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State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB3317   Introduced 2/7/2024, by Sen. Napoleon Harris, III  SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 |   |   |   Creates the Candidate Information Privacy Act. Provides that the Executive Director of the State Board of Elections shall establish a secure portal through which a candidate may submit or revoke a request for the redaction or nondisclosure of his or her personal information from publicly-accessible databases maintained and administered by the Board. Sets forth procedures to request the redaction or nondisclosure of specified personal information and exceptions. Provides that a copy of the voter registration files maintained in the Statewide voter registration system and maintained by the election authority of each county shall be provided to a requester as redacted, except that a copy of the unredacted voter registration files shall be provided to specified individuals. Amends the Freedom of Information Act to make a conforming changes. Effective January 1, 2025. |  | 
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| 1 |  |  AN ACT concerning elections.
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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 1. Short title. This Act shall be referred to as  | 
| 5 |  | the Candidate Information Privacy Act.
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| 6 |  |  Section 5. Policy; intent. It is the public policy of this  | 
| 7 |  | State that candidates for public office in Illinois have a  | 
| 8 |  | right to maintain their privacy through the prevention of  | 
| 9 |  | unnecessary disclosures of personal information in  | 
| 10 |  | publicly-accessible areas regulated by the State Board of  | 
| 11 |  | Elections.
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| 12 |  |  Section 10. Definitions. As used in this Act: | 
| 13 |  |  "Board" means the State Board of Elections. | 
| 14 |  |  "Candidate" has the meaning ascribed to that term in  | 
| 15 |  | Section 9-1.3 of the Election Code. | 
| 16 |  |  "Director" means the Executive Director of the State Board  | 
| 17 |  | of Elections. | 
| 18 |  |  "Home address" includes a candidate's permanent residence  | 
| 19 |  | and any secondary residences affirmatively identified by the  | 
| 20 |  | candidate. "Home address" does not include the candidate's  | 
| 21 |  | work address. | 
| 22 |  |  "Personal information" means a home address, home  | 
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| 1 |  | telephone number, mobile telephone number, pager number,  | 
| 2 |  | personal email number, checking and savings account number,  | 
| 3 |  | credit card number, marital status, and the identity of  | 
| 4 |  | children under the age of 18.
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| 5 |  |  Section 15. Powers and duties of the Director.  | 
| 6 |  |  (a) The Director shall establish: | 
| 7 |  |   (1) a secure portal through which a candidate may  | 
| 8 |  |  submit or revoke a request for the redaction or  | 
| 9 |  |  nondisclosure of his or her personal information from  | 
| 10 |  |  publicly accessible databases maintained and administered  | 
| 11 |  |  by the Board, whether physical or on the Internet; | 
| 12 |  |   (2) a process by which a candidate may petition the  | 
| 13 |  |  Director for reconsideration of a denial of a request or  | 
| 14 |  |  any revocation of a request described in paragraph (1); | 
| 15 |  |   (3) a process by which a person or entity may request  | 
| 16 |  |  receipt of a record that does not contain redactions or  | 
| 17 |  |  any information that is undisclosed; and | 
| 18 |  |   (4) a process for the evaluation of any other  | 
| 19 |  |  exceptions to the requirements for redaction or  | 
| 20 |  |  nondisclosure. | 
| 21 |  |  A request or a revocation of a request submitted by a  | 
| 22 |  | candidate under the process described in this subsection shall  | 
| 23 |  | be exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information  | 
| 24 |  | Act. | 
| 25 |  |  (b) The Director shall evaluate and either approve or deny  | 
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| 1 |  | a request or a revocation of a request submitted through the  | 
| 2 |  | secure portal described in subsection (a). | 
| 3 |  |  (c) The Director may enter into any agreement or contract  | 
| 4 |  | necessary to administer this Act. | 
| 5 |  |  (f) The Director may adopt rules to implement and  | 
| 6 |  | administer this Act in accordance with the Illinois  | 
| 7 |  | Administrative Procedure Act.
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| 8 |  |  Section 20. Candidate requests for redaction or  | 
| 9 |  | nondisclosure; and enforcement. | 
| 10 |  |  (a) A candidate seeking the redaction or nondisclosure of  | 
| 11 |  | his or her personal information by the Board shall submit a  | 
| 12 |  | request to the Board through the secure portal described in  | 
| 13 |  | subsection (a) of Section 15. The information shall be subject  | 
| 14 |  | to redaction or nondisclosure only if a request is submitted  | 
| 15 |  | to and approved by the Director. | 
| 16 |  |  (b) The Board shall redact or cease to disclose the  | 
| 17 |  | personal information of a candidate no later than 30 days  | 
| 18 |  | after the approval by the Director. The Board shall  | 
| 19 |  | discontinue the redaction or nondisclosure of the personal  | 
| 20 |  | information of any candidate for whom a revocation request has  | 
| 21 |  | been approved no later than 30 days after the approval by the  | 
| 22 |  | Director.
