Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for SB3488

Creates the Anti-Registry Program Act. Provides that no agent or agency shall use any moneys, facilities, property, equipment, or personnel of the agency to participate in or provide support in any manner for the creation, publication, or maintenance of a registry program. Provides that no agent or agency shall provide or disclose to any government authority personal demographic information regarding any individual that is requested for the purpose of: (1) creating a registry program; or (2) requiring registration of persons in a registry program. Provides that no agent or agency shall make available personal demographic information from any agency database, including any database maintained by a private vendor under contract with the agency. Provides provisions regarding the construction and interpretation of the Act. Defines terms.

Provides that nothing in the Anti-Registry Program Act prohibits an agent or agency from creating or maintaining a database that contains personal demographic information where such information is collected, among other purposes, for the purpose of tax administration by the Department of Revenue, or the information is contained within personnel files kept in the ordinary course of business.

Modifies the term "registry program" as used under the Anti-registry Program Act to mean a public, private, or joint public-private initiative: (1) for which particular individuals or groups of individuals, designated on the basis of their race, color, gender identity, age, religion, disability, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, marital status, military status, order of protection status, pregnancy, or unfavorable discharge from military service, are required by law to register; and (2) whose primary purpose is to compile a list of individuals who fall within a demographic category identified by their race, color, gender identity, age, religion, disability, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, marital status, military status, order of protection status, pregnancy, or unfavorable discharge from military service. Adds language providing that, in addition to the United States decennial census, "registry program" does not include: (1) any initiative whose purpose is administration of services, benefits, contracts, or programs, including permits, licenses, and other regulatory programs; or (2) Selective Service registration. Provides that no agent or agency shall use any monies, facilities, property, equipment, or personnel of the agency, or any personal demographic information in the agency's possession, to participate in or provide support in any manner for the creation, publication, or maintenance of a registry program.

Specifies that no agent or agency shall provide or disclose to any government authority personal demographic information that is not otherwise publicly available regarding any individual that is requested for specified purposes. Specifies that no agent or agency shall make available personal demographic information that is not otherwise publicly available from any agency database for such specified purposes, including any database maintained by a private vendor under contract with the agency.

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