102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB5242

 

Introduced 1/31/2022, by Rep. Keith R. Wheeler

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
705 ILCS 405/1-7

    Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that the name of the minor who is the alleged offender named in a juvenile law enforcement record may be disclosed to the victim or alleged victim named in the law enforcement record upon request by the victim, in writing, to the law enforcement agency for the name of the minor who is the alleged offender named in the law enforcement record, unless the law enforcement agency determines that the release of the information would impede the criminal investigation of the case described in the law enforcement record. Provides that upon receipt of the written request, the law enforcement agency shall provide the identity of the offender or alleged offender to the victim within 30 days after receipt of the request. Provides that the victim or alleged victim named in the law enforcement record, before receiving the information, shall sign an affidavit provided by the law enforcement agency stating that he or she will not disclose the information contained in the law enforcement record to the public, but the victim may use the information for civil litigation purposes. Provides that the identity of the offender or alleged offender may not be publicly disclosed by the victim or alleged victim, except for civil litigation purposes.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning courts.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is amended by
5changing Section 1-7 as follows:
 
6    (705 ILCS 405/1-7)
7    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 101-652)
8    Sec. 1-7. Confidentiality of juvenile law enforcement and
9municipal ordinance violation records.
10    (A) All juvenile law enforcement records which have not
11been expunged are confidential and may never be disclosed to
12the general public or otherwise made widely available.
13Juvenile law enforcement records may be obtained only under
14this Section and Section 1-8 and Part 9 of Article V of this
15Act, when their use is needed for good cause and with an order
16from the juvenile court, as required by those not authorized
17to retain them. Inspection, copying, and disclosure of
18juvenile law enforcement records maintained by law enforcement
19agencies or records of municipal ordinance violations
20maintained by any State, local, or municipal agency that
21relate to a minor who has been investigated, arrested, or
22taken into custody before his or her 18th birthday shall be
23restricted to the following:

 

 

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1        (0.05) The minor who is the subject of the juvenile
2    law enforcement record, his or her parents, guardian, and
3    counsel.
4        (0.10) Judges of the circuit court and members of the
5    staff of the court designated by the judge.
6        (0.15) An administrative adjudication hearing officer
7    or members of the staff designated to assist in the
8    administrative adjudication process.
9        (1) Any local, State, or federal law enforcement
10    officers or designated law enforcement staff of any
11    jurisdiction or agency when necessary for the discharge of
12    their official duties during the investigation or
13    prosecution of a crime or relating to a minor who has been
14    adjudicated delinquent and there has been a previous
15    finding that the act which constitutes the previous
16    offense was committed in furtherance of criminal
17    activities by a criminal street gang, or, when necessary
18    for the discharge of its official duties in connection
19    with a particular investigation of the conduct of a law
20    enforcement officer, an independent agency or its staff
21    created by ordinance and charged by a unit of local
22    government with the duty of investigating the conduct of
23    law enforcement officers. For purposes of this Section,
24    "criminal street gang" has the meaning ascribed to it in
25    Section 10 of the Illinois Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus
26    Prevention Act.

 

 

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1        (2) Prosecutors, public defenders, probation officers,
2    social workers, or other individuals assigned by the court
3    to conduct a preadjudication pre-adjudication or
4    predisposition pre-disposition investigation, and
5    individuals responsible for supervising or providing
6    temporary or permanent care and custody for minors under
7    the order of the juvenile court, when essential to
8    performing their responsibilities.
9        (3) Federal, State, or local prosecutors, public
10    defenders, probation officers, and designated staff:
11            (a) in the course of a trial when institution of
12        criminal proceedings has been permitted or required
13        under Section 5-805;
14            (b) when institution of criminal proceedings has
15        been permitted or required under Section 5-805 and the
16        minor is the subject of a proceeding to determine the
17        amount of bail;
18            (c) when criminal proceedings have been permitted
19        or required under Section 5-805 and the minor is the
20        subject of a pretrial pre-trial investigation,
21        presentence pre-sentence investigation, fitness
22        hearing, or proceedings on an application for
23        probation; or
24            (d) in the course of prosecution or administrative
25        adjudication of a violation of a traffic, boating, or
26        fish and game law, or a county or municipal ordinance.

