Illinois Senate Bill 628 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 9 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Creates the offense of unauthorized visual recording. Provides that a first responder commits the offense when he or she is present at a motor vehicle accident or other emergency situation for the purpose of providing public safety services or medical care or assistance and knowingly photographs, films, videotapes, records, or otherwise reproduces in any manner the image of a human corpse or a person being provided medical care or assistance, except for a legitimate law enforcement purpose, public safety purpose, health care purpose, insurance purpose, legal investigation or legal proceeding involving an injured or deceased person, or under a court order. Also, provides that a first responder commits the offense when he or she knowingly discloses any photograph, film, videotape, record, or other reproduction of the image of a human corpse or a person being provided medical care or assistance at the scene of a motor vehicle accident or other emergency situation photographed, filmed, videotaped, recorded, or otherwise reproduced by another person in the agency for which the first responder is employed without prior written consent of the injured person, the person's next-of-kin if the injured person cannot provide consent, or personal representative under law of a deceased person, unless the disclosure is for a legitimate law enforcement purpose, public safety purpose, health care purpose, insurance purpose, legal investigation or legal proceeding involving an injured or deceased person, or under a court order. Provides that a violation is a Class C misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class B misdemeanor for a second or subsequent offense.

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Sen. John Cullerton [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-09	Senate	Session Sine Die
2019-01-04	Senate	Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. John J. Cullerton
2017-05-19	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2017-05-19	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2017-05-05	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 19, 2017
2017-04-07	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 5, 2017
2017-03-17	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 7, 2017
2017-03-15	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 To Subcommittee on CLEAR Compliance
2017-03-14	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Criminal Law
2017-03-10	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
2017-03-10	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
2017-03-01	Senate	To Subcommittee on CLEAR Compliance
2017-02-01	Senate	Assigned to Criminal Law
2017-01-25	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2017-01-25	Senate	First Reading
2017-01-25	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
720	5	26-4.6	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=628&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=91&GA=100
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/SB/10000SB0628.htm
Amendment	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/SB/10000SB0628sam001.htm