Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB3667 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 02/07/2025

                            104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
 State of Illinois
 2025 and 2026 HB3667 Introduced , by Rep. Jeff Keicher SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 740 ILCS 14/10740 ILCS 14/15740 ILCS 14/25 Amends the Biometric Information Privacy Act. Changes the definitions of "biometric identifier" and "written release". Defines "biometric lock", "biometric time clock", "person", and "security purpose". Provides that if the biometric identifier or biometric information is collected or captured for the same repeated process, the private entity is only required to inform the subject or receive consent during the initial collection. Waives certain requirements for collecting, capturing, or otherwise obtaining a person's or a customer's biometric identifier or biometric information under certain circumstances relating to security purposes. Provides that nothing in the Act shall be construed to apply to information captured by a biometric time clock or biometric lock that converts a person's biometric identifier or biometric information to a mathematical representation. Repeals the right of action under the Act. Effective immediately. LRB104 07195 JRC 17232 b   A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
 State of Illinois
 2025 and 2026 HB3667 Introduced , by Rep. Jeff Keicher SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:  740 ILCS 14/10740 ILCS 14/15740 ILCS 14/25 740 ILCS 14/10  740 ILCS 14/15  740 ILCS 14/25  Amends the Biometric Information Privacy Act. Changes the definitions of "biometric identifier" and "written release". Defines "biometric lock", "biometric time clock", "person", and "security purpose". Provides that if the biometric identifier or biometric information is collected or captured for the same repeated process, the private entity is only required to inform the subject or receive consent during the initial collection. Waives certain requirements for collecting, capturing, or otherwise obtaining a person's or a customer's biometric identifier or biometric information under certain circumstances relating to security purposes. Provides that nothing in the Act shall be construed to apply to information captured by a biometric time clock or biometric lock that converts a person's biometric identifier or biometric information to a mathematical representation. Repeals the right of action under the Act. Effective immediately.  LRB104 07195 JRC 17232 b     LRB104 07195 JRC 17232 b   A BILL FOR
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
 State of Illinois
 2025 and 2026 HB3667 Introduced , by Rep. Jeff Keicher SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
740 ILCS 14/10740 ILCS 14/15740 ILCS 14/25 740 ILCS 14/10  740 ILCS 14/15  740 ILCS 14/25
740 ILCS 14/10
740 ILCS 14/15
740 ILCS 14/25
Amends the Biometric Information Privacy Act. Changes the definitions of "biometric identifier" and "written release". Defines "biometric lock", "biometric time clock", "person", and "security purpose". Provides that if the biometric identifier or biometric information is collected or captured for the same repeated process, the private entity is only required to inform the subject or receive consent during the initial collection. Waives certain requirements for collecting, capturing, or otherwise obtaining a person's or a customer's biometric identifier or biometric information under certain circumstances relating to security purposes. Provides that nothing in the Act shall be construed to apply to information captured by a biometric time clock or biometric lock that converts a person's biometric identifier or biometric information to a mathematical representation. Repeals the right of action under the Act. Effective immediately.
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1  AN ACT concerning civil law.
2  Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3  represented in the General Assembly:
4  Section 5. The Biometric Information Privacy Act is
5  amended by changing Sections 10, 15, and 25 as follows:
6  (740 ILCS 14/10)
7  Sec. 10. Definitions. In this Act:
8  "Biometric identifier" means a retina or iris scan,
9  fingerprint, voiceprint, or scan of hand or face geometry.
10  Biometric identifiers do not include writing samples, written
11  signatures, photographs, human biological samples used for
12  valid scientific testing or screening, demographic data,
13  tattoo descriptions, or physical descriptions such as height,
14  weight, hair color, or eye color. Biometric identifiers do not
15  include donated organs, tissues, or parts as defined in the
16  Illinois Anatomical Gift Act or blood or serum stored on
17  behalf of recipients or potential recipients of living or
18  cadaveric transplants and obtained or stored by a federally
19  designated organ procurement agency. Biometric identifiers do
20  not include biological materials regulated under the Genetic
21  Information Privacy Act. Biometric identifiers do not include
22  information captured from a patient in a health care setting
23  or information collected, used, or stored for health care

 