 

 

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1        (4) Adult and Juvenile Prisoner Review Board.
2        (5) Authorized military personnel.
3        (5.5) Employees of the federal government authorized
4    by law.
5        (6) Persons engaged in bona fide research, with the
6    permission of the Presiding Judge and the chief executive
7    of the respective law enforcement agency; provided that
8    publication of such research results in no disclosure of a
9    minor's identity and protects the confidentiality of the
10    minor's record.
11        (7) Department of Children and Family Services child
12    protection investigators acting in their official
13    capacity.
14        (8) The appropriate school official only if the agency
15    or officer believes that there is an imminent threat of
16    physical harm to students, school personnel, or others who
17    are present in the school or on school grounds.
18            (A) Inspection and copying shall be limited to
19        juvenile law enforcement records transmitted to the
20        appropriate school official or officials whom the
21        school has determined to have a legitimate educational
22        or safety interest by a local law enforcement agency
23        under a reciprocal reporting system established and
24        maintained between the school district and the local
25        law enforcement agency under Section 10-20.14 of the
26        School Code concerning a minor enrolled in a school

 

 

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1        within the school district who has been arrested or
2        taken into custody for any of the following offenses:
3                (i) any violation of Article 24 of the
4            Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of
5            2012;
6                (ii) a violation of the Illinois Controlled
7            Substances Act;
8                (iii) a violation of the Cannabis Control Act;
9                (iv) a forcible felony as defined in Section
10            2-8 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal
11            Code of 2012;
12                (v) a violation of the Methamphetamine Control
13            and Community Protection Act;
14                (vi) a violation of Section 1-2 of the
15            Harassing and Obscene Communications Act;
16                (vii) a violation of the Hazing Act; or
17                (viii) a violation of Section 12-1, 12-2,
18            12-3, 12-3.05, 12-3.1, 12-3.2, 12-3.4, 12-3.5,
19            12-5, 12-7.3, 12-7.4, 12-7.5, 25-1, or 25-5 of the
20            Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of
21            2012.
22            The information derived from the juvenile law
23        enforcement records shall be kept separate from and
24        shall not become a part of the official school record
25        of that child and shall not be a public record. The
26        information shall be used solely by the appropriate

 

 

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1        school official or officials whom the school has
2        determined to have a legitimate educational or safety
3        interest to aid in the proper rehabilitation of the
4        child and to protect the safety of students and
5        employees in the school. If the designated law
6        enforcement and school officials deem it to be in the
7        best interest of the minor, the student may be
8        referred to in-school or community-based social
9        services if those services are available.
10        "Rehabilitation services" may include interventions by
11        school support personnel, evaluation for eligibility
12        for special education, referrals to community-based
13        agencies such as youth services, behavioral healthcare
14        service providers, drug and alcohol prevention or
15        treatment programs, and other interventions as deemed
16        appropriate for the student.
17            (B) Any information provided to appropriate school
18        officials whom the school has determined to have a
19        legitimate educational or safety interest by local law
20        enforcement officials about a minor who is the subject
21        of a current police investigation that is directly
22        related to school safety shall consist of oral
23        information only, and not written juvenile law
24        enforcement records, and shall be used solely by the
25        appropriate school official or officials to protect
26        the safety of students and employees in the school and

 

 

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1        aid in the proper rehabilitation of the child. The
2        information derived orally from the local law
3        enforcement officials shall be kept separate from and
4        shall not become a part of the official school record
5        of the child and shall not be a public record. This
6        limitation on the use of information about a minor who
7        is the subject of a current police investigation shall
8        in no way limit the use of this information by
9        prosecutors in pursuing criminal charges arising out
10        of the information disclosed during a police
11        investigation of the minor. For purposes of this
12        paragraph, "investigation" means an official
13        systematic inquiry by a law enforcement agency into
14        actual or suspected criminal activity.
15        (9) Mental health professionals on behalf of the
16    Department of Corrections or the Department of Human
17    Services or prosecutors who are evaluating, prosecuting,
18    or investigating a potential or actual petition brought
19    under the Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act relating
20    to a person who is the subject of juvenile law enforcement
21    records or the respondent to a petition brought under the
22    Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act who is the subject
23    of the juvenile law enforcement records sought. Any
24    juvenile law enforcement records and any information
25    obtained from those juvenile law enforcement records under
26    this paragraph (9) may be used only in sexually violent

 

 

