Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB1983 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 02/09/2023

                            103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB1983 Introduced 2/9/2023, by Sen. Julie A. Morrison SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:  5 ILCS 140/7.5 725 ILCS 167/5725 ILCS 167/15725 ILCS 167/20725 ILCS 167/25  Amends the Freedom from Drone Surveillance Act. Defines "special event". Deletes "data" from the definition of "information". Provides that "information" does not apply to circumstances in which the drone is used over publicly owned property or private property with prior permission of the owner of the private property when the purpose is training peace officers, public relations, conducting infrastructure inspections, or other similar non-law enforcement purposes. Permits the use of a drone by a law enforcement agency at a special event to prepare for or monitor crowd size, density, and movement; assess public safety staffing; or to monitor the safety of the participants. Provides that a law enforcement agency may use a drone to respond to Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) dispatched calls for service, when the primary purpose for the response is to locate or assist victims, or both, identify offenders, and to guide emergency response. Provides that information gathered by a drone is subject to the disclosure and exception to disclosure provisions of the Freedom of Information Act. Makes other changes. Amends the Freedom of Information Act to make conforming changes.  LRB103 27792 RLC 54170 b   A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB1983 Introduced 2/9/2023, by Sen. Julie A. Morrison SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:  5 ILCS 140/7.5 725 ILCS 167/5725 ILCS 167/15725 ILCS 167/20725 ILCS 167/25 5 ILCS 140/7.5  725 ILCS 167/5  725 ILCS 167/15  725 ILCS 167/20  725 ILCS 167/25  Amends the Freedom from Drone Surveillance Act. Defines "special event". Deletes "data" from the definition of "information". Provides that "information" does not apply to circumstances in which the drone is used over publicly owned property or private property with prior permission of the owner of the private property when the purpose is training peace officers, public relations, conducting infrastructure inspections, or other similar non-law enforcement purposes. Permits the use of a drone by a law enforcement agency at a special event to prepare for or monitor crowd size, density, and movement; assess public safety staffing; or to monitor the safety of the participants. Provides that a law enforcement agency may use a drone to respond to Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) dispatched calls for service, when the primary purpose for the response is to locate or assist victims, or both, identify offenders, and to guide emergency response. Provides that information gathered by a drone is subject to the disclosure and exception to disclosure provisions of the Freedom of Information Act. Makes other changes. Amends the Freedom of Information Act to make conforming changes.  LRB103 27792 RLC 54170 b     LRB103 27792 RLC 54170 b   A BILL FOR
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB1983 Introduced 2/9/2023, by Sen. Julie A. Morrison SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
5 ILCS 140/7.5 725 ILCS 167/5725 ILCS 167/15725 ILCS 167/20725 ILCS 167/25 5 ILCS 140/7.5  725 ILCS 167/5  725 ILCS 167/15  725 ILCS 167/20  725 ILCS 167/25
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725 ILCS 167/5
725 ILCS 167/15
725 ILCS 167/20
725 ILCS 167/25
Amends the Freedom from Drone Surveillance Act. Defines "special event". Deletes "data" from the definition of "information". Provides that "information" does not apply to circumstances in which the drone is used over publicly owned property or private property with prior permission of the owner of the private property when the purpose is training peace officers, public relations, conducting infrastructure inspections, or other similar non-law enforcement purposes. Permits the use of a drone by a law enforcement agency at a special event to prepare for or monitor crowd size, density, and movement; assess public safety staffing; or to monitor the safety of the participants. Provides that a law enforcement agency may use a drone to respond to Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) dispatched calls for service, when the primary purpose for the response is to locate or assist victims, or both, identify offenders, and to guide emergency response. Provides that information gathered by a drone is subject to the disclosure and exception to disclosure provisions of the Freedom of Information Act. Makes other changes. Amends the Freedom of Information Act to make conforming changes.
