Bill Text: IL HB4058 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that the name of the minor who is the alleged offender named in a juvenile law enforcement record may be disclosed to the victim or alleged victim named in the law enforcement record upon request by the victim, in writing, to the law enforcement agency for the name of the minor who is the alleged offender named in the law enforcement record, unless the law enforcement agency determines that the release of the information would impede the criminal investigation of the case described in the law enforcement record. Provides that upon receipt of the written request, the law enforcement agency shall provide the identity of the offender or alleged offender to the victim within 30 days after receipt of the request. Provides that the victim or alleged victim named in the law enforcement record, before receiving the information, shall sign an affidavit provided by the law enforcement agency stating that he or she will not disclose the information contained in the law enforcement record to the public, but the victim may use the information for civil litigation purposes. Provides that the identity of the offender or alleged offender may not be publicly disclosed by the victim or alleged victim, except for civil litigation purposes.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-26 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tony M. McCombie [HB4058 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB4058-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4058 Introduced 5/2/2023, by Rep. Brad Stephens - Jackie Haas SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
705 ILCS 405/1-7
Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that the name of the minor who is the alleged offender named in a juvenile law enforcement record may be disclosed to the victim or alleged victim named in the law enforcement record upon request by the victim, in writing, to the law enforcement agency for the name of the minor who is the alleged offender named in the law enforcement record, unless the law enforcement agency determines that the release of the information would impede the criminal investigation of the case described in the law enforcement record. Provides that upon receipt of the written request, the law enforcement agency shall provide the identity of the offender or alleged offender to the victim within 30 days after receipt of the request. Provides that the victim or alleged victim named in the law enforcement record, before receiving the information, shall sign an affidavit provided by the law enforcement agency stating that he or she will not disclose the information contained in the law enforcement record to the public, but the victim may use the information for civil litigation purposes. Provides that the identity of the offender or alleged offender may not be publicly disclosed by the victim or alleged victim, except for civil litigation purposes.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning courts.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is amended by
changing Section 1-7 as follows:
(705 ILCS 405/1-7)
Sec. 1-7. Confidentiality of juvenile law enforcement and
municipal ordinance violation records.
(A) All juvenile law enforcement records which have not
been expunged are confidential and may never be disclosed to
the general public or otherwise made widely available.
Juvenile law enforcement records may be obtained only under
this Section and Section 1-8 and Part 9 of Article V of this
Act, when their use is needed for good cause and with an order
from the juvenile court, as required by those not authorized
to retain them. Inspection, copying, and disclosure of
juvenile law enforcement records maintained by law enforcement
agencies or records of municipal ordinance violations
maintained by any State, local, or municipal agency that
relate to a minor who has been investigated, arrested, or
taken into custody before his or her 18th birthday shall be
restricted to the following:
(0.05) The minor who is the subject of the juvenile

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law enforcement record, his or her parents, guardian, and
counsel.
(0.10) Judges of the circuit court and members of the
staff of the court designated by the judge.
(0.15) An administrative adjudication hearing officer
or members of the staff designated to assist in the
administrative adjudication process.
(1) Any local, State, or federal law enforcement
officers or designated law enforcement staff of any
jurisdiction or agency when necessary for the discharge of
their official duties during the investigation or
prosecution of a crime or relating to a minor who has been
adjudicated delinquent and there has been a previous
finding that the act which constitutes the previous
offense was committed in furtherance of criminal
activities by a criminal street gang, or, when necessary
for the discharge of its official duties in connection
with a particular investigation of the conduct of a law
enforcement officer, an independent agency or its staff
created by ordinance and charged by a unit of local
government with the duty of investigating the conduct of
law enforcement officers. For purposes of this Section,
"criminal street gang" has the meaning ascribed to it in
Section 10 of the Illinois Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus
Prevention Act.
(2) Prosecutors, public defenders, probation officers,

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social workers, or other individuals assigned by the court
to conduct a pre-adjudication or pre-disposition
investigation, and individuals responsible for supervising
or providing temporary or permanent care and custody for
minors under the order of the juvenile court, when
essential to performing their responsibilities.
(3) Federal, State, or local prosecutors, public
defenders, probation officers, and designated staff:
(a) in the course of a trial when institution of
criminal proceedings has been permitted or required
under Section 5-805;
(b) when institution of criminal proceedings has
been permitted or required under Section 5-805 and the
minor is the subject of a proceeding to determine the
conditions of pretrial release;
(c) when criminal proceedings have been permitted
or required under Section 5-805 and the minor is the
subject of a pre-trial investigation, pre-sentence
investigation, fitness hearing, or proceedings on an
application for probation; or
(d) in the course of prosecution or administrative
adjudication of a violation of a traffic, boating, or
fish and game law, or a county or municipal ordinance.
(4) Adult and Juvenile Prisoner Review Board.
(5) Authorized military personnel.
(5.5) Employees of the federal government authorized

