103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB3439

 

Introduced 2/8/2024, by Sen. Julie A. Morrison

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
See Index

    Amends the Law Enforcement Officer-Worn Body Camera Act. Provides that a law enforcement officer is "in uniform" only when primarily assigned to respond to law enforcement-related encounters or activities. Adds a definition for "no expectation of privacy". Provides that, on and after January 1, 2026, an officer no longer needs to provide notice of recording to a person that has a reasonable expectation of privacy. Provides that recordings made on officer-worn cameras must be retained by the law enforcement agency or by the camera vendor used by the agency on a recording medium for a minimum period of 90 days and no longer than 2 years unless flagged (rather than for a period of 90 days). In provisions relating to exceptions to destruction of camera recordings if a recording has been flagged, provides that an encounter is deemed to be flagged when a formal investigation or informal inquiry has commenced (rather than a formal or informal complaint has been filed). Modifies when recordings may be used to discipline law enforcement officers. Provides that recordings are only subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act when a recording is flagged due to the filing of a complaint, discharge of a firearm, use of force, arrest or detention, or resulting death or bodily harm and the subject of the encounter has a reasonable expectation of privacy at the time of the recording (removing other exceptions). Provides that only the subject of the recording or the subject's legal representative may obtain the portion of the recording containing the subject if they provide written authorization to release the video. Makes other changes. Amends the Law Enforcement Camera Grant Act. Provides that grant funds may be used for the entire costs of the officer-worn body camera program and contract, including hardware, video management, software and licenses, accessories, storage, maintenance costs warranty, training, charging docks and data transfer devices and systems, and mobile data costs. Removes a requirement to include criminal and other violations and civil proceedings in which the cameras were used in reports that must be provided by a law enforcement agency receiving a grant for in-car video cameras or for officer-worn body cameras. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012 and Freedom of Information Act making conforming changes. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning government.
 
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    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 103-472)
8    Sec. 7.5. Statutory exemptions. To the extent provided for
9by the statutes referenced below, the following shall be
10exempt from inspection and copying:
11        (a) All information determined to be confidential
12    under Section 4002 of the Technology Advancement and
13    Development Act.
14        (b) Library circulation and order records identifying
15    library users with specific materials under the Library
16    Records Confidentiality Act.
17        (c) Applications, related documents, and medical
18    records received by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
19    Procedures Board and any and all documents or other
20    records prepared by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
21    Procedures Board or its staff relating to applications it
22    has received.
23        (d) Information and records held by the Department of

 

 

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

 

 

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1        (k) Law enforcement officer identification information
2    or driver identification information compiled by a law
3    enforcement agency or the Department of Transportation
4    under Section 11-212 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
5        (l) Records and information provided to a residential
6    health care facility resident sexual assault and death
7    review team or the Executive Council under the Abuse
8    Prevention Review Team Act.
9        (m) Information provided to the predatory lending
10    database created pursuant to Article 3 of the Residential
11    Real Property Disclosure Act, except to the extent
12    authorized under that Article.
13        (n) Defense budgets and petitions for certification of
14    compensation and expenses for court appointed trial
15    counsel as provided under Sections 10 and 15 of the
16    Capital Crimes Litigation Act (repealed). This subsection
17    (n) shall apply until the conclusion of the trial of the
18    case, even if the prosecution chooses not to pursue the
19    death penalty prior to trial or sentencing.
20        (o) Information that is prohibited from being
21    disclosed under Section 4 of the Illinois Health and
22    Hazardous Substances Registry Act.
23        (p) Security portions of system safety program plans,
24    investigation reports, surveys, schedules, lists, data, or
25    information compiled, collected, or prepared by or for the
26    Department of Transportation under Sections 2705-300 and

 

 

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1    2705-616 of the Department of Transportation Law of the
2    Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the Regional
3    Transportation Authority under Section 2.11 of the
4    Regional Transportation Authority Act, or the St. Clair
5    County Transit District under the Bi-State Transit Safety
6    Act (repealed).
7        (q) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
8    Personnel Record Review Act.
9        (r) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
10    Illinois School Student Records Act.
11        (s) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
12    under Section 5-108 of the Public Utilities Act.
13        (t) (Blank).
14        (u) Records and information provided to an independent
15    team of experts under the Developmental Disability and
16    Mental Health Safety Act (also known as Brian's Law).
17        (v) Names and information of people who have applied
18    for or received Firearm Owner's Identification Cards under
19    the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act or applied for
20    or received a concealed carry license under the Firearm
21    Concealed Carry Act, unless otherwise authorized by the
22    Firearm Concealed Carry Act; and databases under the
23    Firearm Concealed Carry Act, records of the Concealed
24    Carry Licensing Review Board under the Firearm Concealed
25    Carry Act, and law enforcement agency objections under the
26    Firearm Concealed Carry Act.

 

 

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1        (v-5) Records of the Firearm Owner's Identification
2    Card Review Board that are exempted from disclosure under
3    Section 10 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act.
4        (w) Personally identifiable information which is
5    exempted from disclosure under subsection (g) of Section
6    19.1 of the Toll Highway Act.
7        (x) Information which is exempted from disclosure
8    under Section 5-1014.3 of the Counties Code or Section
9    8-11-21 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
10        (y) Confidential information under the Adult
11    Protective Services Act and its predecessor enabling
12    statute, the Elder Abuse and Neglect Act, including
13    information about the identity and administrative finding
14    against any caregiver of a verified and substantiated
15    decision of abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation of
16    an eligible adult maintained in the Registry established
17    under Section 7.5 of the Adult Protective Services Act.
18        (z) Records and information provided to a fatality
19    review team or the Illinois Fatality Review Team Advisory
20    Council under Section 15 of the Adult Protective Services
21    Act.
22        (aa) Information which is exempted from disclosure
23    under Section 2.37 of the Wildlife Code.
24        (bb) Information which is or was prohibited from
25    disclosure by the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
26        (cc) Recordings or portions of recordings made under

 

 

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1    the Law Enforcement Officer-Worn Body Camera Act, except
2    to the extent authorized under that Act.
3        (dd) Information that is prohibited from being
4    disclosed under Section 45 of the Condominium and Common
5    Interest Community Ombudsperson Act.
6        (ee) Information that is exempted from disclosure
7    under Section 30.1 of the Pharmacy Practice Act.
8        (ff) Information that is exempted from disclosure
9    under the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.
10        (gg) Information that is prohibited from being
11    disclosed under Section 7-603.5 of the Illinois Vehicle
12    Code.
13        (hh) Records that are exempt from disclosure under
14    Section 1A-16.7 of the Election Code.
15        (ii) Information which is exempted from disclosure
16    under Section 2505-800 of the Department of Revenue Law of
17    the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
18        (jj) Information and reports that are required to be
19    submitted to the Department of Labor by registering day
20    and temporary labor service agencies but are exempt from
21    disclosure under subsection (a-1) of Section 45 of the Day
22    and Temporary Labor Services Act.
23        (kk) Information prohibited from disclosure under the
24    Seizure and Forfeiture Reporting Act.
25        (ll) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
26    and exempted under Section 5-30.8 of the Illinois Public

 

 

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1    Aid Code.
2        (mm) Records that are exempt from disclosure under
3    Section 4.2 of the Crime Victims Compensation Act.
4        (nn) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
5    Section 70 of the Higher Education Student Assistance Act.
6        (oo) Communications, notes, records, and reports
7    arising out of a peer support counseling session
8    prohibited from disclosure under the First Responders
9    Suicide Prevention Act.
10        (pp) Names and all identifying information relating to
11    an employee of an emergency services provider or law
12    enforcement agency under the First Responders Suicide
13    Prevention Act.
14        (qq) Information and records held by the Department of
15    Public Health and its authorized representatives collected
16    under the Reproductive Health Act.
17        (rr) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
18    the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act.
19        (ss) Data reported by an employer to the Department of
20    Human Rights pursuant to Section 2-108 of the Illinois
21    Human Rights Act.
22        (tt) Recordings made under the Children's Advocacy
23    Center Act, except to the extent authorized under that
24    Act.
25        (uu) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
26    Section 50 of the Sexual Assault Evidence Submission Act.

