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11 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4050 Introduced , by Rep. Dennis Tipsword, Jr. - Patrick Windhorst SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: See Index Amends the Law Enforcement Officer-Worn Body Camera Act. Provides that the Act does not apply to school resource officers, undercover or covert officers, or officers that are employed in an administrative capacity, except when undercover or covert officers are conducting interviews. Provides that a law enforcement officer is "in uniform" only when primarily assigned to respond to law enforcement-related encounters or activities. Adds a definition for "no expectation of privacy". Provides that, on and after January 1, 2026, an officer no longer needs to provide notice of recording to a person that has a reasonable expectation of privacy. Removes provisions prohibiting officers from viewing recordings prior to completing a report. Modifies exceptions to destruction of camera recordings if a recording has been flagged and when recordings may be used to discipline law enforcement officers. Provides that recordings are only subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act when a recording is flagged due to the filing of a complaint, discharge of a firearm, use of force, arrest or detention, or resulting death or bodily harm and the subject of the encounter has a reasonable expectation of privacy at the time of the recording (removing other exceptions). Provides that only the subject of the recording or the subject's legal representative may obtain the portion of the recording containing the subject if the subject or legal representative provides written authorization to release the video. Makes other changes. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012 and Freedom of Information Act making conforming changes. Amends the Law Enforcement Camera Grant Act. Removes a requirement to include criminal and other violations and civil proceedings in which the cameras were used in reports that must be provided by a law enforcement agency receiving a grant for in-car video cameras or for officer-worn body cameras. Further amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person also obstructs justice when, with intent to prevent the apprehension or obstruct the prosecution or defense of any person, he or she knowingly takes a body camera or any part of a body camera from a person known to be a peace officer. Provides that a violation is either a Class 1 felony or Class 2 felony. LRB103 31718 AWJ 60299 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4050 Introduced , by Rep. Dennis Tipsword, Jr. - Patrick Windhorst SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: See Index See Index Amends the Law Enforcement Officer-Worn Body Camera Act. Provides that the Act does not apply to school resource officers, undercover or covert officers, or officers that are employed in an administrative capacity, except when undercover or covert officers are conducting interviews. Provides that a law enforcement officer is "in uniform" only when primarily assigned to respond to law enforcement-related encounters or activities. Adds a definition for "no expectation of privacy". Provides that, on and after January 1, 2026, an officer no longer needs to provide notice of recording to a person that has a reasonable expectation of privacy. Removes provisions prohibiting officers from viewing recordings prior to completing a report. Modifies exceptions to destruction of camera recordings if a recording has been flagged and when recordings may be used to discipline law enforcement officers. Provides that recordings are only subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act when a recording is flagged due to the filing of a complaint, discharge of a firearm, use of force, arrest or detention, or resulting death or bodily harm and the subject of the encounter has a reasonable expectation of privacy at the time of the recording (removing other exceptions). Provides that only the subject of the recording or the subject's legal representative may obtain the portion of the recording containing the subject if the subject or legal representative provides written authorization to release the video. Makes other changes. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012 and Freedom of Information Act making conforming changes. Amends the Law Enforcement Camera Grant Act. Removes a requirement to include criminal and other violations and civil proceedings in which the cameras were used in reports that must be provided by a law enforcement agency receiving a grant for in-car video cameras or for officer-worn body cameras. Further amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person also obstructs justice when, with intent to prevent the apprehension or obstruct the prosecution or defense of any person, he or she knowingly takes a body camera or any part of a body camera from a person known to be a peace officer. Provides that a violation is either a Class 1 felony or Class 2 felony. LRB103 31718 AWJ 60299 b LRB103 31718 AWJ 60299 b A BILL FOR
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1111 1 AN ACT concerning government.
1212 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
1313 3 represented in the General Assembly:
1414 4 Section 5. The Freedom of Information Act is amended by
1515 5 changing Section 7.5 as follows:
1616 6 (5 ILCS 140/7.5)
1717 7 Sec. 7.5. Statutory exemptions. To the extent provided for
1818 8 by the statutes referenced below, the following shall be
1919 9 exempt from inspection and copying:
2020 10 (a) All information determined to be confidential
2121 11 under Section 4002 of the Technology Advancement and
2222 12 Development Act.
2323 13 (b) Library circulation and order records identifying
2424 14 library users with specific materials under the Library
2525 15 Records Confidentiality Act.
2626 16 (c) Applications, related documents, and medical
2727 17 records received by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
2828 18 Procedures Board and any and all documents or other
2929 19 records prepared by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
3030 20 Procedures Board or its staff relating to applications it
3131 21 has received.
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4040 Amends the Law Enforcement Officer-Worn Body Camera Act. Provides that the Act does not apply to school resource officers, undercover or covert officers, or officers that are employed in an administrative capacity, except when undercover or covert officers are conducting interviews. Provides that a law enforcement officer is "in uniform" only when primarily assigned to respond to law enforcement-related encounters or activities. Adds a definition for "no expectation of privacy". Provides that, on and after January 1, 2026, an officer no longer needs to provide notice of recording to a person that has a reasonable expectation of privacy. Removes provisions prohibiting officers from viewing recordings prior to completing a report. Modifies exceptions to destruction of camera recordings if a recording has been flagged and when recordings may be used to discipline law enforcement officers. Provides that recordings are only subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act when a recording is flagged due to the filing of a complaint, discharge of a firearm, use of force, arrest or detention, or resulting death or bodily harm and the subject of the encounter has a reasonable expectation of privacy at the time of the recording (removing other exceptions). Provides that only the subject of the recording or the subject's legal representative may obtain the portion of the recording containing the subject if the subject or legal representative provides written authorization to release the video. Makes other changes. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012 and Freedom of Information Act making conforming changes. Amends the Law Enforcement Camera Grant Act. Removes a requirement to include criminal and other violations and civil proceedings in which the cameras were used in reports that must be provided by a law enforcement agency receiving a grant for in-car video cameras or for officer-worn body cameras. Further amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person also obstructs justice when, with intent to prevent the apprehension or obstruct the prosecution or defense of any person, he or she knowingly takes a body camera or any part of a body camera from a person known to be a peace officer. Provides that a violation is either a Class 1 felony or Class 2 felony.
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6969 2 disease or any information the disclosure of which is
7070 3 restricted under the Illinois Sexually Transmissible
7171 4 Disease Control Act.
7272 5 (e) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
7373 6 under Section 30 of the Radon Industry Licensing Act.
7474 7 (f) Firm performance evaluations under Section 55 of
7575 8 the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying
7676 9 Qualifications Based Selection Act.
7777 10 (g) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
7878 11 and exempted under Section 50 of the Illinois Prepaid
7979 12 Tuition Act.
8080 13 (h) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
8181 14 under the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, and
8282 15 records of any lawfully created State or local inspector
8383 16 general's office that would be exempt if created or
8484 17 obtained by an Executive Inspector General's office under
8585 18 that Act.
8686 19 (i) Information contained in a local emergency energy
8787 20 plan submitted to a municipality in accordance with a
8888 21 local emergency energy plan ordinance that is adopted
8989 22 under Section 11-21.5-5 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
9090 23 (j) Information and data concerning the distribution
9191 24 of surcharge moneys collected and remitted by carriers
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104104 1 or driver identification information compiled by a law
105105 2 enforcement agency or the Department of Transportation
106106 3 under Section 11-212 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
107107 4 (l) Records and information provided to a residential
108108 5 health care facility resident sexual assault and death
109109 6 review team or the Executive Council under the Abuse
110110 7 Prevention Review Team Act.
111111 8 (m) Information provided to the predatory lending
112112 9 database created pursuant to Article 3 of the Residential
113113 10 Real Property Disclosure Act, except to the extent
114114 11 authorized under that Article.
115115 12 (n) Defense budgets and petitions for certification of
116116 13 compensation and expenses for court appointed trial
117117 14 counsel as provided under Sections 10 and 15 of the
118118 15 Capital Crimes Litigation Act. This subsection (n) shall
119119 16 apply until the conclusion of the trial of the case, even
120120 17 if the prosecution chooses not to pursue the death penalty
121121 18 prior to trial or sentencing.
122122 19 (o) Information that is prohibited from being
123123 20 disclosed under Section 4 of the Illinois Health and
124124 21 Hazardous Substances Registry Act.
125125 22 (p) Security portions of system safety program plans,
126126 23 investigation reports, surveys, schedules, lists, data, or
127127 24 information compiled, collected, or prepared by or for the
128128 25 Department of Transportation under Sections 2705-300 and
129129 26 2705-616 of the Department of Transportation Law of the
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141141 2 Transportation Authority under Section 2.11 of the
142142 3 Regional Transportation Authority Act, or the St. Clair
143143 4 County Transit District under the Bi-State Transit Safety
144144 5 Act.