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1  AN ACT concerning criminal law.
2  Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3  represented in the General Assembly:
4  Section 5. The Freedom of Information Act is amended by
5  changing Section 7.5 as follows:
6  (5 ILCS 140/7.5)
7  Sec. 7.5. Statutory exemptions. To the extent provided for
8  by the statutes referenced below, the following shall be
9  exempt from inspection and copying:
10  (a) All information determined to be confidential
11  under Section 4002 of the Technology Advancement and
12  Development Act.
13  (b) Library circulation and order records identifying
14  library users with specific materials under the Library
15  Records Confidentiality Act.
16  (c) Applications, related documents, and medical
17  records received by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
18  Procedures Board and any and all documents or other
19  records prepared by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
20  Procedures Board or its staff relating to applications it
21  has received.
22  (d) Information and records held by the Department of
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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB1983 Introduced 2/9/2023, by Sen. Julie A. Morrison SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
5 ILCS 140/7.5 725 ILCS 167/5725 ILCS 167/15725 ILCS 167/20725 ILCS 167/25 5 ILCS 140/7.5  725 ILCS 167/5  725 ILCS 167/15  725 ILCS 167/20  725 ILCS 167/25
5 ILCS 140/7.5
725 ILCS 167/5
725 ILCS 167/15
725 ILCS 167/20
725 ILCS 167/25
Amends the Freedom from Drone Surveillance Act. Defines "special event". Deletes "data" from the definition of "information". Provides that "information" does not apply to circumstances in which the drone is used over publicly owned property or private property with prior permission of the owner of the private property when the purpose is training peace officers, public relations, conducting infrastructure inspections, or other similar non-law enforcement purposes. Permits the use of a drone by a law enforcement agency at a special event to prepare for or monitor crowd size, density, and movement; assess public safety staffing; or to monitor the safety of the participants. Provides that a law enforcement agency may use a drone to respond to Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) dispatched calls for service, when the primary purpose for the response is to locate or assist victims, or both, identify offenders, and to guide emergency response. Provides that information gathered by a drone is subject to the disclosure and exception to disclosure provisions of the Freedom of Information Act. Makes other changes. Amends the Freedom of Information Act to make conforming changes.
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1  to known or suspected cases of sexually transmissible
2  disease or any information the disclosure of which is
3  restricted under the Illinois Sexually Transmissible
4  Disease Control Act.
5  (e) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
6  under Section 30 of the Radon Industry Licensing Act.
7  (f) Firm performance evaluations under Section 55 of
8  the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying
9  Qualifications Based Selection Act.
10  (g) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
11  and exempted under Section 50 of the Illinois Prepaid
12  Tuition Act.
13  (h) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
14  under the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, and
15  records of any lawfully created State or local inspector
16  general's office that would be exempt if created or
17  obtained by an Executive Inspector General's office under
18  that Act.
19  (i) Information contained in a local emergency energy
20  plan submitted to a municipality in accordance with a
21  local emergency energy plan ordinance that is adopted
22  under Section 11-21.5-5 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
23  (j) Information and data concerning the distribution
24  of surcharge moneys collected and remitted by carriers
25  under the Emergency Telephone System Act.
26  (k) Law enforcement officer identification information