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1    persons commitment proceedings.
2        (10) The president of a park district. Inspection and
3    copying shall be limited to juvenile law enforcement
4    records transmitted to the president of the park district
5    by the Illinois State Police under Section 8-23 of the
6    Park District Code or Section 16a-5 of the Chicago Park
7    District Act concerning a person who is seeking employment
8    with that park district and who has been adjudicated a
9    juvenile delinquent for any of the offenses listed in
10    subsection (c) of Section 8-23 of the Park District Code
11    or subsection (c) of Section 16a-5 of the Chicago Park
12    District Act.
13        (11) Persons managing and designated to participate in
14    a court diversion program as designated in subsection (6)
15    of Section 5-105.
16        (12) The Public Access Counselor of the Office of the
17    Attorney General, when reviewing juvenile law enforcement
18    records under its powers and duties under the Freedom of
19    Information Act.
20        (13) Collection agencies, contracted or otherwise
21    engaged by a governmental entity, to collect any debts due
22    and owing to the governmental entity.
23        (14) The victim or alleged victim named in a law
24    enforcement record upon request by the victim, in writing,
25    to the law enforcement agency for the name of the minor who
26    is the alleged offender named in the law enforcement

 

 

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1    record, unless the law enforcement agency determines that
2    the release of the information would impede the criminal
3    investigation of the case described in the law enforcement
4    record. Upon receipt of the written request, the law
5    enforcement agency shall provide the identity of the
6    offender or alleged offender to the victim within 30 days
7    after receipt of the request. The victim or alleged victim
8    named in the law enforcement record, before receiving the
9    information, shall sign an affidavit provided by the law
10    enforcement agency stating that he or she will not
11    disclose the information contained in the law enforcement
12    record to the public, but the victim may use the
13    information for civil litigation purposes. The identity of
14    the offender or alleged offender may not be publicly
15    disclosed by the victim or alleged victim, except for
16    civil litigation purposes.
17    (B)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), no law
18enforcement officer or other person or agency may knowingly
19transmit to the Department of Corrections, the Illinois State
20Police, or the Federal Bureau of Investigation any fingerprint
21or photograph relating to a minor who has been arrested or
22taken into custody before his or her 18th birthday, unless the
23court in proceedings under this Act authorizes the
24transmission or enters an order under Section 5-805 permitting
25or requiring the institution of criminal proceedings.
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1shall transmit to the Illinois State Police copies of
2fingerprints and descriptions of all minors who have been
3arrested or taken into custody before their 18th birthday for
4the offense of unlawful use of weapons under Article 24 of the
5Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, a Class X
6or Class 1 felony, a forcible felony as defined in Section 2-8
7of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, or a
8Class 2 or greater felony under the Cannabis Control Act, the
9Illinois Controlled Substances Act, the Methamphetamine
10Control and Community Protection Act, or Chapter 4 of the
11Illinois Vehicle Code, pursuant to Section 5 of the Criminal
12Identification Act. Information reported to the Department
13pursuant to this Section may be maintained with records that
14the Department files pursuant to Section 2.1 of the Criminal
15Identification Act. Nothing in this Act prohibits a law
16enforcement agency from fingerprinting a minor taken into
17custody or arrested before his or her 18th birthday for an
18offense other than those listed in this paragraph (2).
19    (C) The records of law enforcement officers, or of an
20independent agency created by ordinance and charged by a unit
21of local government with the duty of investigating the conduct
22of law enforcement officers, concerning all minors under 18
23years of age must be maintained separate from the records of
24arrests and may not be open to public inspection or their
25contents disclosed to the public. For purposes of obtaining
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1of the court.
2        (1) In cases where the law enforcement, or independent
3    agency, records concern a pending juvenile court case, the
4    party seeking to inspect the records shall provide actual
5    notice to the attorney or guardian ad litem of the minor
6    whose records are sought.
7        (2) In cases where the records concern a juvenile
8    court case that is no longer pending, the party seeking to
9    inspect the records shall provide actual notice to the
10    minor or the minor's parent or legal guardian, and the
11    matter shall be referred to the chief judge presiding over
12    matters pursuant to this Act.
13        (3) In determining whether the records should be
14    available for inspection, the court shall consider the
15    minor's interest in confidentiality and rehabilitation
16    over the moving party's interest in obtaining the
17    information. Any records obtained in violation of this
18    subsection (C) shall not be admissible in any criminal or
19    civil proceeding, or operate to disqualify a minor from
20    subsequently holding public office or securing employment,
21    or operate as a forfeiture of any public benefit, right,
22    privilege, or right to receive any license granted by
23    public authority.
24    (D) Nothing contained in subsection (C) of this Section
25shall prohibit the inspection or disclosure to victims and
26witnesses of photographs contained in the records of law

