103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB4058

 

Introduced 5/2/2023, by Rep. Brad Stephens - Jackie Haas

 

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    Sec. 1-7. Confidentiality of juvenile law enforcement and
8municipal ordinance violation records.
9    (A) All juvenile law enforcement records which have not
10been expunged are confidential and may never be disclosed to
11the general public or otherwise made widely available.
12Juvenile law enforcement records may be obtained only under
13this Section and Section 1-8 and Part 9 of Article V of this
14Act, when their use is needed for good cause and with an order
15from the juvenile court, as required by those not authorized
16to retain them. Inspection, copying, and disclosure of
17juvenile law enforcement records maintained by law enforcement
18agencies or records of municipal ordinance violations
19maintained by any State, local, or municipal agency that
20relate to a minor who has been investigated, arrested, or
21taken into custody before his or her 18th birthday shall be
22restricted to the following:
23        (0.05) The minor who is the subject of the juvenile

 

 

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

 

 

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1    social workers, or other individuals assigned by the court
2    to conduct a pre-adjudication or pre-disposition
3    investigation, and individuals responsible for supervising
4    or providing temporary or permanent care and custody for
5    minors under the order of the juvenile court, when
6    essential to performing their responsibilities.
7        (3) Federal, State, or local prosecutors, public
8    defenders, probation officers, and designated staff:
9            (a) in the course of a trial when institution of
10        criminal proceedings has been permitted or required
11        under Section 5-805;
12            (b) when institution of criminal proceedings has
13        been permitted or required under Section 5-805 and the
14        minor is the subject of a proceeding to determine the
15        conditions of pretrial release;
16            (c) when criminal proceedings have been permitted
17        or required under Section 5-805 and the minor is the
18        subject of a pre-trial investigation, pre-sentence
19        investigation, fitness hearing, or proceedings on an
20        application for probation; or
21            (d) in the course of prosecution or administrative
22        adjudication of a violation of a traffic, boating, or
23        fish and game law, or a county or municipal ordinance.
24        (4) Adult and Juvenile Prisoner Review Board.
25        (5) Authorized military personnel.
26        (5.5) Employees of the federal government authorized

 

 

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1    by law.
2        (6) Persons engaged in bona fide research, with the
3    permission of the Presiding Judge and the chief executive
4    of the respective law enforcement agency; provided that
5    publication of such research results in no disclosure of a
6    minor's identity and protects the confidentiality of the
7    minor's record.
8        (7) Department of Children and Family Services child
9    protection investigators acting in their official
10    capacity.
11        (8) The appropriate school official only if the agency
12    or officer believes that there is an imminent threat of
13    physical harm to students, school personnel, or others.
14            (A) Inspection and copying shall be limited to
15        juvenile law enforcement records transmitted to the
16        appropriate school official or officials whom the
17        school has determined to have a legitimate educational
18        or safety interest by a local law enforcement agency
19        under a reciprocal reporting system established and
20        maintained between the school district and the local
21        law enforcement agency under Section 10-20.14 of the
22        School Code concerning a minor enrolled in a school
23        within the school district who has been arrested or
24        taken into custody for any of the following offenses:
25                (i) any violation of Article 24 of the
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1            2012;
2                (ii) a violation of the Illinois Controlled
3            Substances Act;
4                (iii) a violation of the Cannabis Control Act;
5                (iv) a forcible felony as defined in Section
6            2-8 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal
7            Code of 2012;
8                (v) a violation of the Methamphetamine Control
9            and Community Protection Act;
10                (vi) a violation of Section 1-2 of the
11            Harassing and Obscene Communications Act;
12                (vii) a violation of the Hazing Act; or
13                (viii) a violation of Section 12-1, 12-2,
14            12-3, 12-3.05, 12-3.1, 12-3.2, 12-3.4, 12-3.5,
15            12-5, 12-7.3, 12-7.4, 12-7.5, 25-1, or 25-5 of the
16            Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of
17            2012.
18            The information derived from the juvenile law
19        enforcement records shall be kept separate from and
20        shall not become a part of the official school record
21        of that child and shall not be a public record. The
22        information shall be used solely by the appropriate
23        school official or officials whom the school has
24        determined to have a legitimate educational or safety
25        interest to aid in the proper rehabilitation of the
26        child and to protect the safety of students and