145145 6 (q) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
146146 7 Personnel Record Review Act.
147147 8 (r) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
148148 9 Illinois School Student Records Act.
149149 10 (s) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
150150 11 under Section 5-108 of the Public Utilities Act.
151151 12 (t) All identified or deidentified health information
152152 13 in the form of health data or medical records contained
153153 14 in, stored in, submitted to, transferred by, or released
154154 15 from the Illinois Health Information Exchange, and
155155 16 identified or deidentified health information in the form
156156 17 of health data and medical records of the Illinois Health
157157 18 Information Exchange in the possession of the Illinois
158158 19 Health Information Exchange Office due to its
159159 20 administration of the Illinois Health Information
160160 21 Exchange. The terms "identified" and "deidentified" shall
161161 22 be given the same meaning as in the Health Insurance
162162 23 Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law
163163 24 104-191, or any subsequent amendments thereto, and any
164164 25 regulations promulgated thereunder.
165165 26 (u) Records and information provided to an independent
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176176 1 team of experts under the Developmental Disability and
177177 2 Mental Health Safety Act (also known as Brian's Law).
178178 3 (v) Names and information of people who have applied
179179 4 for or received Firearm Owner's Identification Cards under
180180 5 the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act or applied for
181181 6 or received a concealed carry license under the Firearm
182182 7 Concealed Carry Act, unless otherwise authorized by the
183183 8 Firearm Concealed Carry Act; and databases under the
184184 9 Firearm Concealed Carry Act, records of the Concealed
185185 10 Carry Licensing Review Board under the Firearm Concealed
186186 11 Carry Act, and law enforcement agency objections under the
187187 12 Firearm Concealed Carry Act.
188188 13 (v-5) Records of the Firearm Owner's Identification
189189 14 Card Review Board that are exempted from disclosure under
190190 15 Section 10 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act.
191191 16 (w) Personally identifiable information which is
192192 17 exempted from disclosure under subsection (g) of Section
193193 18 19.1 of the Toll Highway Act.
194194 19 (x) Information which is exempted from disclosure
195195 20 under Section 5-1014.3 of the Counties Code or Section
196196 21 8-11-21 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
197197 22 (y) Confidential information under the Adult
198198 23 Protective Services Act and its predecessor enabling
199199 24 statute, the Elder Abuse and Neglect Act, including
200200 25 information about the identity and administrative finding
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213213 2 an eligible adult maintained in the Registry established
214214 3 under Section 7.5 of the Adult Protective Services Act.
215215 4 (z) Records and information provided to a fatality
216216 5 review team or the Illinois Fatality Review Team Advisory
217217 6 Council under Section 15 of the Adult Protective Services
218218 7 Act.
219219 8 (aa) Information which is exempted from disclosure
220220 9 under Section 2.37 of the Wildlife Code.
221221 10 (bb) Information which is or was prohibited from
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223223 12 (cc) Recordings or portions of recordings made under
224224 13 the Law Enforcement Officer-Worn Body Camera Act, except
225225 14 to the extent authorized under that Act.
226226 15 (dd) Information that is prohibited from being
227227 16 disclosed under Section 45 of the Condominium and Common
228228 17 Interest Community Ombudsperson Act.
229229 18 (ee) Information that is exempted from disclosure
230230 19 under Section 30.1 of the Pharmacy Practice Act.
231231 20 (ff) Information that is exempted from disclosure
232232 21 under the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.
233233 22 (gg) Information that is prohibited from being
234234 23 disclosed under Section 7-603.5 of the Illinois Vehicle
235235 24 Code.
236236 25 (hh) Records that are exempt from disclosure under
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249249 2 under Section 2505-800 of the Department of Revenue Law of
250250 3 the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
251251 4 (jj) Information and reports that are required to be
252252 5 submitted to the Department of Labor by registering day
253253 6 and temporary labor service agencies but are exempt from
254254 7 disclosure under subsection (a-1) of Section 45 of the Day
255255 8 and Temporary Labor Services Act.
256256 9 (kk) Information prohibited from disclosure under the
257257 10 Seizure and Forfeiture Reporting Act.
258258 11 (ll) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
259259 12 and exempted under Section 5-30.8 of the Illinois Public
260260 13 Aid Code.
261261 14 (mm) Records that are exempt from disclosure under
262262 15 Section 4.2 of the Crime Victims Compensation Act.
263263 16 (nn) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
264264 17 Section 70 of the Higher Education Student Assistance Act.
265265 18 (oo) Communications, notes, records, and reports
266266 19 arising out of a peer support counseling session
267267 20 prohibited from disclosure under the First Responders
268268 21 Suicide Prevention Act.
269269 22 (pp) Names and all identifying information relating to
270270 23 an employee of an emergency services provider or law
271271 24 enforcement agency under the First Responders Suicide
272272 25 Prevention Act.
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284284 1 Public Health and its authorized representatives collected
285285 2 under the Reproductive Health Act.
286286 3 (rr) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
287287 4 the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act.
288288 5 (ss) Data reported by an employer to the Department of
289289 6 Human Rights pursuant to Section 2-108 of the Illinois
290290 7 Human Rights Act.
291291 8 (tt) Recordings made under the Children's Advocacy
292292 9 Center Act, except to the extent authorized under that
293293 10 Act.
294294 11 (uu) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
295295 12 Section 50 of the Sexual Assault Evidence Submission Act.
296296 13 (vv) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
297297 14 subsections (f) and (j) of Section 5-36 of the Illinois
298298 15 Public Aid Code.
299299 16 (ww) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
300300 17 Section 16.8 of the State Treasurer Act.
301301 18 (xx) Information that is exempt from disclosure or
302302 19 information that shall not be made public under the
303303 20 Illinois Insurance Code.
304304 21 (yy) Information prohibited from being disclosed under
305305 22 the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act.
306306 23 (zz) Information prohibited from being disclosed under
307307 24 the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act.
308308 25 (aaa) Information prohibited from being disclosed
309309 26 under Section 1-167 of the Illinois Pension Code.
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322322 3 Police Act.
323323 4 (ccc) Records exempt from disclosure under Section
324324 5 2605-304 of the Illinois State Police Law of the Civil
325325 6 Administrative Code of Illinois.
326326 7 (ddd) Information prohibited from being disclosed
327327 8 under Section 35 of the Address Confidentiality for
328328 9 Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Human
329329 10 Trafficking, or Stalking Act.
330330 11 (eee) Information prohibited from being disclosed
331331 12 under subsection (b) of Section 75 of the Domestic
332332 13 Violence Fatality Review Act.
333333 14 (fff) Images from cameras under the Expressway Camera
334334 15 Act. This subsection (fff) is inoperative on and after
335335 16 July 1, 2023.
336336 17 (ggg) Information prohibited from disclosure under
337337 18 paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of Section 14 of the Nurse
338338 19 Agency Licensing Act.
339339 20 (hhh) Information submitted to the Illinois Department
340340 21 of State Police in an affidavit or application for an
341341 22 assault weapon endorsement, assault weapon attachment
342342 23 endorsement, .50 caliber rifle endorsement, or .50 caliber
343343 24 cartridge endorsement under the Firearm Owners
344344 25 Identification Card Act.
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357357 2 1-1-20; 101-375, eff. 8-16-19; 101-377, eff. 8-16-19; 101-452,
358358 3 eff. 1-1-20; 101-466, eff. 1-1-20; 101-600, eff. 12-6-19;
359359 4 101-620, eff 12-20-19; 101-649, eff. 7-7-20; 101-652, eff.
360360 5 1-1-22; 101-656, eff. 3-23-21; 102-36, eff. 6-25-21; 102-237,
361361 6 eff. 1-1-22; 102-292, eff. 1-1-22; 102-520, eff. 8-20-21;
362362 7 102-559, eff. 8-20-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 102-946, eff.
363363 8 7-1-22; 102-1042, eff. 6-3-22; 102-1116, eff. 1-10-23; revised
364364 9 2-13-23.)
365365 10 Section 10. The Law Enforcement Officer-Worn Body Camera
366366 11 Act is amended by changing Sections 10-10, 10-15, and 10-20 as
367367 12 follows:
368368 13 (50 ILCS 706/10-10)
369369 14 Sec. 10-10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
370370 15 "Badge" means an officer's department issued
371371 16 identification number associated with his or her position as a
372372 17 police officer with that department.
373373 18 "Board" means the Illinois Law Enforcement Training
374374 19 Standards Board created by the Illinois Police Training Act.
375375 20 "Business offense" means a petty offense for which the
376376 21 fine is in excess of $1,000.
