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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing
5Section 14-3 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/14-3)
7    Sec. 14-3. Exemptions. The following activities shall be
8exempt from the provisions of this Article:
9    (a) Listening to radio, wireless and television
10communications of any sort where the same are publicly made;
11    (b) Hearing conversation when heard by employees of any
12common carrier by wire incidental to the normal course of their
13employment in the operation, maintenance or repair of the
14equipment of such common carrier by wire so long as no
15information obtained thereby is used or divulged by the hearer;
16    (c) Any broadcast by radio, television or otherwise whether
17it be a broadcast or recorded for the purpose of later
18broadcasts of any function where the public is in attendance
19and the conversations are overheard incidental to the main
20purpose for which such broadcasts are then being made;
21    (d) Recording or listening with the aid of any device to
22any emergency communication made in the normal course of
23operations by any federal, state or local law enforcement

 

 

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1agency or institutions dealing in emergency services,
2including, but not limited to, hospitals, clinics, ambulance
3services, fire fighting agencies, any public utility,
4emergency repair facility, civilian defense establishment or
5military installation;
6    (e) Recording the proceedings of any meeting required to be
7open by the Open Meetings Act, as amended;
8    (f) Recording or listening with the aid of any device to
9incoming telephone calls of phone lines publicly listed or
10advertised as consumer "hotlines" by manufacturers or
11retailers of food and drug products. Such recordings must be
12destroyed, erased or turned over to local law enforcement
13authorities within 24 hours from the time of such recording and
14shall not be otherwise disseminated. Failure on the part of the
15individual or business operating any such recording or
16listening device to comply with the requirements of this
17subsection shall eliminate any civil or criminal immunity
18conferred upon that individual or business by the operation of
19this Section;
20    (g) With prior notification to the State's Attorney of the
21county in which it is to occur, recording or listening with the
22aid of any device to any conversation where a law enforcement
23officer, or any person acting at the direction of law
24enforcement, is a party to the conversation and has consented
25to it being intercepted or recorded under circumstances where
26the use of the device is necessary for the protection of the

 

 

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1law enforcement officer or any person acting at the direction
2of law enforcement, in the course of an investigation of a
3forcible felony, a felony offense of involuntary servitude,
4involuntary sexual servitude of a minor, or trafficking in
5persons under Section 10-9 of this Code, an offense involving
6prostitution, solicitation of a sexual act, or pandering, a
7felony violation of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, a
8felony violation of the Cannabis Control Act, a felony
9violation of the Methamphetamine Control and Community
10Protection Act, any "streetgang related" or "gang-related"
11felony as those terms are defined in the Illinois Streetgang
12Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act, or any felony offense
13involving any weapon listed in paragraphs (1) through (11) of
14subsection (a) of Section 24-1 of this Code. Any recording or
15evidence derived as the result of this exemption shall be
16inadmissible in any proceeding, criminal, civil or
17administrative, except (i) where a party to the conversation
18suffers great bodily injury or is killed during such
19conversation, or (ii) when used as direct impeachment of a
20witness concerning matters contained in the interception or
21recording. The Director of the Department of State Police shall
22issue regulations as are necessary concerning the use of
23devices, retention of tape recordings, and reports regarding
24their use;
25    (g-5) With approval of the State's Attorney of the county
26in which it is to occur, recording or listening with the aid of

 

 