 

 

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1  or driver identification information compiled by a law
2  enforcement agency or the Department of Transportation
3  under Section 11-212 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
4  (l) Records and information provided to a residential
5  health care facility resident sexual assault and death
6  review team or the Executive Council under the Abuse
7  Prevention Review Team Act.
8  (m) Information provided to the predatory lending
9  database created pursuant to Article 3 of the Residential
10  Real Property Disclosure Act, except to the extent
11  authorized under that Article.
12  (n) Defense budgets and petitions for certification of
13  compensation and expenses for court appointed trial
14  counsel as provided under Sections 10 and 15 of the
15  Capital Crimes Litigation Act. This subsection (n) shall
16  apply until the conclusion of the trial of the case, even
17  if the prosecution chooses not to pursue the death penalty
18  prior to trial or sentencing.
19  (o) Information that is prohibited from being
20  disclosed under Section 4 of the Illinois Health and
21  Hazardous Substances Registry Act.
22  (p) Security portions of system safety program plans,
23  investigation reports, surveys, schedules, lists, data, or
24  information compiled, collected, or prepared by or for the
25  Department of Transportation under Sections 2705-300 and
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1  Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the Regional
2  Transportation Authority under Section 2.11 of the
3  Regional Transportation Authority Act, or the St. Clair
4  County Transit District under the Bi-State Transit Safety
5  Act.
6  (q) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
7  Personnel Record Review Act.
8  (r) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
9  Illinois School Student Records Act.
10  (s) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
11  under Section 5-108 of the Public Utilities Act.
12  (t) All identified or deidentified health information
13  in the form of health data or medical records contained
14  in, stored in, submitted to, transferred by, or released
15  from the Illinois Health Information Exchange, and
16  identified or deidentified health information in the form
17  of health data and medical records of the Illinois Health
18  Information Exchange in the possession of the Illinois
19  Health Information Exchange Office due to its
20  administration of the Illinois Health Information
21  Exchange. The terms "identified" and "deidentified" shall
22  be given the same meaning as in the Health Insurance
23  Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law
24  104-191, or any subsequent amendments thereto, and any
25  regulations promulgated thereunder.
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1  team of experts under the Developmental Disability and
2  Mental Health Safety Act (also known as Brian's Law).
3  (v) Names and information of people who have applied
4  for or received Firearm Owner's Identification Cards under
5  the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act or applied for
6  or received a concealed carry license under the Firearm
7  Concealed Carry Act, unless otherwise authorized by the
8  Firearm Concealed Carry Act; and databases under the
9  Firearm Concealed Carry Act, records of the Concealed
10  Carry Licensing Review Board under the Firearm Concealed
11  Carry Act, and law enforcement agency objections under the
12  Firearm Concealed Carry Act.
13  (v-5) Records of the Firearm Owner's Identification
14  Card Review Board that are exempted from disclosure under
15  Section 10 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act.
16  (w) Personally identifiable information which is
17  exempted from disclosure under subsection (g) of Section
18  19.1 of the Toll Highway Act.
19  (x) Information which is exempted from disclosure
20  under Section 5-1014.3 of the Counties Code or Section
21  8-11-21 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
22  (y) Confidential information under the Adult
23  Protective Services Act and its predecessor enabling
24  statute, the Elder Abuse and Neglect Act, including
25  information about the identity and administrative finding
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1  decision of abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation of
2  an eligible adult maintained in the Registry established
3  under Section 7.5 of the Adult Protective Services Act.
4  (z) Records and information provided to a fatality
5  review team or the Illinois Fatality Review Team Advisory
6  Council under Section 15 of the Adult Protective Services
7  Act.
8  (aa) Information which is exempted from disclosure
9  under Section 2.37 of the Wildlife Code.
10  (bb) Information which is or was prohibited from
11  disclosure by the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
12  (cc) Recordings made under the Law Enforcement
13  Officer-Worn Body Camera Act, except to the extent
14  authorized under that Act.
15  (dd) Information that is prohibited from being
16  disclosed under Section 45 of the Condominium and Common
17  Interest Community Ombudsperson Act.
18  (ee) Information that is exempted from disclosure
19  under Section 30.1 of the Pharmacy Practice Act.
20  (ff) Information that is exempted from disclosure
21  under the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.
22  (gg) Information that is prohibited from being
23  disclosed under Section 7-603.5 of the Illinois Vehicle
24  Code.
25  (hh) Records that are exempt from disclosure under
26  Section 1A-16.7 of the Election Code.

 

 

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1  (ii) Information which is exempted from disclosure
2  under Section 2505-800 of the Department of Revenue Law of
3  the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
4  (jj) Information and reports that are required to be
5  submitted to the Department of Labor by registering day
6  and temporary labor service agencies but are exempt from
7  disclosure under subsection (a-1) of Section 45 of the Day
8  and Temporary Labor Services Act.
9  (kk) Information prohibited from disclosure under the
10  Seizure and Forfeiture Reporting Act.
11  (ll) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
12  and exempted under Section 5-30.8 of the Illinois Public
13  Aid Code.
14  (mm) Records that are exempt from disclosure under
15  Section 4.2 of the Crime Victims Compensation Act.
16  (nn) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
17  Section 70 of the Higher Education Student Assistance Act.
18  (oo) Communications, notes, records, and reports
19  arising out of a peer support counseling session
20  prohibited from disclosure under the First Responders
21  Suicide Prevention Act.
22  (pp) Names and all identifying information relating to
23  an employee of an emergency services provider or law
24  enforcement agency under the First Responders Suicide
25  Prevention Act.
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1  Public Health and its authorized representatives collected
2  under the Reproductive Health Act.
3  (rr) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
4  the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act.
5  (ss) Data reported by an employer to the Department of
6  Human Rights pursuant to Section 2-108 of the Illinois
7  Human Rights Act.
8  (tt) Recordings made under the Children's Advocacy
9  Center Act, except to the extent authorized under that
10  Act.
11  (uu) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
12  Section 50 of the Sexual Assault Evidence Submission Act.
13  (vv) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
14  subsections (f) and (j) of Section 5-36 of the Illinois
15  Public Aid Code.
16  (ww) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
17  Section 16.8 of the State Treasurer Act.
18  (xx) Information that is exempt from disclosure or
19  information that shall not be made public under the
20  Illinois Insurance Code.
21  (yy) Information prohibited from being disclosed under
22  the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act.
23  (zz) Information prohibited from being disclosed under
24  the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act.
25  (aaa) Information prohibited from being disclosed
26  under Section 1-167 of the Illinois Pension Code.

