101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4285

 

Introduced 1/28/2020, by Rep. Allen Skillicorn

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
5 ILCS 140/7.5
10 ILCS 5/1A-16.6
10 ILCS 5/1A-16.8
10 ILCS 5/1-16 rep.
10 ILCS 5/1A-16.1 rep.
10 ILCS 5/1A-16.2 rep.
10 ILCS 5/1A-16.7 rep.
10 ILCS 5/1A-16.9 rep.
625 ILCS 5/2-105  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 2-105

    Amends the Freedom of Information Act, the Election Code, and the Illinois Vehicle Code. Restores the provisions that were amended by Public Act 100-464 to the form in which they existed before their amendment by Public Act 100-464. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning elections.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Freedom of Information Act is amended by
5changing Section 7.5 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 140/7.5)
7    Sec. 7.5. Statutory exemptions. To the extent provided for
8by the statutes referenced below, the following shall be exempt
9from inspection and copying:
10        (a) All information determined to be confidential
11    under Section 4002 of the Technology Advancement and
12    Development Act.
13        (b) Library circulation and order records identifying
14    library users with specific materials under the Library
15    Records Confidentiality Act.
16        (c) Applications, related documents, and medical
17    records received by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
18    Procedures Board and any and all documents or other records
19    prepared by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
20    Procedures Board or its staff relating to applications it
21    has received.
22        (d) Information and records held by the Department of
23    Public Health and its authorized representatives relating

 

 

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1    to known or suspected cases of sexually transmissible
2    disease or any information the disclosure of which is
3    restricted under the Illinois Sexually Transmissible
4    Disease Control Act.
5        (e) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
6    under Section 30 of the Radon Industry Licensing Act.
7        (f) Firm performance evaluations under Section 55 of
8    the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying
9    Qualifications Based Selection Act.
10        (g) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
11    and exempted under Section 50 of the Illinois Prepaid
12    Tuition Act.
13        (h) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
14    under the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, and
15    records of any lawfully created State or local inspector
16    general's office that would be exempt if created or
17    obtained by an Executive Inspector General's office under
18    that Act.
19        (i) Information contained in a local emergency energy
20    plan submitted to a municipality in accordance with a local
21    emergency energy plan ordinance that is adopted under
22    Section 11-21.5-5 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
23        (j) Information and data concerning the distribution
24    of surcharge moneys collected and remitted by carriers
25    under the Emergency Telephone System Act.
26        (k) Law enforcement officer identification information

 

 

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1    or driver identification information compiled by a law
2    enforcement agency or the Department of Transportation
3    under Section 11-212 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
4        (l) Records and information provided to a residential
5    health care facility resident sexual assault and death
6    review team or the Executive Council under the Abuse
7    Prevention Review Team Act.
8        (m) Information provided to the predatory lending
9    database created pursuant to Article 3 of the Residential
10    Real Property Disclosure Act, except to the extent
11    authorized under that Article.
12        (n) Defense budgets and petitions for certification of
13    compensation and expenses for court appointed trial
14    counsel as provided under Sections 10 and 15 of the Capital
15    Crimes Litigation Act. This subsection (n) shall apply
16    until the conclusion of the trial of the case, even if the
17    prosecution chooses not to pursue the death penalty prior
18    to trial or sentencing.
19        (o) Information that is prohibited from being
20    disclosed under Section 4 of the Illinois Health and
21    Hazardous Substances Registry Act.
22        (p) Security portions of system safety program plans,
23    investigation reports, surveys, schedules, lists, data, or
24    information compiled, collected, or prepared by or for the
25    Regional Transportation Authority under Section 2.11 of
26    the Regional Transportation Authority Act or the St. Clair

 

 

