98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB1586

 

Introduced 2/13/2013, by Sen. Daniel Biss

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
New Act

    Creates the Illinois Freedom from Tracking Device Surveillance Act. Provides that a law enforcement agency may not use a tracking device to gather evidence or other information about the location of a person or his or her property, except that a law enforcement agency may use a tracking device to gather evidence or other information about the location of a person or his or her property only if the law enforcement agency first obtains a search warrant signed by a judge authorizing the use of a tracking device. Provides that evidence obtained or collected in violation of these provisions is not admissible as evidence in any criminal, civil, administrative, or other proceeding. Provides that if during any calendar year a law enforcement agency obtains a tracking device warrant, then on the following April 1 it shall report in writing to the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority the number of times that it did so. Provides that on July 1 of each year, the Authority shall publish on its publicly available website a concise report that lists every law enforcement agency that obtained a tracking device warrant during the prior calendar year, and for each of those agencies, the number of tracking device warrants.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5Illinois Freedom from Tracking Device Surveillance Act.
 
6    Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
7    "Authority" means the Illinois Criminal Justice
8Information Authority.
9    "Law enforcement agency" means any agency of this State or
10a political subdivision of this State which is vested by law
11with the duty to maintain public order and to enforce criminal
12laws.
13    "Tracking device" means any electronic or mechanical
14device which permits the tracking of the movement of a person
15or object, including but not limited to GPS devices.
 
16    Section 10. Prohibition. Except as provided in Section 15
17of this Act, a law enforcement agency may not use a tracking
18device to gather evidence or other information about the
19location of a person or his or her property.
 
20    Section 15. Exception. A law enforcement agency may use a
21tracking device to gather evidence or other information about

 

 

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1the location of a person or his or her property only if the law
2enforcement agency first obtains a search warrant signed by a
3judge authorizing the use of a tracking device. The warrant
4must be based on probable cause of criminal activity supported
5by a sworn written submission of facts from a law enforcement
6agency. The warrant must be limited to a particular person or
7his or her property, and limited to a particular investigation.
8The warrant must be limited to a period of 45 days, renewable
9by the judge upon a showing of good cause for subsequent
10periods of 45 days. Within 10 days after the warrant expires,
11the law enforcement agency must serve a copy of the tracking
12device warrant on the person subject to tracking device
13surveillance, except that a judge may delay notice upon the law
14enforcement agency's showing of reason to believe that the
15notice would jeopardize an ongoing investigation.
 
16    Section 20. Suppression. Evidence obtained or collected in
17violation of this Act is not admissible as evidence in any
18criminal, civil, administrative, or other proceeding.
 
19    Section 25. Reporting. If during any calendar year a law
20enforcement agency obtains a tracking device warrant, then on
21the following April 1 it shall report in writing to the
22Authority the number of times that it did so. On July 1 of each
23year, the Authority shall publish on its publicly available
24website a concise report that lists every law enforcement

 

 

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1agency that obtained a tracking device warrant during the prior
2calendar year, and for each of those agencies, the number of
3tracking device warrants.