99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB3122

 

Introduced 2/19/2016, by Sen. Wm. Sam McCann

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
New Act
5 ILCS 140/7  from Ch. 116, par. 207

    Creates the Police Officer Privacy Act. Prohibits a person, business, association, or government agency from publicly posting or displaying the personal information of a police officer 5 days after the receipt of an officer's written request to not post or display the personal information. Allows for injunctive or declaratory relief for violations. Prohibits a person, business, or association from soliciting, selling, or trading on the Internet a police officer's personal information with the intent to pose an imminent and serious threat to the health and safety of the police officer or the officer's immediate family. Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Excludes personal information of a police officer covered by the Police Officer Privacy Act from being included as a public record under the Freedom of Information Act, and from inspection or copying under the Act.


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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Police
5Officer Privacy Act.
 
6    Section 5. Purpose. The purpose of this Act is to improve
7the safety and security of Illinois police officers to ensure
8they are able to uphold their duty to maintain public order and
9make arrests for offenses without fear of personal reprisal
10from individuals affected by the decisions they make in the
11course of carrying out their public function. This Act is not
12intended to restrain a police officer from independently making
13public his or her own personal information. Additionally, no
14government agency, person, business, or association has any
15obligation under this Act to protect the privacy of a police
16officer's personal information until the police officer makes a
17written request that his or her personal information not be
18publicly posted.
 
19    Section 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
20    "Government agency" includes all agencies, authorities,
21boards, commissions, departments, institutions, offices, and
22any other bodies politic and corporate of the State created by

 

 

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1the constitution or statute, whether in the executive,
2judicial, or legislative branch; all units and corporate
3outgrowths created by executive order of the Governor or any
4constitutional officer, by the Supreme Court, or by resolution
5of the General Assembly; or agencies, authorities, boards,
6commissions, departments, institutions, offices, and any other
7bodies politic and corporate of a unit of local government, or
8school district.
9    "Home address" includes a police officer's permanent
10residence and any secondary residences affirmatively
11identified by the police officer, but does not include a police
12officer's work address.
13    "Immediate family" includes a police officer's spouse,
14child, parent, or any blood relative of the police officer or
15the police officer's spouse who lives in the same residence.
16    "Police officer" or "officer" means a person defined under
17Section 2-13 of the Criminal Code of 2012.
18    "Personal information" means a home address, home
19telephone number, mobile telephone number, pager number,
20personal email address, social security number, federal tax
21identification number, checking and savings account numbers,
22credit card numbers, marital status, and identity of children
23under the age of 18.
24    "Publicly available content" means any written, printed,
25or electronic document or record that provides information or
26that serves as a document or record maintained, controlled, or

 

 

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1in the possession of a government agency that may be obtained
2by any person or entity, from the Internet, from the government
3agency upon request either free of charge or for a fee, or in
4response to a request under the Freedom of Information Act.
5    "Publicly post" or "publicly display" means to communicate
6to another or otherwise make available to the general public.
7    "Written request" means written notice signed by a police
8officer or a representative of the police officer's employer
9requesting a government agency, person, business, or
10association to refrain from posting or displaying publicly
11available content that includes the police officer's personal
12information.
 
13    Section 15. Publicly posting or displaying a police
14officer's personal information.
15    (a) Government agencies shall not publicly post or display
16publicly available content that includes a police officer's
17personal information, provided that the government agency has
18received a written request in accordance with Section 20 of
19this Act that it refrain from disclosing the police officer's
20personal information. After a government agency has received a
21written request, that agency shall remove the police officer's
22personal information from publicly available content within 5
23business days. After the government agency has removed the
24police officer's personal information from publicly available
25content, the agency shall not publicly post or display the

 

 

