Bill Text: IL HB5189 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that personally identifying information of train crew members contained in reports involving railroad fatalities and contained in communications between police officers and train crew members involved in those occurrences shall be redacted from any public reports and shall be maintained by the police departments and any persons in subsequent possession thereof listed below in a manner that ensures the confidentiality of the train crew's personally identifying information. Provides that unredacted copies of such reports and communications containing personally identifying information shall be accessible at all reasonable times to the host or employing railroad, by court order, and to law enforcement officers, State's Attorneys, Assistant State's Attorneys, and Illinois Commerce Commission Staff.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2024-08-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0852 [HB5189 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB5189-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5189 Introduced , by Rep. Christopher "C.D." Davidsmeyer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
625 ILCS 5/18c-7402.2 new
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that all reports involving railroad fatalities and all communications between police officers and train crew members involved in those occurrences shall not be public reports and shall be maintained by the police departments in a manner that ensures their confidentiality. Provides that these reports shall be accessible at all reasonable times upon written request to the host railroad, to the employing railroad, by court order, and to others specifically authorized by court order to obtain the information if the access is necessary in the performance of their duties. Provides that all such reports shall be accessible at all reasonable times, upon written or electronic mail request, to law enforcement officers, State's Attorneys, or Assistant State's Attorneys. Provides that communications between police officers and railroad employees of the incidents may be shared with these persons if the access is necessary in the performance of their duties.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning transportation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding
Section 18c-7402.2 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/18c-7402.2 new)
Sec. 18c-7402.2. Reports involving railroad fatalities.
(a) All reports involving railroad fatalities and all
communications between police officers and train crew members
involved in those occurrences shall not be public reports and
shall be maintained by the police departments in a manner that
ensures their confidentiality. However, these reports shall be
accessible at all reasonable times upon written request to the
host railroad, to the employing railroad, by court order, and
to others specifically authorized by court order to obtain the
information if the access is necessary in the performance of
their duties. All such reports shall be accessible at all
reasonable times, upon written or electronic mail request, to
law enforcement officers, State's Attorneys, or Assistant
State's Attorneys.
(b) Communications between police officers and railroad
employees of the incidents may be shared with the persons
described in subsection (a) if the access is necessary in the

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