104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 SB1898 Introduced 2/6/2025, by Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 705 ILCS 90/1-10 Amends the Judicial Privacy Act. Adds administrative law judges to the definition of judicial officer in the Judicial Privacy Act. LRB104 10394 JRC 20469 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 SB1898 Introduced 2/6/2025, by Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 705 ILCS 90/1-10 705 ILCS 90/1-10 Amends the Judicial Privacy Act. Adds administrative law judges to the definition of judicial officer in the Judicial Privacy Act. LRB104 10394 JRC 20469 b LRB104 10394 JRC 20469 b A BILL FOR
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 SB1898 Introduced 2/6/2025, by Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
705 ILCS 90/1-10 705 ILCS 90/1-10
705 ILCS 90/1-10
Amends the Judicial Privacy Act. Adds administrative law judges to the definition of judicial officer in the Judicial Privacy Act.
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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,
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 SB1898 Introduced 2/6/2025, by Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
705 ILCS 90/1-10 705 ILCS 90/1-10
705 ILCS 90/1-10
Amends the Judicial Privacy Act. Adds administrative law judges to the definition of judicial officer in the Judicial Privacy Act.
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A BILL FOR
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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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