 

 

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1        (vv) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
2    subsections (f) and (j) of Section 5-36 of the Illinois
3    Public Aid Code.
4        (ww) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
5    Section 16.8 of the State Treasurer Act.
6        (xx) Information that is exempt from disclosure or
7    information that shall not be made public under the
8    Illinois Insurance Code.
9        (yy) Information prohibited from being disclosed under
10    the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act.
11        (zz) Information prohibited from being disclosed under
12    the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act.
13        (aaa) Information prohibited from being disclosed
14    under Section 1-167 of the Illinois Pension Code.
15        (bbb) Information that is prohibited from disclosure
16    by the Illinois Police Training Act and the Illinois State
17    Police Act.
18        (ccc) Records exempt from disclosure under Section
19    2605-304 of the Illinois State Police Law of the Civil
20    Administrative Code of Illinois.
21        (ddd) Information prohibited from being disclosed
22    under Section 35 of the Address Confidentiality for
23    Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Human
24    Trafficking, or Stalking Act.
25        (eee) Information prohibited from being disclosed
26    under subsection (b) of Section 75 of the Domestic

 

 

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1    Violence Fatality Review Act.
2        (fff) Images from cameras under the Expressway Camera
3    Act. This subsection (fff) is inoperative on and after
4    July 1, 2025.
5        (ggg) Information prohibited from disclosure under
6    paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of Section 14 of the Nurse
7    Agency Licensing Act.
8        (hhh) Information submitted to the Illinois State
9    Police in an affidavit or application for an assault
10    weapon endorsement, assault weapon attachment endorsement,
11    .50 caliber rifle endorsement, or .50 caliber cartridge
12    endorsement under the Firearm Owners Identification Card
13    Act.
14        (iii) Data exempt from disclosure under Section 50 of
15    the School Safety Drill Act.
16        (jjj) (hhh) Information exempt from disclosure under
17    Section 30 of the Insurance Data Security Law.
18        (kkk) (iii) Confidential business information
19    prohibited from disclosure under Section 45 of the Paint
20    Stewardship Act.
21        (lll) (Reserved).
22        (mmm) (iii) Information prohibited from being
23    disclosed under subsection (e) of Section 1-129 of the
24    Illinois Power Agency Act.
25(Source: P.A. 102-36, eff. 6-25-21; 102-237, eff. 1-1-22;
26102-292, eff. 1-1-22; 102-520, eff. 8-20-21; 102-559, eff.

 

 

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18-20-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 102-946, eff. 7-1-22;
2102-1042, eff. 6-3-22; 102-1116, eff. 1-10-23; 103-8, eff.
36-7-23; 103-34, eff. 6-9-23; 103-142, eff. 1-1-24; 103-372,
4eff. 1-1-24; 103-508, eff. 8-4-23; 103-580, eff. 12-8-23;
5revised 1-2-24.)
 
6    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 103-472)
7    Sec. 7.5. Statutory exemptions. To the extent provided for
8by the statutes referenced below, the following shall be
9exempt from 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
19    records 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
24    to known or suspected cases of sexually transmissible
25    disease or any information the disclosure of which is

 

 

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

 

 

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1    under Section 11-212 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
2        (l) Records and information provided to a residential
3    health care facility resident sexual assault and death
4    review team or the Executive Council under the Abuse
5    Prevention Review Team Act.
6        (m) Information provided to the predatory lending
7    database created pursuant to Article 3 of the Residential
8    Real Property Disclosure Act, except to the extent
9    authorized under that Article.
10        (n) Defense budgets and petitions for certification of
11    compensation and expenses for court appointed trial
12    counsel as provided under Sections 10 and 15 of the
13    Capital Crimes Litigation Act (repealed). This subsection
14    (n) shall apply until the conclusion of the trial of the
15    case, even if the prosecution chooses not to pursue the
16    death penalty prior to trial or sentencing.
17        (o) Information that is prohibited from being
18    disclosed under Section 4 of the Illinois Health and
19    Hazardous Substances Registry Act.
20        (p) Security portions of system safety program plans,
21    investigation reports, surveys, schedules, lists, data, or
22    information compiled, collected, or prepared by or for the
23    Department of Transportation under Sections 2705-300 and
24    2705-616 of the Department of Transportation Law of the
25    Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the Regional
26    Transportation Authority under Section 2.11 of the

 

 

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1    Regional Transportation Authority Act, or the St. Clair
2    County Transit District under the Bi-State Transit Safety
3    Act (repealed).
4        (q) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
5    Personnel Record Review Act.
6        (r) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
7    Illinois School Student Records Act.
8        (s) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
9    under Section 5-108 of the Public Utilities Act.
10        (t) (Blank).
11        (u) Records and information provided to an independent
12    team of experts under the Developmental Disability and
13    Mental Health Safety Act (also known as Brian's Law).
14        (v) Names and information of people who have applied
15    for or received Firearm Owner's Identification Cards under
16    the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act or applied for
17    or received a concealed carry license under the Firearm
18    Concealed Carry Act, unless otherwise authorized by the
19    Firearm Concealed Carry Act; and databases under the
20    Firearm Concealed Carry Act, records of the Concealed
21    Carry Licensing Review Board under the Firearm Concealed
22    Carry Act, and law enforcement agency objections under the
23    Firearm Concealed Carry Act.
24        (v-5) Records of the Firearm Owner's Identification
25    Card Review Board that are exempted from disclosure under
26    Section 10 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act.

 

 

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1        (w) Personally identifiable information which is
2    exempted from disclosure under subsection (g) of Section
3    19.1 of the Toll Highway Act.
4        (x) Information which is exempted from disclosure
5    under Section 5-1014.3 of the Counties Code or Section
6    8-11-21 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
7        (y) Confidential information under the Adult
8    Protective Services Act and its predecessor enabling
9    statute, the Elder Abuse and Neglect Act, including
10    information about the identity and administrative finding
11    against any caregiver of a verified and substantiated
12    decision of abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation of
13    an eligible adult maintained in the Registry established
14    under Section 7.5 of the Adult Protective Services Act.
15        (z) Records and information provided to a fatality
16    review team or the Illinois Fatality Review Team Advisory
17    Council under Section 15 of the Adult Protective Services
18    Act.
19        (aa) Information which is exempted from disclosure
20    under Section 2.37 of the Wildlife Code.
21        (bb) Information which is or was prohibited from
22    disclosure by the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
23        (cc) Recordings or portions of recordings made under
24    the Law Enforcement Officer-Worn Body Camera Act, except
25    to the extent authorized under that Act.
26        (dd) Information that is prohibited from being

 

 

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1    disclosed under Section 45 of the Condominium and Common
2    Interest Community Ombudsperson Act.
3        (ee) Information that is exempted from disclosure
4    under Section 30.1 of the Pharmacy Practice Act.
5        (ff) Information that is exempted from disclosure
6    under the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.
7        (gg) Information that is prohibited from being
8    disclosed under Section 7-603.5 of the Illinois Vehicle
9    Code.
10        (hh) Records that are exempt from disclosure under
11    Section 1A-16.7 of the Election Code.
12        (ii) Information which is exempted from disclosure
13    under Section 2505-800 of the Department of Revenue Law of
14    the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
15        (jj) Information and reports that are required to be
16    submitted to the Department of Labor by registering day
17    and temporary labor service agencies but are exempt from
18    disclosure under subsection (a-1) of Section 45 of the Day
19    and Temporary Labor Services Act.
20        (kk) Information prohibited from disclosure under the
21    Seizure and Forfeiture Reporting Act.
22        (ll) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
23    and exempted under Section 5-30.8 of the Illinois Public
24    Aid Code.
25        (mm) Records that are exempt from disclosure under
26    Section 4.2 of the Crime Victims Compensation Act.

