Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB2455 Compare Versions

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1	1	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2455 Introduced , by Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 5 ILCS 140/2 from Ch. 116, par. 202 5 ILCS 140/7 Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that, for purposes of the Act, "public body" includes judicial bodies of the State. Exempts preliminary drafts, notes, recommendations, memoranda and other records in which opinions are expressed, or policies or actions are formulated, that pertain to the preparation of judicial opinions and orders. Exempts judicial records already subject to fees imposed under the Clerks of Courts Act. LRB103 25461 AWJ 51810 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2455 Introduced , by Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 5 ILCS 140/2 from Ch. 116, par. 202 5 ILCS 140/7 5 ILCS 140/2 from Ch. 116, par. 202 5 ILCS 140/7 Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that, for purposes of the Act, "public body" includes judicial bodies of the State. Exempts preliminary drafts, notes, recommendations, memoranda and other records in which opinions are expressed, or policies or actions are formulated, that pertain to the preparation of judicial opinions and orders. Exempts judicial records already subject to fees imposed under the Clerks of Courts Act. LRB103 25461 AWJ 51810 b LRB103 25461 AWJ 51810 b A BILL FOR
2	2	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2455 Introduced , by Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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6	6	Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that, for purposes of the Act, "public body" includes judicial bodies of the State. Exempts preliminary drafts, notes, recommendations, memoranda and other records in which opinions are expressed, or policies or actions are formulated, that pertain to the preparation of judicial opinions and orders. Exempts judicial records already subject to fees imposed under the Clerks of Courts Act.
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12	12	1 AN ACT concerning government.
13	13	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
14	14	3 represented in the General Assembly:
15	15	4 Section 5. The Freedom of Information Act is amended by
16	16	5 changing Sections 2 and 7 as follows:
17	17	6 (5 ILCS 140/2) (from Ch. 116, par. 202)
18	18	7 Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this Act:
19	19	8 (a) "Public body" means all legislative, executive,
20	20	9 judicial, administrative, or advisory bodies of the State,
21	21	10 state universities and colleges, counties, townships, cities,
22	22	11 villages, incorporated towns, school districts and all other
23	23	12 municipal corporations, boards, bureaus, committees, or
24	24	13 commissions of this State, any subsidiary bodies of any of the
25	25	14 foregoing including but not limited to committees and
26	26	15 subcommittees thereof, and a School Finance Authority created
27	27	16 under Article 1E of the School Code. "Public body" does not
28	28	17 include a child death review team or the Illinois Child Death
29	29	18 Review Teams Executive Council established under the Child
30	30	19 Death Review Team Act, or a regional youth advisory board or
31	31	20 the Statewide Youth Advisory Board established under the
32	32	21 Department of Children and Family Services Statewide Youth
33	33	22 Advisory Board Act.
34	34	23 (b) "Person" means any individual, corporation,
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38	38	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2455 Introduced , by Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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42	42	Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that, for purposes of the Act, "public body" includes judicial bodies of the State. Exempts preliminary drafts, notes, recommendations, memoranda and other records in which opinions are expressed, or policies or actions are formulated, that pertain to the preparation of judicial opinions and orders. Exempts judicial records already subject to fees imposed under the Clerks of Courts Act.
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71	71	1 partnership, firm, organization or association, acting
72	72	2 individually or as a group.
73	73	3 (c) "Public records" means all records, reports, forms,
74	74	4 writings, letters, memoranda, books, papers, maps,
75	75	5 photographs, microfilms, cards, tapes, recordings, electronic
76	76	6 data processing records, electronic communications, recorded
77	77	7 information and all other documentary materials pertaining to
78	78	8 the transaction of public business, regardless of physical
79	79	9 form or characteristics, having been prepared by or for, or
80	80	10 having been or being used by, received by, in the possession
81	81	11 of, or under the control of any public body.
82	82	12 (c-5) "Private information" means unique identifiers,
83	83	13 including a person's social security number, driver's license
84	84	14 number, employee identification number, biometric identifiers,
85	85	15 personal financial information, passwords or other access
86	86	16 codes, medical records, home or personal telephone numbers,
87	87	17 and personal email addresses. Private information also
88	88	18 includes home address and personal license plates, except as
89	89	19 otherwise provided by law or when compiled without possibility
90	90	20 of attribution to any person.
91	91	21 (c-10) "Commercial purpose" means the use of any part of a
92	92	22 public record or records, or information derived from public
93	93	23 records, in any form for sale, resale, or solicitation or
94	94	24 advertisement for sales or services. For purposes of this
95	95	25 definition, requests made by news media and non-profit,
96	96	26 scientific, or academic organizations shall not be considered
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107	107	1 to be made for a "commercial purpose" when the principal
108	108	2 purpose of the request is (i) to access and disseminate
109	109	3 information concerning news and current or passing events,
110	110	4 (ii) for articles of opinion or features of interest to the
111	111	5 public, or (iii) for the purpose of academic, scientific, or
112	112	6 public research or education.
113	113	7 (d) "Copying" means the reproduction of any public record
114	114	8 by means of any photographic, electronic, mechanical or other
115	115	9 process, device or means now known or hereafter developed and
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117	117	11 (e) "Head of the public body" means the president, mayor,
118	118	12 chairman, presiding officer, director, superintendent,
119	119	13 manager, supervisor or individual otherwise holding primary
120	120	14 executive and administrative authority for the public body, or
121	121	15 such person's duly authorized designee.
122	122	16 (f) "News media" means a newspaper or other periodical
123	123	17 issued at regular intervals whether in print or electronic
124	124	18 format, a news service whether in print or electronic format,
125	125	19 a radio station, a television station, a television network, a
126	126	20 community antenna television service, or a person or
127	127	21 corporation engaged in making news reels or other motion
128	128	22 picture news for public showing.
129	129	23 (g) "Recurrent requester", as used in Section 3.2 of this
130	130	24 Act, means a person that, in the 12 months immediately
131	131	25 preceding the request, has submitted to the same public body
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143	143	1 requests for records within a 30-day period, or (iii) a
144	144	2 minimum of 7 requests for records within a 7-day period. For
145	145	3 purposes of this definition, requests made by news media and
146	146	4 non-profit, scientific, or academic organizations shall not be
147	147	5 considered in calculating the number of requests made in the
148	148	6 time periods in this definition when the principal purpose of
149	149	7 the requests is (i) to access and disseminate information
150	150	8 concerning news and current or passing events, (ii) for
151	151	9 articles of opinion or features of interest to the public, or
152	152	10 (iii) for the purpose of academic, scientific, or public
153	153	11 research or education.