377377 22 "Community caretaking function" means a task undertaken by
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391391 2 to, participating in town halls or other community outreach,
392392 3 helping a child find his or her parents, providing death
393393 4 notifications, and performing in-home or hospital well-being
394394 5 checks on the sick, elderly, or persons presumed missing.
395395 6 "Community caretaking function" excludes law
396396 7 enforcement-related encounters or activities.
397397 8 "Fund" means the Law Enforcement Camera Grant Fund.
398398 9 "In uniform" means a law enforcement officer who is
399399 10 wearing any officially authorized uniform designated by a law
400400 11 enforcement agency, or a law enforcement officer who is
401401 12 visibly wearing articles of clothing, a badge, tactical gear,
402402 13 gun belt, a patch, or other insignia that he or she is a law
403403 14 enforcement officer acting in the course of his or her duties.
404404 15 A law enforcement officer is "in uniform" only when primarily
405405 16 assigned to respond to law enforcement-related encounters or
406406 17 activities and is not "in uniform" when primarily assigned to
407407 18 other law enforcement duties that are not law
408408 19 enforcement-related encounters or activities.
409409 20 "Law enforcement officer" or "officer" means any person
410410 21 employed by a State, county, municipality, special district,
411411 22 college, unit of government, or any other entity authorized by
412412 23 law to employ peace officers or exercise police authority and
413413 24 who is primarily responsible for the prevention or detection
414414 25 of crime and the enforcement of the laws of this State.
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429429 4 "Law enforcement-related encounters or activities"
430430 5 include, but are not limited to, traffic stops, pedestrian
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432432 7 pursuits, crowd control, traffic control, non-community
433433 8 caretaking interactions with an individual while on patrol, or
434434 9 any other instance in which the officer is enforcing the laws
435435 10 of the municipality, county, or State. "Law
436436 11 enforcement-related encounter or activities" does not include
437437 12 when the officer is completing paperwork alone, is
438438 13 participating in training in a classroom setting, or is only
439439 14 in the presence of another law enforcement officer.
440440 15 "Minor traffic offense" means a petty offense, business
441441 16 offense, or Class C misdemeanor under the Illinois Vehicle
442442 17 Code or a similar provision of a municipal or local ordinance.
443443 18 "No expectation of privacy" means when a person is in a
444444 19 publicly accessible area or when a person is engaging with law
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446446 21 duties, even when the engagement is in a private residence
447447 22 when officers are lawfully present in the residence during the
448448 23 course of official duties.
449449 24 "Officer-worn body camera" means an electronic camera
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451451 26 displaying, and processing audiovisual recordings that may be
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463463 2 "Peace officer" has the meaning provided in Section 2-13
464464 3 of the Criminal Code of 2012.
465465 4 "Petty offense" means any offense for which a sentence of
466466 5 imprisonment is not an authorized disposition.
467467 6 "Recording" means the process of capturing data or
468468 7 information stored on a recording medium as required under
469469 8 this Act.
470470 9 "Recording medium" means any recording medium authorized
471471 10 by the Board for the retention and playback of recorded audio
472472 11 and video including, but not limited to, VHS, DVD, hard drive,
473473 12 cloud storage, solid state, digital, flash memory technology,
474474 13 or any other electronic medium.
475475 14 (Source: P.A. 102-1104, eff. 12-6-22.)
476476 15 (50 ILCS 706/10-15)
477477 16 Sec. 10-15. Applicability.
478478 17 (a) All law enforcement agencies must employ the use of
479479 18 officer-worn body cameras in accordance with the provisions of
480480 19 this Act, whether or not the agency receives or has received
481481 20 monies from the Law Enforcement Camera Grant Fund.
482482 21 (b) Except as provided in subsection (b-5), all law
483483 22 enforcement agencies must implement the use of body cameras
484484 23 for all law enforcement officers, according to the following
485485 24 schedule:
486486 25 (1) for municipalities and counties with populations
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498498 2 January 1, 2022;
499499 3 (2) for municipalities and counties with populations
500500 4 of 100,000 or more but under 500,000, body cameras shall
501501 5 be implemented by January 1, 2023;
502502 6 (3) for municipalities and counties with populations
503503 7 of 50,000 or more but under 100,000, body cameras shall be
504504 8 implemented by January 1, 2024;
505505 9 (4) for municipalities and counties under 50,000, body
506506 10 cameras shall be implemented by January 1, 2025; and
507507 11 (5) for all State agencies with law enforcement
508508 12 officers and other remaining law enforcement agencies,
509509 13 body cameras shall be implemented by January 1, 2025.
510510 14 (b-5) If a law enforcement agency that serves a
511511 15 municipality with a population of at least 100,000 but not
512512 16 more than 500,000 or a law enforcement agency that serves a
513513 17 county with a population of at least 100,000 but not more than
514514 18 500,000 has ordered by October 1, 2022 or purchased by that
515515 19 date officer-worn body cameras for use by the law enforcement
516516 20 agency, then the law enforcement agency may implement the use
517517 21 of body cameras for all of its law enforcement officers by no
518518 22 later than July 1, 2023. Records of purchase within this
519519 23 timeline shall be submitted to the Illinois Law Enforcement
520520 24 Training Standards Board by January 1, 2023.
521521 25 (c) A law enforcement agency's compliance with the
522522 26 requirements under this Section shall receive preference by
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533533 1 the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board in
534534 2 awarding grant funding under the Law Enforcement Camera Grant
535535 3 Act.
536536 4 (d) This Section does not apply to court security
537537 5 officers, school resource officers, undercover or covert
538538 6 officers, officers that are employed in an administrative
539539 7 capacity, State's Attorney investigators, and Attorney General
540540 8 investigators. However, this Section applies to undercover or
541541 9 covert officers when conducting interviews.
542542 10 (Source: P.A. 101-652, eff. 7-1-21; 102-28, eff. 6-25-21;
543543 11 102-1104, eff. 12-6-22.)
544544 12 (50 ILCS 706/10-20)
545545 13 Sec. 10-20. Requirements.
546546 14 (a) The Board shall develop basic guidelines for the use
547547 15 of officer-worn body cameras by law enforcement agencies. The
548548 16 guidelines developed by the Board shall be the basis for the
549549 17 written policy which must be adopted by each law enforcement
550550 18 agency which employs the use of officer-worn body cameras. The
551551 19 written policy adopted by the law enforcement agency must
552552 20 include, at a minimum, all of the following:
553553 21 (1) Cameras must be equipped with pre-event recording,
554554 22 capable of recording at least the 30 seconds prior to
555555 23 camera activation, unless the officer-worn body camera was
556556 24 purchased and acquired by the law enforcement agency prior
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569569 2 of 10 hours or more, unless the officer-worn body camera
570570 3 was purchased and acquired by the law enforcement agency
571571 4 prior to July 1, 2015.
572572 5 (3) Cameras must be turned on at all times when the
573573 6 officer is in uniform and is responding to calls for
574574 7 service or engaged in any law enforcement-related
575575 8 encounter or activity that occurs while the officer is on
576576 9 duty.
577577 10 (A) If exigent circumstances exist which prevent
578578 11 the camera from being turned on, the camera must be
579579 12 turned on as soon as practicable.
580580 13 (B) Officer-worn body cameras may be turned off
581581 14 when the officer is inside of a patrol car which is
582582 15 equipped with a functioning in-car camera; however,
583583 16 the officer must turn on the camera upon exiting the
584584 17 patrol vehicle for law enforcement-related encounters.
585585 18 (C) Officer-worn body cameras may be turned off
586586 19 when the officer is inside a correctional facility or
587587 20 courthouse which is equipped with a functioning camera
588588 21 system.
589589 22 (4) Cameras must be turned off when:
590590 23 (A) the victim of a crime requests that the camera
591591 24 be turned off, and unless impractical or impossible,
592592 25 that request is made on the recording;
593593 26 (B) a witness of a crime or a community member who
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605605 2 turned off, and unless impractical or impossible that
606606 3 request is made on the recording;
607607 4 (C) the officer is interacting with a confidential
608608 5 informant used by the law enforcement agency; or
609609 6 (D) an officer of the Department of Revenue enters
610610 7 a Department of Revenue facility or conducts an
611611 8 interview during which return information will be
612612 9 discussed or visible.
613613 10 However, an officer may continue to record or resume
614614 11 recording a victim or a witness, if exigent circumstances
615615 12 exist, or if the officer has reasonable articulable
616616 13 suspicion that a victim or witness, or confidential
617617 14 informant has committed or is in the process of committing
618618 15 a crime. Under these circumstances, and unless impractical
619619 16 or impossible, the officer must indicate on the recording
620620 17 the reason for continuing to record despite the request of
621621 18 the victim or witness.