 

 

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1        (nn) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
2    Section 70 of the Higher Education Student Assistance Act.
3        (oo) Communications, notes, records, and reports
4    arising out of a peer support counseling session
5    prohibited from disclosure under the First Responders
6    Suicide Prevention Act.
7        (pp) Names and all identifying information relating to
8    an employee of an emergency services provider or law
9    enforcement agency under the First Responders Suicide
10    Prevention Act.
11        (qq) Information and records held by the Department of
12    Public Health and its authorized representatives collected
13    under the Reproductive Health Act.
14        (rr) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
15    the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act.
16        (ss) Data reported by an employer to the Department of
17    Human Rights pursuant to Section 2-108 of the Illinois
18    Human Rights Act.
19        (tt) Recordings made under the Children's Advocacy
20    Center Act, except to the extent authorized under that
21    Act.
22        (uu) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
23    Section 50 of the Sexual Assault Evidence Submission Act.
24        (vv) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
25    subsections (f) and (j) of Section 5-36 of the Illinois
26    Public Aid Code.

 

 

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1        (ww) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
2    Section 16.8 of the State Treasurer Act.
3        (xx) Information that is exempt from disclosure or
4    information that shall not be made public under the
5    Illinois Insurance Code.
6        (yy) Information prohibited from being disclosed under
7    the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act.
8        (zz) Information prohibited from being disclosed under
9    the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act.
10        (aaa) Information prohibited from being disclosed
11    under Section 1-167 of the Illinois Pension Code.
12        (bbb) Information that is prohibited from disclosure
13    by the Illinois Police Training Act and the Illinois State
14    Police Act.
15        (ccc) Records exempt from disclosure under Section
16    2605-304 of the Illinois State Police Law of the Civil
17    Administrative Code of Illinois.
18        (ddd) Information prohibited from being disclosed
19    under Section 35 of the Address Confidentiality for
20    Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Human
21    Trafficking, or Stalking Act.
22        (eee) Information prohibited from being disclosed
23    under subsection (b) of Section 75 of the Domestic
24    Violence Fatality Review Act.
25        (fff) Images from cameras under the Expressway Camera
26    Act. This subsection (fff) is inoperative on and after

 

 

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1    July 1, 2025.
2        (ggg) Information prohibited from disclosure under
3    paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of Section 14 of the Nurse
4    Agency Licensing Act.
5        (hhh) Information submitted to the Illinois State
6    Police in an affidavit or application for an assault
7    weapon endorsement, assault weapon attachment endorsement,
8    .50 caliber rifle endorsement, or .50 caliber cartridge
9    endorsement under the Firearm Owners Identification Card
10    Act.
11        (iii) Data exempt from disclosure under Section 50 of
12    the School Safety Drill Act.
13        (jjj) (hhh) Information exempt from disclosure under
14    Section 30 of the Insurance Data Security Law.
15        (kkk) (iii) Confidential business information
16    prohibited from disclosure under Section 45 of the Paint
17    Stewardship Act.
18        (lll) (iii) Data exempt from disclosure under Section
19    2-3.196 of the School Code.
20        (mmm) (iii) Information prohibited from being
21    disclosed under subsection (e) of Section 1-129 of the
22    Illinois Power Agency Act.
23(Source: P.A. 102-36, eff. 6-25-21; 102-237, eff. 1-1-22;
24102-292, eff. 1-1-22; 102-520, eff. 8-20-21; 102-559, eff.
258-20-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 102-946, eff. 7-1-22;
26102-1042, eff. 6-3-22; 102-1116, eff. 1-10-23; 103-8, eff.

 

 

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16-7-23; 103-34, eff. 6-9-23; 103-142, eff. 1-1-24; 103-372,
2eff. 1-1-24; 103-472, eff. 8-1-24; 103-508, eff. 8-4-23;
3103-580, eff. 12-8-23; revised 1-2-24.)
 
4    Section 10. The Law Enforcement Officer-Worn Body Camera
5Act is amended by changing Sections 10-10 and 10-20 as
6follows:
 
7    (50 ILCS 706/10-10)
8    Sec. 10-10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
9    "Badge" means an officer's department issued
10identification number associated with his or her position as a
11police officer with that department.
12    "Board" means the Illinois Law Enforcement Training
13Standards Board created by the Illinois Police Training Act.
14    "Business offense" means a petty offense for which the
15fine is in excess of $1,000.
16    "Community caretaking function" means a task undertaken by
17a law enforcement officer in which the officer is performing
18an articulable act unrelated to the investigation of a crime.
19"Community caretaking function" includes, but is not limited
20to, participating in town halls or other community outreach,
21helping a child find his or her parents, providing death
22notifications, and performing in-home or hospital well-being
23checks on the sick, elderly, or persons presumed missing.
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1enforcement-related encounters or activities.
2    "Fund" means the Law Enforcement Camera Grant Fund.
3    "In uniform" means a law enforcement officer who is
4wearing any officially authorized uniform designated by a law
5enforcement agency, or a law enforcement officer who is
6visibly wearing articles of clothing, a badge, tactical gear,
7gun belt, a patch, or other insignia that he or she is a law
8enforcement officer acting in the course of his or her duties.
9A law enforcement officer is "in uniform" only when primarily
10assigned to respond to law enforcement-related encounters or
11activities and is not "in uniform" when primarily assigned to
12other law enforcement duties that are not law
13enforcement-related encounters or activities.
14    "Law enforcement officer" or "officer" means any person
15employed by a State, county, municipality, special district,
16college, unit of government, or any other entity authorized by
17law to employ peace officers or exercise police authority and
18who is primarily responsible for the prevention or detection
19of crime and the enforcement of the laws of this State.
20    "Law enforcement agency" means all State agencies with law
21enforcement officers, county sheriff's offices, municipal,
22special district, college, or unit of local government police
23departments.
24    "Law enforcement-related encounters or activities"
25include, but are not limited to, traffic stops, pedestrian
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1pursuits, crowd control, traffic control, non-community
2caretaking interactions with an individual while on patrol, or
3any other instance in which the officer is enforcing the laws
4of the municipality, county, or State. "Law
5enforcement-related encounter or activities" does not include
6when the officer is completing paperwork alone, is
7participating in training in a classroom setting, or is only
8in the presence of another law enforcement officer.
9    "Minor traffic offense" means a petty offense, business
10offense, or Class C misdemeanor under the Illinois Vehicle
11Code or a similar provision of a municipal or local ordinance.
12    "No expectation of privacy" means when a person is in a
13publicly accessible area or when a person is engaging with law
14enforcement officers during the scope of an officer's official
15duties, even when the engagement is in a nonpublic area,
16including in a private residence when officers are lawfully
17present in the residence during the course of official duties.
18    "Officer-worn body camera" means an electronic camera
19system for creating, generating, sending, receiving, storing,
20displaying, and processing audiovisual recordings that may be
21worn about the person of a law enforcement officer.
22    "Peace officer" has the meaning provided in Section 2-13
23of the Criminal Code of 2012.
24    "Petty offense" means any offense for which a sentence of
25imprisonment is not an authorized disposition.
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1information stored on a recording medium as required under
2this Act.
3    "Recording medium" means any recording medium authorized
4by the Board for the retention and playback of recorded audio
5and video including, but not limited to, VHS, DVD, hard drive,
6cloud storage, solid state, digital, flash memory technology,
7or any other electronic medium.
8(Source: P.A. 102-1104, eff. 12-6-22.)
 