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| 23 |  |  Section 25. Provision of voter registration files.  | 
| 24 |  |  (a) A copy of the voter registration files maintained in  | 
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| 1 |  | the Statewide voter registration system and maintained by the  | 
| 2 |  | election authority of each county shall be provided to a  | 
| 3 |  | requester as redacted, except that a copy of the unredacted  | 
| 4 |  | voter registration files shall be provided to the following  | 
| 5 |  | individuals: | 
| 6 |  |   (1) the chairperson of the county or municipal  | 
| 7 |  |  committee of a political party, or a designee thereof, for  | 
| 8 |  |  distribution to any person authorized to serve as a  | 
| 9 |  |  challenger as described in the Election Code if the copy  | 
| 10 |  |  of the unredacted voter registration files are only used  | 
| 11 |  |  for the purposes of validating a candidate's personal  | 
| 12 |  |  information to determine qualifications for candidacy by  | 
| 13 |  |  the challenger; | 
| 14 |  |   (2) a candidate acting as a challenger; | 
| 15 |  |   (3) any vendor, contractor, or organization carrying  | 
| 16 |  |  out a function of a county or this State concerning the  | 
| 17 |  |  administration or conduct of elections; and | 
| 18 |  |   (4) a person filing or responding to a petition filed  | 
| 19 |  |  in accordance with the Election Code upon order of a judge  | 
| 20 |  |  after a finding that the copy of the unredacted voter  | 
| 21 |  |  registration files is necessary to determine the merits of  | 
| 22 |  |  the petition. | 
| 23 |  |  (b) In order for an individual to receive the copy of the  | 
| 24 |  | unredacted voter registration files described in subsection  | 
| 25 |  | (a), the individual shall sign an affidavit attesting that the  | 
| 26 |  | person satisfies one of the exceptions provided for in  | 
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| 1 |  | paragraphs (1) through (4) of subsection (a).
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| 2 |  |  Section 90. The Freedom of Information Act is amended by  | 
| 3 |  | changing Section 7.5 as follows:
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| 4 |  |  (5 ILCS 140/7.5) | 
| 5 |  |  (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 103-472) | 
| 6 |  |  Sec. 7.5. Statutory exemptions. To the extent provided for  | 
| 7 |  | by the statutes referenced below, the following shall be  | 
| 8 |  | exempt from inspection and copying: | 
| 9 |  |   (a) All information determined to be confidential  | 
| 10 |  |  under Section 4002 of the Technology Advancement and  | 
| 11 |  |  Development Act. | 
| 12 |  |   (b) Library circulation and order records identifying  | 
| 13 |  |  library users with specific materials under the Library  | 
| 14 |  |  Records Confidentiality Act. | 
| 15 |  |   (c) Applications, related documents, and medical  | 
| 16 |  |  records received by the Experimental Organ Transplantation  | 
| 17 |  |  Procedures Board and any and all documents or other  | 
| 18 |  |  records prepared by the Experimental Organ Transplantation  | 
| 19 |  |  Procedures Board or its staff relating to applications it  | 
| 20 |  |  has received. | 
| 21 |  |   (d) Information and records held by the Department of  | 
| 22 |  |  Public Health and its authorized representatives relating  | 
| 23 |  |  to known or suspected cases of sexually transmissible  | 
| 24 |  |  disease or any information the disclosure of which is  | 
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| 1 |  |  restricted under the Illinois Sexually Transmissible  | 
| 2 |  |  Disease Control Act. | 
| 3 |  |   (e) Information the disclosure of which is exempted  | 
| 4 |  |  under Section 30 of the Radon Industry Licensing Act. | 
| 5 |  |   (f) Firm performance evaluations under Section 55 of  | 
| 6 |  |  the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying  | 
| 7 |  |  Qualifications Based Selection Act. | 
| 8 |  |   (g) Information the disclosure of which is restricted  | 
| 9 |  |  and exempted under Section 50 of the Illinois Prepaid  | 
| 10 |  |  Tuition Act. | 
| 11 |  |   (h) Information the disclosure of which is exempted  | 
| 12 |  |  under the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, and  | 
| 13 |  |  records of any lawfully created State or local inspector  | 
| 14 |  |  general's office that would be exempt if created or  | 
| 15 |  |  obtained by an Executive Inspector General's office under  | 
| 16 |  |  that Act. | 
| 17 |  |   (i) Information contained in a local emergency energy  | 
| 18 |  |  plan submitted to a municipality in accordance with a  | 
| 19 |  |  local emergency energy plan ordinance that is adopted  | 