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1information and the police officer's personal information
2shall be exempt from the Freedom of Information Act unless the
3government agency has received consent from the police officer
4to make the personal information available to the public.
5    (b) All persons, businesses, and associations shall not
6publicly post or display on the Internet available content that
7includes a police officer's personal information, provided
8that the police officer has made a written request in
9accordance with Section 20 of this Act to the person, business,
10or association that it refrain from disclosing the personal
11information. After a person, business, or association has
12received a written request from a police officer to protect the
13privacy of the officer's personal information, that person,
14business, or association shall have 5 business days to remove
15the personal information from the Internet. That person,
16business, or association shall also ensure that the police
17officer's personal information is not made available on any
18website or subsidiary website controlled by that person,
19business, or association, nor transferred to any other person,
20business, or association through any medium. Regardless of
21whether a written request has been made, no person, business,
22or association shall solicit, sell, or trade on the Internet a
23police officer's personal information with the intent to pose
24an imminent and serious threat to the health and safety of the
25police officer or the police officer's immediate family.
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1public as a result of a violation of this Act may bring an
2action seeking injunctive or declaratory relief in any court of
3competent jurisdiction.
 
4    Section 20. Procedure for completing a written request.
5    (a) No government agency, person, business, or association
6shall be found to have violated any provision of this Act if
7the police officer fails to submit a written request calling
8for the protection of the officer's personal information.
9    (b) A written request shall be valid if the police officer
10sends a written request directly to a government agency,
11person, business, or association.
12    (c) A representative from the police officer's employer may
13submit a written request on the police officer's behalf,
14provided that the police officer gives written consent to the
15representative and the representative agrees to furnish a copy
16of that consent when a written request is made. The
17representative shall submit the written request as provided in
18subsection (b) of this Section.
19    (d) A police officer's written request shall specify what
20personal information shall be maintained private. If a police
21officer wishes to identify a secondary residence as a home
22address, the designation shall be made in the written request.
23A police officer shall disclose the identity of the officer's
24immediate family and indicate that the personal information of
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1it could reasonably be expected to reveal the personal
2information of the police officer.
3    (e) A police officer's written request is valid until he or
4she provides the government agency, person, business, or
5association with written permission to release the private
6information. A police officer's written request expires upon
7death of the officer.
 
8    Section 105. The Freedom of Information Act is amended by
9changing Section 7 as follows:
 
10    (5 ILCS 140/7)  (from Ch. 116, par. 207)
11    Sec. 7. Exemptions.
12    (1) When a request is made to inspect or copy a public
13record that contains information that is exempt from disclosure
14under this Section, but also contains information that is not
15exempt from disclosure, the public body may elect to redact the
16information that is exempt. The public body shall make the
17remaining information available for inspection and copying.
18Subject to this requirement, the following shall be exempt from
19inspection and copying:
20        (a) Information specifically prohibited from
21    disclosure by federal or State law or rules and regulations
22    implementing federal or State law.
23        (b) Private information, unless disclosure is required
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1    a court order.
2        (b-5) Files, documents, and other data or databases
3    maintained by one or more law enforcement agencies and
4    specifically designed to provide information to one or more
5    law enforcement agencies regarding the physical or mental
6    status of one or more individual subjects.
7        (c) Personal information contained within public
8    records, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly
9    unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, unless the
10    disclosure is consented to in writing by the individual
11    subjects of the information. "Unwarranted invasion of
12    personal privacy" means the disclosure of information that
13    is highly personal or objectionable to a reasonable person
14    and in which the subject's right to privacy outweighs any
15    legitimate public interest in obtaining the information.
16    The disclosure of information that bears on the public
17    duties of public employees and officials shall not be
18    considered an invasion of personal privacy.
19        (d) Records in the possession of any public body
20    created in the course of administrative enforcement
21    proceedings, and any law enforcement or correctional
22    agency for law enforcement purposes, but only to the extent
23    that disclosure would:
24            (i) interfere with pending or actually and
25        reasonably contemplated law enforcement proceedings
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1        agency that is the recipient of the request;
2            (ii) interfere with active administrative
3        enforcement proceedings conducted by the public body
4        that is the recipient of the request;
5            (iii) create a substantial likelihood that a
6        person will be deprived of a fair trial or an impartial
7        hearing;
8            (iv) unavoidably disclose the identity of a
9        confidential source, confidential information
10        furnished only by the confidential source, or persons
11        who file complaints with or provide information to
12        administrative, investigative, law enforcement, or
13        penal agencies; except that the identities of
14        witnesses to traffic accidents, traffic accident
15        reports, and rescue reports shall be provided by
16        agencies of local government, except when disclosure
17        would interfere with an active criminal investigation
18        conducted by the agency that is the recipient of the
19        request;
20            (v) disclose unique or specialized investigative
21        techniques other than those generally used and known or
22        disclose internal documents of correctional agencies
23        related to detection, observation or investigation of
24        incidents of crime or misconduct, and disclosure would
25        result in demonstrable harm to the agency or public
26        body that is the recipient of the request;