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1    County Transit District under the Bi-State Transit Safety
2    Act.
3        (q) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
4    Personnel Record Review Act.
5        (r) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
6    Illinois School Student Records Act.
7        (s) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
8    under Section 5-108 of the Public Utilities Act.
9        (t) All identified or deidentified health information
10    in the form of health data or medical records contained in,
11    stored in, submitted to, transferred by, or released from
12    the Illinois Health Information Exchange, and identified
13    or deidentified health information in the form of health
14    data and medical records of the Illinois Health Information
15    Exchange in the possession of the Illinois Health
16    Information Exchange Authority due to its administration
17    of the Illinois Health Information Exchange. The terms
18    "identified" and "deidentified" shall be given the same
19    meaning as in the Health Insurance Portability and
20    Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191, or any
21    subsequent amendments thereto, and any regulations
22    promulgated thereunder.
23        (u) Records and information provided to an independent
24    team of experts under the Developmental Disability and
25    Mental Health Safety Act (also known as Brian's Law).
26        (v) Names and information of people who have applied

 

 

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1    for or received Firearm Owner's Identification Cards under
2    the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act or applied for
3    or received a concealed carry license under the Firearm
4    Concealed Carry Act, unless otherwise authorized by the
5    Firearm Concealed Carry Act; and databases under the
6    Firearm Concealed Carry Act, records of the Concealed Carry
7    Licensing Review Board under the Firearm Concealed Carry
8    Act, and law enforcement agency objections under the
9    Firearm Concealed Carry Act.
10        (w) Personally identifiable information which is
11    exempted from disclosure under subsection (g) of Section
12    19.1 of the Toll Highway Act.
13        (x) Information which is exempted from disclosure
14    under Section 5-1014.3 of the Counties Code or Section
15    8-11-21 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
16        (y) Confidential information under the Adult
17    Protective Services Act and its predecessor enabling
18    statute, the Elder Abuse and Neglect Act, including
19    information about the identity and administrative finding
20    against any caregiver of a verified and substantiated
21    decision of abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation of an
22    eligible adult maintained in the Registry established
23    under Section 7.5 of the Adult Protective Services Act.
24        (z) Records and information provided to a fatality
25    review team or the Illinois Fatality Review Team Advisory
26    Council under Section 15 of the Adult Protective Services

 

 

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1    Act.
2        (aa) Information which is exempted from disclosure
3    under Section 2.37 of the Wildlife Code.
4        (bb) Information which is or was prohibited from
5    disclosure by the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
6        (cc) Recordings made under the Law Enforcement
7    Officer-Worn Body Camera Act, except to the extent
8    authorized under that Act.
9        (dd) Information that is prohibited from being
10    disclosed under Section 45 of the Condominium and Common
11    Interest Community Ombudsperson Act.
12        (ee) Information that is exempted from disclosure
13    under Section 30.1 of the Pharmacy Practice Act.
14        (ff) Information that is exempted from disclosure
15    under the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.
16        (gg) Information that is prohibited from being
17    disclosed under Section 7-603.5 of the Illinois Vehicle
18    Code.
19        (hh) (Blank) Records that are exempt from disclosure
20    under Section 1A-16.7 of the Election Code.
21        (ii) Information which is exempted from disclosure
22    under Section 2505-800 of the Department of Revenue Law of
23    the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
24        (jj) Information and reports that are required to be
25    submitted to the Department of Labor by registering day and
26    temporary labor service agencies but are exempt from

 

 

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1    disclosure under subsection (a-1) of Section 45 of the Day
2    and Temporary Labor Services Act.
3        (kk) Information prohibited from disclosure under the
4    Seizure and Forfeiture Reporting Act.
5        (ll) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
6    and exempted under Section 5-30.8 of the Illinois Public
7    Aid Code.
8        (mm) Records that are exempt from disclosure under
9    Section 4.2 of the Crime Victims Compensation Act.
10        (nn) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
11    Section 70 of the Higher Education Student Assistance Act.
12        (oo) Communications, notes, records, and reports
13    arising out of a peer support counseling session prohibited
14    from disclosure under the First Responders Suicide
15    Prevention Act.
16        (pp) Names and all identifying information relating to
17    an employee of an emergency services provider or law
18    enforcement agency under the First Responders Suicide
19    Prevention Act.
20        (qq) Information and records held by the Department of
21    Public Health and its authorized representatives collected
22    under the Reproductive Health Act.
23        (rr) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
24    the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act.
25        (ss) Data reported by an employer to the Department of
26    Human Rights pursuant to Section 2-108 of the Illinois

