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1     AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing
5 Section 26-4 as follows:
 
6     (720 ILCS 5/26-4)  (from Ch. 38, par. 26-4)
7     Sec. 26-4. Unauthorized video recording and live video
8 transmission.
9     (a) It is unlawful for any person to knowingly make a video
10 record or transmit live video of another person without that
11 person's consent in a restroom, tanning bed, tanning salon,
12 locker room, changing room, or hotel bedroom.
13     (a-4) It is unlawful for any person to knowingly make a
14 video record or transmit live video of another person without
15 that person's consent in a tanning bed or tanning salon.
16     (a-5) It is unlawful for any person to knowingly make a
17 video record or transmit live video of another person in that
18 other person's residence without that person's consent.
19     (a-10) It is unlawful for any person to knowingly make a
20 video record or transmit live video of another person under or
21 through the clothing worn by that other person for the purpose
22 of viewing the body of or the undergarments worn by that other
23 person without that person's consent.

 

 

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1     (a-15) It is unlawful for any person to place or cause to
2 be placed a device that makes a video record or transmits a
3 live video in a restroom, tanning bed, tanning salon, locker
4 room, changing room, or hotel bedroom with the intent to make a
5 video record or transmit live video of another person without
6 that person's consent.
7     (a-20) It is unlawful for any person to place or cause to
8 be placed a device that makes a video record or transmits a
9 live video with the intent to make a video record or transmit
10 live video of another person in that other person's residence
11 without that person's consent.
12     (a-25) It is unlawful for any person to, by any means,
13 knowingly disseminate, or permit to be disseminated, a video
14 record or live video that he or she knows to have been made or
15 transmitted in violation of (a), (a-5), (a-10), (a-15), or
16 (a-20).
17     (b) Exemptions. The following activities shall be exempt
18 from the provisions of this Section:
19         (1) The making of a video record or transmission of
20     live video by law enforcement officers pursuant to a
21     criminal investigation, which is otherwise lawful;
22         (2) The making of a video record or transmission of
23     live video by correctional officials for security reasons
24     or for investigation of alleged misconduct involving a
25     person committed to the Department of Corrections.
26         (3) The making of a video record or transmission of

 

 

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1     live video in a locker room by a reporter or news medium,
2     as those terms are defined in Section 8-902 of the Code of
3     Civil Procedure, where the reporter or news medium has been
4     granted access to the locker room by an appropriate
5     authority for the purpose of conducting interviews.
6     (c) The provisions of this Section do not apply to any
7 sound recording or transmission of an oral conversation made as
8 the result of the making of a video record or transmission of
9 live video, and to which Article 14 of this Code applies.
10     (d) Sentence.
11         (1) A violation of subsection (a), (a-10), (a-15), or
12     (a-20) is a Class A misdemeanor.
13         (2) A violation of subsection (a-4) or (a-5) is a Class
14     4 felony.
15         (3) A violation of subsection (a-25) is a Class 3
16     felony.
17         (4) A violation of subsection (a), (a-5), (a-10),
18     (a-15) or (a-20) is a Class 3 felony if the victim is a
19     person under 18 years of age or if the violation is
20     committed by an individual who is required to register as a
21     sex offender under the Sex Offender Registration Act.
22         (5) A violation of subsection (a-25) is a Class 2
23     felony if the victim is a person under 18 years of age or
24     if the violation is committed by an individual who is
25     required to register as a sex offender under the Sex
26     Offender Registration Act.

 

 

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1     (e) For purposes of this Section, "video record" means and
2 includes any videotape, photograph, film, or other electronic
3 or digital recording of a still or moving visual image; and
4 "live video" means and includes any real-time or
5 contemporaneous electronic or digital transmission of a still
6 or moving visual image.
7 (Source: P.A. 92-86, eff. 7-12-01; 93-851, eff. 1-1-05.)
 
8     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
9 becoming law.