 

 

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1            (vi) endanger the life or physical safety of law
2        enforcement personnel or any other person; or
3            (vii) obstruct an ongoing criminal investigation
4        by the agency that is the recipient of the request.
5        (d-5) A law enforcement record created for law
6    enforcement purposes and contained in a shared electronic
7    record management system if the law enforcement agency that
8    is the recipient of the request did not create the record,
9    did not participate in or have a role in any of the events
10    which are the subject of the record, and only has access to
11    the record through the shared electronic record management
12    system.
13        (e) Records that relate to or affect the security of
14    correctional institutions and detention facilities.
15        (e-5) Records requested by persons committed to the
16    Department of Corrections if those materials are available
17    in the library of the correctional facility where the
18    inmate is confined.
19        (e-6) Records requested by persons committed to the
20    Department of Corrections if those materials include
21    records from staff members' personnel files, staff
22    rosters, or other staffing assignment information.
23        (e-7) Records requested by persons committed to the
24    Department of Corrections if those materials are available
25    through an administrative request to the Department of
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1        (f) Preliminary drafts, notes, recommendations,
2    memoranda and other records in which opinions are
3    expressed, or policies or actions are formulated, except
4    that a specific record or relevant portion of a record
5    shall not be exempt when the record is publicly cited and
6    identified by the head of the public body. The exemption
7    provided in this paragraph (f) extends to all those records
8    of officers and agencies of the General Assembly that
9    pertain to the preparation of legislative documents.
10        (g) Trade secrets and commercial or financial
11    information obtained from a person or business where the
12    trade secrets or commercial or financial information are
13    furnished under a claim that they are proprietary,
14    privileged or confidential, and that disclosure of the
15    trade secrets or commercial or financial information would
16    cause competitive harm to the person or business, and only
17    insofar as the claim directly applies to the records
18    requested.
19        The information included under this exemption includes
20    all trade secrets and commercial or financial information
21    obtained by a public body, including a public pension fund,
22    from a private equity fund or a privately held company
23    within the investment portfolio of a private equity fund as
24    a result of either investing or evaluating a potential
25    investment of public funds in a private equity fund. The
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1    aggregate financial performance information of a private
2    equity fund, nor to the identity of the fund's managers or
3    general partners. The exemption contained in this item does
4    not apply to the identity of a privately held company
5    within the investment portfolio of a private equity fund,
6    unless the disclosure of the identity of a privately held
7    company may cause competitive harm.
8        Nothing contained in this paragraph (g) shall be
9    construed to prevent a person or business from consenting
10    to disclosure.
11        (h) Proposals and bids for any contract, grant, or
12    agreement, including information which if it were
13    disclosed would frustrate procurement or give an advantage
14    to any person proposing to enter into a contractor
15    agreement with the body, until an award or final selection
16    is made. Information prepared by or for the body in
17    preparation of a bid solicitation shall be exempt until an
18    award or final selection is made.
19        (i) Valuable formulae, computer geographic systems,
20    designs, drawings and research data obtained or produced by
21    any public body when disclosure could reasonably be
22    expected to produce private gain or public loss. The
23    exemption for "computer geographic systems" provided in
24    this paragraph (i) does not extend to requests made by news
