Bill Text: IL SB2133 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that "private information" includes, but is not limited to, the name and any identifying information of a victim in a sexual assault investigation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)
Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB2133 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SB2133-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Freedom of Information Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 2 as follows:
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6 | (5 ILCS 140/2) (from Ch. 116, par. 202)
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7 | Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this Act:
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8 | (a) "Public body" means all legislative,
executive, | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | administrative, or advisory bodies of the State, state | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | universities
and colleges, counties, townships, cities, | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | villages, incorporated towns,
school districts and all other | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | municipal corporations,
boards, bureaus, committees, or | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | commissions of this State, any
subsidiary
bodies of any of the | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | foregoing including but not limited to committees and
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15 | subcommittees thereof, and a School Finance Authority created | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | under
Article 1E of the School Code.
"Public body" does not | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | include a child death review team
or the Illinois Child Death | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | Review Teams
Executive Council
established under
the Child | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | Death Review Team Act, or a regional youth advisory board or | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | the Statewide Youth Advisory Board established under the | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | Department of Children and Family Services Statewide Youth | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | Advisory Board Act.
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23 | (b) "Person" means any individual, corporation, |
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1 | partnership, firm,
organization
or association, acting | ||||||
2 | individually or as a group.
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3 | (c) "Public records" means all records, reports, forms, | ||||||
4 | writings, letters,
memoranda, books, papers, maps, | ||||||
5 | photographs, microfilms, cards, tapes,
recordings,
electronic | ||||||
6 | data processing records, electronic communications, recorded | ||||||
7 | information and all other
documentary
materials pertaining to | ||||||
8 | the transaction of public business, regardless of physical form | ||||||
9 | or characteristics, having been
prepared by or for, or having | ||||||
10 | been or being used by, received by, in the possession of, or | ||||||
11 | under the
control
of
any public body. | ||||||
12 | (c-5) "Private information" means unique identifiers, | ||||||
13 | including a person's social security number, driver's license | ||||||
14 | number, employee identification number, biometric identifiers, | ||||||
15 | personal financial information, passwords or other access | ||||||
16 | codes, medical records, home or personal telephone numbers, and | ||||||
17 | personal email addresses. "Private information" includes, but | ||||||
18 | is not limited to, the name and any identifying information of | ||||||
19 | a victim in a sexual assault investigation. Private information | ||||||
20 | also includes home address and personal license plates, except | ||||||
21 | as otherwise provided by law or when compiled without | ||||||
22 | possibility of attribution to any person. | ||||||
23 | (c-10) "Commercial purpose" means the use of any part of a | ||||||
24 | public record or records, or information derived from public | ||||||
25 | records, in any form for sale, resale, or solicitation or | ||||||
26 | advertisement for sales or services. For purposes of this |
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1 | definition, requests made by news media and non-profit, | ||||||
2 | scientific, or academic organizations shall not be considered | ||||||
3 | to be made for a "commercial purpose" when the principal | ||||||
4 | purpose of the request is (i) to access and disseminate | ||||||
5 | information concerning news and current or passing events, (ii) | ||||||
6 | for articles of opinion or features of interest to the public, | ||||||
7 | or (iii) for the purpose of academic, scientific, or public | ||||||
8 | research or education.
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9 | (d) "Copying" means the reproduction of any public record | ||||||
10 | by means of any
photographic, electronic, mechanical or other | ||||||
11 | process, device or means now known or hereafter developed and | ||||||
12 | available to the public body.
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13 | (e) "Head of the public body" means the president, mayor, | ||||||
14 | chairman,
presiding
officer, director, superintendent, | ||||||
15 | manager, supervisor or individual otherwise
holding primary | ||||||
16 | executive and administrative authority for the public
body, or | ||||||
17 | such person's duly authorized designee.
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18 | (f) "News media" means a newspaper or other periodical | ||||||
19 | issued at regular
intervals whether in print or electronic | ||||||
20 | format, a news service whether
in print or electronic format, a | ||||||
21 | radio
station, a television station, a television network, a | ||||||
22 | community
antenna television service, or a person or | ||||||
23 | corporation engaged in making news
reels or other motion | ||||||
24 | picture news for public showing.
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25 | (g) "Recurrent requester", as used in Section 3.2 of this | ||||||
26 | Act, means a person that, in the 12 months immediately |
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1 | preceding the request, has submitted to the same public body | ||||||
2 | (i) a minimum of 50 requests for records, (ii) a minimum of 15 | ||||||
3 | requests for records within a 30-day period, or (iii) a minimum | ||||||
4 | of 7 requests for records within a 7-day period. For purposes | ||||||
5 | of this definition, requests made by news media and non-profit, | ||||||
6 | scientific, or academic organizations shall not be considered | ||||||
7 | in calculating the number of requests made in the time periods | ||||||
8 | in this definition when the principal purpose of the requests | ||||||
9 | is (i) to access and disseminate information concerning news | ||||||
10 | and current or passing events, (ii) for articles of opinion or | ||||||
11 | features of interest to the public, or (iii) for the purpose of | ||||||
12 | academic, scientific, or public research or education. | ||||||
13 | For the purposes of this subsection (g), "request" means a | ||||||
14 | written document (or oral request, if the public body chooses | ||||||
15 | to honor oral requests) that is submitted to a public body via | ||||||
16 | personal delivery, mail, telefax, electronic mail, or other | ||||||
17 | means available to the public body and that identifies the | ||||||
18 | particular public record the requester seeks. One request may | ||||||
19 | identify multiple records to be inspected or copied. | ||||||
20 | (h) "Voluminous request" means a request that: (i) includes | ||||||
21 | more than 5 individual requests for more than 5 different | ||||||
22 | categories of records or a combination of individual requests | ||||||
23 | that total requests for more than 5 different categories of | ||||||
24 | records in a period of 20 business days; or (ii) requires the | ||||||
25 | compilation of more than 500 letter or legal-sized pages of | ||||||
26 | public records unless a single requested record exceeds 500 |
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1 | pages. "Single requested record" may include, but is not | ||||||
2 | limited to, one report, form, e-mail, letter, memorandum, book, | ||||||
3 | map, microfilm, tape, or recording. | ||||||
4 | "Voluminous request" does not include a request made by | ||||||
5 | news media and non-profit, scientific, or academic | ||||||
6 | organizations if the principal purpose of the request is: (1) | ||||||
7 | to access and disseminate information concerning news and | ||||||
8 | current or passing events; (2) for articles of opinion or | ||||||
9 | features of interest to the public; or (3) for the purpose of | ||||||
10 | academic, scientific, or public research or education. | ||||||
11 | For the purposes of this subsection (h), "request" means a | ||||||
12 | written document, or oral request, if the public body chooses | ||||||
13 | to honor oral requests, that is submitted to a public body via | ||||||
14 | personal delivery, mail, telefax, electronic mail, or other | ||||||
15 | means available to the public body and that identifies the | ||||||
16 | particular public record or records the requester seeks. One | ||||||
17 | request may identify multiple individual records to be | ||||||
18 | inspected or copied. | ||||||
19 | (i) "Severance agreement" means a mutual agreement between | ||||||
20 | any public body and its employee for the employee's resignation | ||||||
21 | in exchange for payment by the public body. | ||||||
22 | (Source: P.A. 98-806, eff. 1-1-15; 98-1129, eff. 12-3-14; | ||||||
23 | 99-78, eff. 7-20-15; 99-478, eff. 6-1-16 .)
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