622622 19 (4.5) Cameras may be turned off when the officer is
623623 20 engaged in community caretaking functions. However, the
624624 21 camera must be turned on when the officer has reason to
625625 22 believe that the person on whose behalf the officer is
626626 23 performing a community caretaking function has committed
627627 24 or is in the process of committing a crime. If exigent
628628 25 circumstances exist which prevent the camera from being
629629 26 turned on, the camera must be turned on as soon as
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641641 2 (5) Before January 1, 2026, an The officer must
642642 3 provide notice of recording to any person if the person
643643 4 has a reasonable expectation of privacy. Proof and proof
644644 5 of notice must be evident in the recording. If exigent
645645 6 circumstances exist which prevent the officer from
646646 7 providing notice, notice must be provided as soon as
647647 8 practicable.
648648 9 (6) (A) For the purposes of redaction or duplicating
649649 10 recordings, access to camera recordings shall be
650650 11 restricted to only those personnel responsible for those
651651 12 purposes. The recording officer or his or her supervisor
652652 13 may not redact, duplicate, or otherwise alter the
653653 14 recording officer's camera recordings. Except as otherwise
654654 15 provided in this Section, the recording officer and his or
655655 16 her supervisor may access and review recordings prior to
656656 17 completing incident reports or other documentation,
657657 18 provided that the supervisor discloses that fact in the
658658 19 report or documentation.
659659 20 (i) A law enforcement officer shall not have
660660 21 access to or review his or her body-worn camera
661661 22 recordings or the body-worn camera recordings of
662662 23 another officer prior to completing incident reports
663663 24 or other documentation when the officer:
664664 25 (a) has been involved in or is a witness to an
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676676 1 incident, or use of force incidents resulting in
677677 2 great bodily harm;
678678 3 (b) is ordered to write a report in response
679679 4 to or during the investigation of a misconduct
680680 5 complaint against the officer.
681681 6 (ii) If the officer subject to subparagraph (i)
682682 7 prepares a report, any report shall be prepared
683683 8 without viewing body-worn camera recordings, and
684684 9 subject to supervisor's approval, officers may file
685685 10 amendatory reports after viewing body-worn camera
686686 11 recordings. Supplemental reports under this provision
687687 12 shall also contain documentation regarding access to
688688 13 the video footage.
689689 14 (B) The recording officer's assigned field
690690 15 training officer may access and review recordings for
691691 16 training purposes. Any detective or investigator
692692 17 directly involved in the investigation of a matter may
693693 18 access and review recordings which pertain to that
694694 19 investigation but may not have access to delete or
695695 20 alter such recordings.
696696 21 (7) Recordings made on officer-worn cameras must be
697697 22 retained by the law enforcement agency or by the camera
698698 23 vendor used by the agency, on a recording medium for a
699699 24 period of 90 days.
700700 25 (A) Under no circumstances shall any recording,
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712712 1 encounter, made with an officer-worn body camera be
713713 2 altered, erased, or destroyed prior to the expiration
714714 3 of the 90-day storage period. In the event any
715715 4 recording made with an officer-worn body camera is
716716 5 altered, erased, or destroyed prior to the expiration
717717 6 of the 90-day storage period, the law enforcement
718718 7 agency shall maintain, for a period of one year, a
719719 8 written record including (i) the name of the
720720 9 individual who made such alteration, erasure, or
721721 10 destruction, and (ii) the reason for any such
722722 11 alteration, erasure, or destruction.
723723 12 (B) Following the 90-day storage period, any and
724724 13 all recordings made with an officer-worn body camera
725725 14 must be destroyed, unless any encounter captured on
726726 15 the recording has been flagged. An encounter is deemed
727727 16 to be flagged when:
728728 17 (i) a formal investigation or informal
729729 18 inquiry, as those terms are defined in Section 2
730730 19 of the Uniform Peace Officers' Disciplinary Act,
731731 20 has commenced complaint has been filed;
732732 21 (ii) the officer discharged his or her firearm
733733 22 or used force during the encounter;
734734 23 (iii) death or great bodily harm occurred to
735735 24 any person in the recording;
736736 25 (iv) the encounter resulted in a detention or
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748748 1 in only a minor traffic offense or business
749749 2 offense;
750750 3 (v) the officer is the subject of an internal
751751 4 investigation or otherwise being investigated for
752752 5 possible misconduct;
753753 6 (vi) the supervisor of the officer,
754754 7 prosecutor, defendant, or court determines that
755755 8 the encounter has evidentiary value in a criminal
756756 9 prosecution; or
757757 10 (vii) the recording officer requests that the
758758 11 video be flagged for official purposes related to
759759 12 his or her official duties or believes it may have
760760 13 evidentiary value in a criminal prosecution.
761761 14 (C) Under no circumstances shall any recording
762762 15 made with an officer-worn body camera relating to a
763763 16 flagged encounter be altered or destroyed prior to 2
764764 17 years after the recording was flagged. If the flagged
765765 18 recording was used in a criminal, civil, or
766766 19 administrative proceeding, the recording shall not be
767767 20 destroyed except upon a final disposition and order
768768 21 from the court.
769769 22 (D) Nothing in this Act prohibits law enforcement
770770 23 agencies from labeling officer-worn body camera video
771771 24 within the recording medium; provided that the
772772 25 labeling does not alter the actual recording of the
773773 26 incident captured on the officer-worn body camera. The
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784784 1 labels, titles, and tags shall not be construed as
785785 2 altering the officer-worn body camera video in any
786786 3 way.
787787 4 (8) Following the 90-day storage period, recordings
788788 5 may be retained if a supervisor at the law enforcement
789789 6 agency designates the recording for training purposes. If
790790 7 the recording is designated for training purposes, the
791791 8 recordings may be viewed by officers, in the presence of a
792792 9 supervisor or training instructor, for the purposes of
793793 10 instruction, training, or ensuring compliance with agency
794794 11 policies.
795795 12 (9) Recordings shall not be used to discipline law
796796 13 enforcement officers unless:
797797 14 (A) a formal investigation or informal inquiry, as
798798 15 those terms are defined in Section 2 of the Uniform
799799 16 Peace Officers' Disciplinary Act, has commenced a
800800 17 formal or informal complaint of misconduct has been
801801 18 made;
802802 19 (B) a use of force incident has occurred;
803803 20 (C) the encounter on the recording could result in
804804 21 a formal investigation under the Uniform Peace
805805 22 Officers' Disciplinary Act; or
806806 23 (D) as corroboration of other evidence of
807807 24 misconduct.
808808 25 Nothing in this paragraph (9) shall be construed to
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821821 2 (10) The law enforcement agency shall ensure proper
822822 3 care and maintenance of officer-worn body cameras. Upon
823823 4 becoming aware, officers must as soon as practical
824824 5 document and notify the appropriate supervisor of any
825825 6 technical difficulties, failures, or problems with the
826826 7 officer-worn body camera or associated equipment. Upon
827827 8 receiving notice, the appropriate supervisor shall make
828828 9 every reasonable effort to correct and repair any of the
829829 10 officer-worn body camera equipment.
830830 11 (11) No officer may hinder or prohibit any person, not
831831 12 a law enforcement officer, from recording a law
832832 13 enforcement officer in the performance of his or her
833833 14 duties in a public place or when the officer has no
834834 15 reasonable expectation of privacy. The law enforcement
835835 16 agency's written policy shall indicate the potential
836836 17 criminal penalties, as well as any departmental
837837 18 discipline, which may result from unlawful confiscation or
838838 19 destruction of the recording medium of a person who is not
839839 20 a law enforcement officer. However, an officer may take
840840 21 reasonable action to maintain safety and control, secure
841841 22 crime scenes and accident sites, protect the integrity and
842842 23 confidentiality of investigations, and protect the public
843843 24 safety and order.
