LINE OF DUTY-ANIMAL CONTROL

HB 3223 amends Illinois' Line of Duty Compensation Act to include animal control officers and animal wardens within the scope of the law. This change explicitly adds these professionals to the list of public safety workers who qualify for death-in-service compensation if they die from injuries sustained while performing their duties. The bill modifies Section 2(e) of the Act to define "killed in the line of duty" to include animal control officers and animal wardens, aligning their eligibility with that of police, firefighters, and other first responders. This is a definitional update with no new funding or procedures; it simply expands existing coverage to cover these specific public safety roles.