25    media as defined in Section 2 of this Act when the
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1    purpose of the request is to access and disseminate
2    information regarding the health, safety, welfare, or
3    legal rights of the general public.
4        (j) The following information pertaining to
5    educational matters:
6            (i) test questions, scoring keys and other
7        examination data used to administer an academic
8        examination;
9            (ii) information received by a primary or
10        secondary school, college, or university under its
11        procedures for the evaluation of faculty members by
12        their academic peers;
13            (iii) information concerning a school or
14        university's adjudication of student disciplinary
15        cases, but only to the extent that disclosure would
16        unavoidably reveal the identity of the student; and
17            (iv) course materials or research materials used
18        by faculty members.
19        (k) Architects' plans, engineers' technical
20    submissions, and other construction related technical
21    documents for projects not constructed or developed in
22    whole or in part with public funds and the same for
23    projects constructed or developed with public funds,
24    including but not limited to power generating and
25    distribution stations and other transmission and
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1    airport facilities, sport stadiums, convention centers,
2    and all government owned, operated, or occupied buildings,
3    but only to the extent that disclosure would compromise
4    security.
5        (l) Minutes of meetings of public bodies closed to the
6    public as provided in the Open Meetings Act until the
7    public body makes the minutes available to the public under
8    Section 2.06 of the Open Meetings Act.
9        (m) Communications between a public body and an
10    attorney or auditor representing the public body that would
11    not be subject to discovery in litigation, and materials
12    prepared or compiled by or for a public body in
13    anticipation of a criminal, civil or administrative
14    proceeding upon the request of an attorney advising the
15    public body, and materials prepared or compiled with
16    respect to internal audits of public bodies.
17        (n) Records relating to a public body's adjudication of
18    employee grievances or disciplinary cases; however, this
19    exemption shall not extend to the final outcome of cases in
20    which discipline is imposed.
21        (o) Administrative or technical information associated
22    with automated data processing operations, including but
23    not limited to software, operating protocols, computer
24    program abstracts, file layouts, source listings, object
25    modules, load modules, user guides, documentation
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1    computerized systems, employee manuals, and any other
2    information that, if disclosed, would jeopardize the
3    security of the system or its data or the security of
4    materials exempt under this Section.
5        (p) Records relating to collective negotiating matters
6    between public bodies and their employees or
7    representatives, except that any final contract or
8    agreement shall be subject to inspection and copying.
9        (q) Test questions, scoring keys, and other
10    examination data used to determine the qualifications of an
11    applicant for a license or employment.
12        (r) The records, documents, and information relating
13    to real estate purchase negotiations until those
14    negotiations have been completed or otherwise terminated.
15    With regard to a parcel involved in a pending or actually
16    and reasonably contemplated eminent domain proceeding
17    under the Eminent Domain Act, records, documents and
18    information relating to that parcel shall be exempt except
19    as may be allowed under discovery rules adopted by the
20    Illinois Supreme Court. The records, documents and
21    information relating to a real estate sale shall be exempt
22    until a sale is consummated.
23        (s) Any and all proprietary information and records
24    related to the operation of an intergovernmental risk
25    management association or self-insurance pool or jointly
26    self-administered health and accident cooperative or pool.