9    (50 ILCS 706/10-20)
10    Sec. 10-20. Requirements.
11    (a) The Board shall develop basic guidelines for the use
12of officer-worn body cameras by law enforcement agencies. The
13guidelines developed by the Board shall be the basis for the
14written policy which must be adopted by each law enforcement
15agency which employs the use of officer-worn body cameras. The
16written policy adopted by the law enforcement agency must
17include, at a minimum, all of the following:
18        (1) Cameras must be equipped with pre-event recording,
19    capable of recording at least the 30 seconds prior to
20    camera activation, unless the officer-worn body camera was
21    purchased and acquired by the law enforcement agency prior
22    to July 1, 2015.
23        (2) Cameras must be capable of recording for a period
24    of 10 hours or more, unless the officer-worn body camera
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1    prior to July 1, 2015.
2        (3) Cameras must be turned on at all times when the
3    officer is in uniform and is responding to calls for
4    service or engaged in any law enforcement-related
5    encounter or activity that occurs while the officer is on
6    duty.
7            (A) If exigent circumstances exist which prevent
8        the camera from being turned on, the camera must be
9        turned on as soon as practicable.
10            (B) Officer-worn body cameras may be turned off
11        when the officer is inside of a patrol car which is
12        equipped with a functioning in-car camera; however,
13        the officer must turn on the camera upon exiting the
14        patrol vehicle for law enforcement-related encounters.
15            (C) Officer-worn body cameras may be turned off
16        when the officer is inside a correctional facility or
17        courthouse which is equipped with a functioning camera
18        system.
19        (4) Cameras must be turned off when:
20            (A) the victim of a crime requests that the camera
21        be turned off, and unless impractical or impossible,
22        that request is made on the recording;
23            (B) a witness of a crime or a community member who
24        wishes to report a crime requests that the camera be
25        turned off, and unless impractical or impossible that
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1            (C) the officer is interacting with a confidential
2        informant used by the law enforcement agency; or
3            (D) an officer of the Department of Revenue enters
4        a Department of Revenue facility or conducts an
5        interview during which return information will be
6        discussed or visible.
7        However, an officer may continue to record or resume
8    recording a victim or a witness, if exigent circumstances
9    exist, or if the officer has reasonable articulable
10    suspicion that a victim or witness, or confidential
11    informant has committed or is in the process of committing
12    a crime. Under these circumstances, and unless impractical
13    or impossible, the officer must indicate on the recording
14    the reason for continuing to record despite the request of
15    the victim or witness.
16        (4.5) Cameras may be turned off when the officer is
17    engaged in community caretaking functions. However, the
18    camera must be turned on when the officer has reason to
19    believe that the person on whose behalf the officer is
20    performing a community caretaking function has committed
21    or is in the process of committing a crime. If exigent
22    circumstances exist which prevent the camera from being
23    turned on, the camera must be turned on as soon as
24    practicable.
25        (5) Before January 1, 2026, an The officer must
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1    has a reasonable expectation of privacy. Proof and proof
2    of notice must be evident in the recording. If exigent
3    circumstances exist which prevent the officer from
4    providing notice, notice must be provided as soon as
5    practicable.
6        (6) (A) For the purposes of redaction or duplicating
7    recordings, access to camera recordings shall be
8    restricted to only those personnel responsible for those
9    purposes. The recording officer or his or her supervisor
10    may not redact, duplicate, or otherwise alter the
11    recording officer's camera recordings. Except as otherwise
12    provided in this Section, the recording officer and his or
13    her supervisor may access and review recordings prior to
14    completing incident reports or other documentation,
15    provided that the supervisor discloses that fact in the
16    report or documentation.
17            (i) A law enforcement officer shall not have
18        access to or review his or her body-worn camera
19        recordings or the body-worn camera recordings of
20        another officer prior to completing incident reports
21        or other documentation when the officer:
22                (a) has been involved in or is a witness to an
23            officer-involved shooting, use of deadly force
24            incident, or use of force incidents resulting in
25            great bodily harm;
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1            to or during the investigation of a misconduct
2            complaint against the officer.
3            (ii) If the officer subject to subparagraph (i)
4        prepares a report, any report shall be prepared
5        without viewing body-worn camera recordings, and
6        subject to supervisor's approval, officers may file
7        amendatory reports after viewing body-worn camera
8        recordings. Supplemental reports under this provision
9        shall also contain documentation regarding access to
10        the video footage.
11            (B) The recording officer's assigned field
12        training officer may access and review recordings for
13        training purposes. Any detective or investigator
14        directly involved in the investigation of a matter may
15        access and review recordings which pertain to that
16        investigation but may not have access to delete or
17        alter such recordings.
18        (7) Recordings made on officer-worn cameras must be
19    retained by the law enforcement agency or by the camera
20    vendor used by the agency, on a recording medium for a
21    minimum period of 90 days and no longer than 2 years unless
22    flagged.
23            (A) Under no circumstances shall any recording,
24        except for a non-law enforcement related activity or
25        encounter, made with an officer-worn body camera be
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1        of the 90-day storage period. In the event any
2        recording made with an officer-worn body camera is
3        altered, erased, or destroyed prior to the expiration
4        of the 90-day storage period, the law enforcement
5        agency shall maintain, for a period of one year, a
6        written record including (i) the name of the
7        individual who made such alteration, erasure, or
8        destruction, and (ii) the reason for any such
9        alteration, erasure, or destruction.
10            (B) Following the 90-day storage period, any and
11        all recordings made with an officer-worn body camera
12        must be destroyed, unless any encounter captured on
13        the recording has been flagged. An encounter is deemed
14        to be flagged when:
15                (i) a formal investigation or informal
16            inquiry, as those terms are defined in Section 2
17            of the Uniform Peace Officers' Disciplinary Act,
18            has commenced complaint has been filed;
19                (ii) the officer discharged his or her firearm
20            or used force during the encounter;
21                (iii) death or great bodily harm occurred to
22            any person in the recording;
23                (iv) the encounter resulted in a detention or
24            an arrest, excluding traffic stops which resulted
25            in only a minor traffic offense or business
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1                (v) the officer is the subject of an internal
2            investigation or otherwise being investigated for
3            possible misconduct;
4                (vi) the supervisor of the officer,
5            prosecutor, defendant, or court determines that
6            the encounter has evidentiary value in a criminal
7            prosecution; or
8                (vii) the recording officer requests that the
9            video be flagged for official purposes related to
10            his or her official duties or believes it may have
11            evidentiary value in a criminal prosecution.
12            (C) Under no circumstances shall any recording
13        made with an officer-worn body camera relating to a
14        flagged encounter be altered or destroyed prior to 2
15        years after the recording was flagged. If the flagged
16        recording was used in a criminal, civil, or
17        administrative proceeding, the recording shall not be
18        destroyed except upon a final disposition and order
19        from the court or potential civil litigation.
20            (D) Nothing in this Act prohibits law enforcement
21        agencies from labeling officer-worn body camera video
22        within the recording medium; provided that the
23        labeling does not alter the actual recording of the
24        incident captured on the officer-worn body camera. The
25        labels, titles, and tags shall not be construed as
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1        way.
2        (8) Following the 90-day minimum storage period,
3    recordings may be retained if a supervisor at the law
4    enforcement agency designates the recording for training
5    purposes. If the recording is designated for training
6    purposes, the recordings may be viewed by officers, in the
7    presence of a supervisor or training instructor, for the
8    purposes of instruction, training, or ensuring compliance
9    with agency policies.
10        (9) Recordings shall not be used to discipline law
11    enforcement officers unless:
12            (A) a formal investigation or informal inquiry, as
13        those terms are defined in Section 2 of the Uniform
14        Peace Officers' Disciplinary Act, has commenced a
15        formal or informal complaint of misconduct has been
16        made;
17            (B) a use of force incident has occurred;
18            (C) the encounter on the recording could result in
19        a formal investigation under the Uniform Peace
20        Officers' Disciplinary Act; or
21            (D) as corroboration of other evidence of
22        misconduct.
23        Nothing in this paragraph (9) shall be construed to
24    limit or prohibit a law enforcement officer from being
25    subject to an action that does not amount to discipline.
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1    care and maintenance of officer-worn body cameras. Upon
2    becoming aware, officers must as soon as practical
3    document and notify the appropriate supervisor of any
4    technical difficulties, failures, or problems with the
5    officer-worn body camera or associated equipment. Upon
6    receiving notice, the appropriate supervisor shall make
7    every reasonable effort to correct and repair any of the
8    officer-worn body camera equipment.
9        (11) No officer may hinder or prohibit any person, not
10    a law enforcement officer, from recording a law
11    enforcement officer in the performance of his or her
12    duties in a public place or when the officer has no
13    reasonable expectation of privacy. The law enforcement
14    agency's written policy shall indicate the potential
15    criminal penalties, as well as any departmental
16    discipline, which may result from unlawful confiscation or
17    destruction of the recording medium of a person who is not
18    a law enforcement officer. However, an officer may take
19    reasonable action to maintain safety and control, secure
20    crime scenes and accident sites, protect the integrity and
21    confidentiality of investigations, and protect the public
22    safety and order.
23    (b) Recordings made with the use of an officer-worn body
24camera are not subject to disclosure under the Freedom of
25Information Act, except when a recording is flagged due to the
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1arrest or detention, or resulting death or bodily harm and the
2subject of the encounter has a reasonable expectation of
3privacy at the time of the recording. A recording subject to
4disclosure under this subsection may be only released to the
5subject of the encounter captured on the recording or the
6subject's legal representative if the law enforcement agency
7obtains written permission of the subject or the subject's
8legal representative. Any disclosure under this subsection
9shall be limited to the portion of the recording containing
10the subject of the encounter captured by the primary officer's
11body-worn camera. that:
12        (1) if the subject of the encounter has a reasonable
13    expectation of privacy, at the time of the recording, any
14    recording which is flagged, due to the filing of a
15    complaint, discharge of a firearm, use of force, arrest or
16    detention, or resulting death or bodily harm, shall be
17    disclosed in accordance with the Freedom of Information
18    Act if:
19            (A) the subject of the encounter captured on the
20        recording is a victim or witness; and
21            (B) the law enforcement agency obtains written
22        permission of the subject or the subject's legal
23        representative;
24        (2) except as provided in paragraph (1) of this
25    subsection (b), any recording which is flagged due to the
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1    force, arrest or detention, or resulting death or bodily
2    harm shall be disclosed in accordance with the Freedom of
3    Information Act; and
4        (3) upon request, the law enforcement agency shall
5    disclose, in accordance with the Freedom of Information
6    Act, the recording to the subject of the encounter
7    captured on the recording or to the subject's attorney, or
8    the officer or his or her legal representative.
9    For the purposes of paragraph (1) of this subsection (b),
10a person has no the subject of the encounter does not have a
11reasonable expectation of privacy if the person the subject
12was arrested as a result of the encounter or if the encounter
13was captured in a publicly accessible area. For purposes of
14subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) of this subsection (b),
15"witness" does not include a person who is a victim or who was
16arrested as a result of the encounter.
17    Only recordings or portions of recordings responsive to
18the request shall be available for inspection or reproduction.
19Any recording disclosed under the Freedom of Information Act
20shall be redacted to remove identification of any person that
21appears on the recording and is not the officer, a subject of
22the encounter, or directly involved in the encounter if they
23are readily identifiable and have an expectation of privacy.
24Nothing in this subsection (b) shall require the disclosure of
25any recording or portion of any recording which would be
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1    (c) Nothing in this Section shall limit access to an
2officer-worn body a camera recording for the purposes of
3complying with Supreme Court rules or the rules of evidence.
4(Source: P.A. 101-652, eff. 7-1-21; 102-28, eff. 6-25-21;
5102-687, eff. 12-17-21; 102-694, eff. 1-7-22; 102-1104, eff.
612-6-22.)
 