 

 

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1    Human Rights Act.
2        (tt) Recordings made under the Children's Advocacy
3    Center Act, except to the extent authorized under that Act.
4        (uu) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
5    Section 50 of the Sexual Assault Evidence Submission Act.
6        (vv) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
7    subsections (f) and (j) of Section 5-36 of the Illinois
8    Public Aid Code.
9        (ww) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
10    Section 16.8 of the State Treasurer Act.
11        (xx) Information that is exempt from disclosure or
12    information that shall not be made public under the
13    Illinois Insurance Code.
14        (yy) (oo) Information prohibited from being disclosed
15    under the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act.
16        (zz) (pp) Information prohibited from being disclosed
17    under the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act.
18        (aaa) (qq) Information prohibited from being disclosed
19    under Section 1-167 of the Illinois Pension Code.
20(Source: P.A. 100-20, eff. 7-1-17; 100-22, eff. 1-1-18;
21100-201, eff. 8-18-17; 100-373, eff. 1-1-18; 100-464, eff.
228-28-17; 100-465, eff. 8-31-17; 100-512, eff. 7-1-18; 100-517,
23eff. 6-1-18; 100-646, eff. 7-27-18; 100-690, eff. 1-1-19;
24100-863, eff. 8-14-18; 100-887, eff. 8-14-18; 101-13, eff.
256-12-19; 101-27, eff. 6-25-19; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 101-221,
26eff. 1-1-20; 101-236, eff. 1-1-20; 101-375, eff. 8-16-19;

 

 

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1101-377, eff. 8-16-19; 101-452, eff. 1-1-20; 101-466, eff.
21-1-20; 101-600, eff. 12-6-19; 101-620, eff 12-20-19; revised
31-6-20.)
 
4    Section 10. The Election Code is amended by changing
5Sections 1A-16.6 and 1A-16.8 as follows:
 
6    (10 ILCS 5/1A-16.6)
7    Sec. 1A-16.6. Government agency voter registration.
8    (a) By April 1, 2016, the State Board of Elections shall
9establish and maintain a portal for government agency
10registration that permits an eligible person to electronically
11apply to register to vote or to update his or her existing
12voter registration whenever he or she conducts business, either
13online or in person, with a designated government agency. The
14portal shall interface with the online voter registration
15system established in Section 1A-16.5 of this Code and shall be
16capable of receiving and processing voter registration
17application information, including electronic signatures, from
18a designated government agency. The State Board of Elections
19shall modify the online voter registration system as necessary
20to implement this Section.
21    Voter registration data received from a designated
22government agency through the online registration system shall
23be processed as provided for in Section 1A-16.5 of this Code.
24    Whenever the registration interface is accessible to the

 

 

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1general public, including, but not limited to, online
2transactions, the interface shall allow the applicant to
3complete the process as provided for in Section 1A-16.5 of this
4Code. The online interface shall be capable of providing the
5applicant with the applicant's voter registration status with
6the State Board of Elections and, if registered, the
7applicant's current registration address. The applicant shall
8not be required to re-enter any registration data, such as
9name, address, and birth date, if the designated government
10agency already has that information on file. The applicant
11shall be informed that by choosing to register to vote or to
12update his or her existing voter registration, the applicant
13consents to the transfer of the applicant's personal
14information to the State Board of Elections.
15    Whenever a government employee is accessing the
16registration system while servicing the applicant, the
17government employee shall notify the applicant of the
18applicant's registration status with the State Board of
19Elections and, if registered, the applicant's current
20registration address. If the applicant elects to register to
21vote or to update his or her existing voter registration, the
22government employee shall collect the needed information and
23assist the applicant with his or her registration. The
24applicant shall be informed that by choosing to register to
25vote or to update his or her existing voter registration, the
26applicant consents to the transfer of the applicant's personal

 

 