154	154	12 For the purposes of this subsection (g), "request" means a
155	155	13 written document (or oral request, if the public body chooses
156	156	14 to honor oral requests) that is submitted to a public body via
157	157	15 personal delivery, mail, telefax, electronic mail, or other
158	158	16 means available to the public body and that identifies the
159	159	17 particular public record the requester seeks. One request may
160	160	18 identify multiple records to be inspected or copied.
161	161	19 (h) "Voluminous request" means a request that: (i)
162	162	20 includes more than 5 individual requests for more than 5
163	163	21 different categories of records or a combination of individual
164	164	22 requests that total requests for more than 5 different
165	165	23 categories of records in a period of 20 business days; or (ii)
166	166	24 requires the compilation of more than 500 letter or
167	167	25 legal-sized pages of public records unless a single requested
168	168	26 record exceeds 500 pages. "Single requested record" may
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179	179	1 include, but is not limited to, one report, form, e-mail,
180	180	2 letter, memorandum, book, map, microfilm, tape, or recording.
181	181	3 "Voluminous request" does not include a request made by
182	182	4 news media and non-profit, scientific, or academic
183	183	5 organizations if the principal purpose of the request is: (1)
184	184	6 to access and disseminate information concerning news and
185	185	7 current or passing events; (2) for articles of opinion or
186	186	8 features of interest to the public; or (3) for the purpose of
187	187	9 academic, scientific, or public research or education.
188	188	10 For the purposes of this subsection (h), "request" means a
189	189	11 written document, or oral request, if the public body chooses
190	190	12 to honor oral requests, that is submitted to a public body via
191	191	13 personal delivery, mail, telefax, electronic mail, or other
192	192	14 means available to the public body and that identifies the
193	193	15 particular public record or records the requester seeks. One
194	194	16 request may identify multiple individual records to be
195	195	17 inspected or copied.
196	196	18 (i) "Severance agreement" means a mutual agreement between
197	197	19 any public body and its employee for the employee's
198	198	20 resignation in exchange for payment by the public body.
199	199	21 (Source: P.A. 98-806, eff. 1-1-15; 98-1129, eff. 12-3-14;
200	200	22 99-78, eff. 7-20-15; 99-478, eff. 6-1-16.)
201	201	23 (5 ILCS 140/7)
202	202	24 (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 102-982)
203	203	25 Sec. 7. Exemptions.
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214	214	1 (1) When a request is made to inspect or copy a public
215	215	2 record that contains information that is exempt from
216	216	3 disclosure under this Section, but also contains information
217	217	4 that is not exempt from disclosure, the public body may elect
218	218	5 to redact the information that is exempt. The public body
219	219	6 shall make the remaining information available for inspection
220	220	7 and copying. Subject to this requirement, the following shall
221	221	8 be exempt from inspection and copying:
222	222	9 (a) Information specifically prohibited from
223	223	10 disclosure by federal or State law or rules and
224	224	11 regulations implementing federal or State law.
225	225	12 (b) Private information, unless disclosure is required
226	226	13 by another provision of this Act, a State or federal law,
227	227	14 or a court order.
228	228	15 (b-5) Files, documents, and other data or databases
229	229	16 maintained by one or more law enforcement agencies and
230	230	17 specifically designed to provide information to one or
231	231	18 more law enforcement agencies regarding the physical or
232	232	19 mental status of one or more individual subjects.
233	233	20 (c) Personal information contained within public
234	234	21 records, the disclosure of which would constitute a
235	235	22 clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, unless
236	236	23 the disclosure is consented to in writing by the
237	237	24 individual subjects of the information. "Unwarranted
238	238	25 invasion of personal privacy" means the disclosure of
239	239	26 information that is highly personal or objectionable to a
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250	250	1 reasonable person and in which the subject's right to
251	251	2 privacy outweighs any legitimate public interest in
252	252	3 obtaining the information. The disclosure of information
253	253	4 that bears on the public duties of public employees and
254	254	5 officials shall not be considered an invasion of personal
255	255	6 privacy.
256	256	7 (d) Records in the possession of any public body
257	257	8 created in the course of administrative enforcement
258	258	9 proceedings, and any law enforcement or correctional
259	259	10 agency for law enforcement purposes, but only to the
260	260	11 extent that disclosure would:
261	261	12 (i) interfere with pending or actually and
262	262	13 reasonably contemplated law enforcement proceedings
263	263	14 conducted by any law enforcement or correctional
264	264	15 agency that is the recipient of the request;
265	265	16 (ii) interfere with active administrative
266	266	17 enforcement proceedings conducted by the public body
267	267	18 that is the recipient of the request;
268	268	19 (iii) create a substantial likelihood that a
269	269	20 person will be deprived of a fair trial or an impartial
270	270	21 hearing;
271	271	22 (iv) unavoidably disclose the identity of a
272	272	23 confidential source, confidential information
273	273	24 furnished only by the confidential source, or persons
274	274	25 who file complaints with or provide information to
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286	286	1 penal agencies; except that the identities of
287	287	2 witnesses to traffic accidents, traffic accident
288	288	3 reports, and rescue reports shall be provided by
289	289	4 agencies of local government, except when disclosure
290	290	5 would interfere with an active criminal investigation
291	291	6 conducted by the agency that is the recipient of the
292	292	7 request;
293	293	8 (v) disclose unique or specialized investigative
294	294	9 techniques other than those generally used and known
295	295	10 or disclose internal documents of correctional
296	296	11 agencies related to detection, observation, or
297	297	12 investigation of incidents of crime or misconduct, and
298	298	13 disclosure would result in demonstrable harm to the
299	299	14 agency or public body that is the recipient of the
300	300	15 request;
301	301	16 (vi) endanger the life or physical safety of law
302	302	17 enforcement personnel or any other person; or
303	303	18 (vii) obstruct an ongoing criminal investigation
304	304	19 by the agency that is the recipient of the request.
305	305	20 (d-5) A law enforcement record created for law
306	306	21 enforcement purposes and contained in a shared electronic
307	307	22 record management system if the law enforcement agency
308	308	23 that is the recipient of the request did not create the
309	309	24 record, did not participate in or have a role in any of the
310	310	25 events which are the subject of the record, and only has
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322	322	1 management system.
323	323	2 (d-6) Records contained in the Officer Professional
324	324	3 Conduct Database under Section 9.2 of the Illinois Police
325	325	4 Training Act, except to the extent authorized under that
326	326	5 Section. This includes the documents supplied to the
327	327	6 Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board from the
328	328	7 Illinois State Police and Illinois State Police Merit
329	329	8 Board.