 

 

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1enforcement agencies when the inspection and disclosure is
2conducted in the presence of a law enforcement officer for the
3purpose of the identification or apprehension of any person
4subject to the provisions of this Act or for the investigation
5or prosecution of any crime.
6    (E) Law enforcement officers, and personnel of an
7independent agency created by ordinance and charged by a unit
8of local government with the duty of investigating the conduct
9of law enforcement officers, may not disclose the identity of
10any minor in releasing information to the general public as to
11the arrest, investigation, or disposition of any case
12involving a minor.
13    (F) Nothing contained in this Section shall prohibit law
14enforcement agencies from communicating with each other by
15letter, memorandum, teletype, or intelligence alert bulletin
16or other means the identity or other relevant information
17pertaining to a person under 18 years of age if there are
18reasonable grounds to believe that the person poses a real and
19present danger to the safety of the public or law enforcement
20officers. The information provided under this subsection (F)
21shall remain confidential and shall not be publicly disclosed,
22except as otherwise allowed by law.
23    (G) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the right of a
24Civil Service Commission or appointing authority of any
25federal government, state, county or municipality examining
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1a law enforcement agency, correctional institution, or fire
2department from obtaining and examining the records of any law
3enforcement agency relating to any record of the applicant
4having been arrested or taken into custody before the
5applicant's 18th birthday.
6    (G-5) Information identifying victims and alleged victims
7of sex offenses shall not be disclosed or open to the public
8under any circumstances. Nothing in this Section shall
9prohibit the victim or alleged victim of any sex offense from
10voluntarily disclosing his or her own identity.
11    (H) The changes made to this Section by Public Act 98-61
12apply to law enforcement records of a minor who has been
13arrested or taken into custody on or after January 1, 2014 (the
14effective date of Public Act 98-61).
15    (H-5) Nothing in this Section shall require any court or
16adjudicative proceeding for traffic, boating, fish and game
17law, or municipal and county ordinance violations to be closed
18to the public.
19    (I) Willful violation of this Section is a Class C
20misdemeanor and each violation is subject to a fine of $1,000.
21This subsection (I) shall not apply to the person who is the
22subject of the record.
23    (J) A person convicted of violating this Section is liable
24for damages in the amount of $1,000 or actual damages,
25whichever is greater.
26(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)
 

 

 

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1    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 101-652)
2    Sec. 1-7. Confidentiality of juvenile law enforcement and
3municipal ordinance violation records.
4    (A) All juvenile law enforcement records which have not
5been expunged are confidential and may never be disclosed to
6the general public or otherwise made widely available.
7Juvenile law enforcement records may be obtained only under
8this Section and Section 1-8 and Part 9 of Article V of this
9Act, when their use is needed for good cause and with an order
10from the juvenile court, as required by those not authorized
11to retain them. Inspection, copying, and disclosure of
12juvenile law enforcement records maintained by law enforcement
13agencies or records of municipal ordinance violations
14maintained by any State, local, or municipal agency that
15relate to a minor who has been investigated, arrested, or
16taken into custody before his or her 18th birthday shall be
17restricted to the following:
18        (0.05) The minor who is the subject of the juvenile
19    law enforcement record, his or her parents, guardian, and
20    counsel.
21        (0.10) Judges of the circuit court and members of the
22    staff of the court designated by the judge.
23        (0.15) An administrative adjudication hearing officer
24    or members of the staff designated to assist in the
25    administrative adjudication process.