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1information to the State Board of Elections.
2    In accordance with technical specifications provided by
3the State Board of Elections, each designated government agency
4shall maintain a data transfer mechanism capable of
5transmitting voter registration application information,
6including electronic signatures where available, to the online
7voter registration system established in Section 1A-16.5 of
8this Code. Each designated government agency shall establish
9and operate a voter registration system capable of transmitting
10voter registration application information to the portal as
11described in this Section by July 1, 2016.
12    (b) Whenever an applicant's data is transferred from a
13designated government agency, the agency must transmit a
14signature image if available. If no signature image was
15provided by the agency or if no signature image is available in
16the Secretary of State's database or the statewide voter
17registration database, the applicant must be notified that
18their registration will remain in a pending status and the
19applicant will be required to provide identification and a
20signature to the election authority on Election Day in the
21polling place or during early voting.
22    (c) The State Board of Elections shall track registration
23data received through the online registration system that
24originated from a designated government agency for the purposes
25of maintaining statistics required by the federal National
26Voter Registration Act of 1993, as amended.

 

 

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1    (d) The State Board of Elections shall submit a report to
2the General Assembly and the Governor by December 1, 2015
3detailing the progress made to implement the government agency
4voter registration portal described in this Section.
5    (e) The Board shall adopt rules, in consultation with the
6impacted agencies.
7    (f) As used in this Section, a "designated government
8agency" means the Secretary of State's Driver Services and
9Vehicle Services Departments, the Department of Human
10Services, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, the
11Department of Employment Security, and the Department on Aging;
12however, if the designated government agency becomes a
13designated automatic voter registration agency under Section
141A-16.1 or Section 1A-16.2 of this Code, that agency shall
15cease to be a designated government agency under this Section.
16(Source: P.A. 100-464, eff. 8-28-17.)
 
17    (10 ILCS 5/1A-16.8)
18    Sec. 1A-16.8. Automatic transfer of registration based
19upon information from the National Change of Address database
20and designated automatic voter registration agencies.
21    (a) The State Board of Elections shall cross-reference the
22statewide voter registration database against the United
23States Postal Service's National Change of Address database
24twice each calendar year, April 15 and October 1 in
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1years or with the same frequency as in subsection (b) of this
2Section, and shall share the findings with the election
3authorities.
4    (b) In addition, beginning no later than September 1, 2017,
5the State Board of Elections shall utilize data provided as
6part of its membership in the Electronic Registration
7Information Center in order to cross-reference the statewide
8voter registration database against databases of relevant
9personal information kept by designated automatic voter
10registration agencies, including, but not limited to, driver's
11license information kept by the Secretary of State, at least 6
12times each calendar year and shall share the findings with
13election authorities.
14    This subsection (b) shall no longer apply once Sections
151A-16.1 and 1A-16.2 of this Code are fully implemented as
16determined by the State Board of Elections. Upon a
17determination by the State Board of Elections of full
18implementation of Sections 1A-16.1 and 1A-16.2 of this Code,
19the State Board of Elections shall file notice of full
20implementation and the inapplicability of this subsection (b)
21with the Index Department of the Office of the Secretary of
22State, the Governor, the General Assembly, and the Legislative
23Reference Bureau.
24    (b-5) The State Board of Elections shall not be required to
25share any data on any voter attained using the National Change
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1that voter has a more recent government transaction indicated
2using the cross-reference under subsection (b) of this Section.
3If there is contradictory or unclear data between data obtained
4under subsections (a) and (b) of this Section, then data
5obtained under subsection (b) of this Section shall take
6priority.
7    (c) An election authority shall automatically register any
8voter who has moved into its jurisdiction from another
9jurisdiction in Illinois or has moved within its jurisdiction
10provided that:
11        (1) the election authority whose jurisdiction includes
12    the new registration address provides the voter an
13    opportunity to reject the change in registration address
14    through a mailing, sent by non-forwardable mail, to the new
15    registration address, and
16        (2) when the election authority whose jurisdiction
17    includes the previous registration address is a different
18    election authority, then that election authority provides
19    the same opportunity through a mailing, sent by forwardable
20    mail, to the previous registration address.
21    This change in registration shall trigger the same
22inter-jurisdictional or intra-jurisdictional workflows as if
23the voter completed a new registration card, including the
24cancellation of the voter's previous registration. Should the
25registration of a voter be changed from one address to another
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1offer to vote from the prior registration address, attesting
2that the prior registration address is the true current
3address, the voter, if confirmed by the election authority as
4having been registered at the prior registration address and
5canceled only by the process authorized by this Section, shall
6be issued a regular ballot, and the change of registration
7address shall be canceled. If the election authority is unable
8to immediately confirm the registration, the voter shall be
9permitted to register and vote a regular ballot, provided that
10he or she meets the documentary requirements for same-day
11registration. If the election authority is unable to confirm
12the registration and the voter does not meet the requirements
13for same-day registration, the voter shall be issued a
14provisional ballot.
15    (d) No voter shall be disqualified from voting due to an
16error relating to an update of registration under this Section.
17(Source: P.A. 99-522, eff. 6-30-16; 100-464, eff. 8-28-17.)
 