844844 25 (b) Recordings made with the use of an officer-worn body
845845 26 camera are not subject to disclosure under the Freedom of
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856856 1 Information Act, except when a recording is flagged due to the
857857 2 filing of a complaint, discharge of a firearm, use of force,
858858 3 arrest or detention, or resulting death or bodily harm, and
859859 4 the subject of the encounter has a reasonable expectation of
860860 5 privacy at the time of the recording. A recording subject to
861861 6 disclosure under this subsection may be only released to the
862862 7 subject of the encounter captured on the recording or the
863863 8 subject's legal representative if the law enforcement agency
864864 9 obtains written permission of the subject or the subject's
865865 10 legal representative. Any disclosure under this subsection (b)
866866 11 shall be limited to the portion of the recording containing
867867 12 the subject of the encounter captured by the primary officer's
868868 13 body-worn camera. that:
869869 14 (1) if the subject of the encounter has a reasonable
870870 15 expectation of privacy, at the time of the recording, any
871871 16 recording which is flagged, due to the filing of a
872872 17 complaint, discharge of a firearm, use of force, arrest or
873873 18 detention, or resulting death or bodily harm, shall be
874874 19 disclosed in accordance with the Freedom of Information
875875 20 Act if:
876876 21 (A) the subject of the encounter captured on the
877877 22 recording is a victim or witness; and
878878 23 (B) the law enforcement agency obtains written
879879 24 permission of the subject or the subject's legal
880880 25 representative;
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893893 2 filing of a complaint, discharge of a firearm, use of
894894 3 force, arrest or detention, or resulting death or bodily
895895 4 harm shall be disclosed in accordance with the Freedom of
896896 5 Information Act; and
897897 6 (3) upon request, the law enforcement agency shall
898898 7 disclose, in accordance with the Freedom of Information
899899 8 Act, the recording to the subject of the encounter
900900 9 captured on the recording or to the subject's attorney, or
901901 10 the officer or his or her legal representative.
902902 11 For the purposes of paragraph (1) of this subsection (b),
903903 12 no person shall the subject of the encounter does not have a
904904 13 reasonable expectation of privacy if the person the subject
905905 14 was arrested as a result of the encounter or if the encounter
906906 15 was captured in a publicly accessible area. For purposes of
907907 16 subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) of this subsection (b),
908908 17 "witness" does not include a person who is a victim or who was
909909 18 arrested as a result of the encounter.
910910 19 Only recordings or portions of recordings responsive to
911911 20 the request shall be available for inspection or reproduction.
912912 21 Any recording disclosed under the Freedom of Information Act
913913 22 shall be redacted to remove identification of any person that
914914 23 appears on the recording and is not the officer, a subject of
915915 24 the encounter, or directly involved in the encounter if they
916916 25 are readily identifiable and have an expectation of privacy.
917917 26 Nothing in this subsection (b) shall require the disclosure of
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928928 1 any recording or portion of any recording which would be
929929 2 exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act.
930930 3 (c) Nothing in this Section shall limit access to an
931931 4 officer-worn body a camera recording for the purposes of
932932 5 complying with Supreme Court rules or the rules of evidence.
933933 6 (Source: P.A. 101-652, eff. 7-1-21; 102-28, eff. 6-25-21;
934934 7 102-687, eff. 12-17-21; 102-694, eff. 1-7-22; 102-1104, eff.
935935 8 12-6-22.)
936936 9 Section 15. The Law Enforcement Camera Grant Act is
937937 10 amended by changing Sections 15 and 20 as follows:
938938 11 (50 ILCS 707/15)
939939 12 Sec. 15. Rules; in-car video camera grants.
940940 13 (a) The Board shall develop model rules for the use of
941941 14 in-car video cameras to be adopted by law enforcement agencies
942942 15 that receive grants under Section 10 of this Act. The rules
943943 16 shall include all of the following requirements:
944944 17 (1) Cameras must be installed in the law enforcement
945945 18 agency vehicles.
946946 19 (2) Video recording must provide audio of the officer
947947 20 when the officer is outside of the vehicle.
948948 21 (3) Camera access must be restricted to the
949949 22 supervisors of the officer in the vehicle.
950950 23 (4) Cameras must be turned on continuously throughout
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962962 1 (5) A copy of the video record must be made available
963963 2 upon request to personnel of the law enforcement agency,
964964 3 the local State's Attorney, and any persons depicted in
965965 4 the video. Procedures for distribution of the video record
966966 5 must include safeguards to protect the identities of
967967 6 individuals who are not a party to the requested stop.
968968 7 (6) Law enforcement agencies that receive moneys under
969969 8 this grant shall provide for storage of the video records
970970 9 for a period of not less than 2 years.
971971 10 (b) Each law enforcement agency receiving a grant for
972972 11 in-car video cameras under Section 10 of this Act must provide
973973 12 an annual report to the Board, the Governor, and the General
974974 13 Assembly on or before May 1 of the year following the receipt
975975 14 of the grant and by each May 1 thereafter during the period of
976976 15 the grant. The report shall include the following:
977977 16 (1) the number of cameras received by the law
978978 17 enforcement agency;
979979 18 (2) the number of cameras actually installed in law
980980 19 enforcement agency vehicles;
981981 20 (3) a brief description of the review process used by
982982 21 supervisors within the law enforcement agency;
983983 22 (4) (blank); and a list of any criminal, traffic,
984984 23 ordinance, and civil cases in which in-car video
985985 24 recordings were used, including party names, case numbers,
986986 25 offenses charged, and disposition of the matter.
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998998 1 but are not limited to, court proceedings, coroner's
999999 2 inquests, grand jury proceedings, and plea bargains; and
10001000 3 (5) any other information relevant to the
10011001 4 administration of the program.
10021002 5 (Source: P.A. 99-352, eff. 1-1-16.)
10031003 6 (50 ILCS 707/20)
10041004 7 Sec. 20. Rules; officer body-worn camera grants.
10051005 8 (a) The Board shall develop model rules for the use of
10061006 9 officer body-worn cameras to be adopted by law enforcement
10071007 10 agencies that receive grants under Section 10 of this Act. The
10081008 11 rules shall comply with the Law Enforcement Officer-Worn Body
10091009 12 Camera Act.
10101010 13 (b) Each law enforcement agency receiving a grant for
10111011 14 officer-worn body cameras under Section 10 of this Act must
10121012 15 provide an annual report to the Board, the Governor, and the
10131013 16 General Assembly on or before May 1 of the year following the
10141014 17 receipt of the grant and by each May 1 thereafter during the
10151015 18 period of the grant. The report shall include:
10161016 19 (1) a brief overview of the makeup of the agency,
10171017 20 including the number of officers utilizing officer-worn
10181018 21 body cameras;
10191019 22 (2) the number of officer-worn body cameras utilized
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10211021 24 (3) any technical issues with the equipment and how
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10341034 2 supervisors within the law enforcement agency;
10351035 3 (5) (blank); for each recording used in prosecutions
10361036 4 of conservation, criminal, or traffic offenses or
10371037 5 municipal ordinance violations:
10381038 6 (A) the time, date, and location of the incident;
10391039 7 and
10401040 8 (B) the offenses charged and the date charges were
10411041 9 filed;
10421042 10 (6) (blank); and for a recording used in a civil
10431043 11 proceeding or internal affairs investigation:
10441044 12 (A) the number of pending civil proceedings and
10451045 13 internal investigations;
10461046 14 (B) in resolved civil proceedings and pending
10471047 15 investigations:
10481048 16 (i) the nature of the complaint or
10491049 17 allegations;
10501050 18 (ii) the disposition, if known; and
10511051 19 (iii) the date, time and location of the
10521052 20 incident; and
10531053 21 (7) any other information relevant to the
10541054 22 administration of the program.
10551055 23 (c) On or before July 30 of each year, the Board must
10561056 24 analyze the law enforcement agency reports and provide an
10571057 25 annual report to the General Assembly and the Governor.
10581058 26 (Source: P.A. 99-352, eff. 1-1-16.)
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10701070 2 changing Sections 14-3 and 31-4 as follows:
10711071 3 (720 ILCS 5/14-3)
10721072 4 Sec. 14-3. Exemptions. The following activities shall be
10731073 5 exempt from the provisions of this Article:
10741074 6 (a) Listening to radio, wireless electronic
10751075 7 communications, and television communications of any sort
10761076 8 where the same are publicly made;
10771077 9 (b) Hearing conversation when heard by employees of
10781078 10 any common carrier by wire incidental to the normal course
10791079 11 of their employment in the operation, maintenance or
10801080 12 repair of the equipment of such common carrier by wire so
10811081 13 long as no information obtained thereby is used or
10821082 14 divulged by the hearer;
10831083 15 (c) Any broadcast by radio, television or otherwise
10841084 16 whether it be a broadcast or recorded for the purpose of
10851085 17 later broadcasts of any function where the public is in
10861086 18 attendance and the conversations are overheard incidental
10871087 19 to the main purpose for which such broadcasts are then
10881088 20 being made;
10891089 21 (d) Recording or listening with the aid of any device
10901090 22 to any emergency communication made in the normal course
10911091 23 of operations by any federal, state or local law
10921092 24 enforcement agency or institutions dealing in emergency
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11031103 1 services, including, but not limited to, hospitals,
11041104 2 clinics, ambulance services, fire fighting agencies, any
11051105 3 public utility, emergency repair facility, civilian
11061106 4 defense establishment or military installation;
11071107 5 (e) Recording the proceedings of any meeting required
11081108 6 to be open by the Open Meetings Act, as amended;
11091109 7 (f) Recording or listening with the aid of any device
11101110 8 to incoming telephone calls of phone lines publicly listed
11111111 9 or advertised as consumer "hotlines" by manufacturers or
11121112 10 retailers of food and drug products. Such recordings must
11131113 11 be destroyed, erased or turned over to local law
11141114 12 enforcement authorities within 24 hours from the time of
11151115 13 such recording and shall not be otherwise disseminated.