330	330	9 (e) Records that relate to or affect the security of
331	331	10 correctional institutions and detention facilities.
332	332	11 (e-5) Records requested by persons committed to the
333	333	12 Department of Corrections, Department of Human Services
334	334	13 Division of Mental Health, or a county jail if those
335	335	14 materials are available in the library of the correctional
336	336	15 institution or facility or jail where the inmate is
337	337	16 confined.
338	338	17 (e-6) Records requested by persons committed to the
339	339	18 Department of Corrections, Department of Human Services
340	340	19 Division of Mental Health, or a county jail if those
341	341	20 materials include records from staff members' personnel
342	342	21 files, staff rosters, or other staffing assignment
343	343	22 information.
344	344	23 (e-7) Records requested by persons committed to the
345	345	24 Department of Corrections or Department of Human Services
346	346	25 Division of Mental Health if those materials are available
347	347	26 through an administrative request to the Department of
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358	358	1 Corrections or Department of Human Services Division of
359	359	2 Mental Health.
360	360	3 (e-8) Records requested by a person committed to the
361	361	4 Department of Corrections, Department of Human Services
362	362	5 Division of Mental Health, or a county jail, the
363	363	6 disclosure of which would result in the risk of harm to any
364	364	7 person or the risk of an escape from a jail or correctional
365	365	8 institution or facility.
366	366	9 (e-9) Records requested by a person in a county jail
367	367	10 or committed to the Department of Corrections or
368	368	11 Department of Human Services Division of Mental Health,
369	369	12 containing personal information pertaining to the person's
370	370	13 victim or the victim's family, including, but not limited
371	371	14 to, a victim's home address, home telephone number, work
372	372	15 or school address, work telephone number, social security
373	373	16 number, or any other identifying information, except as
374	374	17 may be relevant to a requester's current or potential case
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376	376	19 (e-10) Law enforcement records of other persons
377	377	20 requested by a person committed to the Department of
378	378	21 Corrections, Department of Human Services Division of
379	379	22 Mental Health, or a county jail, including, but not
380	380	23 limited to, arrest and booking records, mug shots, and
381	381	24 crime scene photographs, except as these records may be
382	382	25 relevant to the requester's current or potential case or
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394	394	1 (f) Preliminary drafts, notes, recommendations,
395	395	2 memoranda, and other records in which opinions are
396	396	3 expressed, or policies or actions are formulated, except
397	397	4 that a specific record or relevant portion of a record
398	398	5 shall not be exempt when the record is publicly cited and
399	399	6 identified by the head of the public body. The exemption
400	400	7 provided in this paragraph (f) extends to all those
401	401	8 records of officers and agencies of the General Assembly
402	402	9 that pertain to the preparation of legislative documents.
403	403	10 (g) Trade secrets and commercial or financial
404	404	11 information obtained from a person or business where the
405	405	12 trade secrets or commercial or financial information are
406	406	13 furnished under a claim that they are proprietary,
407	407	14 privileged, or confidential, and that disclosure of the
408	408	15 trade secrets or commercial or financial information would
409	409	16 cause competitive harm to the person or business, and only
410	410	17 insofar as the claim directly applies to the records
411	411	18 requested.
412	412	19 The information included under this exemption includes
413	413	20 all trade secrets and commercial or financial information
414	414	21 obtained by a public body, including a public pension
415	415	22 fund, from a private equity fund or a privately held
416	416	23 company within the investment portfolio of a private
417	417	24 equity fund as a result of either investing or evaluating
418	418	25 a potential investment of public funds in a private equity
419	419	26 fund. The exemption contained in this item does not apply
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430	430	1 to the aggregate financial performance information of a
431	431	2 private equity fund, nor to the identity of the fund's
432	432	3 managers or general partners. The exemption contained in
433	433	4 this item does not apply to the identity of a privately
434	434	5 held company within the investment portfolio of a private
435	435	6 equity fund, unless the disclosure of the identity of a
436	436	7 privately held company may cause competitive harm.
437	437	8 Nothing contained in this paragraph (g) shall be
438	438	9 construed to prevent a person or business from consenting
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440	440	11 (h) Proposals and bids for any contract, grant, or
441	441	12 agreement, including information which if it were
442	442	13 disclosed would frustrate procurement or give an advantage
443	443	14 to any person proposing to enter into a contractor
444	444	15 agreement with the body, until an award or final selection
445	445	16 is made. Information prepared by or for the body in
446	446	17 preparation of a bid solicitation shall be exempt until an
447	447	18 award or final selection is made.
448	448	19 (i) Valuable formulae, computer geographic systems,
449	449	20 designs, drawings, and research data obtained or produced
450	450	21 by any public body when disclosure could reasonably be
451	451	22 expected to produce private gain or public loss. The
452	452	23 exemption for "computer geographic systems" provided in
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455	455	26 requested information is not otherwise exempt and the only
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466	466	1 purpose of the request is to access and disseminate
467	467	2 information regarding the health, safety, welfare, or
468	468	3 legal rights of the general public.
469	469	4 (j) The following information pertaining to
470	470	5 educational matters:
471	471	6 (i) test questions, scoring keys, and other
472	472	7 examination data used to administer an academic
473	473	8 examination;
474	474	9 (ii) information received by a primary or
475	475	10 secondary school, college, or university under its
476	476	11 procedures for the evaluation of faculty members by
477	477	12 their academic peers;
478	478	13 (iii) information concerning a school or
479	479	14 university's adjudication of student disciplinary
480	480	15 cases, but only to the extent that disclosure would
481	481	16 unavoidably reveal the identity of the student; and
482	482	17 (iv) course materials or research materials used
483	483	18 by faculty members.
484	484	19 (k) Architects' plans, engineers' technical
485	485	20 submissions, and other construction related technical
486	486	21 documents for projects not constructed or developed in
487	487	22 whole or in part with public funds and the same for
488	488	23 projects constructed or developed with public funds,
489	489	24 including, but not limited to, power generating and
490	490	25 distribution stations and other transmission and
491	491	26 distribution facilities, water treatment facilities,
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502	502	1 airport facilities, sport stadiums, convention centers,
503	503	2 and all government owned, operated, or occupied buildings,
504	504	3 but only to the extent that disclosure would compromise
505	505	4 security.
506	506	5 (l) Minutes of meetings of public bodies closed to the
507	507	6 public as provided in the Open Meetings Act until the
508	508	7 public body makes the minutes available to the public
509	509	8 under Section 2.06 of the Open Meetings Act.