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by law.
(6) Persons engaged in bona fide research, with the
permission of the Presiding Judge and the chief executive
of the respective law enforcement agency; provided that
publication of such research results in no disclosure of a
minor's identity and protects the confidentiality of the
minor's record.
(7) Department of Children and Family Services child
protection investigators acting in their official
capacity.
(8) The appropriate school official only if the agency
or officer believes that there is an imminent threat of
physical harm to students, school personnel, or others.
(A) Inspection and copying shall be limited to
juvenile law enforcement records transmitted to the
appropriate school official or officials whom the
school has determined to have a legitimate educational
or safety interest by a local law enforcement agency
under a reciprocal reporting system established and
maintained between the school district and the local
law enforcement agency under Section 10-20.14 of the
School Code concerning a minor enrolled in a school
within the school district who has been arrested or
taken into custody for any of the following offenses:
(i) any violation of Article 24 of the
Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of

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2012;
(ii) a violation of the Illinois Controlled
Substances Act;
(iii) a violation of the Cannabis Control Act;
(iv) a forcible felony as defined in Section
2-8 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal
Code of 2012;
(v) a violation of the Methamphetamine Control
and Community Protection Act;
(vi) a violation of Section 1-2 of the
Harassing and Obscene Communications Act;
(vii) a violation of the Hazing Act; or
(viii) a violation of Section 12-1, 12-2,
12-3, 12-3.05, 12-3.1, 12-3.2, 12-3.4, 12-3.5,
12-5, 12-7.3, 12-7.4, 12-7.5, 25-1, or 25-5 of the
Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of
2012.
The information derived from the juvenile law
enforcement records shall be kept separate from and
shall not become a part of the official school record
of that child and shall not be a public record. The
information shall be used solely by the appropriate
school official or officials whom the school has
determined to have a legitimate educational or safety
interest to aid in the proper rehabilitation of the
child and to protect the safety of students and

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employees in the school. If the designated law
enforcement and school officials deem it to be in the
best interest of the minor, the student may be
referred to in-school or community-based social
services if those services are available.
"Rehabilitation services" may include interventions by
school support personnel, evaluation for eligibility
for special education, referrals to community-based
agencies such as youth services, behavioral healthcare
service providers, drug and alcohol prevention or
treatment programs, and other interventions as deemed
appropriate for the student.
(B) Any information provided to appropriate school
officials whom the school has determined to have a
legitimate educational or safety interest by local law
enforcement officials about a minor who is the subject
of a current police investigation that is directly
related to school safety shall consist of oral
information only, and not written juvenile law
enforcement records, and shall be used solely by the
appropriate school official or officials to protect
the safety of students and employees in the school and
aid in the proper rehabilitation of the child. The
information derived orally from the local law
enforcement officials shall be kept separate from and
shall not become a part of the official school record

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of the child and shall not be a public record. This
limitation on the use of information about a minor who
is the subject of a current police investigation shall
in no way limit the use of this information by
prosecutors in pursuing criminal charges arising out
of the information disclosed during a police
investigation of the minor. For purposes of this
paragraph, "investigation" means an official
systematic inquiry by a law enforcement agency into
actual or suspected criminal activity.
(9) Mental health professionals on behalf of the
Department of Corrections or the Department of Human
Services or prosecutors who are evaluating, prosecuting,
or investigating a potential or actual petition brought
under the Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act relating
to a person who is the subject of juvenile law enforcement
records or the respondent to a petition brought under the
Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act who is the subject
of the juvenile law enforcement records sought. Any
juvenile law enforcement records and any information
obtained from those juvenile law enforcement records under
this paragraph (9) may be used only in sexually violent
persons commitment proceedings.
(10) The president of a park district. Inspection and
copying shall be limited to juvenile law enforcement
records transmitted to the president of the park district

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by the Illinois State Police under Section 8-23 of the
Park District Code or Section 16a-5 of the Chicago Park
District Act concerning a person who is seeking employment
with that park district and who has been adjudicated a
juvenile delinquent for any of the offenses listed in
subsection (c) of Section 8-23 of the Park District Code
or subsection (c) of Section 16a-5 of the Chicago Park
District Act.
(11) Persons managing and designated to participate in
a court diversion program as designated in subsection (6)
of Section 5-105.
(12) The Public Access Counselor of the Office of the
Attorney General, when reviewing juvenile law enforcement
records under its powers and duties under the Freedom of
Information Act.
(13) Collection agencies, contracted or otherwise
engaged by a governmental entity, to collect any debts due
and owing to the governmental entity.
(14) The victim or alleged victim named in a law
enforcement record upon request by the victim, in writing,
to the law enforcement agency for the name of the minor who
is the alleged offender named in the law enforcement
record, unless the law enforcement agency determines that
the release of the information would impede the criminal
investigation of the case described in the law enforcement
record. Upon receipt of the written request, the law