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1any device to any conversation where a law enforcement officer,
2or any person acting at the direction of law enforcement, is a
3party to the conversation and has consented to it being
4intercepted or recorded in the course of an investigation of
5any offense defined in Article 29D of this Code. In all such
6cases, an application for an order approving the previous or
7continuing use of an eavesdropping device must be made within
848 hours of the commencement of such use. In the absence of
9such an order, or upon its denial, any continuing use shall
10immediately terminate. The Director of State Police shall issue
11rules as are necessary concerning the use of devices, retention
12of tape recordings, and reports regarding their use.
13    Any recording or evidence obtained or derived in the course
14of an investigation of any offense defined in Article 29D of
15this Code shall, upon motion of the State's Attorney or
16Attorney General prosecuting any violation of Article 29D, be
17reviewed in camera with notice to all parties present by the
18court presiding over the criminal case, and, if ruled by the
19court to be relevant and otherwise admissible, it shall be
20admissible at the trial of the criminal case.
21    This subsection (g-5) is inoperative on and after January
221, 2005. No conversations recorded or monitored pursuant to
23this subsection (g-5) shall be inadmissible in a court of law
24by virtue of the repeal of this subsection (g-5) on January 1,
252005;
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1in which it is to occur, recording or listening with the aid of
2any device to any conversation where a law enforcement officer,
3or any person acting at the direction of law enforcement, is a
4party to the conversation and has consented to it being
5intercepted or recorded in the course of an investigation of
6involuntary servitude, involuntary sexual servitude of a
7minor, trafficking in persons, child pornography, aggravated
8child pornography, indecent solicitation of a child, child
9abduction, luring of a minor, sexual exploitation of a child,
10predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, aggravated
11criminal sexual abuse in which the victim of the offense was at
12the time of the commission of the offense under 18 years of
13age, criminal sexual abuse by force or threat of force in which
14the victim of the offense was at the time of the commission of
15the offense under 18 years of age, or aggravated criminal
16sexual assault in which the victim of the offense was at the
17time of the commission of the offense under 18 years of age. In
18all such cases, an application for an order approving the
19previous or continuing use of an eavesdropping device must be
20made within 48 hours of the commencement of such use. In the
21absence of such an order, or upon its denial, any continuing
22use shall immediately terminate. The Director of State Police
23shall issue rules as are necessary concerning the use of
24devices, retention of recordings, and reports regarding their
25use. Any recording or evidence obtained or derived in the
26course of an investigation of involuntary servitude,

 

 

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1involuntary sexual servitude of a minor, trafficking in
2persons, child pornography, aggravated child pornography,
3indecent solicitation of a child, child abduction, luring of a
4minor, sexual exploitation of a child, predatory criminal
5sexual assault of a child, aggravated criminal sexual abuse in
6which the victim of the offense was at the time of the
7commission of the offense under 18 years of age, criminal
8sexual abuse by force or threat of force in which the victim of
9the offense was at the time of the commission of the offense
10under 18 years of age, or aggravated criminal sexual assault in
11which the victim of the offense was at the time of the
12commission of the offense under 18 years of age shall, upon
13motion of the State's Attorney or Attorney General prosecuting
14any case involving involuntary servitude, involuntary sexual
15servitude of a minor, trafficking in persons, child
16pornography, aggravated child pornography, indecent
17solicitation of a child, child abduction, luring of a minor,
18sexual exploitation of a child, predatory criminal sexual
19assault of a child, aggravated criminal sexual abuse in which
20the victim of the offense was at the time of the commission of
21the offense under 18 years of age, criminal sexual abuse by
22force or threat of force in which the victim of the offense was
23at the time of the commission of the offense under 18 years of
24age, or aggravated criminal sexual assault in which the victim
25of the offense was at the time of the commission of the offense
26under 18 years of age, be reviewed in camera with notice to all

 

 

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1parties present by the court presiding over the criminal case,
2and, if ruled by the court to be relevant and otherwise
3admissible, it shall be admissible at the trial of the criminal
4case. Absent such a ruling, any such recording or evidence
5shall not be admissible at the trial of the criminal case;
6    (h) Recordings made simultaneously with the use of an
7in-car video camera recording of an oral conversation between a
8uniformed peace officer, who has identified his or her office,
9and a person in the presence of the peace officer whenever (i)
10an officer assigned a patrol vehicle is conducting an
11enforcement stop; or (ii) patrol vehicle emergency lights are
12activated or would otherwise be activated if not for the need
13to conceal the presence of law enforcement.
14    For the purposes of this subsection (h), "enforcement stop"
15means an action by a law enforcement officer in relation to
16enforcement and investigation duties, including but not
17limited to, traffic stops, pedestrian stops, abandoned vehicle
18contacts, motorist assists, commercial motor vehicle stops,
19roadside safety checks, requests for identification, or
20responses to requests for emergency assistance;
21    (h-5) Recordings of utterances made by a person while in
22the presence of a uniformed peace officer and while an occupant
23of a police vehicle including, but not limited to, (i)
24recordings made simultaneously with the use of an in-car video
25camera and (ii) recordings made in the presence of the peace
26officer utilizing video or audio systems, or both, authorized