104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
 State of Illinois
 2025 and 2026 HB3667 Introduced , by Rep. Jeff Keicher SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
740 ILCS 14/10740 ILCS 14/15740 ILCS 14/25 740 ILCS 14/10  740 ILCS 14/15  740 ILCS 14/25
740 ILCS 14/10
740 ILCS 14/15
740 ILCS 14/25
Amends the Biometric Information Privacy Act. Changes the definitions of "biometric identifier" and "written release". Defines "biometric lock", "biometric time clock", "person", and "security purpose". Provides that if the biometric identifier or biometric information is collected or captured for the same repeated process, the private entity is only required to inform the subject or receive consent during the initial collection. Waives certain requirements for collecting, capturing, or otherwise obtaining a person's or a customer's biometric identifier or biometric information under certain circumstances relating to security purposes. Provides that nothing in the Act shall be construed to apply to information captured by a biometric time clock or biometric lock that converts a person's biometric identifier or biometric information to a mathematical representation. Repeals the right of action under the Act. Effective immediately.
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1  treatment, payment, or operations under the federal Health
2  Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.
3  Biometric identifiers do not include an X-ray, roentgen
4  process, computed tomography, MRI, PET scan, mammography, or
5  other image or film of the human anatomy used to diagnose,
6  prognose, or treat an illness or other medical condition or to
7  further validate scientific testing or screening. Biometric
8  identifiers do not include information captured and converted
9  to a mathematical representation, including, but not limited
10  to, a numeric string or similar method that cannot be used to
11  recreate the biometric identifier. Biometric identifiers do
12  not include information that cannot reasonably be used to
13  identify an individual.
14  "Biometric information" means any information, regardless
15  of how it is captured, converted, stored, or shared, based on
16  an individual's biometric identifier used to identify an
17  individual. Biometric information does not include information
18  derived from items or procedures excluded under the definition
19  of biometric identifiers.
20  "Biometric lock" means a device that is used to grant
21  access to a person and converts the person's biometric
22  identifier or biometric information to a mathematical
23  representation, including, but not limited to, a numeric
24  string or similar method that cannot be used to recreate the
25  person's biometric identifier.
26  "Biometric time clock" means a device that is used for

 

 

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1  time management and converts a person's biometric identifier
2  or biometric information to a mathematical representation,
3  including, but not limited to, a numeric string or similar
4  method that cannot be used to recreate the person's biometric
5  identifier.
6  "Confidential and sensitive information" means personal
7  information that can be used to uniquely identify an
8  individual or an individual's account or property. Examples of
9  confidential and sensitive information include, but are not
10  limited to, a genetic marker, genetic testing information, a
11  unique identifier number to locate an account or property, an
12  account number, a PIN number, a pass code, a driver's license
13  number, or a social security number.
14  "Electronic signature" means an electronic sound, symbol,
15  or process attached to or logically associated with a record
16  and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the
17  record.
18  "Person" means a natural person. A person does not include
19  an individual a private entity has no knowing contact with, or
20  awareness of.
21  "Private entity" means any individual, partnership,
22  corporation, limited liability company, association, or other
23  group, however organized. A private entity does not include a
24  State or local governmental government agency. A private
25  entity does not include any court of Illinois, a clerk of the
26  court, or a judge or justice thereof.

 

 

