 28	Robert Rita	Democratic	2003	Yes
District 29	Thaddeus Jones	Democratic	2011	E*
District 30	William Davis	Democratic	2003	E*
District 31	Mary E. Flowers	Democratic	1985	NV*
District 32	Cyril Nichols	Democratic	April 8, 2021	Yes
District 33	Marcus Evans	Democratic	2012	Yes
District 34	Nicholas Smith	Democratic	January 26, 2018	Yes
District 35	Mary Gill	Democratic	March 29, 2023	Yes
District 36	Kelly M. Burke	Democratic	2011	E*
District 37	Tim Ozinga	Republican	January 13, 2021	Yes
District 38	Debbie Meyers-Martin	Democratic	January 9, 2019	Yes
District 39	Will Guzzardi	Democratic	2015	Yes
District 40	Jaime Andrade	Democratic	2013	Yes
District 41	Janet Yang Rohr	Democratic	January 13, 2021	Yes
District 42	Terra Costa Howard	Democratic	January 11, 2023	Yes
District 43	Anna Moeller	Democratic	2014	Yes
District 44	Fred Crespo	Democratic	2007	Yes
District 45	Jenn Ladisch Douglass	Democratic	January 11, 2023	Yes
District 46	Diane Blair-Sherlock	Democratic	January 11, 2023	Yes
District 47	Amy Grant	Republican	January 11, 2023	Yes
District 48	Jennifer Sanalitro	Republican	January 11, 2023	Yes
District 49	Maura Hirschauer	Democratic	January 13, 2021	Yes
District 50	Barbara Hernandez	Democratic	January 11, 2023	Yes
District 51	Nabeela Syed	Democratic	January 11, 2023	Yes
District 52	Martin McLaughlin	Republican	January 13, 2021	Yes
District 53	Mark Walker	Democratic	January 9, 2019	Yes
District 54	Mary Beth Canty	Democratic	January 11, 2023	Yes
District 55	Martin J. Moylan	Democratic	2013	Yes
District 56	Michelle Mussman	Democratic	2011	Yes
District 57	Jonathan Carroll	Democratic	2017	Yes
District 58	Bob Morgan	Democratic	January 9, 2019	Yes
District 59	Daniel Didech	Democratic	January 9, 2019	Yes
District 60	Rita Mayfield	Democratic	July 6, 2010	Yes
District 61	Joyce Mason	Democratic	January 9, 2019	Yes
District 62	Laura Dias	Democratic	January 11, 2023	Yes
District 63	Steven Reick	Republican	2017	E*
District 64	Tom Weber	Republican	January 9, 2019	No
District 65	Dan Ugaste	Republican	January 9, 2019	Yes
District 66	Suzanne Ness	Democratic	January 13, 2021	Yes
District 67	Maurice West II	Democratic	January 9, 2019	Yes
District 68	Dave Vella	Democratic	January 13, 2021	Yes
District 69	Joe Sosnowski	Republican	2011	E*
District 70	Jeff Keicher	Republican	July 17, 2018	Yes
District 71	Daniel Swanson	Republican	January 11, 2023	Yes
District 72	Gregg Johnson	Democratic	January 11, 2023	Yes
District 73	Ryan Spain	Republican	2017	Yes
District 74	Brad Fritts	Republican	January 11, 2023	Yes
District 75	Jed Davis	Republican	January 11, 2023	No
District 76	Lance Yednock	Democratic	January 9, 2019	Yes
District 77	Norma Hernandez	Democratic	January 11, 2023	Yes
District 78	Camille Y. Lilly	Democratic	April 20, 2010	Yes
District 79	Jackie Haas	Republican	December 8, 2020	Yes
District 80	Anthony DeLuca	Democratic	2009	Yes
District 81	Anne Stava-Murray	Democratic	January 9, 2019	E*
District 82	John Egofske	Republican	February 6, 2023	Yes
District 83	Matt Hanson	Democratic	January 11, 2023	Yes
District 84	Stephanie Kifowit	Democratic	January 9, 2013	Yes
District 85	Dagmara Avelar	Democratic	January 13, 2021	Yes
District 86	Lawrence Walsh, Jr.	Democratic	2012	Yes
District 87	Bill Hauter	Republican	January 11, 2023	Yes
District 88	Dan Caulkins	Republican	January 11, 2023	No
District 89	Tony McCombie	Republican	January 11, 2023	Yes
District 90	John M. Cabello	Republican	January 11, 2023	Yes
District 91	Sharon Chung	Democratic	January 11, 2023	Yes
District 92	Jehan Gordon-Booth	Democratic	2009	Yes
District 93	Travis Weaver	Republican	January 11, 2023	Yes
District 94	Norine Hammond	Republican	January 11, 2023	Yes
District 95	Mike Coffey	Republican	January 10, 2023	Yes
District 96	Sue Scherer	Democratic	2013	Yes
District 97	Harry Benton	Democratic	January 11, 2023	Yes
District 98	Natalie Manley	Democratic	2013	Yes
District 99	Randy Frese	Republican	January 11, 2023	E*
District 100	C.D. Davidsmeyer	Republican	2012	NV**
District 101	Chris Miller	Republican	January 11, 2023	No
District 102	Adam Niemerg	Republican	January 11, 2023	No
District 103	Carol Ammons	Democratic	2015	NV*
District 104	Mike Marron	Republican	September 7, 2018	Yes
District 105	Dennis Tipsword Jr.	Republican	January 11, 2023	Yes
District 106	Jason Bunting	Republican	February 5, 2023	Yes
District 107	Brad Halbrook	Republican	January 11, 2023	No
District 108	Wayne Arthur Rosenthal	Republican	January 11, 2023	Yes
District 109	Charles E. Meier	Republican	January 11, 2023	Yes
District 110	Blaine Wilhour	Republican	January 11, 2023	No
District 111	Amy Elik	Republican	January 13, 2021	Yes
District 112	Katie Stuart	Democratic	2017	Yes
District 113	Jay C. Hoffman	Democratic	2013	Yes
District 114	Kevin Schmidt	Republican	January 11, 2023	Yes
District 115	David Friess	Republican	January 11, 2023	E*
District 116	Dave Severin	Republican	January 11, 2023	Yes
District 117	Patrick Windhorst	Republican	January 11, 2023	Yes
District 118	Paul Jacobs	Republican	January 11, 2023	Yes