| 20 |  |  under Section 11-21.5-5 of the Illinois Municipal Code. | 
| 21 |  |   (j) Information and data concerning the distribution  | 
| 22 |  |  of surcharge moneys collected and remitted by carriers  | 
| 23 |  |  under the Emergency Telephone System Act. | 
| 24 |  |   (k) Law enforcement officer identification information  | 
| 25 |  |  or driver identification information compiled by a law  | 
| 26 |  |  enforcement agency or the Department of Transportation  | 
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| 1 |  |  under Section 11-212 of the Illinois Vehicle Code. | 
| 2 |  |   (l) Records and information provided to a residential  | 
| 3 |  |  health care facility resident sexual assault and death  | 
| 4 |  |  review team or the Executive Council under the Abuse  | 
| 5 |  |  Prevention Review Team Act. | 
| 6 |  |   (m) Information provided to the predatory lending  | 
| 7 |  |  database created pursuant to Article 3 of the Residential  | 
| 8 |  |  Real Property Disclosure Act, except to the extent  | 
| 9 |  |  authorized under that Article. | 
| 10 |  |   (n) Defense budgets and petitions for certification of  | 
| 11 |  |  compensation and expenses for court appointed trial  | 
| 12 |  |  counsel as provided under Sections 10 and 15 of the  | 
| 13 |  |  Capital Crimes Litigation Act (repealed). This subsection  | 
| 14 |  |  (n) shall apply until the conclusion of the trial of the  | 
| 15 |  |  case, even if the prosecution chooses not to pursue the  | 
| 16 |  |  death penalty prior to trial or sentencing. | 
| 17 |  |   (o) Information that is prohibited from being  | 
| 18 |  |  disclosed under Section 4 of the Illinois Health and  | 
| 19 |  |  Hazardous Substances Registry Act. | 
| 20 |  |   (p) Security portions of system safety program plans,  | 
| 21 |  |  investigation reports, surveys, schedules, lists, data, or  | 
| 22 |  |  information compiled, collected, or prepared by or for the  | 
| 23 |  |  Department of Transportation under Sections 2705-300 and  | 
| 24 |  |  2705-616 of the Department of Transportation Law of the  | 
| 25 |  |  Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the Regional  | 
| 26 |  |  Transportation Authority under Section 2.11 of the  | 
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| 1 |  |  Regional Transportation Authority Act, or the St. Clair  | 
| 2 |  |  County Transit District under the Bi-State Transit Safety  | 
| 3 |  |  Act (repealed).  | 
| 4 |  |   (q) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the  | 
| 5 |  |  Personnel Record Review Act.  | 
| 6 |  |   (r) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the  | 
| 7 |  |  Illinois School Student Records Act.  | 
| 8 |  |   (s) Information the disclosure of which is restricted  | 
| 9 |  |  under Section 5-108 of the Public Utilities Act.  | 
| 10 |  |   (t) (Blank).  | 
| 11 |  |   (u) Records and information provided to an independent  | 
| 12 |  |  team of experts under the Developmental Disability and  | 
| 13 |  |  Mental Health Safety Act (also known as Brian's Law).  | 
| 14 |  |   (v) Names and information of people who have applied  | 
| 15 |  |  for or received Firearm Owner's Identification Cards under  | 
| 16 |  |  the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act or applied for  | 
| 17 |  |  or received a concealed carry license under the Firearm  | 
| 18 |  |  Concealed Carry Act, unless otherwise authorized by the  | 
| 19 |  |  Firearm Concealed Carry Act; and databases under the  | 
| 20 |  |  Firearm Concealed Carry Act, records of the Concealed  | 
| 21 |  |  Carry Licensing Review Board under the Firearm Concealed  | 
| 22 |  |  Carry Act, and law enforcement agency objections under the  | 
| 23 |  |  Firearm Concealed Carry Act.  | 
| 24 |  |   (v-5) Records of the Firearm Owner's Identification  | 
| 25 |  |  Card Review Board that are exempted from disclosure under  | 
| 26 |  |  Section 10 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. | 
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| 1 |  |   (w) Personally identifiable information which is  | 
| 2 |  |  exempted from disclosure under subsection (g) of Section  | 
| 3 |  |  19.1 of the Toll Highway Act. | 
| 4 |  |   (x) Information which is exempted from disclosure  | 
| 5 |  |  under Section 5-1014.3 of the Counties Code or Section  | 
| 6 |  |  8-11-21 of the Illinois Municipal Code.  | 
| 7 |  |   (y) Confidential information under the Adult  | 
| 8 |  |  Protective Services Act and its predecessor enabling  | 
| 9 |  |  statute, the Elder Abuse and Neglect Act, including  | 
| 10 |  |  information about the identity and administrative finding  | 
| 11 |  |  against any caregiver of a verified and substantiated  | 