510	510	9 (m) Communications between a public body and an
511	511	10 attorney or auditor representing the public body that
512	512	11 would not be subject to discovery in litigation, and
513	513	12 materials prepared or compiled by or for a public body in
514	514	13 anticipation of a criminal, civil, or administrative
515	515	14 proceeding upon the request of an attorney advising the
516	516	15 public body, and materials prepared or compiled with
517	517	16 respect to internal audits of public bodies.
518	518	17 (n) Records relating to a public body's adjudication
519	519	18 of employee grievances or disciplinary cases; however,
520	520	19 this exemption shall not extend to the final outcome of
521	521	20 cases in which discipline is imposed.
522	522	21 (o) Administrative or technical information associated
523	523	22 with automated data processing operations, including, but
524	524	23 not limited to, software, operating protocols, computer
525	525	24 program abstracts, file layouts, source listings, object
526	526	25 modules, load modules, user guides, documentation
527	527	26 pertaining to all logical and physical design of
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538	538	1 computerized systems, employee manuals, and any other
539	539	2 information that, if disclosed, would jeopardize the
540	540	3 security of the system or its data or the security of
541	541	4 materials exempt under this Section.
542	542	5 (p) Records relating to collective negotiating matters
543	543	6 between public bodies and their employees or
544	544	7 representatives, except that any final contract or
545	545	8 agreement shall be subject to inspection and copying.
546	546	9 (q) Test questions, scoring keys, and other
547	547	10 examination data used to determine the qualifications of
548	548	11 an applicant for a license or employment.
549	549	12 (r) The records, documents, and information relating
550	550	13 to real estate purchase negotiations until those
551	551	14 negotiations have been completed or otherwise terminated.
552	552	15 With regard to a parcel involved in a pending or actually
553	553	16 and reasonably contemplated eminent domain proceeding
554	554	17 under the Eminent Domain Act, records, documents, and
555	555	18 information relating to that parcel shall be exempt except
556	556	19 as may be allowed under discovery rules adopted by the
557	557	20 Illinois Supreme Court. The records, documents, and
558	558	21 information relating to a real estate sale shall be exempt
559	559	22 until a sale is consummated.
560	560	23 (s) Any and all proprietary information and records
561	561	24 related to the operation of an intergovernmental risk
562	562	25 management association or self-insurance pool or jointly
563	563	26 self-administered health and accident cooperative or pool.
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574	574	1 Insurance or self-insurance self insurance (including any
575	575	2 intergovernmental risk management association or
576	576	3 self-insurance self insurance pool) claims, loss or risk
577	577	4 management information, records, data, advice, or
578	578	5 communications.
579	579	6 (t) Information contained in or related to
580	580	7 examination, operating, or condition reports prepared by,
581	581	8 on behalf of, or for the use of a public body responsible
582	582	9 for the regulation or supervision of financial
583	583	10 institutions, insurance companies, or pharmacy benefit
584	584	11 managers, unless disclosure is otherwise required by State
585	585	12 law.
586	586	13 (u) Information that would disclose or might lead to
587	587	14 the disclosure of secret or confidential information,
588	588	15 codes, algorithms, programs, or private keys intended to
589	589	16 be used to create electronic signatures under the Uniform
590	590	17 Electronic Transactions Act.
591	591	18 (v) Vulnerability assessments, security measures, and
592	592	19 response policies or plans that are designed to identify,
593	593	20 prevent, or respond to potential attacks upon a
594	594	21 community's population or systems, facilities, or
595	595	22 installations, but only to the extent that disclosure
596	596	23 could reasonably be expected to expose the vulnerability
597	597	24 or jeopardize the effectiveness of the measures, policies,
598	598	25 or plans, or the safety of the personnel who implement
599	599	26 them or the public. Information exempt under this item may
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610	610	1 include such things as details pertaining to the
611	611	2 mobilization or deployment of personnel or equipment, to
612	612	3 the operation of communication systems or protocols, to
613	613	4 cybersecurity vulnerabilities, or to tactical operations.
614	614	5 (w) (Blank).
615	615	6 (x) Maps and other records regarding the location or
616	616	7 security of generation, transmission, distribution,
617	617	8 storage, gathering, treatment, or switching facilities
618	618	9 owned by a utility, by a power generator, or by the
619	619	10 Illinois Power Agency.
620	620	11 (y) Information contained in or related to proposals,
621	621	12 bids, or negotiations related to electric power
622	622	13 procurement under Section 1-75 of the Illinois Power
623	623	14 Agency Act and Section 16-111.5 of the Public Utilities
624	624	15 Act that is determined to be confidential and proprietary
625	625	16 by the Illinois Power Agency or by the Illinois Commerce
626	626	17 Commission.
627	627	18 (z) Information about students exempted from
628	628	19 disclosure under Section Sections 10-20.38 or 34-18.29 of
629	629	20 the School Code, and information about undergraduate
630	630	21 students enrolled at an institution of higher education
631	631	22 exempted from disclosure under Section 25 of the Illinois
632	632	23 Credit Card Marketing Act of 2009.
633	633	24 (aa) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
634	634	25 under the Viatical Settlements Act of 2009.
635	635	26 (bb) Records and information provided to a mortality
636	636
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646	646	1 review team and records maintained by a mortality review
647	647	2 team appointed under the Department of Juvenile Justice
648	648	3 Mortality Review Team Act.
649	649	4 (cc) Information regarding interments, entombments, or
650	650	5 inurnments of human remains that are submitted to the
651	651	6 Cemetery Oversight Database under the Cemetery Care Act or
652	652	7 the Cemetery Oversight Act, whichever is applicable.
653	653	8 (dd) Correspondence and records (i) that may not be
654	654	9 disclosed under Section 11-9 of the Illinois Public Aid
655	655	10 Code or (ii) that pertain to appeals under Section 11-8 of
656	656	11 the Illinois Public Aid Code.
657	657	12 (ee) The names, addresses, or other personal
658	658	13 information of persons who are minors and are also
659	659	14 participants and registrants in programs of park
660	660	15 districts, forest preserve districts, conservation
661	661	16 districts, recreation agencies, and special recreation
662	662	17 associations.
663	663	18 (ff) The names, addresses, or other personal
664	664	19 information of participants and registrants in programs of
665	665	20 park districts, forest preserve districts, conservation
666	666	21 districts, recreation agencies, and special recreation
667	667	22 associations where such programs are targeted primarily to
668	668	23 minors.
669	669	24 (gg) Confidential information described in Section
670	670	25 1-100 of the Illinois Independent Tax Tribunal Act of
671	671	26 2012.