 

 

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1by the law enforcement agency;
2    (h-10) Recordings made simultaneously with a video camera
3recording during the use of a taser or similar weapon or device
4by a peace officer if the weapon or device is equipped with
5such camera;
6    (h-15) Recordings made under subsection (h), (h-5), or
7(h-10) shall be retained by the law enforcement agency that
8employs the peace officer who made the recordings for a storage
9period of 90 days, unless the recordings are made as a part of
10an arrest or the recordings are deemed evidence in any
11criminal, civil, or administrative proceeding and then the
12recordings must only be destroyed upon a final disposition and
13an order from the court. Under no circumstances shall any
14recording be altered or erased prior to the expiration of the
15designated storage period. Upon completion of the storage
16period, the recording medium may be erased and reissued for
17operational use;
18    (i) Recording of a conversation made by or at the request
19of a person, not a law enforcement officer or agent of a law
20enforcement officer, who is a party to the conversation, under
21reasonable suspicion that another party to the conversation is
22committing, is about to commit, or has committed a criminal
23offense against the person or a member of his or her immediate
24household, and there is reason to believe that evidence of the
25criminal offense may be obtained by the recording;
26    (j) The use of a telephone monitoring device by either (1)

 

 

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1a corporation or other business entity engaged in marketing or
2opinion research or (2) a corporation or other business entity
3engaged in telephone solicitation, as defined in this
4subsection, to record or listen to oral telephone solicitation
5conversations or marketing or opinion research conversations
6by an employee of the corporation or other business entity
7when:
8        (i) the monitoring is used for the purpose of service
9    quality control of marketing or opinion research or
10    telephone solicitation, the education or training of
11    employees or contractors engaged in marketing or opinion
12    research or telephone solicitation, or internal research
13    related to marketing or opinion research or telephone
14    solicitation; and
15        (ii) the monitoring is used with the consent of at
16    least one person who is an active party to the marketing or
17    opinion research conversation or telephone solicitation
18    conversation being monitored.
19    No communication or conversation or any part, portion, or
20aspect of the communication or conversation made, acquired, or
21obtained, directly or indirectly, under this exemption (j), may
22be, directly or indirectly, furnished to any law enforcement
23officer, agency, or official for any purpose or used in any
24inquiry or investigation, or used, directly or indirectly, in
25any administrative, judicial, or other proceeding, or divulged
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1    When recording or listening authorized by this subsection
2(j) on telephone lines used for marketing or opinion research
3or telephone solicitation purposes results in recording or
4listening to a conversation that does not relate to marketing
5or opinion research or telephone solicitation; the person
6recording or listening shall, immediately upon determining
7that the conversation does not relate to marketing or opinion
8research or telephone solicitation, terminate the recording or
9listening and destroy any such recording as soon as is
10practicable.
11    Business entities that use a telephone monitoring or
12telephone recording system pursuant to this exemption (j) shall
13provide current and prospective employees with notice that the
14monitoring or recordings may occur during the course of their
15employment. The notice shall include prominent signage
16notification within the workplace.
17    Business entities that use a telephone monitoring or
18telephone recording system pursuant to this exemption (j) shall
19provide their employees or agents with access to personal-only
20telephone lines which may be pay telephones, that are not
21subject to telephone monitoring or telephone recording.
22    For the purposes of this subsection (j), "telephone
23solicitation" means a communication through the use of a
24telephone by live operators:
25        (i) soliciting the sale of goods or services;
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1    services;