18    (10 ILCS 5/1-16 rep.)
19    (10 ILCS 5/1A-16.1 rep.)
20    (10 ILCS 5/1A-16.2 rep.)
21    (10 ILCS 5/1A-16.7 rep.)
22    (10 ILCS 5/1A-16.9 rep.)
23    Section 15. The Election Code is amended by repealing
24Sections 1-16, 1A-16.1, 1A-16.2, 1A-16.7, and 1A-16.9.
 

 

 

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1    Section 20. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
2changing Section 2-105 as follows:
 
3    (625 ILCS 5/2-105)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 2-105)
4    Sec. 2-105. Offices of Secretary of State.
5    (a) The Secretary of State shall maintain offices in the
6State capital and in such other places in the State as he may
7deem necessary to properly carry out the powers and duties
8vested in him.
9    (b) The Secretary of State may construct and equip one or
10more buildings in the State of Illinois outside of the County
11of Sangamon as he deems necessary to properly carry out the
12powers and duties vested in him. The Secretary of State may, on
13behalf of the State of Illinois, acquire public or private
14property needed therefor by lease, purchase or eminent domain.
15The care, custody and control of such sites and buildings
16constructed thereon shall be vested in the Secretary of State.
17Expenditures for the construction and equipping of any of such
18buildings upon premises owned by another public entity shall
19not be subject to the provisions of any State law requiring
20that the State be vested with absolute fee title to the
21premises. The exercise of the authority vested in the Secretary
22of State by this Section is subject to the appropriation of the
23necessary funds.
24    (c) Pursuant to Sections 1A-16.1, 1A-16.7, and Section
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1driver services facilities available for use as places of
2accepting applications for voter registration.
3    (d) (Blank).
4    (e) Each person applying at a driver services facility for
5a driver's license or permit, a corrected driver's license or
6permit, an Illinois identification card or a corrected Illinois
7identification card shall be notified, under the procedures set
8forth in Sections 1A-16.1 and 1A-16.7 of the Election Code,
9that unless he or she affirmatively declines, his or her
10personal information shall be transferred to the State Board of
11Elections for the purpose of creating an electronic voter
12registration application that the person may apply to register
13to vote at such station and may also apply to transfer his or
14her voter registration at such station to a different address
15in the State. Such notification may be made in writing or
16verbally issued by an employee or the Secretary of State.
17    The Secretary of State shall promulgate such rules as may
18be necessary for the efficient execution of his duties and the
19duties of his employees under this Section.
20    (f) Any person applying at a driver services facility for
21issuance or renewal of a driver's license or Illinois
22Identification Card shall be provided, without charge, with a
23brochure warning the person of the dangers of financial
24identity theft. The Department of Financial and Professional
25Regulation shall prepare these brochures and provide them to
26the Secretary of State for distribution. The brochures shall

 

 

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1(i) identify signs warning the reader that he or she might be
2an intended victim of the crime of financial identity theft,
3(ii) instruct the reader in how to proceed if the reader
4believes that he or she is the victim of the crime of identity
5theft, and (iii) provide the reader with names and telephone
6numbers of law enforcement and other governmental agencies that
7provide assistance to victims of financial identity theft.
8    (g) The changes made by this amendatory Act of the 100th
9General Assembly shall be implemented no later than July 1,
102018.
11(Source: P.A. 100-464, eff. 8-28-17.)
 
12    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
13becoming law.