 

 

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1        (1) Any local, State, or federal law enforcement
2    officers or designated law enforcement staff of any
3    jurisdiction or agency when necessary for the discharge of
4    their official duties during the investigation or
5    prosecution of a crime or relating to a minor who has been
6    adjudicated delinquent and there has been a previous
7    finding that the act which constitutes the previous
8    offense was committed in furtherance of criminal
9    activities by a criminal street gang, or, when necessary
10    for the discharge of its official duties in connection
11    with a particular investigation of the conduct of a law
12    enforcement officer, an independent agency or its staff
13    created by ordinance and charged by a unit of local
14    government with the duty of investigating the conduct of
15    law enforcement officers. For purposes of this Section,
16    "criminal street gang" has the meaning ascribed to it in
17    Section 10 of the Illinois Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus
18    Prevention Act.
19        (2) Prosecutors, public defenders, probation officers,
20    social workers, or other individuals assigned by the court
21    to conduct a preadjudication pre-adjudication or
22    predisposition pre-disposition investigation, and
23    individuals responsible for supervising or providing
24    temporary or permanent care and custody for minors under
25    the order of the juvenile court, when essential to
26    performing their responsibilities.

 

 

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1        (3) Federal, State, or local prosecutors, public
2    defenders, probation officers, and designated staff:
3            (a) in the course of a trial when institution of
4        criminal proceedings has been permitted or required
5        under Section 5-805;
6            (b) when institution of criminal proceedings has
7        been permitted or required under Section 5-805 and the
8        minor is the subject of a proceeding to determine the
9        conditions of pretrial release;
10            (c) when criminal proceedings have been permitted
11        or required under Section 5-805 and the minor is the
12        subject of a pretrial pre-trial investigation,
13        presentence pre-sentence investigation, fitness
14        hearing, or proceedings on an application for
15        probation; or
16            (d) in the course of prosecution or administrative
17        adjudication of a violation of a traffic, boating, or
18        fish and game law, or a county or municipal ordinance.
19        (4) Adult and Juvenile Prisoner Review Board.
20        (5) Authorized military personnel.
21        (5.5) Employees of the federal government authorized
22    by law.
23        (6) Persons engaged in bona fide research, with the
24    permission of the Presiding Judge and the chief executive
25    of the respective law enforcement agency; provided that
26    publication of such research results in no disclosure of a

 

 

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1    minor's identity and protects the confidentiality of the
2    minor's record.
3        (7) Department of Children and Family Services child
4    protection investigators acting in their official
5    capacity.
6        (8) The appropriate school official only if the agency
7    or officer believes that there is an imminent threat of
8    physical harm to students, school personnel, or others who
9    are present in the school or on school grounds.
10            (A) Inspection and copying shall be limited to
11        juvenile law enforcement records transmitted to the
12        appropriate school official or officials whom the
13        school has determined to have a legitimate educational
14        or safety interest by a local law enforcement agency
15        under a reciprocal reporting system established and
16        maintained between the school district and the local
17        law enforcement agency under Section 10-20.14 of the
18        School Code concerning a minor enrolled in a school
19        within the school district who has been arrested or
20        taken into custody for any of the following offenses:
21                (i) any violation of Article 24 of the
22            Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of
23            2012;
24                (ii) a violation of the Illinois Controlled
25            Substances Act;
26                (iii) a violation of the Cannabis Control Act;

 

 

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1                (iv) a forcible felony as defined in Section
2            2-8 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal
3            Code of 2012;
4                (v) a violation of the Methamphetamine Control
5            and Community Protection Act;
6                (vi) a violation of Section 1-2 of the
7            Harassing and Obscene Communications Act;
8                (vii) a violation of the Hazing Act; or
9                (viii) a violation of Section 12-1, 12-2,
10            12-3, 12-3.05, 12-3.1, 12-3.2, 12-3.4, 12-3.5,
11            12-5, 12-7.3, 12-7.4, 12-7.5, 25-1, or 25-5 of the
12            Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of
13            2012.
14            The information derived from the juvenile law
15        enforcement records shall be kept separate from and
16        shall not become a part of the official school record
17        of that child and shall not be a public record. The
18        information shall be used solely by the appropriate
19        school official or officials whom the school has
20        determined to have a legitimate educational or safety
21        interest to aid in the proper rehabilitation of the
22        child and to protect the safety of students and
23        employees in the school. If the designated law
24        enforcement and school officials deem it to be in the
25        best interest of the minor, the student may be
26        referred to in-school or community-based social

 

 