2        (iii) assisting in the use of goods or services; or
3        (iv) engaging in the solicitation, administration, or
4    collection of bank or retail credit accounts.
5    For the purposes of this subsection (j), "marketing or
6opinion research" means a marketing or opinion research
7interview conducted by a live telephone interviewer engaged by
8a corporation or other business entity whose principal business
9is the design, conduct, and analysis of polls and surveys
10measuring the opinions, attitudes, and responses of
11respondents toward products and services, or social or
12political issues, or both;
13    (k) Electronic recordings, including but not limited to, a
14motion picture, videotape, digital, or other visual or audio
15recording, made of a custodial interrogation of an individual
16at a police station or other place of detention by a law
17enforcement officer under Section 5-401.5 of the Juvenile Court
18Act of 1987 or Section 103-2.1 of the Code of Criminal
19Procedure of 1963;
20    (l) Recording the interview or statement of any person when
21the person knows that the interview is being conducted by a law
22enforcement officer or prosecutor and the interview takes place
23at a police station that is currently participating in the
24Custodial Interview Pilot Program established under the
25Illinois Criminal Justice Information Act;
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1a motion picture, videotape, digital, or other visual or audio
2recording, made of the interior of a school bus while the
3school bus is being used in the transportation of students to
4and from school and school-sponsored activities, when the
5school board has adopted a policy authorizing such recording,
6notice of such recording policy is included in student
7handbooks and other documents including the policies of the
8school, notice of the policy regarding recording is provided to
9parents of students, and notice of such recording is clearly
10posted on the door of and inside the school bus.
11    Recordings made pursuant to this subsection (m) shall be
12confidential records and may only be used by school officials
13(or their designees) and law enforcement personnel for
14investigations, school disciplinary actions and hearings,
15proceedings under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, and criminal
16prosecutions, related to incidents occurring in or around the
17school bus;
18    (n) Recording or listening to an audio transmission from a
19microphone placed by a person under the authority of a law
20enforcement agency inside a bait car surveillance vehicle while
21simultaneously capturing a photographic or video image;
22    (o) The use of an eavesdropping camera or audio device
23during an ongoing hostage or barricade situation by a law
24enforcement officer or individual acting on behalf of a law
25enforcement officer when the use of such device is necessary to
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1enforcement officers or anyone acting on their behalf;
2    (p) Recording or listening with the aid of any device to
3incoming telephone calls of phone lines publicly listed or
4advertised as the "CPS Violence Prevention Hotline", but only
5where the notice of recording is given at the beginning of each
6call as required by Section 34-21.8 of the School Code. The
7recordings may be retained only by the Chicago Police
8Department or other law enforcement authorities, and shall not
9be otherwise retained or disseminated; and
10    (q)(1) With prior request to and verbal approval of the
11State's Attorney of the county in which the conversation is
12anticipated to occur, recording or listening with the aid of an
13eavesdropping device to a conversation in which a law
14enforcement officer, or any person acting at the direction of a
15law enforcement officer, is a party to the conversation and has
16consented to the conversation being intercepted or recorded in
17the course of an investigation of a drug offense. The State's
18Attorney may grant this verbal approval only after determining
19that reasonable cause exists to believe that a drug offense
20will be committed by a specified individual or individuals
21within a designated period of time.
22    (2) Request for approval. To invoke the exception contained
23in this subsection (q), a law enforcement officer shall make a
24written or verbal request for approval to the appropriate
25State's Attorney. This request for approval shall include
26whatever information is deemed necessary by the State's

 

 

