While Illinois law enforcement agencies will soon be required to ask for, and provide, entire employment records for any applicants seeking to become a police officer, the Massey Commission is seeking to continue its work in order to actualize its upcoming recommendations.

The bill was a response to the killing of Sonya Massey, who called 911 last summer from her home, only to be shot and killed by a sheriff's deputy who had a history of misconduct across previous stints as a police officer.

State Sen. Doris Turner, a family friend of Massey and her family, described the legislation she introduced as “the first of its kind in the nation” and supported the idea of the commission continuing work in some form beyond a final report. The police hiring reform bill was signed by Gov. JB Pritzke

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