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1  "Security purpose" means for the purpose of preventing or
2  investigating retail theft, fraud, or any other
3  misappropriation or theft of a thing of value. "Security
4  purpose" includes protecting property from trespass,
5  controlling access to property, or protecting any person from
6  harm, including stalking, violence, or harassment, and
7  includes assisting a law enforcement investigation.
8  "Written release" means informed written consent,
9  electronic signature, or, in the context of employment, a
10  release executed by an employee as a condition of employment.
11  (Source: P.A. 103-769, eff. 8-2-24.)
12  (740 ILCS 14/15)
13  Sec. 15. Retention; collection; disclosure; destruction.
14  (a) A private entity in possession of biometric
15  identifiers or biometric information must develop a written
16  policy, made available to the person from whom biometric
17  information is to be collected or was collected public,
18  establishing a retention schedule and guidelines for
19  permanently destroying biometric identifiers and biometric
20  information when the initial purpose for collecting or
21  obtaining such identifiers or information has been satisfied
22  or within 3 years of the individual's last interaction with
23  the private entity, whichever occurs first. Absent a valid
24  order, warrant, or subpoena issued by a court of competent
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1  private entity in possession of biometric identifiers or
2  biometric information must comply with its established
3  retention schedule and destruction guidelines.
4  (b) No private entity may collect, capture, purchase,
5  receive through trade, or otherwise obtain a person's or a
6  customer's biometric identifier or biometric information,
7  unless it first:
8  (1) informs the subject or the subject's legally
9  authorized representative in writing that a biometric
10  identifier or biometric information is being collected or
11  stored;
12  (2) informs the subject or the subject's legally
13  authorized representative in writing of the specific
14  purpose and length of term for which a biometric
15  identifier or biometric information is being collected,
16  stored, and used; and
17  (3) receives a written release executed by the subject
18  of the biometric identifier or biometric information or
19  the subject's legally authorized representative.
20  (b-5) A private entity may collect, capture, or otherwise
21  obtain a person's or a customer's biometric identifier or
22  biometric information without satisfying the requirements of
23  subsection (b) if:
24  (1) the private entity collects, captures, or
25  otherwise obtains a person's or a customer's biometric
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1  purpose;
2  (2) the private entity uses the biometric identifier
3  or biometric information only for a security purpose;
4  (3) the private entity retains the biometric
5  identifier or biometric information no longer than is
6  reasonably necessary to satisfy a security purpose; and
7  (4) the private entity documents a process and time
8  frame to delete any biometric information used for the
9  purposes identified in this subsection.
10  (c) No private entity in possession of a biometric
11  identifier or biometric information may sell, lease, trade, or
12  otherwise profit from a person's or a customer's biometric
13  identifier or biometric information.
14  (d) No private entity in possession of a biometric
15  identifier or biometric information may disclose, redisclose,
16  or otherwise disseminate a person's or a customer's biometric
17  identifier or biometric information unless:
18  (1) the subject of the biometric identifier or
19  biometric information or the subject's legally authorized
20  representative consents to the disclosure or redisclosure;
21  (2) the disclosure or redisclosure completes a
22  financial transaction requested or authorized by the
23  subject of the biometric identifier or the biometric
24  information or the subject's legally authorized
25  representative;
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1  State or federal law or municipal ordinance; or
2  (4) the disclosure is required pursuant to a valid
3  warrant or subpoena issued by a court of competent
4  jurisdiction.
5  (e) A private entity in possession of a biometric
6  identifier or biometric information shall:
7  (1) store, transmit, and protect from disclosure all
8  biometric identifiers and biometric information using the
9  reasonable standard of care within the private entity's
10  industry; and
11  (2) store, transmit, and protect from disclosure all
12  biometric identifiers and biometric information in a
13  manner that is the same as or more protective than the
14  manner in which the private entity stores, transmits, and
15  protects other confidential and sensitive information.
16  (Source: P.A. 95-994, eff. 10-3-08.)
17  (740 ILCS 14/25)
18  Sec. 25. Construction.
19  (a) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to impact the
20  admission or discovery of biometric identifiers and biometric
21  information in any action of any kind in any court, or before
22  any tribunal, board, agency, or person.
23  (b) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to conflict
24  with the X-Ray Retention Act, the federal Health Insurance
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1  promulgated under either Act.
2  (c) Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to apply in any
3  manner to a financial institution or an affiliate of a
4  financial institution that is subject to Title V of the
5  federal Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 and the rules
6  promulgated thereunder.
7  (d) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to conflict
8  with the Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security,
9  Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004 and the rules
10  promulgated thereunder or information captured by an alarm
11  system as defined by that Act installed by a person licensed
12  under that Act and the rules adopted thereunder.
13  (e) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to apply to a
14  contractor, subcontractor, or agent of a State or federal
15  agency or local unit of government when working for that State
16  or federal agency or local unit of government.
17  (f) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to apply to
18  information captured by a biometric time clock or biometric
19  lock that converts a person's biometric identifier or
20  biometric information to a mathematical representation,
21  including, but not limited to, a numeric string or similar
22  method that cannot be used to recreate the person's biometric
23  identifier or biometric information.
24  (g) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to apply to a
25  private entity if the private entity's employees are covered
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1  different policies regarding the retention, collection,
2  disclosure, and destruction of biometric information.
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