672	672
673	673
674	674
675	675
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682	682	1 (hh) The report submitted to the State Board of
683	683	2 Education by the School Security and Standards Task Force
684	684	3 under item (8) of subsection (d) of Section 2-3.160 of the
685	685	4 School Code and any information contained in that report.
686	686	5 (ii) Records requested by persons committed to or
687	687	6 detained by the Department of Human Services under the
688	688	7 Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act or committed to
689	689	8 the Department of Corrections under the Sexually Dangerous
690	690	9 Persons Act if those materials: (i) are available in the
691	691	10 library of the facility where the individual is confined;
692	692	11 (ii) include records from staff members' personnel files,
693	693	12 staff rosters, or other staffing assignment information;
694	694	13 or (iii) are available through an administrative request
695	695	14 to the Department of Human Services or the Department of
696	696	15 Corrections.
697	697	16 (jj) Confidential information described in Section
698	698	17 5-535 of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
699	699	18 (kk) The public body's credit card numbers, debit card
700	700	19 numbers, bank account numbers, Federal Employer
701	701	20 Identification Number, security code numbers, passwords,
702	702	21 and similar account information, the disclosure of which
703	703	22 could result in identity theft or impression or defrauding
704	704	23 of a governmental entity or a person.
705	705	24 (ll) Records concerning the work of the threat
706	706	25 assessment team of a school district, including, but not
707	707	26 limited to, any threat assessment procedure under the
708	708
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718	718	1 School Safety Drill Act and any information contained in
719	719	2 the procedure.
720	720	3 (mm) Information prohibited from being disclosed under
721	721	4 subsections (a) and (b) of Section 15 of the Student
722	722	5 Confidential Reporting Act.
723	723	6 (nn) (mm) Proprietary information submitted to the
724	724	7 Environmental Protection Agency under the Drug Take-Back
725	725	8 Act.
726	726	9 (oo) (mm) Records described in subsection (f) of
727	727	10 Section 3-5-1 of the Unified Code of Corrections.
728	728	11 (1.5) Any information exempt from disclosure under the
729	729	12 Judicial Privacy Act shall be redacted from public records
730	730	13 prior to disclosure under this Act.
731	731	14 (2) A public record that is not in the possession of a
732	732	15 public body but is in the possession of a party with whom the
733	733	16 agency has contracted to perform a governmental function on
734	734	17 behalf of the public body, and that directly relates to the
735	735	18 governmental function and is not otherwise exempt under this
736	736	19 Act, shall be considered a public record of the public body,
737	737	20 for purposes of this Act.
738	738	21 (3) This Section does not authorize withholding of
739	739	22 information or limit the availability of records to the
740	740	23 public, except as stated in this Section or otherwise provided
741	741	24 in this Act.
742	742	25 (Source: P.A. 101-434, eff. 1-1-20; 101-452, eff. 1-1-20;
743	743	26 101-455, eff. 8-23-19; 101-652, eff. 1-1-22; 102-38, eff.
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754	754	1 6-25-21; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 102-694, eff. 1-7-22; 102-752,
755	755	2 eff. 5-6-22; 102-753, eff. 1-1-23; 102-776, eff. 1-1-23;
756	756	3 102-791, eff. 5-13-22; 102-1055, eff. 6-10-22; revised
757	757	4 12-13-22.)
758	758	5 (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 102-982)
759	759	6 Sec. 7. Exemptions.
760	760	7 (1) When a request is made to inspect or copy a public
761	761	8 record that contains information that is exempt from
762	762	9 disclosure under this Section, but also contains information
763	763	10 that is not exempt from disclosure, the public body may elect
764	764	11 to redact the information that is exempt. The public body
765	765	12 shall make the remaining information available for inspection
766	766	13 and copying. Subject to this requirement, the following shall
767	767	14 be exempt from inspection and copying:
768	768	15 (a) Information specifically prohibited from
769	769	16 disclosure by federal or State law or rules and
770	770	17 regulations implementing federal or State law.
771	771	18 (b) Private information, unless disclosure is required
772	772	19 by another provision of this Act, a State or federal law,
773	773	20 or a court order.
774	774	21 (b-5) Files, documents, and other data or databases
775	775	22 maintained by one or more law enforcement agencies and
776	776	23 specifically designed to provide information to one or
777	777	24 more law enforcement agencies regarding the physical or
778	778	25 mental status of one or more individual subjects.
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789	789	1 (c) Personal information contained within public
790	790	2 records, the disclosure of which would constitute a
791	791	3 clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, unless
792	792	4 the disclosure is consented to in writing by the
793	793	5 individual subjects of the information. "Unwarranted
794	794	6 invasion of personal privacy" means the disclosure of
795	795	7 information that is highly personal or objectionable to a
796	796	8 reasonable person and in which the subject's right to
797	797	9 privacy outweighs any legitimate public interest in
798	798	10 obtaining the information. The disclosure of information
799	799	11 that bears on the public duties of public employees and
800	800	12 officials shall not be considered an invasion of personal
801	801	13 privacy.
802	802	14 (d) Records in the possession of any public body
803	803	15 created in the course of administrative enforcement
804	804	16 proceedings, and any law enforcement or correctional
805	805	17 agency for law enforcement purposes, but only to the
806	806	18 extent that disclosure would:
807	807	19 (i) interfere with pending or actually and
808	808	20 reasonably contemplated law enforcement proceedings
809	809	21 conducted by any law enforcement or correctional
810	810	22 agency that is the recipient of the request;
811	811	23 (ii) interfere with active administrative
812	812	24 enforcement proceedings conducted by the public body
813	813	25 that is the recipient of the request;
814	814	26 (iii) create a substantial likelihood that a
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825	825	1 person will be deprived of a fair trial or an impartial
826	826	2 hearing;
827	827	3 (iv) unavoidably disclose the identity of a
828	828	4 confidential source, confidential information
829	829	5 furnished only by the confidential source, or persons
830	830	6 who file complaints with or provide information to
831	831	7 administrative, investigative, law enforcement, or
832	832	8 penal agencies; except that the identities of
833	833	9 witnesses to traffic crashes, traffic crash reports,
834	834	10 and rescue reports shall be provided by agencies of
835	835	11 local government, except when disclosure would
836	836	12 interfere with an active criminal investigation
837	837	13 conducted by the agency that is the recipient of the
838	838	14 request;
839	839	15 (v) disclose unique or specialized investigative
840	840	16 techniques other than those generally used and known
841	841	17 or disclose internal documents of correctional
842	842	18 agencies related to detection, observation, or
843	843	19 investigation of incidents of crime or misconduct, and
844	844	20 disclosure would result in demonstrable harm to the
845	845	21 agency or public body that is the recipient of the
846	846	22 request;
847	847	23 (vi) endanger the life or physical safety of law
848	848	24 enforcement personnel or any other person; or
849	849	25 (vii) obstruct an ongoing criminal investigation
850	850	26 by the agency that is the recipient of the request.