11161116 14 Failure on the part of the individual or business
11171117 15 operating any such recording or listening device to comply
11181118 16 with the requirements of this subsection shall eliminate
11191119 17 any civil or criminal immunity conferred upon that
11201120 18 individual or business by the operation of this Section;
11211121 19 (g) With prior notification to the State's Attorney of
11221122 20 the county in which it is to occur, recording or listening
11231123 21 with the aid of any device to any conversation where a law
11241124 22 enforcement officer, or any person acting at the direction
11251125 23 of law enforcement, is a party to the conversation and has
11261126 24 consented to it being intercepted or recorded under
11271127 25 circumstances where the use of the device is necessary for
11281128 26 the protection of the law enforcement officer or any
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11391139 1 person acting at the direction of law enforcement, in the
11401140 2 course of an investigation of a forcible felony, a felony
11411141 3 offense of involuntary servitude, involuntary sexual
11421142 4 servitude of a minor, or trafficking in persons under
11431143 5 Section 10-9 of this Code, an offense involving
11441144 6 prostitution, solicitation of a sexual act, or pandering,
11451145 7 a felony violation of the Illinois Controlled Substances
11461146 8 Act, a felony violation of the Cannabis Control Act, a
11471147 9 felony violation of the Methamphetamine Control and
11481148 10 Community Protection Act, any "streetgang related" or
11491149 11 "gang-related" felony as those terms are defined in the
11501150 12 Illinois Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act, or
11511151 13 any felony offense involving any weapon listed in
11521152 14 paragraphs (1) through (11) of subsection (a) of Section
11531153 15 24-1 of this Code. Any recording or evidence derived as
11541154 16 the result of this exemption shall be inadmissible in any
11551155 17 proceeding, criminal, civil or administrative, except (i)
11561156 18 where a party to the conversation suffers great bodily
11571157 19 injury or is killed during such conversation, or (ii) when
11581158 20 used as direct impeachment of a witness concerning matters
11591159 21 contained in the interception or recording. The Director
11601160 22 of the Illinois State Police shall issue regulations as
11611161 23 are necessary concerning the use of devices, retention of
11621162 24 tape recordings, and reports regarding their use;
11631163 25 (g-5) (Blank);
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11761176 2 with the aid of any device to any conversation where a law
11771177 3 enforcement officer, or any person acting at the direction
11781178 4 of law enforcement, is a party to the conversation and has
11791179 5 consented to it being intercepted or recorded in the
11801180 6 course of an investigation of child pornography,
11811181 7 aggravated child pornography, indecent solicitation of a
11821182 8 child, luring of a minor, sexual exploitation of a child,
11831183 9 aggravated criminal sexual abuse in which the victim of
11841184 10 the offense was at the time of the commission of the
11851185 11 offense under 18 years of age, or criminal sexual abuse by
11861186 12 force or threat of force in which the victim of the offense
11871187 13 was at the time of the commission of the offense under 18
11881188 14 years of age. In all such cases, an application for an
11891189 15 order approving the previous or continuing use of an
11901190 16 eavesdropping device must be made within 48 hours of the
11911191 17 commencement of such use. In the absence of such an order,
11921192 18 or upon its denial, any continuing use shall immediately
11931193 19 terminate. The Director of the Illinois State Police shall
11941194 20 issue rules as are necessary concerning the use of
11951195 21 devices, retention of recordings, and reports regarding
11961196 22 their use. Any recording or evidence obtained or derived
11971197 23 in the course of an investigation of child pornography,
11981198 24 aggravated child pornography, indecent solicitation of a
11991199 25 child, luring of a minor, sexual exploitation of a child,
12001200 26 aggravated criminal sexual abuse in which the victim of
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12111211 1 the offense was at the time of the commission of the
12121212 2 offense under 18 years of age, or criminal sexual abuse by
12131213 3 force or threat of force in which the victim of the offense
12141214 4 was at the time of the commission of the offense under 18
12151215 5 years of age shall, upon motion of the State's Attorney or
12161216 6 Attorney General prosecuting any case involving child
12171217 7 pornography, aggravated child pornography, indecent
12181218 8 solicitation of a child, luring of a minor, sexual
12191219 9 exploitation of a child, aggravated criminal sexual abuse
12201220 10 in which the victim of the offense was at the time of the
12211221 11 commission of the offense under 18 years of age, or
12221222 12 criminal sexual abuse by force or threat of force in which
12231223 13 the victim of the offense was at the time of the commission
12241224 14 of the offense under 18 years of age be reviewed in camera
12251225 15 with notice to all parties present by the court presiding
12261226 16 over the criminal case, and, if ruled by the court to be
12271227 17 relevant and otherwise admissible, it shall be admissible
12281228 18 at the trial of the criminal case. Absent such a ruling,
12291229 19 any such recording or evidence shall not be admissible at
12301230 20 the trial of the criminal case;
12311231 21 (h) Recordings made simultaneously with the use of an
12321232 22 in-car video camera recording of an oral conversation
12331233 23 between a uniformed peace officer, who has identified his
12341234 24 or her office, and a person in the presence of the peace
12351235 25 officer whenever (i) an officer assigned a patrol vehicle
12361236 26 is conducting an enforcement stop; or (ii) patrol vehicle
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12471247 1 emergency lights are activated or would otherwise be
12481248 2 activated if not for the need to conceal the presence of
12491249 3 law enforcement.
12501250 4 For the purposes of this subsection (h), "enforcement
12511251 5 stop" means an action by a law enforcement officer in
12521252 6 relation to enforcement and investigation duties,
12531253 7 including but not limited to, traffic stops, pedestrian
12541254 8 stops, abandoned vehicle contacts, motorist assists,
12551255 9 commercial motor vehicle stops, roadside safety checks,
12561256 10 requests for identification, or responses to requests for
12571257 11 emergency assistance;
12581258 12 (h-5) Recordings of utterances made by a person while
12591259 13 in the presence of a uniformed peace officer and while an
12601260 14 occupant of a police vehicle including, but not limited
12611261 15 to, (i) recordings made simultaneously with the use of an
12621262 16 in-car video camera and (ii) recordings made in the
12631263 17 presence of the peace officer utilizing video or audio
12641264 18 systems, or both, authorized by the law enforcement
12651265 19 agency;
12661266 20 (h-10) Recordings made simultaneously with a video
12671267 21 camera recording during the use of a taser or similar
12681268 22 weapon or device by a peace officer if the weapon or device
12691269 23 is equipped with such camera;
12701270 24 (h-15) Recordings made under subsection (h), (h-5), or
12711271 25 (h-10) shall be retained by the law enforcement agency
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12831283 1 a storage period of 90 days, unless the recordings are
12841284 2 made as a part of an arrest or the recordings are deemed
12851285 3 evidence in any criminal, civil, or administrative
12861286 4 proceeding and then the recordings must only be destroyed
12871287 5 upon a final disposition and an order from the court.
12881288 6 Under no circumstances shall any recording be altered or
12891289 7 erased prior to the expiration of the designated storage
12901290 8 period. Upon completion of the storage period, the
12911291 9 recording medium may be erased and reissued for
12921292 10 operational use;
12931293 11 (i) Recording of a conversation made by or at the
12941294 12 request of a person, not a law enforcement officer or
12951295 13 agent of a law enforcement officer, who is a party to the
12961296 14 conversation, under reasonable suspicion that another
12971297 15 party to the conversation is committing, is about to
12981298 16 commit, or has committed a criminal offense against the
12991299 17 person or a member of his or her immediate household, and
13001300 18 there is reason to believe that evidence of the criminal
13011301 19 offense may be obtained by the recording;
13021302 20 (j) The use of a telephone monitoring device by either
13031303 21 (1) a corporation or other business entity engaged in
13041304 22 marketing or opinion research or (2) a corporation or
13051305 23 other business entity engaged in telephone solicitation,
13061306 24 as defined in this subsection, to record or listen to oral
13071307 25 telephone solicitation conversations or marketing or
13081308 26 opinion research conversations by an employee of the
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13201320 2 (i) the monitoring is used for the purpose of
13211321 3 service quality control of marketing or opinion
13221322 4 research or telephone solicitation, the education or
13231323 5 training of employees or contractors engaged in
13241324 6 marketing or opinion research or telephone
13251325 7 solicitation, or internal research related to
13261326 8 marketing or opinion research or telephone
13271327 9 solicitation; and
13281328 10 (ii) the monitoring is used with the consent of at
13291329 11 least one person who is an active party to the
13301330 12 marketing or opinion research conversation or
13311331 13 telephone solicitation conversation being monitored.