 

 

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1  (bbb) Information that is prohibited from disclosure
2  by the Illinois Police Training Act and the Illinois State
3  Police Act.
4  (ccc) Records exempt from disclosure under Section
5  2605-304 of the Illinois State Police Law of the Civil
6  Administrative Code of Illinois.
7  (ddd) Information prohibited from being disclosed
8  under Section 35 of the Address Confidentiality for
9  Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Human
10  Trafficking, or Stalking Act.
11  (eee) Information prohibited from being disclosed
12  under subsection (b) of Section 75 of the Domestic
13  Violence Fatality Review Act.
14  (fff) Images from cameras under the Expressway Camera
15  Act. This subsection (fff) is inoperative on and after
16  July 1, 2023.
17  (ggg) Information prohibited from disclosure under
18  paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of Section 14 of the Nurse
19  Agency Licensing Act.
20  (hhh) Information submitted to the Department of State
21  Police in an affidavit or application for an assault
22  weapon endorsement, assault weapon attachment endorsement,
23  .50 caliber rifle endorsement, or .50 caliber cartridge
24  endorsement under the Firearm Owners Identification Card
25  Act.
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1  under the Freedom from Drone Surveillance Act.
2  (Source: P.A. 101-13, eff. 6-12-19; 101-27, eff. 6-25-19;
3  101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 101-221, eff. 1-1-20; 101-236, eff.
4  1-1-20; 101-375, eff. 8-16-19; 101-377, eff. 8-16-19; 101-452,
5  eff. 1-1-20; 101-466, eff. 1-1-20; 101-600, eff. 12-6-19;
6  101-620, eff 12-20-19; 101-649, eff. 7-7-20; 101-652, eff.
7  1-1-22; 101-656, eff. 3-23-21; 102-36, eff. 6-25-21; 102-237,
8  eff. 1-1-22; 102-292, eff. 1-1-22; 102-520, eff. 8-20-21;
9  102-559, eff. 8-20-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 102-946, eff.
10  7-1-22; 102-1042, eff. 6-3-22; 102-1116, eff. 1-10-23.)
11  Section 10. The Freedom from Drone Surveillance Act is
12  amended by changing Sections 5, 15, 20, and 25 as follows:
13  (725 ILCS 167/5)
14  Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
15  "Authority" means the Illinois Criminal Justice
16  Information Authority.
17  "Drone" means any aerial vehicle that does not carry a
18  human operator.
19  "Information" means any evidence, images, sounds, data, or
20  other information gathered by a drone. "Information" does not
21  apply to circumstances in which the drone is used over
22  publicly owned property or private property with prior
23  permission of the owner of the private property when the
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1  conducting infrastructure inspections, or other similar
2  non-law enforcement purposes.
3  "Law enforcement agency" means any agency of this State or
4  a political subdivision of this State which is vested by law
5  with the duty to maintain public order and to enforce criminal
6  laws.
7  "Special event" means a nonroutine activity that is open
8  to the public within a community and brings together a large
9  number of people.
10  (Source: P.A. 98-569, eff. 1-1-14.)
11  (725 ILCS 167/15)
12  Sec. 15. Exceptions.  This Act does not prohibit the use of
13  a drone by a law enforcement agency:
14  (1) To counter a high risk of a terrorist attack by a
15  specific individual or organization if the United States
16  Secretary of Homeland Security determines that credible
17  intelligence indicates that there is that risk.
18  (2) If a law enforcement agency first obtains a search
19  warrant based on probable cause issued under Section 108-3
20  of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. The warrant
21  must be limited to a period of 45 days, renewable by the
22  judge upon a showing of good cause for subsequent periods
23  of 45 days.
24  (3) If a law enforcement agency possesses reasonable
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1  action is needed to prevent imminent harm to life, or to
2  forestall the imminent escape of a suspect or the
3  destruction of evidence. The use of a drone under this
4  paragraph (3) is limited to a period of 48 hours. Within 24
5  hours of the initiation of the use of a drone under this
6  paragraph (3), the chief executive officer of the law
7  enforcement agency must report in writing the use of a
8  drone to the local State's Attorney.
9  (4) If a law enforcement agency is attempting to
10  locate a missing person, and is not also undertaking a
