Bill Text: IL HB5189 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Engrossed
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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-Engrossed.html
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-Engrossed.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding | ||||||
| 5 | Section 18c-7402.2 as follows:
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| 6 | (625 ILCS 5/18c-7402.2 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 18c-7402.2. Reports involving railroad fatalities. | ||||||
| 8 | All reports involving railroad fatalities and all | ||||||
| 9 | communications between police officers and train crew members | ||||||
| 10 | involved in those occurrences shall not be public reports and | ||||||
| 11 | shall be maintained by the police departments and any persons | ||||||
| 12 | in subsequent possession thereof listed below in a manner that | ||||||
| 13 | ensures the confidentiality of the train crew's private | ||||||
| 14 | information. Any reports made public shall have train crew | ||||||
| 15 | members' private information redacted. However, upon written | ||||||
| 16 | or electronic mail request, such reports shall be accessible | ||||||
| 17 | at all reasonable times: | ||||||
| 18 | (1) to the host or employing railroad; | ||||||
| 19 | (2) by court order, and to others specifically | ||||||
| 20 | authorized by court order to obtain the information if the | ||||||
| 21 | access is necessary in the performance of their duties; | ||||||
| 22 | and | ||||||
| 23 | (3) to law enforcement officers, State's Attorneys, | ||||||
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