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861	861	1 (d-5) A law enforcement record created for law
862	862	2 enforcement purposes and contained in a shared electronic
863	863	3 record management system if the law enforcement agency
864	864	4 that is the recipient of the request did not create the
865	865	5 record, did not participate in or have a role in any of the
866	866	6 events which are the subject of the record, and only has
867	867	7 access to the record through the shared electronic record
868	868	8 management system.
869	869	9 (d-6) Records contained in the Officer Professional
870	870	10 Conduct Database under Section 9.2 of the Illinois Police
871	871	11 Training Act, except to the extent authorized under that
872	872	12 Section. This includes the documents supplied to the
873	873	13 Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board from the
874	874	14 Illinois State Police and Illinois State Police Merit
875	875	15 Board.
876	876	16 (e) Records that relate to or affect the security of
877	877	17 correctional institutions and detention facilities.
878	878	18 (e-5) Records requested by persons committed to the
879	879	19 Department of Corrections, Department of Human Services
880	880	20 Division of Mental Health, or a county jail if those
881	881	21 materials are available in the library of the correctional
882	882	22 institution or facility or jail where the inmate is
883	883	23 confined.
884	884	24 (e-6) Records requested by persons committed to the
885	885	25 Department of Corrections, Department of Human Services
886	886	26 Division of Mental Health, or a county jail if those
887	887
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897	897	1 materials include records from staff members' personnel
898	898	2 files, staff rosters, or other staffing assignment
899	899	3 information.
900	900	4 (e-7) Records requested by persons committed to the
901	901	5 Department of Corrections or Department of Human Services
902	902	6 Division of Mental Health if those materials are available
903	903	7 through an administrative request to the Department of
904	904	8 Corrections or Department of Human Services Division of
905	905	9 Mental Health.
906	906	10 (e-8) Records requested by a person committed to the
907	907	11 Department of Corrections, Department of Human Services
908	908	12 Division of Mental Health, or a county jail, the
909	909	13 disclosure of which would result in the risk of harm to any
910	910	14 person or the risk of an escape from a jail or correctional
911	911	15 institution or facility.
912	912	16 (e-9) Records requested by a person in a county jail
913	913	17 or committed to the Department of Corrections or
914	914	18 Department of Human Services Division of Mental Health,
915	915	19 containing personal information pertaining to the person's
916	916	20 victim or the victim's family, including, but not limited
917	917	21 to, a victim's home address, home telephone number, work
918	918	22 or school address, work telephone number, social security
919	919	23 number, or any other identifying information, except as
920	920	24 may be relevant to a requester's current or potential case
921	921	25 or claim.
922	922	26 (e-10) Law enforcement records of other persons
923	923
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933	933	1 requested by a person committed to the Department of
934	934	2 Corrections, Department of Human Services Division of
935	935	3 Mental Health, or a county jail, including, but not
936	936	4 limited to, arrest and booking records, mug shots, and
937	937	5 crime scene photographs, except as these records may be
938	938	6 relevant to the requester's current or potential case or
939	939	7 claim.
940	940	8 (f) Preliminary drafts, notes, recommendations,
941	941	9 memoranda, and other records in which opinions are
942	942	10 expressed, or policies or actions are formulated, except
943	943	11 that a specific record or relevant portion of a record
944	944	12 shall not be exempt when the record is publicly cited and
945	945	13 identified by the head of the public body. The exemption
946	946	14 provided in this paragraph (f) extends to all those
947	947	15 records of officers and agencies of the General Assembly
948	948	16 that pertain to the preparation of legislative documents
949	949	17 and to all those records that pertain to the preparation
950	950	18 of judicial opinions and orders.
951	951	19 (g) Trade secrets and commercial or financial
952	952	20 information obtained from a person or business where the
953	953	21 trade secrets or commercial or financial information are
954	954	22 furnished under a claim that they are proprietary,
955	955	23 privileged, or confidential, and that disclosure of the
956	956	24 trade secrets or commercial or financial information would
957	957	25 cause competitive harm to the person or business, and only
958	958	26 insofar as the claim directly applies to the records
959	959
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969	969	1 requested.
970	970	2 The information included under this exemption includes
971	971	3 all trade secrets and commercial or financial information
972	972	4 obtained by a public body, including a public pension
973	973	5 fund, from a private equity fund or a privately held
974	974	6 company within the investment portfolio of a private
975	975	7 equity fund as a result of either investing or evaluating
976	976	8 a potential investment of public funds in a private equity
977	977	9 fund. The exemption contained in this item does not apply
978	978	10 to the aggregate financial performance information of a
979	979	11 private equity fund, nor to the identity of the fund's
980	980	12 managers or general partners. The exemption contained in
981	981	13 this item does not apply to the identity of a privately
982	982	14 held company within the investment portfolio of a private
983	983	15 equity fund, unless the disclosure of the identity of a
984	984	16 privately held company may cause competitive harm.
985	985	17 Nothing contained in this paragraph (g) shall be
986	986	18 construed to prevent a person or business from consenting
987	987	19 to disclosure.
988	988	20 (h) Proposals and bids for any contract, grant, or
989	989	21 agreement, including information which if it were
990	990	22 disclosed would frustrate procurement or give an advantage
991	991	23 to any person proposing to enter into a contractor
992	992	24 agreement with the body, until an award or final selection
993	993	25 is made. Information prepared by or for the body in
994	994	26 preparation of a bid solicitation shall be exempt until an
995	995
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1005	1005	1 award or final selection is made.
1006	1006	2 (i) Valuable formulae, computer geographic systems,
1007	1007	3 designs, drawings, and research data obtained or produced
1008	1008	4 by any public body when disclosure could reasonably be
1009	1009	5 expected to produce private gain or public loss. The
1010	1010	6 exemption for "computer geographic systems" provided in
1011	1011	7 this paragraph (i) does not extend to requests made by
1012	1012	8 news media as defined in Section 2 of this Act when the
1013	1013	9 requested information is not otherwise exempt and the only
1014	1014	10 purpose of the request is to access and disseminate
1015	1015	11 information regarding the health, safety, welfare, or
1016	1016	12 legal rights of the general public.