| 12 |  |  decision of abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation of  | 
| 13 |  |  an eligible adult maintained in the Registry established  | 
| 14 |  |  under Section 7.5 of the Adult Protective Services Act.  | 
| 15 |  |   (z) Records and information provided to a fatality  | 
| 16 |  |  review team or the Illinois Fatality Review Team Advisory  | 
| 17 |  |  Council under Section 15 of the Adult Protective Services  | 
| 18 |  |  Act.  | 
| 19 |  |   (aa) Information which is exempted from disclosure  | 
| 20 |  |  under Section 2.37 of the Wildlife Code.  | 
| 21 |  |   (bb) Information which is or was prohibited from  | 
| 22 |  |  disclosure by the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.  | 
| 23 |  |   (cc) Recordings made under the Law Enforcement  | 
| 24 |  |  Officer-Worn Body Camera Act, except to the extent  | 
| 25 |  |  authorized under that Act. | 
| 26 |  |   (dd) Information that is prohibited from being  | 
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| 1 |  |  disclosed under Section 45 of the Condominium and Common  | 
| 2 |  |  Interest Community Ombudsperson Act.  | 
| 3 |  |   (ee) Information that is exempted from disclosure  | 
| 4 |  |  under Section 30.1 of the Pharmacy Practice Act.  | 
| 5 |  |   (ff) Information that is exempted from disclosure  | 
| 6 |  |  under the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.  | 
| 7 |  |   (gg) Information that is prohibited from being  | 
| 8 |  |  disclosed under Section 7-603.5 of the Illinois Vehicle  | 
| 9 |  |  Code.  | 
| 10 |  |   (hh) Records that are exempt from disclosure under  | 
| 11 |  |  Section 1A-16.7 of the Election Code.  | 
| 12 |  |   (ii) Information which is exempted from disclosure  | 
| 13 |  |  under Section 2505-800 of the Department of Revenue Law of  | 
| 14 |  |  the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.  | 
| 15 |  |   (jj) Information and reports that are required to be  | 
| 16 |  |  submitted to the Department of Labor by registering day  | 
| 17 |  |  and temporary labor service agencies but are exempt from  | 
| 18 |  |  disclosure under subsection (a-1) of Section 45 of the Day  | 
| 19 |  |  and Temporary Labor Services Act.  | 
| 20 |  |   (kk) Information prohibited from disclosure under the  | 
| 21 |  |  Seizure and Forfeiture Reporting Act.  | 
| 22 |  |   (ll) Information the disclosure of which is restricted  | 
| 23 |  |  and exempted under Section 5-30.8 of the Illinois Public  | 
| 24 |  |  Aid Code.  | 
| 25 |  |   (mm) Records that are exempt from disclosure under  | 
| 26 |  |  Section 4.2 of the Crime Victims Compensation Act.  | 
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| 1 |  |   (nn) Information that is exempt from disclosure under  | 
| 2 |  |  Section 70 of the Higher Education Student Assistance Act.  | 
| 3 |  |   (oo) Communications, notes, records, and reports  | 
| 4 |  |  arising out of a peer support counseling session  | 
| 5 |  |  prohibited from disclosure under the First Responders  | 
| 6 |  |  Suicide Prevention Act.  | 
| 7 |  |   (pp) Names and all identifying information relating to  | 
| 8 |  |  an employee of an emergency services provider or law  | 
| 9 |  |  enforcement agency under the First Responders Suicide  | 
| 10 |  |  Prevention Act.  | 
| 11 |  |   (qq) Information and records held by the Department of  | 
| 12 |  |  Public Health and its authorized representatives collected  | 
| 13 |  |  under the Reproductive Health Act.  | 
| 14 |  |   (rr) Information that is exempt from disclosure under  | 
| 15 |  |  the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act.  | 
| 16 |  |   (ss) Data reported by an employer to the Department of  | 
| 17 |  |  Human Rights pursuant to Section 2-108 of the Illinois  | 
| 18 |  |  Human Rights Act. | 
| 19 |  |   (tt) Recordings made under the Children's Advocacy  | 
| 20 |  |  Center Act, except to the extent authorized under that  | 
| 21 |  |  Act.  | 
| 22 |  |   (uu) Information that is exempt from disclosure under  | 
| 23 |  |  Section 50 of the Sexual Assault Evidence Submission Act.  | 
| 24 |  |   (vv) Information that is exempt from disclosure under  | 
| 25 |  |  subsections (f) and (j) of Section 5-36 of the Illinois  | 
| 26 |  |  Public Aid Code.  | 
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| 1 |  |   (ww) Information that is exempt from disclosure under  | 
| 2 |  |  Section 16.8 of the State Treasurer Act.  | 
| 3 |  |   (xx) Information that is exempt from disclosure or  | 
| 4 |  |  information that shall not be made public under the  | 
| 5 |  |  Illinois Insurance Code.  | 
| 6 |  |   (yy) Information prohibited from being disclosed under  | 
| 7 |  |  the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. | 
