Bill Text: IL HB3024 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Biometric Information Privacy Act. Includes in the definition of "biometric identifier" an electrocardiography result from a wearable device. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-29 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3024 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB3024-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB3024 Introduced , by Rep. John Connor SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
740 ILCS 14/10
Amends the Biometric Information Privacy Act. Includes in the definition of "biometric identifier" an electrocardiography result from a wearable device. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning civil law.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Biometric Information Privacy Act is amended
by changing Section 10 as follows:
(740 ILCS 14/10)
Sec. 10. Definitions. In this Act:
"Biometric identifier" means a retina or iris scan,
fingerprint, voiceprint, electrocardiography result from a
wearable device, or scan of hand or face geometry. Biometric
identifiers do not include writing samples, written
signatures, photographs, human biological samples used for
valid scientific testing or screening, demographic data,
tattoo descriptions, or physical descriptions such as height,
weight, hair color, or eye color. Biometric identifiers do not
include donated organs, tissues, or parts as defined in the
Illinois Anatomical Gift Act or blood or serum stored on behalf
of recipients or potential recipients of living or cadaveric
transplants and obtained or stored by a federally designated
organ procurement agency. Biometric identifiers do not include
biological materials regulated under the Genetic Information
Privacy Act. Biometric identifiers do not include information
captured from a patient in a health care setting or information

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collected, used, or stored for health care treatment, payment,
or operations under the federal Health Insurance Portability
and Accountability Act of 1996. Biometric identifiers do not
include an X-ray, roentgen process, computed tomography, MRI,
PET scan, mammography, or other image or film of the human
anatomy used to diagnose, prognose, or treat an illness or
other medical condition or to further validate scientific
testing or screening.
"Biometric information" means any information, regardless
of how it is captured, converted, stored, or shared, based on
an individual's biometric identifier used to identify an
individual. Biometric information does not include information
derived from items or procedures excluded under the definition
of biometric identifiers.
"Confidential and sensitive information" means personal
information that can be used to uniquely identify an individual
or an individual's account or property. Examples of
confidential and sensitive information include, but are not
limited to, a genetic marker, genetic testing information, a
unique identifier number to locate an account or property, an
account number, a PIN number, a pass code, a driver's license
number, or a social security number.
"Private entity" means any individual, partnership,
corporation, limited liability company, association, or other
group, however organized. A private entity does not include a
State or local government agency. A private entity does not

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include any court of Illinois, a clerk of the court, or a judge
or justice thereof.
"Written release" means informed written consent or, in the
context of employment, a release executed by an employee as a
condition of employment.
(Source: P.A. 95-994, eff. 10-3-08.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.