SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — Gov. JB Pritzker signed a monumental plan into law Tuesday to require law enforcement to have stricter hiring practices following the murder of Sonya Massey .

Police departments will not be able to make final offers of employment for probationary or law enforcement officers unless they review all past employment records, including background investigation materials, duty-related physical and psychological fitness-for-duty examinations, work performance records, arrests, convictions, and any records of criminal, civil, or administrative investigations of conduct.

The legislation also expands the creation of sheriff's merit boards and sheriff's merit commissions for counties with populations of at least 75,000.

Sen. Doris Turner (D-Springfield) worked with

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