Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB3144 Latest Draft

Bill / Engrossed Version Filed 03/19/2025

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1  AN ACT concerning courts.
2  Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3  represented in the General Assembly:
4  Section 5. The Judicial Privacy Act is amended by changing
5  Section 1-10 as follows:
6  (705 ILCS 90/1-10)
7  Sec. 1-10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
8  "Government agency" includes all agencies, authorities,
9  boards, commissions, departments, institutions, offices, and
10  any other bodies politic and corporate of the State created by
11  the constitution or statute, whether in the executive,
12  judicial, or legislative branch; all units and corporate
13  outgrowths created by executive order of the Governor or any
14  constitutional officer, by the Supreme Court, or by resolution
15  of the General Assembly; or agencies, authorities, boards,
16  commissions, departments, institutions, offices, and any other
17  bodies politic and corporate of a unit of local government, or
18  school district.
19  "Home address" includes a judicial officer's permanent
20  residence and any secondary residences affirmatively
21  identified by the judicial officer, but does not include a
22  judicial officer's work address.
23  "Immediate family" includes a judicial officer's spouse,

 

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1  child, parent, or any blood relative of the judicial officer
2  or the judicial officer's spouse who lives in the same
3  residence.
4  "Judicial officer" includes actively employed and former
5  or deceased:
6  (1) Justices of the United States Supreme Court and
7  the Illinois Supreme Court;
8  (2) Judges of the United States Court of Appeals;
9  (3) Judges and magistrate judges of the United States
10  District Court;
11  (4) Judges of the United States Bankruptcy Court;
12  (5) Judges of the Illinois Appellate Court; and
13  (6) Judges and associate judges of the Illinois
14  Circuit Courts; and .
15  (7) Administrative law judges as defined in Section
16  1-15 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.
17  "Personal information" means a home address, home
18  telephone number, mobile telephone number, pager number,
19  personal email address, social security number, federal tax
20  identification number, checking and savings account numbers,
21  credit card numbers, marital status, and identity of children
22  under the age of 18.
23  "Publicly available content" means any written, printed,
24  or electronic document or record that provides information or
25  that serves as a document or record maintained, controlled, or
26  in the possession of a government agency that may be obtained

 

 

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1  by any person or entity, from the Internet, from the
2  government agency upon request either free of charge or for a
3  fee, or in response to a request under the Freedom of
4  Information Act.
5  "Publicly post" or "publicly display" means to communicate
6  to another or otherwise make available to the general public.
7  "Written request" means written notice signed by a
8  judicial officer or a representative of the judicial officer's
9  employer requesting a government agency, person, business, or
10  association to refrain from posting or displaying publicly
11  available content that includes the judicial officer's
12  personal information.
13  (Source: P.A. 100-98, eff. 8-11-17.)

 

 

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