11  criminal investigation.
12  (5) If a law enforcement agency is using a drone
13  solely for crime scene and traffic crash scene
14  photography. Crime scene and traffic crash photography
15  must be conducted in a geographically confined and
16  time-limited manner to document specific occurrences. The
17  use of a drone under this paragraph (5) on private
18  property requires either a search warrant based on
19  probable cause under Section 108-3 of the Code of Criminal
20  Procedure of 1963 or lawful consent to search. The use of a
21  drone under this paragraph (5) on lands, highways,
22  roadways, or areas belonging to this State or political
23  subdivisions of this State does not require a search
24  warrant or consent to search. Any law enforcement agency
25  operating a drone under this paragraph (5) shall make
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1  scene or traffic crash scene and avoid other areas.
2  (6) If a law enforcement agency is using a drone
3  during a disaster or public health emergency, as defined
4  by Section 4 of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency
5  Act. The use of a drone under this paragraph (6) does not
6  require an official declaration of a disaster or public
7  health emergency prior to use. A law enforcement agency
8  may use a drone under this paragraph (6) to obtain
9  information necessary for the determination of whether or
10  not a disaster or public health emergency should be
11  declared, to monitor weather or emergency conditions, to
12  survey damage, or to otherwise coordinate response and
13  recovery efforts. The use of a drone under this paragraph
14  (6) is permissible during the disaster or public health
15  emergency and during subsequent response and recovery
16  efforts.
17  (7) If a law enforcement agency is using a drone at a
18  special event to:
19  (A) prepare for or monitor crowd size, density,
20  and movement;
21  (B) assess public safety staffing; or
22  (C) monitor the safety of the participants.
23  (8) If a law enforcement agency is using a drone to
24  respond to Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) dispatched
25  calls for service, when the primary purpose for the
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1  offenders, and to guide emergency response.
2  (Source: P.A. 98-569, eff. 1-1-14; 98-831, eff. 1-1-15.)
3  (725 ILCS 167/20)
4  Sec. 20. Information retention.  If a law enforcement
5  agency uses a drone under Section 15 of this Act, the agency
6  within 30 days shall destroy all information gathered by the
7  drone, except that the a supervisor at that agency may retain
8  particular information if:
9  (1) there is reasonable suspicion that the information
10  contains evidence of criminal activity; , or
11  (2) the information is relevant to an ongoing
12  investigation or pending criminal trial; .
13  (3) the information is required to be retained to
14  comply with the Local Records Commission retention
15  schedules; or
16  (4) a supervisor at the agency deems that the
17  information will be used exclusively for training
18  purposes.
19  If a law enforcement agency uses a drone under Section 15
20  at any demonstration, protest, rally, march, parade, or other
21  gathering for the purpose of expressing political, religious,
22  social, or other views, the law enforcement agency shall
23  destroy all information gathered by the drone within 7 days,
24  except that the agency may retain the particular information
25  if:

 

 

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1  (1) there is reasonable suspicion that the information
2  contains evidence of criminal activity; or
3  (2) the information is relevant to an ongoing
4  investigation or pending criminal trial.
5  (Source: P.A. 98-569, eff. 1-1-14.)
6  (725 ILCS 167/25)
7  Sec. 25. Information disclosure.  Information gathered by
8  a drone is subject to the Freedom of Information Act. If a law
9  enforcement agency uses a drone under Section 15 of this Act,
10  the agency shall not disclose any information gathered by the
11  drone, except that a supervisor of that agency may disclose
12  particular information to another government agency, if (1)
13  there is reasonable suspicion that the information contains
14  evidence of criminal activity, or (2) the information is
15  relevant to an ongoing investigation or pending criminal
16  trial.
17  (Source: P.A. 98-569, eff. 1-1-14.)

 

 

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