1017	1017	13 (j) The following information pertaining to
1018	1018	14 educational matters:
1019	1019	15 (i) test questions, scoring keys, and other
1020	1020	16 examination data used to administer an academic
1021	1021	17 examination;
1022	1022	18 (ii) information received by a primary or
1023	1023	19 secondary school, college, or university under its
1024	1024	20 procedures for the evaluation of faculty members by
1025	1025	21 their academic peers;
1026	1026	22 (iii) information concerning a school or
1027	1027	23 university's adjudication of student disciplinary
1028	1028	24 cases, but only to the extent that disclosure would
1029	1029	25 unavoidably reveal the identity of the student; and
1030	1030	26 (iv) course materials or research materials used
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1041	1041	1 by faculty members.
1042	1042	2 (k) Architects' plans, engineers' technical
1043	1043	3 submissions, and other construction related technical
1044	1044	4 documents for projects not constructed or developed in
1045	1045	5 whole or in part with public funds and the same for
1046	1046	6 projects constructed or developed with public funds,
1047	1047	7 including, but not limited to, power generating and
1048	1048	8 distribution stations and other transmission and
1049	1049	9 distribution facilities, water treatment facilities,
1050	1050	10 airport facilities, sport stadiums, convention centers,
1051	1051	11 and all government owned, operated, or occupied buildings,
1052	1052	12 but only to the extent that disclosure would compromise
1053	1053	13 security.
1054	1054	14 (l) Minutes of meetings of public bodies closed to the
1055	1055	15 public as provided in the Open Meetings Act until the
1056	1056	16 public body makes the minutes available to the public
1057	1057	17 under Section 2.06 of the Open Meetings Act.
1058	1058	18 (m) Communications between a public body and an
1059	1059	19 attorney or auditor representing the public body that
1060	1060	20 would not be subject to discovery in litigation, and
1061	1061	21 materials prepared or compiled by or for a public body in
1062	1062	22 anticipation of a criminal, civil, or administrative
1063	1063	23 proceeding upon the request of an attorney advising the
1064	1064	24 public body, and materials prepared or compiled with
1065	1065	25 respect to internal audits of public bodies.
1066	1066	26 (n) Records relating to a public body's adjudication
1067	1067
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1069	1069
1070	1070
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1077	1077	1 of employee grievances or disciplinary cases; however,
1078	1078	2 this exemption shall not extend to the final outcome of
1079	1079	3 cases in which discipline is imposed.
1080	1080	4 (o) Administrative or technical information associated
1081	1081	5 with automated data processing operations, including, but
1082	1082	6 not limited to, software, operating protocols, computer
1083	1083	7 program abstracts, file layouts, source listings, object
1084	1084	8 modules, load modules, user guides, documentation
1085	1085	9 pertaining to all logical and physical design of
1086	1086	10 computerized systems, employee manuals, and any other
1087	1087	11 information that, if disclosed, would jeopardize the
1088	1088	12 security of the system or its data or the security of
1089	1089	13 materials exempt under this Section.
1090	1090	14 (p) Records relating to collective negotiating matters
1091	1091	15 between public bodies and their employees or
1092	1092	16 representatives, except that any final contract or
1093	1093	17 agreement shall be subject to inspection and copying.
1094	1094	18 (q) Test questions, scoring keys, and other
1095	1095	19 examination data used to determine the qualifications of
1096	1096	20 an applicant for a license or employment.
1097	1097	21 (r) The records, documents, and information relating
1098	1098	22 to real estate purchase negotiations until those
1099	1099	23 negotiations have been completed or otherwise terminated.
1100	1100	24 With regard to a parcel involved in a pending or actually
1101	1101	25 and reasonably contemplated eminent domain proceeding
1102	1102	26 under the Eminent Domain Act, records, documents, and
1103	1103
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1105	1105
1106	1106
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1113	1113	1 information relating to that parcel shall be exempt except
1114	1114	2 as may be allowed under discovery rules adopted by the
1115	1115	3 Illinois Supreme Court. The records, documents, and
1116	1116	4 information relating to a real estate sale shall be exempt
1117	1117	5 until a sale is consummated.
1118	1118	6 (s) Any and all proprietary information and records
1119	1119	7 related to the operation of an intergovernmental risk
1120	1120	8 management association or self-insurance pool or jointly
1121	1121	9 self-administered health and accident cooperative or pool.
1122	1122	10 Insurance or self-insurance self insurance (including any
1123	1123	11 intergovernmental risk management association or
1124	1124	12 self-insurance self insurance pool) claims, loss or risk
1125	1125	13 management information, records, data, advice, or
1126	1126	14 communications.
1127	1127	15 (t) Information contained in or related to
1128	1128	16 examination, operating, or condition reports prepared by,
1129	1129	17 on behalf of, or for the use of a public body responsible
1130	1130	18 for the regulation or supervision of financial
1131	1131	19 institutions, insurance companies, or pharmacy benefit
1132	1132	20 managers, unless disclosure is otherwise required by State
1133	1133	21 law.
1134	1134	22 (u) Information that would disclose or might lead to
1135	1135	23 the disclosure of secret or confidential information,
1136	1136	24 codes, algorithms, programs, or private keys intended to
1137	1137	25 be used to create electronic signatures under the Uniform
1138	1138	26 Electronic Transactions Act.
1139	1139
1140	1140
1141	1141
1142	1142
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1149	1149	1 (v) Vulnerability assessments, security measures, and
1150	1150	2 response policies or plans that are designed to identify,
1151	1151	3 prevent, or respond to potential attacks upon a
1152	1152	4 community's population or systems, facilities, or
1153	1153	5 installations, but only to the extent that disclosure
1154	1154	6 could reasonably be expected to expose the vulnerability
1155	1155	7 or jeopardize the effectiveness of the measures, policies,
1156	1156	8 or plans, or the safety of the personnel who implement
1157	1157	9 them or the public. Information exempt under this item may
1158	1158	10 include such things as details pertaining to the
1159	1159	11 mobilization or deployment of personnel or equipment, to
1160	1160	12 the operation of communication systems or protocols, to
1161	1161	13 cybersecurity vulnerabilities, or to tactical operations.
1162	1162	14 (w) (Blank).
1163	1163	15 (x) Maps and other records regarding the location or
1164	1164	16 security of generation, transmission, distribution,
1165	1165	17 storage, gathering, treatment, or switching facilities
1166	1166	18 owned by a utility, by a power generator, or by the
1167	1167	19 Illinois Power Agency.