13321332 14 No communication or conversation or any part, portion,
13331333 15 or aspect of the communication or conversation made,
13341334 16 acquired, or obtained, directly or indirectly, under this
13351335 17 exemption (j), may be, directly or indirectly, furnished
13361336 18 to any law enforcement officer, agency, or official for
13371337 19 any purpose or used in any inquiry or investigation, or
13381338 20 used, directly or indirectly, in any administrative,
13391339 21 judicial, or other proceeding, or divulged to any third
13401340 22 party.
13411341 23 When recording or listening authorized by this
13421342 24 subsection (j) on telephone lines used for marketing or
13431343 25 opinion research or telephone solicitation purposes
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13551355 1 does not relate to marketing or opinion research or
13561356 2 telephone solicitation; the person recording or listening
13571357 3 shall, immediately upon determining that the conversation
13581358 4 does not relate to marketing or opinion research or
13591359 5 telephone solicitation, terminate the recording or
13601360 6 listening and destroy any such recording as soon as is
13611361 7 practicable.
13621362 8 Business entities that use a telephone monitoring or
13631363 9 telephone recording system pursuant to this exemption (j)
13641364 10 shall provide current and prospective employees with
13651365 11 notice that the monitoring or recordings may occur during
13661366 12 the course of their employment. The notice shall include
13671367 13 prominent signage notification within the workplace.
13681368 14 Business entities that use a telephone monitoring or
13691369 15 telephone recording system pursuant to this exemption (j)
13701370 16 shall provide their employees or agents with access to
13711371 17 personal-only telephone lines which may be pay telephones,
13721372 18 that are not subject to telephone monitoring or telephone
13731373 19 recording.
13741374 20 For the purposes of this subsection (j), "telephone
13751375 21 solicitation" means a communication through the use of a
13761376 22 telephone by live operators:
13771377 23 (i) soliciting the sale of goods or services;
13781378 24 (ii) receiving orders for the sale of goods or
13791379 25 services;
13801380 26 (iii) assisting in the use of goods or services;
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13921392 2 (iv) engaging in the solicitation, administration,
13931393 3 or collection of bank or retail credit accounts.
13941394 4 For the purposes of this subsection (j), "marketing or
13951395 5 opinion research" means a marketing or opinion research
13961396 6 interview conducted by a live telephone interviewer
13971397 7 engaged by a corporation or other business entity whose
13981398 8 principal business is the design, conduct, and analysis of
13991399 9 polls and surveys measuring the opinions, attitudes, and
14001400 10 responses of respondents toward products and services, or
14011401 11 social or political issues, or both;
14021402 12 (k) Electronic recordings, including but not limited
14031403 13 to, a motion picture, videotape, digital, or other visual
14041404 14 or audio recording, made of a custodial interrogation of
14051405 15 an individual at a police station or other place of
14061406 16 detention by a law enforcement officer under Section
14071407 17 5-401.5 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 or Section
14081408 18 103-2.1 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963;
14091409 19 (l) Recording the interview or statement of any person
14101410 20 when the person knows that the interview is being
14111411 21 conducted by a law enforcement officer or prosecutor and
14121412 22 the interview takes place at a police station that is
14131413 23 currently participating in the Custodial Interview Pilot
14141414 24 Program established under the Illinois Criminal Justice
14151415 25 Information Act;
14161416 26 (m) An electronic recording, including but not limited
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14281428 2 or audio recording, made of the interior of a school bus
14291429 3 while the school bus is being used in the transportation
14301430 4 of students to and from school and school-sponsored
14311431 5 activities, when the school board has adopted a policy
14321432 6 authorizing such recording, notice of such recording
14331433 7 policy is included in student handbooks and other
14341434 8 documents including the policies of the school, notice of
14351435 9 the policy regarding recording is provided to parents of
14361436 10 students, and notice of such recording is clearly posted
14371437 11 on the door of and inside the school bus.
14381438 12 Recordings made pursuant to this subsection (m) shall
14391439 13 be confidential records and may only be used by school
14401440 14 officials (or their designees) and law enforcement
14411441 15 personnel for investigations, school disciplinary actions
14421442 16 and hearings, proceedings under the Juvenile Court Act of
14431443 17 1987, and criminal prosecutions, related to incidents
14441444 18 occurring in or around the school bus;
14451445 19 (n) Recording or listening to an audio transmission
14461446 20 from a microphone placed by a person under the authority
14471447 21 of a law enforcement agency inside a bait car surveillance
14481448 22 vehicle while simultaneously capturing a photographic or
14491449 23 video image;
14501450 24 (o) The use of an eavesdropping camera or audio device
14511451 25 during an ongoing hostage or barricade situation by a law
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14641464 2 necessary to protect the safety of the general public,
14651465 3 hostages, or law enforcement officers or anyone acting on
14661466 4 their behalf;
14671467 5 (p) Recording or listening with the aid of any device
14681468 6 to incoming telephone calls of phone lines publicly listed
14691469 7 or advertised as the "CPS Violence Prevention Hotline",
14701470 8 but only where the notice of recording is given at the
14711471 9 beginning of each call as required by Section 34-21.8 of
14721472 10 the School Code. The recordings may be retained only by
14731473 11 the Chicago Police Department or other law enforcement
14741474 12 authorities, and shall not be otherwise retained or
14751475 13 disseminated;
14761476 14 (q)(1) With prior request to and written or verbal
14771477 15 approval of the State's Attorney of the county in which
14781478 16 the conversation is anticipated to occur, recording or
14791479 17 listening with the aid of an eavesdropping device to a
14801480 18 conversation in which a law enforcement officer, or any
14811481 19 person acting at the direction of a law enforcement
14821482 20 officer, is a party to the conversation and has consented
14831483 21 to the conversation being intercepted or recorded in the
14841484 22 course of an investigation of a qualified offense. The
14851485 23 State's Attorney may grant this approval only after
14861486 24 determining that reasonable cause exists to believe that
14871487 25 inculpatory conversations concerning a qualified offense
14881488 26 will occur with a specified individual or individuals
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14991499 1 within a designated period of time.
15001500 2 (2) Request for approval. To invoke the exception
15011501 3 contained in this subsection (q), a law enforcement
15021502 4 officer shall make a request for approval to the
15031503 5 appropriate State's Attorney. The request may be written
15041504 6 or verbal; however, a written memorialization of the
15051505 7 request must be made by the State's Attorney. This request
15061506 8 for approval shall include whatever information is deemed
15071507 9 necessary by the State's Attorney but shall include, at a
15081508 10 minimum, the following information about each specified
15091509 11 individual whom the law enforcement officer believes will
15101510 12 commit a qualified offense:
15111511 13 (A) his or her full or partial name, nickname or
15121512 14 alias;
15131513 15 (B) a physical description; or
15141514 16 (C) failing either (A) or (B) of this paragraph
15151515 17 (2), any other supporting information known to the law
15161516 18 enforcement officer at the time of the request that
15171517 19 gives rise to reasonable cause to believe that the
15181518 20 specified individual will participate in an
15191519 21 inculpatory conversation concerning a qualified
15201520 22 offense.
15211521 23 (3) Limitations on approval. Each written approval by
15221522 24 the State's Attorney under this subsection (q) shall be
15231523 25 limited to:
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15361536 2 the direction of a law enforcement officer;
15371537 3 (B) recording or intercepting conversations with
15381538 4 the individuals specified in the request for approval,
15391539 5 provided that the verbal approval shall be deemed to
15401540 6 include the recording or intercepting of conversations
15411541 7 with other individuals, unknown to the law enforcement
15421542 8 officer at the time of the request for approval, who
15431543 9 are acting in conjunction with or as co-conspirators
15441544 10 with the individuals specified in the request for
15451545 11 approval in the commission of a qualified offense;
15461546 12 (C) a reasonable period of time but in no event
15471547 13 longer than 24 consecutive hours;
15481548 14 (D) the written request for approval, if
15491549 15 applicable, or the written memorialization must be
15501550 16 filed, along with the written approval, with the
15511551 17 circuit clerk of the jurisdiction on the next business
15521552 18 day following the expiration of the authorized period
15531553 19 of time, and shall be subject to review by the Chief
15541554 20 Judge or his or her designee as deemed appropriate by
15551555 21 the court.