 

 

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1    Insurance or self insurance (including any
2    intergovernmental risk management association or self
3    insurance pool) claims, loss or risk management
4    information, records, data, advice or communications.
5        (t) Information contained in or related to
6    examination, operating, or condition reports prepared by,
7    on behalf of, or for the use of a public body responsible
8    for the regulation or supervision of financial
9    institutions or insurance companies, unless disclosure is
10    otherwise required by State law.
11        (u) Information that would disclose or might lead to
12    the disclosure of secret or confidential information,
13    codes, algorithms, programs, or private keys intended to be
14    used to create electronic or digital signatures under the
15    Electronic Commerce Security Act.
16        (v) Vulnerability assessments, security measures, and
17    response policies or plans that are designed to identify,
18    prevent, or respond to potential attacks upon a community's
19    population or systems, facilities, or installations, the
20    destruction or contamination of which would constitute a
21    clear and present danger to the health or safety of the
22    community, but only to the extent that disclosure could
23    reasonably be expected to jeopardize the effectiveness of
24    the measures or the safety of the personnel who implement
25    them or the public. Information exempt under this item may
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1    mobilization or deployment of personnel or equipment, to
2    the operation of communication systems or protocols, or to
3    tactical operations.
4        (w) (Blank).
5        (x) Maps and other records regarding the location or
6    security of generation, transmission, distribution,
7    storage, gathering, treatment, or switching facilities
8    owned by a utility, by a power generator, or by the
9    Illinois Power Agency.
10        (y) Information contained in or related to proposals,
11    bids, or negotiations related to electric power
12    procurement under Section 1-75 of the Illinois Power Agency
13    Act and Section 16-111.5 of the Public Utilities Act that
14    is determined to be confidential and proprietary by the
15    Illinois Power Agency or by the Illinois Commerce
16    Commission.
17        (z) Information about students exempted from
18    disclosure under Sections 10-20.38 or 34-18.29 of the
19    School Code, and information about undergraduate students
20    enrolled at an institution of higher education exempted
21    from disclosure under Section 25 of the Illinois Credit
22    Card Marketing Act of 2009.
23        (aa) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
24    under the Viatical Settlements Act of 2009.
25        (bb) Records and information provided to a mortality
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1    team appointed under the Department of Juvenile Justice
2    Mortality Review Team Act.
3        (cc) Information regarding interments, entombments, or
4    inurnments of human remains that are submitted to the
5    Cemetery Oversight Database under the Cemetery Care Act or
6    the Cemetery Oversight Act, whichever is applicable.
7        (dd) Correspondence and records (i) that may not be
8    disclosed under Section 11-9 of the Public Aid Code or (ii)
9    that pertain to appeals under Section 11-8 of the Public
10    Aid Code.
11        (ee) The names, addresses, or other personal
12    information of persons who are minors and are also
13    participants and registrants in programs of park
14    districts, forest preserve districts, conservation
15    districts, recreation agencies, and special recreation
16    associations.
17        (ff) The names, addresses, or other personal
18    information of participants and registrants in programs of
19    park districts, forest preserve districts, conservation
20    districts, recreation agencies, and special recreation
21    associations where such programs are targeted primarily to
22    minors.
23        (gg) Confidential information described in Section
24    1-100 of the Illinois Independent Tax Tribunal Act of 2012.
25        (hh) The report submitted to the State Board of
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1    under item (8) of subsection (d) of Section 2-3.160 of the
2    School Code and any information contained in that report.
3        (ii) Records requested by persons committed to or
4    detained by the Department of Human Services under the
5    Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act or committed to the
6    Department of Corrections under the Sexually Dangerous
7    Persons Act if those materials: (i) are available in the
8    library of the facility where the individual is confined;
9    (ii) include records from staff members' personnel files,
10    staff rosters, or other staffing assignment information;
11    or (iii) are available through an administrative request to
12    the Department of Human Services or the Department of
13    Corrections.
14        (jj) (ii) Confidential information described in
15    Section 5-535 of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
16    (1.5) Any information exempt from disclosure under the
17Judicial Privacy Act shall be redacted from public records
18prior to disclosure under this Act.
19    (1.7) Any information exempt from disclosure under the
20Police Officer Privacy Act shall be redacted from public
21records prior to disclosure under this Act.
22    (2) A public record that is not in the possession of a
23public body but is in the possession of a party with whom the
24agency has contracted to perform a governmental function on
25behalf of the public body, and that directly relates to the
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1Act, shall be considered a public record of the public body,
2for purposes of this Act.
3    (3) This Section does not authorize withholding of
4information or limit the availability of records to the public,
5except as stated in this Section or otherwise provided in this
6Act.
7(Source: P.A. 98-463, eff. 8-16-13; 98-578, eff. 8-27-13;
898-695, eff. 7-3-14; 99-298, eff. 8-6-15; 99-346, eff. 1-1-16;
9revised 1-11-16.)