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1        services if those services are available.
2        "Rehabilitation services" may include interventions by
3        school support personnel, evaluation for eligibility
4        for special education, referrals to community-based
5        agencies such as youth services, behavioral healthcare
6        service providers, drug and alcohol prevention or
7        treatment programs, and other interventions as deemed
8        appropriate for the student.
9            (B) Any information provided to appropriate school
10        officials whom the school has determined to have a
11        legitimate educational or safety interest by local law
12        enforcement officials about a minor who is the subject
13        of a current police investigation that is directly
14        related to school safety shall consist of oral
15        information only, and not written juvenile law
16        enforcement records, and shall be used solely by the
17        appropriate school official or officials to protect
18        the safety of students and employees in the school and
19        aid in the proper rehabilitation of the child. The
20        information derived orally from the local law
21        enforcement officials shall be kept separate from and
22        shall not become a part of the official school record
23        of the child and shall not be a public record. This
24        limitation on the use of information about a minor who
25        is the subject of a current police investigation shall
26        in no way limit the use of this information by

 

 

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1        prosecutors in pursuing criminal charges arising out
2        of the information disclosed during a police
3        investigation of the minor. For purposes of this
4        paragraph, "investigation" means an official
5        systematic inquiry by a law enforcement agency into
6        actual or suspected criminal activity.
7        (9) Mental health professionals on behalf of the
8    Department of Corrections or the Department of Human
9    Services or prosecutors who are evaluating, prosecuting,
10    or investigating a potential or actual petition brought
11    under the Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act relating
12    to a person who is the subject of juvenile law enforcement
13    records or the respondent to a petition brought under the
14    Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act who is the subject
15    of the juvenile law enforcement records sought. Any
16    juvenile law enforcement records and any information
17    obtained from those juvenile law enforcement records under
18    this paragraph (9) may be used only in sexually violent
19    persons commitment proceedings.
20        (10) The president of a park district. Inspection and
21    copying shall be limited to juvenile law enforcement
22    records transmitted to the president of the park district
23    by the Illinois State Police under Section 8-23 of the
24    Park District Code or Section 16a-5 of the Chicago Park
25    District Act concerning a person who is seeking employment
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1    juvenile delinquent for any of the offenses listed in
2    subsection (c) of Section 8-23 of the Park District Code
3    or subsection (c) of Section 16a-5 of the Chicago Park
4    District Act.
5        (11) Persons managing and designated to participate in
6    a court diversion program as designated in subsection (6)
7    of Section 5-105.
8        (12) The Public Access Counselor of the Office of the
9    Attorney General, when reviewing juvenile law enforcement
10    records under its powers and duties under the Freedom of
11    Information Act.
12        (13) Collection agencies, contracted or otherwise
13    engaged by a governmental entity, to collect any debts due
14    and owing to the governmental entity.
15        (14) The victim or alleged victim named in a law
16    enforcement record upon request by the victim, in writing,
17    to the law enforcement agency for the name of the minor who
18    is the alleged offender named in the law enforcement
19    record, unless the law enforcement agency determines that
20    the release of the information would impede the criminal
21    investigation of the case described in the law enforcement
22    record. Upon receipt of the written request, the law
23    enforcement agency shall provide the identity of the
24    offender or alleged offender to the victim within 30 days
25    after receipt of the request. The victim or alleged victim
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1    information, shall sign an affidavit provided by the law
2    enforcement agency stating that he or she will not
3    disclose the information contained in the law enforcement
4    record to the public, but the victim may use the
5    information for civil litigation purposes. The identity of
6    the offender or alleged offender may not be publicly
7    disclosed by the victim or alleged victim, except for
8    civil litigation purposes.
9    (B)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), no law
10enforcement officer or other person or agency may knowingly
11transmit to the Department of Corrections, the Illinois State
12Police, or the Federal Bureau of Investigation any fingerprint
13or photograph relating to a minor who has been arrested or
14taken into custody before his or her 18th birthday, unless the
15court in proceedings under this Act authorizes the
16transmission or enters an order under Section 5-805 permitting
17or requiring the institution of criminal proceedings.
18    (2) Law enforcement officers or other persons or agencies
19shall transmit to the Illinois State Police copies of
20fingerprints and descriptions of all minors who have been
21arrested or taken into custody before their 18th birthday for
22the offense of unlawful use of weapons under Article 24 of the
23Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, a Class X