| 8 |  |   (zz) Information prohibited from being disclosed under  | 
| 9 |  |  the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act.  | 
| 10 |  |   (aaa) Information prohibited from being disclosed  | 
| 11 |  |  under Section 1-167 of the Illinois Pension Code.  | 
| 12 |  |   (bbb) Information that is prohibited from disclosure  | 
| 13 |  |  by the Illinois Police Training Act and the Illinois State  | 
| 14 |  |  Police Act.  | 
| 15 |  |   (ccc) Records exempt from disclosure under Section  | 
| 16 |  |  2605-304 of the Illinois State Police Law of the Civil  | 
| 17 |  |  Administrative Code of Illinois.  | 
| 18 |  |   (ddd) Information prohibited from being disclosed  | 
| 19 |  |  under Section 35 of the Address Confidentiality for  | 
| 20 |  |  Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Human  | 
| 21 |  |  Trafficking, or Stalking Act.  | 
| 22 |  |   (eee) Information prohibited from being disclosed  | 
| 23 |  |  under subsection (b) of Section 75 of the Domestic  | 
| 24 |  |  Violence Fatality Review Act.  | 
| 25 |  |   (fff) Images from cameras under the Expressway Camera  | 
| 26 |  |  Act. This subsection (fff) is inoperative on and after  | 
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| 1 |  |  July 1, 2025.  | 
| 2 |  |   (ggg) Information prohibited from disclosure under  | 
| 3 |  |  paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of Section 14 of the Nurse  | 
| 4 |  |  Agency Licensing Act.  | 
| 5 |  |   (hhh) Information submitted to the Illinois State  | 
| 6 |  |  Police in an affidavit or application for an assault  | 
| 7 |  |  weapon endorsement, assault weapon attachment endorsement,  | 
| 8 |  |  .50 caliber rifle endorsement, or .50 caliber cartridge  | 
| 9 |  |  endorsement under the Firearm Owners Identification Card  | 
| 10 |  |  Act.  | 
| 11 |  |   (iii) Data exempt from disclosure under Section 50 of  | 
| 12 |  |  the School Safety Drill Act.  | 
| 13 |  |   (jjj) (hhh) Information exempt from disclosure under  | 
| 14 |  |  Section 30 of the Insurance Data Security Law.  | 
| 15 |  |   (kkk) (iii) Confidential business information  | 
| 16 |  |  prohibited from disclosure under Section 45 of the Paint  | 
| 17 |  |  Stewardship Act.  | 
| 18 |  |   (lll) (Reserved).  | 
| 19 |  |   (mmm) (iii) Information prohibited from being  | 
| 20 |  |  disclosed under subsection (e) of Section 1-129 of the  | 
| 21 |  |  Illinois Power Agency Act.  | 
| 22 |  |   (nnn) Information that is exempt from disclosure under  | 
| 23 |  |  Section 15 of the Candidate Information Privacy Act. | 
| 24 |  | (Source: P.A. 102-36, eff. 6-25-21; 102-237, eff. 1-1-22;  | 
| 25 |  | 102-292, eff. 1-1-22; 102-520, eff. 8-20-21; 102-559, eff.  | 
| 26 |  | 8-20-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 102-946, eff. 7-1-22;  | 
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| 1 |  | 102-1042, eff. 6-3-22; 102-1116, eff. 1-10-23; 103-8, eff.  | 
| 2 |  | 6-7-23; 103-34, eff. 6-9-23; 103-142, eff. 1-1-24; 103-372,  | 
| 3 |  | eff. 1-1-24; 103-508, eff. 8-4-23; 103-580, eff. 12-8-23;  | 
| 4 |  | revised 1-2-24.)
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| 5 |  |  (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 103-472) | 
| 6 |  |  Sec. 7.5. Statutory exemptions. To the extent provided for  | 
| 7 |  | by the statutes referenced below, the following shall be  | 
| 8 |  | exempt from inspection and copying: | 
| 9 |  |   (a) All information determined to be confidential  | 
| 10 |  |  under Section 4002 of the Technology Advancement and  | 
| 11 |  |  Development Act. | 
| 12 |  |   (b) Library circulation and order records identifying  | 
| 13 |  |  library users with specific materials under the Library  | 
| 14 |  |  Records Confidentiality Act. | 
| 15 |  |   (c) Applications, related documents, and medical  | 
| 16 |  |  records received by the Experimental Organ Transplantation  | 
| 17 |  |  Procedures Board and any and all documents or other  | 
| 18 |  |  records prepared by the Experimental Organ Transplantation  | 
| 19 |  |  Procedures Board or its staff relating to applications it  | 
| 20 |  |  has received. | 
| 21 |  |   (d) Information and records held by the Department of  | 
| 22 |  |  Public Health and its authorized representatives relating  | 
| 23 |  |  to known or suspected cases of sexually transmissible  | 
| 24 |  |  disease or any information the disclosure of which is  | 
| 25 |  |  restricted under the Illinois Sexually Transmissible  | 
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| 1 |  |  Disease Control Act. | 
| 2 |  |   (e) Information the disclosure of which is exempted  | 
| 3 |  |  under Section 30 of the Radon Industry Licensing Act. | 