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1Attorney but shall include, at a minimum, the following
2information about each specified individual whom the law
3enforcement officer believes will commit a drug offense:
4        (A) his or her full or partial name, nickname or alias;
5        (B) a physical description; or
6        (C) failing either (A) or (B) of this paragraph (2),
7    any other supporting information known to the law
8    enforcement officer at the time of the request that gives
9    rise to reasonable cause to believe the individual will
10    commit a drug offense.
11    (3) Limitations on verbal approval. Each verbal approval by
12the State's Attorney under this subsection (q) shall be limited
13to:
14        (A) a recording or interception conducted by a
15    specified law enforcement officer or person acting at the
16    direction of a law enforcement officer;
17        (B) recording or intercepting conversations with the
18    individuals specified in the request for approval,
19    provided that the verbal approval shall be deemed to
20    include the recording or intercepting of conversations
21    with other individuals, unknown to the law enforcement
22    officer at the time of the request for approval, who are
23    acting in conjunction with or as co-conspirators with the
24    individuals specified in the request for approval in the
25    commission of a drug offense;
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1    than 24 consecutive hours.
2    (4) Admissibility of evidence. No part of the contents of
3any wire, electronic, or oral communication that has been
4recorded or intercepted as a result of this exception may be
5received in evidence in any trial, hearing, or other proceeding
6in or before any court, grand jury, department, officer,
7agency, regulatory body, legislative committee, or other
8authority of this State, or a political subdivision of the
9State, other than in a prosecution of:
10        (A) a drug offense;
11        (B) a forcible felony committed directly in the course
12    of the investigation of a drug offense for which verbal
13    approval was given to record or intercept a conversation
14    under this subsection (q); or
15        (C) any other forcible felony committed while the
16    recording or interception was approved in accordance with
17    this Section (q), but for this specific category of
18    prosecutions, only if the law enforcement officer or person
19    acting at the direction of a law enforcement officer who
20    has consented to the conversation being intercepted or
21    recorded suffers great bodily injury or is killed during
22    the commission of the charged forcible felony.
23    (5) Compliance with the provisions of this subsection is a
24prerequisite to the admissibility in evidence of any part of
25the contents of any wire, electronic or oral communication that
26has been intercepted as a result of this exception, but nothing

 

 

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1in this subsection shall be deemed to prevent a court from
2otherwise excluding the evidence on any other ground, nor shall
3anything in this subsection be deemed to prevent a court from
4independently reviewing the admissibility of the evidence for
5compliance with the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
6or with Article I, Section 6 of the Illinois Constitution.
7    (6) Use of recordings or intercepts unrelated to drug
8offenses. Whenever any wire, electronic, or oral communication
9has been recorded or intercepted as a result of this exception
10that is not related to a drug offense or a forcible felony
11committed in the course of a drug offense, no part of the
12contents of the communication and evidence derived from the
13communication may be received in evidence in any trial,
14hearing, or other proceeding in or before any court, grand
15jury, department, officer, agency, regulatory body,
16legislative committee, or other authority of this State, or a
17political subdivision of the State, nor may it be publicly
18disclosed in any way.
19    (7) Definitions. For the purposes of this subsection (q)
20only:
21        "Drug offense" includes and is limited to a felony
22    violation of one of the following: (A) the Illinois
23    Controlled Substances Act, (B) the Cannabis Control Act,
24    and (C) the Methamphetamine Control and Community
25    Protection Act.
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1    offenses contained in Section 2-8 of the Criminal Code of
2    1961 as of the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
3    97th General Assembly, and only as those offenses have been
4    defined by law or judicial interpretation as of that date.
5        "State's Attorney" includes and is limited to the
6    State's Attorney or an assistant State's Attorney
7    designated by the State's Attorney to provide verbal
8    approval to record or intercept conversations under this
9    subsection (q).
10    (8) Sunset. This subsection (q) is inoperative on and after
11January 1, 2017 2015. No conversations intercepted pursuant to
12this subsection (q), while operative, shall be inadmissible in
13a court of law by virtue of the inoperability of this
14subsection (q) on January 1, 2017 2015.
15(Source: P.A. 97-333, eff. 8-12-11; 97-846, eff. 1-1-13;
1697-897, eff. 1-1-13; 98-463, eff. 8-16-13.)
 
17    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
18becoming law.