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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1    by the Illinois State Police under Section 8-23 of the
2    Park District Code or Section 16a-5 of the Chicago Park
3    District Act concerning a person who is seeking employment
4    with that park district and who has been adjudicated a
5    juvenile delinquent for any of the offenses listed in
6    subsection (c) of Section 8-23 of the Park District Code
7    or subsection (c) of Section 16a-5 of the Chicago Park
8    District Act.
9        (11) Persons managing and designated to participate in
10    a court diversion program as designated in subsection (6)
11    of Section 5-105.
12        (12) The Public Access Counselor of the Office of the
13    Attorney General, when reviewing juvenile law enforcement
14    records under its powers and duties under the Freedom of
15    Information Act.
16        (13) Collection agencies, contracted or otherwise
17    engaged by a governmental entity, to collect any debts due
18    and owing to the governmental entity.
19        (14) The victim or alleged victim named in a law
20    enforcement record upon request by the victim, in writing,
21    to the law enforcement agency for the name of the minor who
22    is the alleged offender named in the law enforcement
23    record, unless the law enforcement agency determines that
24    the release of the information would impede the criminal
25    investigation of the case described in the law enforcement
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1    enforcement agency shall provide the identity of the
2    offender or alleged offender to the victim within 30 days
3    after receipt of the request. The victim or alleged victim
4    named in the law enforcement record, before receiving the
5    information, shall sign an affidavit provided by the law
6    enforcement agency stating that he or she will not
7    disclose the information contained in the law enforcement
8    record to the public, but the victim may use the
9    information for civil litigation purposes. The identity of
10    the offender or alleged offender may not be publicly
11    disclosed by the victim or alleged victim, except for
12    civil litigation purposes.
13    (B)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), no law
14enforcement officer or other person or agency may knowingly
15transmit to the Department of Corrections, the Illinois State
16Police, or the Federal Bureau of Investigation any fingerprint
17or photograph relating to a minor who has been arrested or
18taken into custody before his or her 18th birthday, unless the
19court in proceedings under this Act authorizes the
20transmission or enters an order under Section 5-805 permitting
21or requiring the institution of criminal proceedings.
22    (2) Law enforcement officers or other persons or agencies
23shall transmit to the Illinois State Police copies of
24fingerprints and descriptions of all minors who have been
25arrested or taken into custody before their 18th birthday for
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1Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, a Class X
2or Class 1 felony, a forcible felony as defined in Section 2-8
3of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, or a
4Class 2 or greater felony under the Cannabis Control Act, the
5Illinois Controlled Substances Act, the Methamphetamine
6Control and Community Protection Act, or Chapter 4 of the
7Illinois Vehicle Code, pursuant to Section 5 of the Criminal
8Identification Act. Information reported to the Department
9pursuant to this Section may be maintained with records that
10the Department files pursuant to Section 2.1 of the Criminal
11Identification Act. Nothing in this Act prohibits a law
12enforcement agency from fingerprinting a minor taken into
13custody or arrested before his or her 18th birthday for an
14offense other than those listed in this paragraph (2).
15    (C) The records of law enforcement officers, or of an
16independent agency created by ordinance and charged by a unit
17of local government with the duty of investigating the conduct
18of law enforcement officers, concerning all minors under 18
19years of age must be maintained separate from the records of
20arrests and may not be open to public inspection or their
21contents disclosed to the public. For purposes of obtaining
22documents under this Section, a civil subpoena is not an order
23of the court.
24        (1) In cases where the law enforcement, or independent
25    agency, records concern a pending juvenile court case, the
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1    notice to the attorney or guardian ad litem of the minor
2    whose records are sought.
3        (2) In cases where the records concern a juvenile
4    court case that is no longer pending, the party seeking to
5    inspect the records shall provide actual notice to the
6    minor or the minor's parent or legal guardian, and the
7    matter shall be referred to the chief judge presiding over
8    matters pursuant to this Act.
9        (3) In determining whether the records should be
10    available for inspection, the court shall consider the
11    minor's interest in confidentiality and rehabilitation
12    over the moving party's interest in obtaining the
13    information. Any records obtained in violation of this
14    subsection (C) shall not be admissible in any criminal or
15    civil proceeding, or operate to disqualify a minor from
16    subsequently holding public office or securing employment,
17    or operate as a forfeiture of any public benefit, right,
18    privilege, or right to receive any license granted by
19    public authority.
20    (D) Nothing contained in subsection (C) of this Section
21shall prohibit the inspection or disclosure to victims and
22witnesses of photographs contained in the records of law
23enforcement agencies when the inspection and disclosure is
24conducted in the presence of a law enforcement officer for the
25purpose of the identification or apprehension of any person
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1or prosecution of any crime.
2    (E) Law enforcement officers, and personnel of an
3independent agency created by ordinance and charged by a unit
4of local government with the duty of investigating the conduct
5of law enforcement officers, may not disclose the identity of
6any minor in releasing information to the general public as to
7the arrest, investigation or disposition of any case involving
8a minor.
9    (F) Nothing contained in this Section shall prohibit law
10enforcement agencies from communicating with each other by
11letter, memorandum, teletype, or intelligence alert bulletin
12or other means the identity or other relevant information
13pertaining to a person under 18 years of age if there are
14reasonable grounds to believe that the person poses a real and
15present danger to the safety of the public or law enforcement
16officers. The information provided under this subsection (F)
17shall remain confidential and shall not be publicly disclosed,
18except as otherwise allowed by law.
19    (G) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the right of a
20Civil Service Commission or appointing authority of any
21federal government, state, county or municipality examining
22the character and fitness of an applicant for employment with
23a law enforcement agency, correctional institution, or fire
24department from obtaining and examining the records of any law
25enforcement agency relating to any record of the applicant
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1applicant's 18th birthday.
2    (G-5) Information identifying victims and alleged victims
3of sex offenses shall not be disclosed or open to the public
4under any circumstances. Nothing in this Section shall
5prohibit the victim or alleged victim of any sex offense from
6voluntarily disclosing his or her own identity.
7    (H) The changes made to this Section by Public Act 98-61
8apply to law enforcement records of a minor who has been
9arrested or taken into custody on or after January 1, 2014 (the
10effective date of Public Act 98-61).
11    (H-5) Nothing in this Section shall require any court or
12adjudicative proceeding for traffic, boating, fish and game
13law, or municipal and county ordinance violations to be closed
14to the public.
15    (I) Willful violation of this Section is a Class C
16misdemeanor and each violation is subject to a fine of $1,000.
17This subsection (I) shall not apply to the person who is the
18subject of the record.
19    (J) A person convicted of violating this Section is liable
20for damages in the amount of $1,000 or actual damages,
21whichever is greater.
22(Source: P.A. 101-652, eff. 1-1-23; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21;
23102-752, eff. 1-1-23; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22.)