15561556 22 (3.5) The written memorialization of the request for
15571557 23 approval and the written approval by the State's Attorney
15581558 24 may be in any format, including via facsimile, email, or
15591559 25 otherwise, so long as it is capable of being filed with the
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15711571 1 (3.10) Beginning March 1, 2015, each State's Attorney
15721572 2 shall annually submit a report to the General Assembly
15731573 3 disclosing:
15741574 4 (A) the number of requests for each qualified
15751575 5 offense for approval under this subsection; and
15761576 6 (B) the number of approvals for each qualified
15771577 7 offense given by the State's Attorney.
15781578 8 (4) Admissibility of evidence. No part of the contents
15791579 9 of any wire, electronic, or oral communication that has
15801580 10 been recorded or intercepted as a result of this exception
15811581 11 may be received in evidence in any trial, hearing, or
15821582 12 other proceeding in or before any court, grand jury,
15831583 13 department, officer, agency, regulatory body, legislative
15841584 14 committee, or other authority of this State, or a
15851585 15 political subdivision of the State, other than in a
15861586 16 prosecution of:
15871587 17 (A) the qualified offense for which approval was
15881588 18 given to record or intercept a conversation under this
15891589 19 subsection (q);
15901590 20 (B) a forcible felony committed directly in the
15911591 21 course of the investigation of the qualified offense
15921592 22 for which approval was given to record or intercept a
15931593 23 conversation under this subsection (q); or
15941594 24 (C) any other forcible felony committed while the
15951595 25 recording or interception was approved in accordance
15961596 26 with this subsection (q), but for this specific
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16071607 1 category of prosecutions, only if the law enforcement
16081608 2 officer or person acting at the direction of a law
16091609 3 enforcement officer who has consented to the
16101610 4 conversation being intercepted or recorded suffers
16111611 5 great bodily injury or is killed during the commission
16121612 6 of the charged forcible felony.
16131613 7 (5) Compliance with the provisions of this subsection
16141614 8 is a prerequisite to the admissibility in evidence of any
16151615 9 part of the contents of any wire, electronic or oral
16161616 10 communication that has been intercepted as a result of
16171617 11 this exception, but nothing in this subsection shall be
16181618 12 deemed to prevent a court from otherwise excluding the
16191619 13 evidence on any other ground recognized by State or
16201620 14 federal law, nor shall anything in this subsection be
16211621 15 deemed to prevent a court from independently reviewing the
16221622 16 admissibility of the evidence for compliance with the
16231623 17 Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution or with Article
16241624 18 I, Section 6 of the Illinois Constitution.
16251625 19 (6) Use of recordings or intercepts unrelated to
16261626 20 qualified offenses. Whenever any private conversation or
16271627 21 private electronic communication has been recorded or
16281628 22 intercepted as a result of this exception that is not
16291629 23 related to an offense for which the recording or intercept
16301630 24 is admissible under paragraph (4) of this subsection (q),
16311631 25 no part of the contents of the communication and evidence
16321632 26 derived from the communication may be received in evidence
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16431643 1 in any trial, hearing, or other proceeding in or before
16441644 2 any court, grand jury, department, officer, agency,
16451645 3 regulatory body, legislative committee, or other authority
16461646 4 of this State, or a political subdivision of the State,
16471647 5 nor may it be publicly disclosed in any way.
16481648 6 (6.5) The Illinois State Police shall adopt rules as
16491649 7 are necessary concerning the use of devices, retention of
16501650 8 recordings, and reports regarding their use under this
16511651 9 subsection (q).
16521652 10 (7) Definitions. For the purposes of this subsection
16531653 11 (q) only:
16541654 12 "Forcible felony" includes and is limited to those
16551655 13 offenses contained in Section 2-8 of the Criminal Code
16561656 14 of 1961 as of the effective date of this amendatory Act
16571657 15 of the 97th General Assembly, and only as those
16581658 16 offenses have been defined by law or judicial
16591659 17 interpretation as of that date.
16601660 18 "Qualified offense" means and is limited to:
16611661 19 (A) a felony violation of the Cannabis Control
16621662 20 Act, the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, or
16631663 21 the Methamphetamine Control and Community
16641664 22 Protection Act, except for violations of:
16651665 23 (i) Section 4 of the Cannabis Control Act;
16661666 24 (ii) Section 402 of the Illinois
16671667 25 Controlled Substances Act; and
16681668 26 (iii) Section 60 of the Methamphetamine
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16791679 1 Control and Community Protection Act; and
16801680 2 (B) first degree murder, solicitation of
16811681 3 murder for hire, predatory criminal sexual assault
16821682 4 of a child, criminal sexual assault, aggravated
16831683 5 criminal sexual assault, aggravated arson,
16841684 6 kidnapping, aggravated kidnapping, child
16851685 7 abduction, trafficking in persons, involuntary
16861686 8 servitude, involuntary sexual servitude of a
16871687 9 minor, or gunrunning.
16881688 10 "State's Attorney" includes and is limited to the
16891689 11 State's Attorney or an assistant State's Attorney
16901690 12 designated by the State's Attorney to provide verbal
16911691 13 approval to record or intercept conversations under
16921692 14 this subsection (q).
16931693 15 (8) Sunset. This subsection (q) is inoperative on and
16941694 16 after January 1, 2027. No conversations intercepted
16951695 17 pursuant to this subsection (q), while operative, shall be
16961696 18 inadmissible in a court of law by virtue of the
16971697 19 inoperability of this subsection (q) on January 1, 2027.
16981698 20 (9) Recordings, records, and custody. Any private
16991699 21 conversation or private electronic communication
17001700 22 intercepted by a law enforcement officer or a person
17011701 23 acting at the direction of law enforcement shall, if
17021702 24 practicable, be recorded in such a way as will protect the
17031703 25 recording from editing or other alteration. Any and all
17041704 26 original recordings made under this subsection (q) shall
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17151715 1 be inventoried without unnecessary delay pursuant to the
17161716 2 law enforcement agency's policies for inventorying
17171717 3 evidence. The original recordings shall not be destroyed
17181718 4 except upon an order of a court of competent jurisdiction;
17191719 5 and
17201720 6 (r) Electronic recordings, including but not limited
17211721 7 to, motion picture, videotape, digital, or other visual or
17221722 8 audio recording, made of a lineup under Section 107A-2 of
17231723 9 the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963; and .
17241724 10 (s) Recordings made pursuant to and in compliance with
17251725 11 the Law Enforcement Officer-Worn Body Camera Act.
17261726 12 (Source: P.A. 101-80, eff. 7-12-19; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21;
17271727 13 102-918, eff. 5-27-22.)
17281728 14 (720 ILCS 5/31-4) (from Ch. 38, par. 31-4)
17291729 15 Sec. 31-4. Obstructing justice.
17301730 16 (a) A person obstructs justice when, with intent to
17311731 17 prevent the apprehension or obstruct the prosecution or
17321732 18 defense of any person, he or she knowingly commits any of the
17331733 19 following acts:
17341734 20 (1) destroys Destroys, alters, conceals or disguises
17351735 21 physical evidence, plants false evidence, furnishes false
17361736 22 information; or
17371737 23 (2) induces Induces a witness having knowledge
17381738 24 material to the subject at issue to leave the State or
17391739 25 conceal himself or herself; or
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17501750 1 (3) possessing Possessing knowledge material to the
17511751 2 subject at issue, he or she leaves the State or conceals
17521752 3 himself; or
17531753 4 (4) if If a parent, legal guardian, or caretaker of a
17541754 5 child under 13 years of age reports materially false
17551755 6 information to a law enforcement agency, medical examiner,
17561756 7 coroner, State's Attorney, or other governmental agency
17571757 8 during an investigation of the disappearance or death of a
17581758 9 child under circumstances described in subsection (a) or
17591759 10 (b) of Section 10-10 of this Code; or .
17601760 11 (5) takes a body camera or any part of a body camera
17611761 12 from a person known to be a peace officer.
17621762 13 (b) Sentence.
17631763 14 (1) Obstructing justice is a Class 4 felony, except as
17641764 15 provided in paragraphs paragraph (2) and (3) of this
17651765 16 subsection (b).
17661766 17 (2) Obstructing justice in furtherance of streetgang
17671767 18 related or gang-related activity, as defined in Section 10
17681768 19 of the Illinois Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus Prevention
17691769 20 Act, is a Class 3 felony.
17701770 21 (3) A violation of paragraph (5) of subsection (a), if
17711771 22 the body camera or any part of the body camera is taken
17721772 23 from the peace officer during the commission of an offense
17731773 24 that has caused great bodily harm to the officer or
17741774 25 another person, is a Class 1 felony. Any other violation
17751775 26 of paragraph (5) of subsection (a) is a Class 2 felony.
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