7    Section 15. The Law Enforcement Camera Grant Act is
8amended by changing Sections 10, 15, and 20 as follows:
 
9    (50 ILCS 707/10)
10    Sec. 10. Law Enforcement Camera Grant Fund; creation,
11rules.
12    (a) The Law Enforcement Camera Grant Fund is created as a
13special fund in the State treasury. From appropriations to the
14Board from the Fund, the Board must make grants to units of
15local government in Illinois and Illinois public universities
16for the purpose of (1) purchasing in-car video cameras for use
17in law enforcement vehicles, (2) purchasing officer-worn body
18cameras and associated technology for law enforcement
19officers, and (3) training for law enforcement officers in the
20operation of the cameras. Grants under this Section may be
21used to offset data storage costs for officer-worn body
22cameras. The grant funds may be used for the entire costs of
23the officer-worn body camera program and contract, including
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1accessories, storage, maintenance costs warranty, training,
2charging docks and data transfer devices and systems, and
3mobile data costs.
4    Moneys received for the purposes of this Section,
5including, without limitation, fee receipts and gifts, grants,
6and awards from any public or private entity, must be
7deposited into the Fund. Any interest earned on moneys in the
8Fund must be deposited into the Fund.
9    (b) The Board may set requirements for the distribution of
10grant moneys and determine which law enforcement agencies are
11eligible.
12    (b-5) The Board shall consider compliance with the Uniform
13Crime Reporting Act as a factor in awarding grant moneys.
14    (c) (Blank).
15    (d) (Blank).
16    (e) (Blank).
17    (f) (Blank).
18    (g) (Blank).
19    (h) (Blank).
20(Source: P.A. 102-16, eff. 6-17-21; 102-1104, eff. 12-6-22.)
 
21    (50 ILCS 707/15)
22    Sec. 15. Rules; in-car video camera grants.
23    (a) The Board shall develop model rules for the use of
24in-car video cameras to be adopted by law enforcement agencies
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1shall include all of the following requirements:
2        (1) Cameras must be installed in the law enforcement
3    agency vehicles.
4        (2) Video recording must provide audio of the officer
5    when the officer is outside of the vehicle.
6        (3) Camera access must be restricted to the
7    supervisors of the officer in the vehicle.
8        (4) Cameras must be turned on continuously throughout
9    the officer's shift.
10        (5) A copy of the video record must be made available
11    upon request to personnel of the law enforcement agency,
12    the local State's Attorney, and any persons depicted in
13    the video. Procedures for distribution of the video record
14    must include safeguards to protect the identities of
15    individuals who are not a party to the requested stop.
16        (6) Law enforcement agencies that receive moneys under
17    this grant shall provide for storage of the video records
18    for a period of not less than 2 years.
19    (b) Each law enforcement agency receiving a grant for
20in-car video cameras under Section 10 of this Act must provide
21an annual report to the Board, the Governor, and the General
22Assembly on or before May 1 of the year following the receipt
23of the grant and by each May 1 thereafter during the period of
24the grant. The report shall include the following:
25        (1) the number of cameras received by the law
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1        (2) the number of cameras actually installed in law
2    enforcement agency vehicles;
3        (3) a brief description of the review process used by
4    supervisors within the law enforcement agency;
5        (4) (blank); and a list of any criminal, traffic,
6    ordinance, and civil cases in which in-car video
7    recordings were used, including party names, case numbers,
8    offenses charged, and disposition of the matter.
9    Proceedings to which this paragraph (4) applies include,
10    but are not limited to, court proceedings, coroner's
11    inquests, grand jury proceedings, and plea bargains; and
12        (5) any other information relevant to the
13    administration of the program.
14(Source: P.A. 99-352, eff. 1-1-16.)
 