| 4 |  |   (f) Firm performance evaluations under Section 55 of  | 
| 5 |  |  the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying  | 
| 6 |  |  Qualifications Based Selection Act. | 
| 7 |  |   (g) Information the disclosure of which is restricted  | 
| 8 |  |  and exempted under Section 50 of the Illinois Prepaid  | 
| 9 |  |  Tuition Act. | 
| 10 |  |   (h) Information the disclosure of which is exempted  | 
| 11 |  |  under the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, and  | 
| 12 |  |  records of any lawfully created State or local inspector  | 
| 13 |  |  general's office that would be exempt if created or  | 
| 14 |  |  obtained by an Executive Inspector General's office under  | 
| 15 |  |  that Act. | 
| 16 |  |   (i) Information contained in a local emergency energy  | 
| 17 |  |  plan submitted to a municipality in accordance with a  | 
| 18 |  |  local emergency energy plan ordinance that is adopted  | 
| 19 |  |  under Section 11-21.5-5 of the Illinois Municipal Code. | 
| 20 |  |   (j) Information and data concerning the distribution  | 
| 21 |  |  of surcharge moneys collected and remitted by carriers  | 
| 22 |  |  under the Emergency Telephone System Act. | 
| 23 |  |   (k) Law enforcement officer identification information  | 
| 24 |  |  or driver identification information compiled by a law  | 
| 25 |  |  enforcement agency or the Department of Transportation  | 
| 26 |  |  under Section 11-212 of the Illinois Vehicle Code. | 
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| 1 |  |   (l) Records and information provided to a residential  | 
| 2 |  |  health care facility resident sexual assault and death  | 
| 3 |  |  review team or the Executive Council under the Abuse  | 
| 4 |  |  Prevention Review Team Act. | 
| 5 |  |   (m) Information provided to the predatory lending  | 
| 6 |  |  database created pursuant to Article 3 of the Residential  | 
| 7 |  |  Real Property Disclosure Act, except to the extent  | 
| 8 |  |  authorized under that Article. | 
| 9 |  |   (n) Defense budgets and petitions for certification of  | 
| 10 |  |  compensation and expenses for court appointed trial  | 
| 11 |  |  counsel as provided under Sections 10 and 15 of the  | 
| 12 |  |  Capital Crimes Litigation Act (repealed). This subsection  | 
| 13 |  |  (n) shall apply until the conclusion of the trial of the  | 
| 14 |  |  case, even if the prosecution chooses not to pursue the  | 
| 15 |  |  death penalty prior to trial or sentencing. | 
| 16 |  |   (o) Information that is prohibited from being  | 
| 17 |  |  disclosed under Section 4 of the Illinois Health and  | 
| 18 |  |  Hazardous Substances Registry Act. | 
| 19 |  |   (p) Security portions of system safety program plans,  | 
| 20 |  |  investigation reports, surveys, schedules, lists, data, or  | 
| 21 |  |  information compiled, collected, or prepared by or for the  | 
| 22 |  |  Department of Transportation under Sections 2705-300 and  | 
| 23 |  |  2705-616 of the Department of Transportation Law of the  | 
| 24 |  |  Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the Regional  | 
| 25 |  |  Transportation Authority under Section 2.11 of the  | 
| 26 |  |  Regional Transportation Authority Act, or the St. Clair  | 
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| 1 |  |  County Transit District under the Bi-State Transit Safety  | 
| 2 |  |  Act (repealed).  | 
| 3 |  |   (q) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the  | 
| 4 |  |  Personnel Record Review Act.  | 
| 5 |  |   (r) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the  | 
| 6 |  |  Illinois School Student Records Act.  | 
| 7 |  |   (s) Information the disclosure of which is restricted  | 
| 8 |  |  under Section 5-108 of the Public Utilities Act.  | 
| 9 |  |   (t) (Blank).  | 
| 10 |  |   (u) Records and information provided to an independent  | 
| 11 |  |  team of experts under the Developmental Disability and  | 
| 12 |  |  Mental Health Safety Act (also known as Brian's Law).  | 
| 13 |  |   (v) Names and information of people who have applied  | 
| 14 |  |  for or received Firearm Owner's Identification Cards under  | 
| 15 |  |  the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act or applied for  | 
| 16 |  |  or received a concealed carry license under the Firearm  | 
| 17 |  |  Concealed Carry Act, unless otherwise authorized by the  | 
| 18 |  |  Firearm Concealed Carry Act; and databases under the  | 
| 19 |  |  Firearm Concealed Carry Act, records of the Concealed  | 
| 20 |  |  Carry Licensing Review Board under the Firearm Concealed  | 
| 21 |  |  Carry Act, and law enforcement agency objections under the  | 
| 22 |  |  Firearm Concealed Carry Act.  | 
