Illinois Senate Bill 107 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-1)
Status: Failed on January 7 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-01-07 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board may investigate complaints concerning drone use by a law enforcement agency. Provides that if a pattern of willful and wanton violations is confirmed, the law enforcement agency shall take actions to prevent future violations through specified means. Provides that if the agency fails to take actions to address the violations and prevent future violations from occurring, then the Board may restrict the agency's ability to use its drones for a period not to exceed 3 months per incident. Amends the Freedom from Drone Surveillance Act. Changes the name of the Act to the Drones as First Responders Act. Defines "permitted special event". Adds various exemptions allowing the use of drones. Permits records of drone usage, including flight path data, metadata, or telemetry information of specific flights, to be disclosed subject to the Freedom of Information Act and rules adopted under that Act. Provides that the information relating to infrastructure inspections conducted at the request of a local governmental agency may be disclosed to that local governmental agency or, in the case of traffic and parking evaluations conducted at school, it may also be disclosed to the school or any engineering staff involved in the process. Provides that nothing in the Act prevents the disclosure of information through a court order or subpoena in connection with a criminal proceeding or if the disclosure is in regard to a completed traffic crash investigation. Changes drone usage reporting requirements of law enforcement agencies to the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority. Makes other changes, and amends the School Code to make conforming changes. Provides that a drone may not be used over a school unless the parents are notified by a principal or administrator prior to the use of the drone.

DRONES AS FIRST RESPONDERS

Sen. Linda Holmes [D]	Sen. Cristina Castro [D]	Sen. Susan Rezin [R]	Sen. Emil Jones [D]
Sen. David Koehler [D]	Sen. Doris Turner [D]	Sen. Steve Stadelman [D]	Sen. Karina Villa [D]
Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel [D]	Sen. Suzanne Glowiak Hilton [D]	Sen. Christopher Belt [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-07	Senate	Session Sine Die
2023-05-19	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt
2023-05-02	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton
2023-05-02	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel
2023-05-02	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Karina Villa
2023-05-02	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Steve Stadelman
2023-05-02	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Doris Turner
2023-03-31	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2023-03-31	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2023-03-23	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As March 31, 2023
2023-03-21	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive
2023-03-21	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
2023-03-17	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
2023-03-17	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Linda Holmes
2023-03-10	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As March 24, 2023
2023-02-15	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III
2023-02-07	Senate	Assigned to Executive
2023-02-02	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Sue Rezin
2023-01-31	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
2023-01-24	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2023-01-24	Senate	First Reading
2023-01-24	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Linda Holmes

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
105	5	10-27.1C	New Code	See Bill Text
105	5	34-240	New Code	See Bill Text
50	705	8.5	New Code	See Bill Text
725	167	1	Amended Code	Citation Text
725	167	15	Amended Code	Citation Text
725	167	17	New Code	See Bill Text
725	167	20	Amended Code	Citation Text
725	167	25	Amended Code	Citation Text
725	167	35	Amended Code	Citation Text
725	167	5	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=107&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=112&GA=103
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/SB/10300SB0107.htm
Amendment	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/SB/10300SB0107sam001.htm