15    (50 ILCS 707/20)
16    Sec. 20. Rules; officer body-worn camera grants.
17    (a) The Board shall develop model rules for the use of
18officer body-worn cameras to be adopted by law enforcement
19agencies that receive grants under Section 10 of this Act. The
20rules shall comply with the Law Enforcement Officer-Worn Body
21Camera Act.
22    (b) Each law enforcement agency receiving a grant for
23officer-worn body cameras under Section 10 of this Act must
24provide an annual report to the Board, the Governor, and the
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1receipt of the grant and by each May 1 thereafter during the
2period of the grant. The report shall include:
3        (1) a brief overview of the makeup of the agency,
4    including the number of officers utilizing officer-worn
5    body cameras;
6        (2) the number of officer-worn body cameras utilized
7    by the law enforcement agency;
8        (3) any technical issues with the equipment and how
9    those issues were remedied;
10        (4) a brief description of the review process used by
11    supervisors within the law enforcement agency;
12        (5) (blank); for each recording used in prosecutions
13    of conservation, criminal, or traffic offenses or
14    municipal ordinance violations:
15            (A) the time, date, and location of the incident;
16        and
17            (B) the offenses charged and the date charges were
18        filed;
19        (6) (blank); and for a recording used in a civil
20    proceeding or internal affairs investigation:
21            (A) the number of pending civil proceedings and
22        internal investigations;
23            (B) in resolved civil proceedings and pending
24        investigations:
25                (i) the nature of the complaint or
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1                (ii) the disposition, if known; and
2                (iii) the date, time and location of the
3            incident; and
4        (7) any other information relevant to the
5    administration of the program.
6    (c) On or before July 30 of each year, the Board must
7analyze the law enforcement agency reports and provide an
8annual report to the General Assembly and the Governor.
9(Source: P.A. 99-352, eff. 1-1-16.)
 