| 23 |  |   (v-5) Records of the Firearm Owner's Identification  | 
| 24 |  |  Card Review Board that are exempted from disclosure under  | 
| 25 |  |  Section 10 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. | 
| 26 |  |   (w) Personally identifiable information which is  | 
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| 1 |  |  exempted from disclosure under subsection (g) of Section  | 
| 2 |  |  19.1 of the Toll Highway Act. | 
| 3 |  |   (x) Information which is exempted from disclosure  | 
| 4 |  |  under Section 5-1014.3 of the Counties Code or Section  | 
| 5 |  |  8-11-21 of the Illinois Municipal Code.  | 
| 6 |  |   (y) Confidential information under the Adult  | 
| 7 |  |  Protective Services Act and its predecessor enabling  | 
| 8 |  |  statute, the Elder Abuse and Neglect Act, including  | 
| 9 |  |  information about the identity and administrative finding  | 
| 10 |  |  against any caregiver of a verified and substantiated  | 
| 11 |  |  decision of abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation of  | 
| 12 |  |  an eligible adult maintained in the Registry established  | 
| 13 |  |  under Section 7.5 of the Adult Protective Services Act.  | 
| 14 |  |   (z) Records and information provided to a fatality  | 
| 15 |  |  review team or the Illinois Fatality Review Team Advisory  | 
| 16 |  |  Council under Section 15 of the Adult Protective Services  | 
| 17 |  |  Act.  | 
| 18 |  |   (aa) Information which is exempted from disclosure  | 
| 19 |  |  under Section 2.37 of the Wildlife Code.  | 
| 20 |  |   (bb) Information which is or was prohibited from  | 
| 21 |  |  disclosure by the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.  | 
| 22 |  |   (cc) Recordings made under the Law Enforcement  | 
| 23 |  |  Officer-Worn Body Camera Act, except to the extent  | 
| 24 |  |  authorized under that Act. | 
| 25 |  |   (dd) Information that is prohibited from being  | 
| 26 |  |  disclosed under Section 45 of the Condominium and Common  | 
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| 1 |  |  Interest Community Ombudsperson Act.  | 
| 2 |  |   (ee) Information that is exempted from disclosure  | 
| 3 |  |  under Section 30.1 of the Pharmacy Practice Act.  | 
| 4 |  |   (ff) Information that is exempted from disclosure  | 
| 5 |  |  under the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.  | 
| 6 |  |   (gg) Information that is prohibited from being  | 
| 7 |  |  disclosed under Section 7-603.5 of the Illinois Vehicle  | 
| 8 |  |  Code.  | 
| 9 |  |   (hh) Records that are exempt from disclosure under  | 
| 10 |  |  Section 1A-16.7 of the Election Code.  | 
| 11 |  |   (ii) Information which is exempted from disclosure  | 
| 12 |  |  under Section 2505-800 of the Department of Revenue Law of  | 
| 13 |  |  the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.  | 
| 14 |  |   (jj) Information and reports that are required to be  | 
| 15 |  |  submitted to the Department of Labor by registering day  | 
| 16 |  |  and temporary labor service agencies but are exempt from  | 
| 17 |  |  disclosure under subsection (a-1) of Section 45 of the Day  | 
| 18 |  |  and Temporary Labor Services Act.  | 
| 19 |  |   (kk) Information prohibited from disclosure under the  | 
| 20 |  |  Seizure and Forfeiture Reporting Act.  | 
| 21 |  |   (ll) Information the disclosure of which is restricted  | 
| 22 |  |  and exempted under Section 5-30.8 of the Illinois Public  | 
| 23 |  |  Aid Code.  | 
| 24 |  |   (mm) Records that are exempt from disclosure under  | 
| 25 |  |  Section 4.2 of the Crime Victims Compensation Act.  | 
| 26 |  |   (nn) Information that is exempt from disclosure under  | 
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| 1 |  |  Section 70 of the Higher Education Student Assistance Act.  | 
| 2 |  |   (oo) Communications, notes, records, and reports  | 
| 3 |  |  arising out of a peer support counseling session  | 
| 4 |  |  prohibited from disclosure under the First Responders  | 
| 5 |  |  Suicide Prevention Act.  | 
| 6 |  |   (pp) Names and all identifying information relating to  | 
| 7 |  |  an employee of an emergency services provider or law  | 
| 8 |  |  enforcement agency under the First Responders Suicide  | 
| 9 |  |  Prevention Act.  | 
| 10 |  |   (qq) Information and records held by the Department of  | 
| 11 |  |  Public Health and its authorized representatives collected  | 
| 12 |  |  under the Reproductive Health Act.  | 
| 13 |  |   (rr) Information that is exempt from disclosure under  | 
| 14 |  |  the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act.  | 
| 15 |  |   (ss) Data reported by an employer to the Department of  | 
| 16 |  |  Human Rights pursuant to Section 2-108 of the Illinois  | 
| 17 |  |  Human Rights Act. | 