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enforcement agency shall provide the identity of the
offender or alleged offender to the victim within 30 days
after receipt of the request. The victim or alleged victim
named in the law enforcement record, before receiving the
information, shall sign an affidavit provided by the law
enforcement agency stating that he or she will not
disclose the information contained in the law enforcement
record to the public, but the victim may use the
information for civil litigation purposes. The identity of
the offender or alleged offender may not be publicly
disclosed by the victim or alleged victim, except for
civil litigation purposes.
(B)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), no law
enforcement officer or other person or agency may knowingly
transmit to the Department of Corrections, the Illinois State
Police, or the Federal Bureau of Investigation any fingerprint
or photograph relating to a minor who has been arrested or
taken into custody before his or her 18th birthday, unless the
court in proceedings under this Act authorizes the
transmission or enters an order under Section 5-805 permitting
or requiring the institution of criminal proceedings.
(2) Law enforcement officers or other persons or agencies
shall transmit to the Illinois State Police copies of
fingerprints and descriptions of all minors who have been
arrested or taken into custody before their 18th birthday for
the offense of unlawful use of weapons under Article 24 of the

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Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, a Class X
or Class 1 felony, a forcible felony as defined in Section 2-8
of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, or a
Class 2 or greater felony under the Cannabis Control Act, the
Illinois Controlled Substances Act, the Methamphetamine
Control and Community Protection Act, or Chapter 4 of the
Illinois Vehicle Code, pursuant to Section 5 of the Criminal
Identification Act. Information reported to the Department
pursuant to this Section may be maintained with records that
the Department files pursuant to Section 2.1 of the Criminal
Identification Act. Nothing in this Act prohibits a law
enforcement agency from fingerprinting a minor taken into
custody or arrested before his or her 18th birthday for an
offense other than those listed in this paragraph (2).
(C) The records of law enforcement officers, or of an
independent agency created by ordinance and charged by a unit
of local government with the duty of investigating the conduct
of law enforcement officers, concerning all minors under 18
years of age must be maintained separate from the records of
arrests and may not be open to public inspection or their
contents disclosed to the public. For purposes of obtaining
documents under this Section, a civil subpoena is not an order
of the court.
(1) In cases where the law enforcement, or independent
agency, records concern a pending juvenile court case, the
party seeking to inspect the records shall provide actual

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notice to the attorney or guardian ad litem of the minor
whose records are sought.
(2) In cases where the records concern a juvenile
court case that is no longer pending, the party seeking to
inspect the records shall provide actual notice to the
minor or the minor's parent or legal guardian, and the
matter shall be referred to the chief judge presiding over
matters pursuant to this Act.
(3) In determining whether the records should be
available for inspection, the court shall consider the
minor's interest in confidentiality and rehabilitation
over the moving party's interest in obtaining the
information. Any records obtained in violation of this
subsection (C) shall not be admissible in any criminal or
civil proceeding, or operate to disqualify a minor from
subsequently holding public office or securing employment,
or operate as a forfeiture of any public benefit, right,
privilege, or right to receive any license granted by
public authority.
(D) Nothing contained in subsection (C) of this Section
shall prohibit the inspection or disclosure to victims and
witnesses of photographs contained in the records of law
enforcement agencies when the inspection and disclosure is
conducted in the presence of a law enforcement officer for the
purpose of the identification or apprehension of any person
subject to the provisions of this Act or for the investigation

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or prosecution of any crime.
(E) Law enforcement officers, and personnel of an
independent agency created by ordinance and charged by a unit
of local government with the duty of investigating the conduct
of law enforcement officers, may not disclose the identity of
any minor in releasing information to the general public as to
the arrest, investigation or disposition of any case involving
a minor.
(F) Nothing contained in this Section shall prohibit law
enforcement agencies from communicating with each other by
letter, memorandum, teletype, or intelligence alert bulletin
or other means the identity or other relevant information
pertaining to a person under 18 years of age if there are
reasonable grounds to believe that the person poses a real and
present danger to the safety of the public or law enforcement
officers. The information provided under this subsection (F)
shall remain confidential and shall not be publicly disclosed,
except as otherwise allowed by law.
(G) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the right of a
Civil Service Commission or appointing authority of any
federal government, state, county or municipality examining
the character and fitness of an applicant for employment with
a law enforcement agency, correctional institution, or fire
department from obtaining and examining the records of any law
enforcement agency relating to any record of the applicant
having been arrested or taken into custody before the

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applicant's 18th birthday.
(G-5) Information identifying victims and alleged victims
of sex offenses shall not be disclosed or open to the public
under any circumstances. Nothing in this Section shall
prohibit the victim or alleged victim of any sex offense from
voluntarily disclosing his or her own identity.
(H) The changes made to this Section by Public Act 98-61
apply to law enforcement records of a minor who has been
arrested or taken into custody on or after January 1, 2014 (the
effective date of Public Act 98-61).
(H-5) Nothing in this Section shall require any court or
adjudicative proceeding for traffic, boating, fish and game
law, or municipal and county ordinance violations to be closed
to the public.
(I) Willful violation of this Section is a Class C
misdemeanor and each violation is subject to a fine of $1,000.
This subsection (I) shall not apply to the person who is the
subject of the record.
(J) A person convicted of violating this Section is liable
for damages in the amount of $1,000 or actual damages,
whichever is greater.
(Source: P.A. 101-652, eff. 1-1-23; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21;
102-752, eff. 1-1-23; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22.)