10    Section 20. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by
11changing Section 14-3 as follows:
 
12    (720 ILCS 5/14-3)
13    Sec. 14-3. Exemptions. The following activities shall be
14exempt from the provisions of this Article:
15        (a) Listening to radio, wireless electronic
16    communications, and television communications of any sort
17    where the same are publicly made;
18        (b) Hearing conversation when heard by employees of
19    any common carrier by wire incidental to the normal course
20    of their employment in the operation, maintenance or
21    repair of the equipment of such common carrier by wire so
22    long as no information obtained thereby is used or
23    divulged by the hearer;
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1    whether it be a broadcast or recorded for the purpose of
2    later broadcasts of any function where the public is in
3    attendance and the conversations are overheard incidental
4    to the main purpose for which such broadcasts are then
5    being made;
6        (d) Recording or listening with the aid of any device
7    to any emergency communication made in the normal course
8    of operations by any federal, state or local law
9    enforcement agency or institutions dealing in emergency
10    services, including, but not limited to, hospitals,
11    clinics, ambulance services, fire fighting agencies, any
12    public utility, emergency repair facility, civilian
13    defense establishment or military installation;
14        (e) Recording the proceedings of any meeting required
15    to be open by the Open Meetings Act, as amended;
16        (f) Recording or listening with the aid of any device
17    to incoming telephone calls of phone lines publicly listed
18    or advertised as consumer "hotlines" by manufacturers or
19    retailers of food and drug products. Such recordings must
20    be destroyed, erased or turned over to local law
21    enforcement authorities within 24 hours from the time of
22    such recording and shall not be otherwise disseminated.
23    Failure on the part of the individual or business
24    operating any such recording or listening device to comply
25    with the requirements of this subsection shall eliminate
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1    individual or business by the operation of this Section;
2        (g) With prior notification to the State's Attorney of
3    the county in which it is to occur, recording or listening
4    with the aid of any device to any conversation where a law
5    enforcement officer, or any person acting at the direction
6    of law enforcement, is a party to the conversation and has
7    consented to it being intercepted or recorded under
8    circumstances where the use of the device is necessary for
9    the protection of the law enforcement officer or any
10    person acting at the direction of law enforcement, in the
11    course of an investigation of a forcible felony, a felony
12    offense of involuntary servitude, involuntary sexual
13    servitude of a minor, or trafficking in persons under
14    Section 10-9 of this Code, an offense involving
15    prostitution, solicitation of a sexual act, or pandering,
16    a felony violation of the Illinois Controlled Substances
17    Act, a felony violation of the Cannabis Control Act, a
18    felony violation of the Methamphetamine Control and
19    Community Protection Act, any "streetgang related" or
20    "gang-related" felony as those terms are defined in the
21    Illinois Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act, or
22    any felony offense involving any weapon listed in
23    paragraphs (1) through (11) of subsection (a) of Section
24    24-1 of this Code. Any recording or evidence derived as
25    the result of this exemption shall be inadmissible in any
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1    where a party to the conversation suffers great bodily
2    injury or is killed during such conversation, or (ii) when
3    used as direct impeachment of a witness concerning matters
4    contained in the interception or recording. The Director
5    of the Illinois State Police shall issue regulations as
6    are necessary concerning the use of devices, retention of
7    tape recordings, and reports regarding their use;
8        (g-5) (Blank);
9        (g-6) With approval of the State's Attorney of the
10    county in which it is to occur, recording or listening
11    with the aid of any device to any conversation where a law
12    enforcement officer, or any person acting at the direction
13    of law enforcement, is a party to the conversation and has
14    consented to it being intercepted or recorded in the
15    course of an investigation of child pornography,
16    aggravated child pornography, indecent solicitation of a
17    child, luring of a minor, sexual exploitation of a child,
18    aggravated criminal sexual abuse in which the victim of
19    the offense was at the time of the commission of the
20    offense under 18 years of age, or criminal sexual abuse by
21    force or threat of force in which the victim of the offense
22    was at the time of the commission of the offense under 18
23    years of age. In all such cases, an application for an
24    order approving the previous or continuing use of an
25    eavesdropping device must be made within 48 hours of the
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1    or upon its denial, any continuing use shall immediately
2    terminate. The Director of the Illinois State Police shall
3    issue rules as are necessary concerning the use of
4    devices, retention of recordings, and reports regarding
5    their use. Any recording or evidence obtained or derived
6    in the course of an investigation of child pornography,
7    aggravated child pornography, indecent solicitation of a
8    child, luring of a minor, sexual exploitation of a child,
9    aggravated criminal sexual abuse in which the victim of
10    the offense was at the time of the commission of the
11    offense under 18 years of age, or criminal sexual abuse by
12    force or threat of force in which the victim of the offense
13    was at the time of the commission of the offense under 18
14    years of age shall, upon motion of the State's Attorney or
15    Attorney General prosecuting any case involving child
16    pornography, aggravated child pornography, indecent
17    solicitation of a child, luring of a minor, sexual
18    exploitation of a child, aggravated criminal sexual abuse
19    in which the victim of the offense was at the time of the
20    commission of the offense under 18 years of age, or
21    criminal sexual abuse by force or threat of force in which
22    the victim of the offense was at the time of the commission
23    of the offense under 18 years of age be reviewed in camera
24    with notice to all parties present by the court presiding
25    over the criminal case, and, if ruled by the court to be
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1    at the trial of the criminal case. Absent such a ruling,
2    any such recording or evidence shall not be admissible at
3    the trial of the criminal case;
4        (h) Recordings made simultaneously with the use of an
5    in-car video camera recording of an oral conversation
6    between a uniformed peace officer, who has identified his
7    or her office, and a person in the presence of the peace
8    officer whenever (i) an officer assigned a patrol vehicle
9    is conducting an enforcement stop; or (ii) patrol vehicle
10    emergency lights are activated or would otherwise be
11    activated if not for the need to conceal the presence of
12    law enforcement.
13        For the purposes of this subsection (h), "enforcement
14    stop" means an action by a law enforcement officer in
15    relation to enforcement and investigation duties,
16    including but not limited to, traffic stops, pedestrian
17    stops, abandoned vehicle contacts, motorist assists,
18    commercial motor vehicle stops, roadside safety checks,
19    requests for identification, or responses to requests for
20    emergency assistance;
21        (h-5) Recordings of utterances made by a person while
22    in the presence of a uniformed peace officer and while an
23    occupant of a police vehicle including, but not limited
24    to, (i) recordings made simultaneously with the use of an
25    in-car video camera and (ii) recordings made in the
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1    systems, or both, authorized by the law enforcement
2    agency;
3        (h-10) Recordings made simultaneously with a video
4    camera recording during the use of a taser or similar
5    weapon or device by a peace officer if the weapon or device
6    is equipped with such camera;
7        (h-15) Recordings made under subsection (h), (h-5), or
8    (h-10) shall be retained by the law enforcement agency
9    that employs the peace officer who made the recordings for
10    a storage period of 90 days, unless the recordings are
11    made as a part of an arrest or the recordings are deemed
12    evidence in any criminal, civil, or administrative
13    proceeding and then the recordings must only be destroyed
14    upon a final disposition and an order from the court.
15    Under no circumstances shall any recording be altered or
16    erased prior to the expiration of the designated storage
17    period. Upon completion of the storage period, the
18    recording medium may be erased and reissued for
19    operational use;
20        (i) Recording of a conversation made by or at the
21    request of a person, not a law enforcement officer or
22    agent of a law enforcement officer, who is a party to the
23    conversation, under reasonable suspicion that another
24    party to the conversation is committing, is about to
25    commit, or has committed a criminal offense against the
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1    there is reason to believe that evidence of the criminal
2    offense may be obtained by the recording;
3        (j) The use of a telephone monitoring device by either
4    (1) a corporation or other business entity engaged in
5    marketing or opinion research or (2) a corporation or
6    other business entity engaged in telephone solicitation,
7    as defined in this subsection, to record or listen to oral
8    telephone solicitation conversations or marketing or
9    opinion research conversations by an employee of the
10    corporation or other business entity when:
11            (i) the monitoring is used for the purpose of
12        service quality control of marketing or opinion
13        research or telephone solicitation, the education or
14        training of employees or contractors engaged in
15        marketing or opinion research or telephone
16        solicitation, or internal research related to
17        marketing or opinion research or telephone
18        solicitation; and
19            (ii) the monitoring is used with the consent of at
20        least one person who is an active party to the
21        marketing or opinion research conversation or
22        telephone solicitation conversation being monitored.
23        No communication or conversation or any part, portion,
24    or aspect of the communication or conversation made,
25    acquired, or obtained, directly or indirectly, under this
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1    to any law enforcement officer, agency, or official for
2    any purpose or used in any inquiry or investigation, or
3    used, directly or indirectly, in any administrative,
4    judicial, or other proceeding, or divulged to any third
5    party.
6        When recording or listening authorized by this
7    subsection (j) on telephone lines used for marketing or
8    opinion research or telephone solicitation purposes
9    results in recording or listening to a conversation that
10    does not relate to marketing or opinion research or
11    telephone solicitation; the person recording or listening
12    shall, immediately upon determining that the conversation
13    does not relate to marketing or opinion research or
14    telephone solicitation, terminate the recording or
15    listening and destroy any such recording as soon as is
16    practicable.
17        Business entities that use a telephone monitoring or
18    telephone recording system pursuant to this exemption (j)
19    shall provide current and prospective employees with
20    notice that the monitoring or recordings may occur during
21    the course of their employment. The notice shall include
22    prominent signage notification within the workplace.
23        Business entities that use a telephone monitoring or
24    telephone recording system pursuant to this exemption (j)
25    shall provide their employees or agents with access to
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1    that are not subject to telephone monitoring or telephone
2    recording.
3        For the purposes of this subsection (j), "telephone
4    solicitation" means a communication through the use of a
5    telephone by live operators:
6            (i) soliciting the sale of goods or services;
7            (ii) receiving orders for the sale of goods or
8        services;
9            (iii) assisting in the use of goods or services;
10        or
11            (iv) engaging in the solicitation, administration,
12        or collection of bank or retail credit accounts.
13        For the purposes of this subsection (j), "marketing or
14    opinion research" means a marketing or opinion research
15    interview conducted by a live telephone interviewer
16    engaged by a corporation or other business entity whose
17    principal business is the design, conduct, and analysis of
18    polls and surveys measuring the opinions, attitudes, and
19    responses of respondents toward products and services, or
20    social or political issues, or both;
21        (k) Electronic recordings, including but not limited
22    to, a motion picture, videotape, digital, or other visual