* Excused absence                

** Not voting    

How State Senators Voted

Office	Name	Party	Date Assumed Office	Vote on HB 3571
District 1	Javier Loera Cervantes	Democratic	January 11, 2023	Yes
District 2	Omar Aquino	Democratic	2017	Yes
District 3	Mattie Hunter	Democratic	2003	Yes
District 4	Kimberly Lightford	Democratic	1998	Yes
District 5	Patricia Van Pelt	Democratic	2013	NV*
District 6	Sara Feigenholtz	Democratic	January 21, 2020	NV*
District 7	Mike Simmons	Democratic	February 6, 2021	Yes
District 8	Ram Villivalam	Democratic	January 9, 2019	Yes
District 9	Laura Fine	Democratic	January 9, 2019	Yes
District 10	Robert Martwick	Democratic	June 28, 2019	Yes
District 11	Mike Porfirio	Democratic	January 11, 2023	Yes
District 12	Celina Villanueva	Democratic	January 11, 2023	Yes
District 13	Robert Peters	Democratic	2019	Yes
District 14	Emil Jones	Democratic	2009	Yes
District 15	Napoleon Harris	Democratic	2013	Yes
District 16	Willie Preston	Democratic	January 11, 2023	No
District 17	Elgie R. Sims, Jr.	Democratic	2018	Yes
District 18	Bill Cunningham	Democratic	2013	Yes
District 19	Michael Hastings	Democratic	2013	Yes
District 20	Cristina Pacione-Zayas	Democratic	December 21, 2020	Yes
District 21	Laura Ellman	Democratic	January 9, 2019	Yes
District 22	Cristina Castro	Democratic	2017	Yes
District 23	Suzanne Glowiak Hilton	Democratic	January 11, 2023	Yes
District 24	Seth Lewis	Republican	January 11, 2023	No
District 25	Karina Villa	Democratic	January 13, 2021	Yes
District 26	Dan McConchie	Republican	2016	Yes
District 27	Ann Gillespie	Democratic	January 9, 2019	Yes
District 28	Laura Murphy	Democratic	October 5, 2015	Yes
District 29	Julie Morrison	Democratic	2013	Yes
District 30	Adriane Johnson	Democratic	October 11, 2020	Yes
District 31	Mary Edly-Allen	Democratic	January 11, 2023	Yes
District 32	Craig Wilcox	Republican	October 1, 2018	No
District 33	Don DeWitte	Republican	September 3, 2018	No
District 34	Steve Stadelman	Democratic	2013	Yes
District 35	Dave Syverson	Republican	1993	No
District 36	Michael Halpin	Democratic	January 11, 2023	Yes
District 37	Win Stoller	Republican	January 13, 2021	No
District 38	Sue Rezin	Republican	2010	No
District 39	Don Harmon	Democratic	2003	Yes
District 40	Patrick Joyce	Democratic	November 8, 2019	No
District 41	John Curran	Republican	2017	No
District 42	Linda Holmes	Democratic	2007	Yes
District 43	Rachel Ventura	Democratic	January 11, 2023	Yes
District 44	Sally Turner	Republican	January 25, 2021	No
District 45	Andrew Chesney	Republican	January 11, 2023	No
District 46	David Koehler	Democratic	2006	Yes
District 47	Neil Anderson	Republican	January 11, 2023	No
District 48	Doris Turner	Democratic	February 6, 2021	Yes
District 49	Meg Loughran Cappel	Democratic	December 10, 2020	Yes
District 50	Jil Tracy	Republican	January 11, 2023	No
District 51	Chapin Rose	Republican	2013	No
District 52	Paul Faraci	Democratic	January 11, 2023	Yes
District 53	Thomas Bennett	Republican	January 12, 2023	No
District 54	Steve McClure	Republican	January 11, 2023	No
District 55	Jason Plummer	Republican	January 11, 2023	No
District 56	Erica Harriss	Republican	January 11, 2023	No
District 57	Christopher Belt	Democratic	January 9, 2019	Yes
District 58	Terri Bryant	Republican	January 13, 2021	No
District 59	Dale Fowler	Republican	2017	No

* Not voting

Source: Illinois General Assembly, Ballotpedia.org