| 18 |  |   (tt) Recordings made under the Children's Advocacy  | 
| 19 |  |  Center Act, except to the extent authorized under that  | 
| 20 |  |  Act.  | 
| 21 |  |   (uu) Information that is exempt from disclosure under  | 
| 22 |  |  Section 50 of the Sexual Assault Evidence Submission Act.  | 
| 23 |  |   (vv) Information that is exempt from disclosure under  | 
| 24 |  |  subsections (f) and (j) of Section 5-36 of the Illinois  | 
| 25 |  |  Public Aid Code.  | 
| 26 |  |   (ww) Information that is exempt from disclosure under  | 
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| 1 |  |  Section 16.8 of the State Treasurer Act.  | 
| 2 |  |   (xx) Information that is exempt from disclosure or  | 
| 3 |  |  information that shall not be made public under the  | 
| 4 |  |  Illinois Insurance Code.  | 
| 5 |  |   (yy) Information prohibited from being disclosed under  | 
| 6 |  |  the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. | 
| 7 |  |   (zz) Information prohibited from being disclosed under  | 
| 8 |  |  the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act.  | 
| 9 |  |   (aaa) Information prohibited from being disclosed  | 
| 10 |  |  under Section 1-167 of the Illinois Pension Code.  | 
| 11 |  |   (bbb) Information that is prohibited from disclosure  | 
| 12 |  |  by the Illinois Police Training Act and the Illinois State  | 
| 13 |  |  Police Act.  | 
| 14 |  |   (ccc) Records exempt from disclosure under Section  | 
| 15 |  |  2605-304 of the Illinois State Police Law of the Civil  | 
| 16 |  |  Administrative Code of Illinois.  | 
| 17 |  |   (ddd) Information prohibited from being disclosed  | 
| 18 |  |  under Section 35 of the Address Confidentiality for  | 
| 19 |  |  Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Human  | 
| 20 |  |  Trafficking, or Stalking Act.  | 
| 21 |  |   (eee) Information prohibited from being disclosed  | 
| 22 |  |  under subsection (b) of Section 75 of the Domestic  | 
| 23 |  |  Violence Fatality Review Act.  | 
| 24 |  |   (fff) Images from cameras under the Expressway Camera  | 
| 25 |  |  Act. This subsection (fff) is inoperative on and after  | 
| 26 |  |  July 1, 2025.  | 
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| 1 |  |   (ggg) Information prohibited from disclosure under  | 
| 2 |  |  paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of Section 14 of the Nurse  | 
| 3 |  |  Agency Licensing Act.  | 
| 4 |  |   (hhh) Information submitted to the Illinois State  | 
| 5 |  |  Police in an affidavit or application for an assault  | 
| 6 |  |  weapon endorsement, assault weapon attachment endorsement,  | 
| 7 |  |  .50 caliber rifle endorsement, or .50 caliber cartridge  | 
| 8 |  |  endorsement under the Firearm Owners Identification Card  | 
| 9 |  |  Act.  | 
| 10 |  |   (iii) Data exempt from disclosure under Section 50 of  | 
| 11 |  |  the School Safety Drill Act.  | 
| 12 |  |   (jjj) (hhh) Information exempt from disclosure under  | 
| 13 |  |  Section 30 of the Insurance Data Security Law.  | 
| 14 |  |   (kkk) (iii) Confidential business information  | 
| 15 |  |  prohibited from disclosure under Section 45 of the Paint  | 
| 16 |  |  Stewardship Act.  | 
| 17 |  |   (lll) (iii) Data exempt from disclosure under Section  | 
| 18 |  |  2-3.196 of the School Code.  | 
| 19 |  |   (mmm) (iii) Information prohibited from being  | 
| 20 |  |  disclosed under subsection (e) of Section 1-129 of the  | 
| 21 |  |  Illinois Power Agency Act.  | 
| 22 |  |   (nnn) Information that is exempt from disclosure under  | 
| 23 |  |  Section 15 of the Candidate Information Privacy Act. | 
| 24 |  | (Source: P.A. 102-36, eff. 6-25-21; 102-237, eff. 1-1-22;  | 
| 25 |  | 102-292, eff. 1-1-22; 102-520, eff. 8-20-21; 102-559, eff.  | 
| 26 |  | 8-20-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 102-946, eff. 7-1-22;  | 
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| 1 |  | 102-1042, eff. 6-3-22; 102-1116, eff. 1-10-23; 103-8, eff.  | 
| 2 |  | 6-7-23; 103-34, eff. 6-9-23; 103-142, eff. 1-1-24; 103-372,  | 
| 3 |  | eff. 1-1-24; 103-472, eff. 8-1-24; 103-508, eff. 8-4-23;  | 
| 4 |  | 103-580, eff. 12-8-23; revised 1-2-24.)
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| 5 |  |  Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes  | 
| 6 |  | changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text  | 
| 7 |  | that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section  | 
| 8 |  | represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does  | 
| 9 |  | not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes  | 
| 10 |  | made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other  | 
| 11 |  | Public Act.
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