23    or audio recording, made of a custodial interrogation of
24    an individual at a police station or other place of
25    detention by a law enforcement officer under Section
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1    103-2.1 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963;
2        (l) Recording the interview or statement of any person
3    when the person knows that the interview is being
4    conducted by a law enforcement officer or prosecutor and
5    the interview takes place at a police station that is
6    currently participating in the Custodial Interview Pilot
7    Program established under the Illinois Criminal Justice
8    Information Act;
9        (m) An electronic recording, including but not limited
10    to, a motion picture, videotape, digital, or other visual
11    or audio recording, made of the interior of a school bus
12    while the school bus is being used in the transportation
13    of students to and from school and school-sponsored
14    activities, when the school board has adopted a policy
15    authorizing such recording, notice of such recording
16    policy is included in student handbooks and other
17    documents including the policies of the school, notice of
18    the policy regarding recording is provided to parents of
19    students, and notice of such recording is clearly posted
20    on the door of and inside the school bus.
21        Recordings made pursuant to this subsection (m) shall
22    be confidential records and may only be used by school
23    officials (or their designees) and law enforcement
24    personnel for investigations, school disciplinary actions
25    and hearings, proceedings under the Juvenile Court Act of
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1    occurring in or around the school bus;
2        (n) Recording or listening to an audio transmission
3    from a microphone placed by a person under the authority
4    of a law enforcement agency inside a bait car surveillance
5    vehicle while simultaneously capturing a photographic or
6    video image;
7        (o) The use of an eavesdropping camera or audio device
8    during an ongoing hostage or barricade situation by a law
9    enforcement officer or individual acting on behalf of a
10    law enforcement officer when the use of such device is
11    necessary to protect the safety of the general public,
12    hostages, or law enforcement officers or anyone acting on
13    their behalf;
14        (p) Recording or listening with the aid of any device
15    to incoming telephone calls of phone lines publicly listed
16    or advertised as the "CPS Violence Prevention Hotline",
17    but only where the notice of recording is given at the
18    beginning of each call as required by Section 34-21.8 of
19    the School Code. The recordings may be retained only by
20    the Chicago Police Department or other law enforcement
21    authorities, and shall not be otherwise retained or
22    disseminated;
23        (q)(1) With prior request to and written or verbal
24    approval of the State's Attorney of the county in which
25    the conversation is anticipated to occur, recording or
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1    conversation in which a law enforcement officer, or any
2    person acting at the direction of a law enforcement
3    officer, is a party to the conversation and has consented
4    to the conversation being intercepted or recorded in the
5    course of an investigation of a qualified offense. The
6    State's Attorney may grant this approval only after
7    determining that reasonable cause exists to believe that
8    inculpatory conversations concerning a qualified offense
9    will occur with a specified individual or individuals
10    within a designated period of time.
11        (2) Request for approval. To invoke the exception
12    contained in this subsection (q), a law enforcement
13    officer shall make a request for approval to the
14    appropriate State's Attorney. The request may be written
15    or verbal; however, a written memorialization of the
16    request must be made by the State's Attorney. This request
17    for approval shall include whatever information is deemed
18    necessary by the State's Attorney but shall include, at a
19    minimum, the following information about each specified
20    individual whom the law enforcement officer believes will
21    commit a qualified offense:
22            (A) his or her full or partial name, nickname or
23        alias;
24            (B) a physical description; or
25            (C) failing either (A) or (B) of this paragraph
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1        enforcement officer at the time of the request that
2        gives rise to reasonable cause to believe that the
3        specified individual will participate in an
4        inculpatory conversation concerning a qualified
5        offense.
6        (3) Limitations on approval. Each written approval by
7    the State's Attorney under this subsection (q) shall be
8    limited to:
9            (A) a recording or interception conducted by a
10        specified law enforcement officer or person acting at
11        the direction of a law enforcement officer;
12            (B) recording or intercepting conversations with
13        the individuals specified in the request for approval,
14        provided that the verbal approval shall be deemed to
15        include the recording or intercepting of conversations
16        with other individuals, unknown to the law enforcement
17        officer at the time of the request for approval, who
18        are acting in conjunction with or as co-conspirators
19        with the individuals specified in the request for
20        approval in the commission of a qualified offense;
21            (C) a reasonable period of time but in no event
22        longer than 24 consecutive hours;
23            (D) the written request for approval, if
24        applicable, or the written memorialization must be
25        filed, along with the written approval, with the
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1        day following the expiration of the authorized period
2        of time, and shall be subject to review by the Chief
3        Judge or his or her designee as deemed appropriate by
4        the court.
5        (3.5) The written memorialization of the request for
6    approval and the written approval by the State's Attorney
7    may be in any format, including via facsimile, email, or
8    otherwise, so long as it is capable of being filed with the
9    circuit clerk.
10        (3.10) Beginning March 1, 2015, each State's Attorney
11    shall annually submit a report to the General Assembly
12    disclosing:
13            (A) the number of requests for each qualified
14        offense for approval under this subsection; and
15            (B) the number of approvals for each qualified
16        offense given by the State's Attorney.
17        (4) Admissibility of evidence. No part of the contents
18    of any wire, electronic, or oral communication that has
19    been recorded or intercepted as a result of this exception
20    may be received in evidence in any trial, hearing, or
21    other proceeding in or before any court, grand jury,
22    department, officer, agency, regulatory body, legislative
23    committee, or other authority of this State, or a
24    political subdivision of the State, other than in a
25    prosecution of:
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1        given to record or intercept a conversation under this
2        subsection (q);
3            (B) a forcible felony committed directly in the
4        course of the investigation of the qualified offense
5        for which approval was given to record or intercept a
6        conversation under this subsection (q); or
7            (C) any other forcible felony committed while the
8        recording or interception was approved in accordance
9        with this subsection (q), but for this specific
10        category of prosecutions, only if the law enforcement
11        officer or person acting at the direction of a law
12        enforcement officer who has consented to the
13        conversation being intercepted or recorded suffers
14        great bodily injury or is killed during the commission
15        of the charged forcible felony.
16        (5) Compliance with the provisions of this subsection
17    is a prerequisite to the admissibility in evidence of any
18    part of the contents of any wire, electronic or oral
19    communication that has been intercepted as a result of
20    this exception, but nothing in this subsection shall be
21    deemed to prevent a court from otherwise excluding the
22    evidence on any other ground recognized by State or
23    federal law, nor shall anything in this subsection be
24    deemed to prevent a court from independently reviewing the
25    admissibility of the evidence for compliance with the
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1    I, Section 6 of the Illinois Constitution.
2        (6) Use of recordings or intercepts unrelated to
3    qualified offenses. Whenever any private conversation or
4    private electronic communication has been recorded or
5    intercepted as a result of this exception that is not
6    related to an offense for which the recording or intercept
7    is admissible under paragraph (4) of this subsection (q),
8    no part of the contents of the communication and evidence
9    derived from the communication may be received in evidence
10    in any trial, hearing, or other proceeding in or before
11    any court, grand jury, department, officer, agency,
12    regulatory body, legislative committee, or other authority
13    of this State, or a political subdivision of the State,
14    nor may it be publicly disclosed in any way.
15        (6.5) The Illinois State Police shall adopt rules as
16    are necessary concerning the use of devices, retention of
17    recordings, and reports regarding their use under this
18    subsection (q).
19        (7) Definitions. For the purposes of this subsection
20    (q) only:
21            "Forcible felony" includes and is limited to those
22        offenses contained in Section 2-8 of the Criminal Code
23        of 1961 as of the effective date of this amendatory Act
24        of the 97th General Assembly, and only as those
25        offenses have been defined by law or judicial
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1            "Qualified offense" means and is limited to:
2                (A) a felony violation of the Cannabis Control
3            Act, the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, or
4            the Methamphetamine Control and Community
5            Protection Act, except for violations of:
6                    (i) Section 4 of the Cannabis Control Act;
7                    (ii) Section 402 of the Illinois
8                Controlled Substances Act; and
9                    (iii) Section 60 of the Methamphetamine
10                Control and Community Protection Act; and
11                (B) first degree murder, solicitation of
12            murder for hire, predatory criminal sexual assault
13            of a child, criminal sexual assault, aggravated
14            criminal sexual assault, aggravated arson,
15            kidnapping, aggravated kidnapping, child
16            abduction, trafficking in persons, involuntary
17            servitude, involuntary sexual servitude of a
18            minor, or gunrunning.
19            "State's Attorney" includes and is limited to the
20        State's Attorney or an assistant State's Attorney
21        designated by the State's Attorney to provide verbal
22        approval to record or intercept conversations under
23        this subsection (q).
24        (8) Sunset. This subsection (q) is inoperative on and
25    after January 1, 2027. No conversations intercepted
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1    inadmissible in a court of law by virtue of the
2    inoperability of this subsection (q) on January 1, 2027.
3        (9) Recordings, records, and custody. Any private
4    conversation or private electronic communication
5    intercepted by a law enforcement officer or a person
6    acting at the direction of law enforcement shall, if
7    practicable, be recorded in such a way as will protect the
8    recording from editing or other alteration. Any and all
9    original recordings made under this subsection (q) shall
10    be inventoried without unnecessary delay pursuant to the
11    law enforcement agency's policies for inventorying
12    evidence. The original recordings shall not be destroyed
13    except upon an order of a court of competent jurisdiction;
14    and
15        (r) Electronic recordings, including but not limited
16    to, motion picture, videotape, digital, or other visual or
17    audio recording, made of a lineup under Section 107A-2 of
18    the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963; and .
19        (s) Recordings made pursuant to and in compliance with
20    the Law Enforcement Officer-Worn Body Camera Act.
21(Source: P.A. 101-80, eff. 7-12-19; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21;
22102-918, eff. 5-27-22.)
 
23    Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes
24changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text
25that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section

 

 

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1represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does
2not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes
3made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other
4Public Act.
 
5    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
6becoming law.

 

 

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1 INDEX
2 Statutes amended in order of appearance
3    5 ILCS 140/7.5
4    50 ILCS 706/10-10
5    50 ILCS 706/10-20
6    50 ILCS 707/10
7    50 ILCS 707/15
8    50 ILCS 707/20
9    720 ILCS 5/14-3