24or Class 1 felony, a forcible felony as defined in Section 2-8
25of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, or a
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1Illinois Controlled Substances Act, the Methamphetamine
2Control and Community Protection Act, or Chapter 4 of the
3Illinois Vehicle Code, pursuant to Section 5 of the Criminal
4Identification Act. Information reported to the Department
5pursuant to this Section may be maintained with records that
6the Department files pursuant to Section 2.1 of the Criminal
7Identification Act. Nothing in this Act prohibits a law
8enforcement agency from fingerprinting a minor taken into
9custody or arrested before his or her 18th birthday for an
10offense other than those listed in this paragraph (2).
11    (C) The records of law enforcement officers, or of an
12independent agency created by ordinance and charged by a unit
13of local government with the duty of investigating the conduct
14of law enforcement officers, concerning all minors under 18
15years of age must be maintained separate from the records of
16arrests and may not be open to public inspection or their
17contents disclosed to the public. For purposes of obtaining
18documents under this Section, a civil subpoena is not an order
19of the court.
20        (1) In cases where the law enforcement, or independent
21    agency, records concern a pending juvenile court case, the
22    party seeking to inspect the records shall provide actual
23    notice to the attorney or guardian ad litem of the minor
24    whose records are sought.
25        (2) In cases where the records concern a juvenile
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1    inspect the records shall provide actual notice to the
2    minor or the minor's parent or legal guardian, and the
3    matter shall be referred to the chief judge presiding over
4    matters pursuant to this Act.
5        (3) In determining whether the records should be
6    available for inspection, the court shall consider the
7    minor's interest in confidentiality and rehabilitation
8    over the moving party's interest in obtaining the
9    information. Any records obtained in violation of this
10    subsection (C) shall not be admissible in any criminal or
11    civil proceeding, or operate to disqualify a minor from
12    subsequently holding public office or securing employment,
13    or operate as a forfeiture of any public benefit, right,
14    privilege, or right to receive any license granted by
15    public authority.
16    (D) Nothing contained in subsection (C) of this Section
17shall prohibit the inspection or disclosure to victims and
18witnesses of photographs contained in the records of law
19enforcement agencies when the inspection and disclosure is
20conducted in the presence of a law enforcement officer for the
21purpose of the identification or apprehension of any person
22subject to the provisions of this Act or for the investigation
23or prosecution of any crime.
24    (E) Law enforcement officers, and personnel of an
25independent agency created by ordinance and charged by a unit
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1of law enforcement officers, may not disclose the identity of
2any minor in releasing information to the general public as to
3the arrest, investigation, or disposition of any case
4involving a minor.
5    (F) Nothing contained in this Section shall prohibit law
6enforcement agencies from communicating with each other by
7letter, memorandum, teletype, or intelligence alert bulletin
8or other means the identity or other relevant information
9pertaining to a person under 18 years of age if there are
10reasonable grounds to believe that the person poses a real and
11present danger to the safety of the public or law enforcement
12officers. The information provided under this subsection (F)
13shall remain confidential and shall not be publicly disclosed,
14except as otherwise allowed by law.
15    (G) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the right of a
16Civil Service Commission or appointing authority of any
17federal government, state, county or municipality examining
18the character and fitness of an applicant for employment with
19a law enforcement agency, correctional institution, or fire
20department from obtaining and examining the records of any law
21enforcement agency relating to any record of the applicant
22having been arrested or taken into custody before the
23applicant's 18th birthday.
24    (G-5) Information identifying victims and alleged victims
25of sex offenses shall not be disclosed or open to the public
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1prohibit the victim or alleged victim of any sex offense from
2voluntarily disclosing his or her own identity.
3    (H) The changes made to this Section by Public Act 98-61
4apply to law enforcement records of a minor who has been
5arrested or taken into custody on or after January 1, 2014 (the
6effective date of Public Act 98-61).
7    (H-5) Nothing in this Section shall require any court or
8adjudicative proceeding for traffic, boating, fish and game
9law, or municipal and county ordinance violations to be closed
10to the public.
11    (I) Willful violation of this Section is a Class C
12misdemeanor and each violation is subject to a fine of $1,000.
13This subsection (I) shall not apply to the person who is the
14subject of the record.
15    (J) A person convicted of violating this Section is liable
16for damages in the amount of $1,000 or actual damages,
17whichever is greater.
18(Source: P.A. 101-652, eff. 1-1-23; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21;
19revised 10-13-21.)
 
20    Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes
21changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text
22that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section
23represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does
24not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes
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1Public Act.