1168	1168	20 (y) Information contained in or related to proposals,
1169	1169	21 bids, or negotiations related to electric power
1170	1170	22 procurement under Section 1-75 of the Illinois Power
1171	1171	23 Agency Act and Section 16-111.5 of the Public Utilities
1172	1172	24 Act that is determined to be confidential and proprietary
1173	1173	25 by the Illinois Power Agency or by the Illinois Commerce
1174	1174	26 Commission.
1175	1175
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1178	1178
1179	1179
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1185	1185	1 (z) Information about students exempted from
1186	1186	2 disclosure under Section Sections 10-20.38 or 34-18.29 of
1187	1187	3 the School Code, and information about undergraduate
1188	1188	4 students enrolled at an institution of higher education
1189	1189	5 exempted from disclosure under Section 25 of the Illinois
1190	1190	6 Credit Card Marketing Act of 2009.
1191	1191	7 (aa) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
1192	1192	8 under the Viatical Settlements Act of 2009.
1193	1193	9 (bb) Records and information provided to a mortality
1194	1194	10 review team and records maintained by a mortality review
1195	1195	11 team appointed under the Department of Juvenile Justice
1196	1196	12 Mortality Review Team Act.
1197	1197	13 (cc) Information regarding interments, entombments, or
1198	1198	14 inurnments of human remains that are submitted to the
1199	1199	15 Cemetery Oversight Database under the Cemetery Care Act or
1200	1200	16 the Cemetery Oversight Act, whichever is applicable.
1201	1201	17 (dd) Correspondence and records (i) that may not be
1202	1202	18 disclosed under Section 11-9 of the Illinois Public Aid
1203	1203	19 Code or (ii) that pertain to appeals under Section 11-8 of
1204	1204	20 the Illinois Public Aid Code.
1205	1205	21 (ee) The names, addresses, or other personal
1206	1206	22 information of persons who are minors and are also
1207	1207	23 participants and registrants in programs of park
1208	1208	24 districts, forest preserve districts, conservation
1209	1209	25 districts, recreation agencies, and special recreation
1210	1210	26 associations.
1211	1211
1212	1212
1213	1213
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1221	1221	1 (ff) The names, addresses, or other personal
1222	1222	2 information of participants and registrants in programs of
1223	1223	3 park districts, forest preserve districts, conservation
1224	1224	4 districts, recreation agencies, and special recreation
1225	1225	5 associations where such programs are targeted primarily to
1226	1226	6 minors.
1227	1227	7 (gg) Confidential information described in Section
1228	1228	8 1-100 of the Illinois Independent Tax Tribunal Act of
1229	1229	9 2012.
1230	1230	10 (hh) The report submitted to the State Board of
1231	1231	11 Education by the School Security and Standards Task Force
1232	1232	12 under item (8) of subsection (d) of Section 2-3.160 of the
1233	1233	13 School Code and any information contained in that report.
1234	1234	14 (ii) Records requested by persons committed to or
1235	1235	15 detained by the Department of Human Services under the
1236	1236	16 Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act or committed to
1237	1237	17 the Department of Corrections under the Sexually Dangerous
1238	1238	18 Persons Act if those materials: (i) are available in the
1239	1239	19 library of the facility where the individual is confined;
1240	1240	20 (ii) include records from staff members' personnel files,
1241	1241	21 staff rosters, or other staffing assignment information;
1242	1242	22 or (iii) are available through an administrative request
1243	1243	23 to the Department of Human Services or the Department of
1244	1244	24 Corrections.
1245	1245	25 (jj) Confidential information described in Section
1246	1246	26 5-535 of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
1247	1247
1248	1248
1249	1249
1250	1250
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1257	1257	1 (kk) The public body's credit card numbers, debit card
1258	1258	2 numbers, bank account numbers, Federal Employer
1259	1259	3 Identification Number, security code numbers, passwords,
1260	1260	4 and similar account information, the disclosure of which
1261	1261	5 could result in identity theft or impression or defrauding
1262	1262	6 of a governmental entity or a person.
1263	1263	7 (ll) Records concerning the work of the threat
1264	1264	8 assessment team of a school district, including, but not
1265	1265	9 limited to, any threat assessment procedure under the
1266	1266	10 School Safety Drill Act and any information contained in
1267	1267	11 the procedure.
1268	1268	12 (mm) Information prohibited from being disclosed under
1269	1269	13 subsections (a) and (b) of Section 15 of the Student
1270	1270	14 Confidential Reporting Act.
1271	1271	15 (nn) (mm) Proprietary information submitted to the
1272	1272	16 Environmental Protection Agency under the Drug Take-Back
1273	1273	17 Act.
1274	1274	18 (oo) (mm) Records described in subsection (f) of
1275	1275	19 Section 3-5-1 of the Unified Code of Corrections.
1276	1276	20 (pp) Records that are subject to fees under Section
1277	1277	21 27.1b or 28 of the Clerks of Court Act. Those records shall
1278	1278	22 continue to be available as provided in those Sections.
1279	1279	23 (1.5) Any information exempt from disclosure under the
1280	1280	24 Judicial Privacy Act shall be redacted from public records
1281	1281	25 prior to disclosure under this Act.
1282	1282	26 (2) A public record that is not in the possession of a
1283	1283
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1285	1285
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1293	1293	1 public body but is in the possession of a party with whom the
1294	1294	2 agency has contracted to perform a governmental function on
1295	1295	3 behalf of the public body, and that directly relates to the
1296	1296	4 governmental function and is not otherwise exempt under this
1297	1297	5 Act, shall be considered a public record of the public body,
1298	1298	6 for purposes of this Act.
1299	1299	7 (3) This Section does not authorize withholding of
1300	1300	8 information or limit the availability of records to the
1301	1301	9 public, except as stated in this Section or otherwise provided
1302	1302	10 in this Act.
1303	1303	11 (Source: P.A. 101-434, eff. 1-1-20; 101-452, eff. 1-1-20;
1304	1304	12 101-455, eff. 8-23-19; 101-652, eff. 1-1-22; 102-38, eff.
1305	1305	13 6-25-21; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 102-694, eff. 1-7-22; 102-752,
1306	1306	14 eff. 5-6-22; 102-753, eff. 1-1-23; 102-776, eff. 1-1-23;
1307	1307	15 102-791, eff. 5-13-22; 102-982, eff. 7-1-23; 102-1055, eff.
1308	1308	16 6-10-22; revised 12-13-22.)
1309	1309	17 Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes
1310	1310	18 changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text
1311	1311	19 that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section
1312	1312	20 represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does
1313	1313	21 not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes
1314	1314	22 made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other
1315	1315	23 Public Act.
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