HB1611 (2025-2026), Anjanette Young Act Residential Search Warrant Reform

What the Bill Would Do

House Bill 1611, the Anjanette Young Act, would establish comprehensive requirements for how law enforcement executes residential search warrants in Illinois^[1]. The bill is named after Anjanette Young, a Chicago social worker whose 2019 wrong-raid incident, in which officers handcuffed her naked in her own home during a botched warrant execution, became a catalyst for police reform advocacy in Illinois.

Knock-and-Announce Requirements: Officers must knock and announce their presence loudly enough for occupants to hear, allow at least 30 seconds for someone to reach the door given the dwelling's size, and delay entry if someone is approaching to let them in. Immediate entry is permitted when the circumstances known to the officer provide an objectively reasonable basis to believe it is necessary because of an emergency threatening life or grave injury, provided that officers executing the search did not create the imminent danger. Courts may not issue residential search warrants that permit entry without first knocking and announcing. Officers may enter without notice in exigent circumstances when necessary to prevent physical injury to officers or others.

Time-of-Day Restrictions: Officers must execute residential search warrants between 9:00 AM and 7:00 PM unless the officer is able to demonstrate verifiable exigent circumstances and the judge, for good cause, expressly authorizes execution of the warrant at another time.

SWAT Unit Requirements: In counties with populations of 90,000 or more, officers executing residential search warrants must belong to a special weapons and tactics team, a special response team or another established team or unit trained and tasked with handling high-risk situations. They must have appropriate training in executing arrest and search warrants that authorize entry without notice.

Protections for Vulnerable Persons: Officers may not handcuff or restrain a child during residential warrant execution unless the child presents an immediate threat of physical harm to oneself or another person. Officers may not handcuff or restrain parents, relatives or caregivers of children while in the presence of children unless the person presents such a threat.

Body Camera Transparency: Law enforcement agencies must provide copies of body camera footage of the raid to the owners of the residence and the people present within 10 days of their request.

Warrant Scope Limitations: Residential search warrants would be prohibited unless they involve violent felonies as defined by 18 U.S.C. 16, the illegal manufacture, distribution, or sale of narcotics, firearms, or munitions, or property crimes over $1,000 or when necessary to protect a person from a threat of physical harm.

Note: Firearms and munitions are among the qualifying categories for residential search warrants involving illegal manufacture, distribution, or sale. The bill would set requirements for how law enforcement executes residential search warrants across the qualifying offense categories.

Current Status

HB1611 was re-referred to Rules Committee on April 17, 2026 under Rule 19(a), and it remains unenacted. Read the official actions.^[1]. In the Illinois House, a bill receives a second reading, which allows for floor amendments, and is voted on when called for third reading before being sent to the Senate. The bill did not receive a floor vote before adjournment.

What to Watch

Any later legislative action would need to be checked against the official bill record, which currently places HB1611 in Rules Committee.