101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB0291
 
Introduced , by Rep. David McSweeney
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
720 ILCS 5/49-7 new

     Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person commits improper disclosure  of location information of a public official or human service provider when he or she knowingly obtains and discloses to any other person the location information of a public official or human service provider. Provides that a  person commits improper disclosure of personal information of a public official or human service provider when he or she knowingly obtains and discloses to any other person the personal information of a public official or human service provider. Provides that improper disclosure of location information of a public official or human service provider is a Class A misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class 4 felony for a second or subsequent offense. Provides that improper disclosure of personal information of a public official or human service provider is a Class 4 felony for a first offense and a Class 3 felony for a second or subsequent offense. Provides that is not a violation to disclose the business address or place of work of a public official or human service provider. Defines terms.
  


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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 adding 
5Section 49-7 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/49-7 new)
7    Sec. 49-7. Improper disclosure of personal or location 
8information of a public official or human service provider.
9    (a) In this Section:
10        "Human service provider" has same meaning ascribed to 
11    the term in Section 12-9 of this Code. 
12        "Location information" means information about  a 
13    person's physical whereabouts, including, but not limited 
14    to, the home address, home telephone number, cellular 
15    telephone number, or e-mail address of that person. 
16        "Personal information" means either of the following: 
17            (1) A person's first name or first initial and



last 
18        name in combination with any one or more of the 
19        following data elements, when either the name or the 
20        data elements are not encrypted or redacted or are 
21        encrypted or redacted but the keys to unencrypt or 
22        unredact or otherwise read the name or data elements 
23        have been acquired without authorization through the 
 
 
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1        breach of security: 
2                (A) Social Security number; 
3                (B) driver's license number or State




4            identification card number; 
5                (C) account number or credit or debit card




6            number, or an account number or credit card number 
7            in combination with any required security code, 
8            access code, or password that would permit access 
9            to an individual's financial account; 
10                (D) medical information; 
11                (E) health insurance information; or 
12                (F) unique biometric data generated from




13            measurements or technical analysis of human body 
14            characteristics used by the owner or licensee to 
15            authenticate an individual, such as a fingerprint, 
16            retina or iris image, or other unique physical 
17            representation or digital representation of 
18            biometric data. 
19            (2) User name or email address, in combination with 
20        a



password or security question and answer that would 
21        permit access to an online account, when either the 
22        user name or email address or password or security 
23        question and answer are not encrypted or redacted or 
24        are encrypted or redacted but the keys to unencrypt or 
25        unredact or otherwise read the data elements have been 
26        obtained through the breach of security. 
 
 
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1        "Personal information" does not include publicly 
2    available information that is lawfully made available to 
3    the general public from federal, State, or local government 
4    records. 
5        "Public official" has same meaning ascribed to the term 
6    in Section 12-9 of this Code. 
7    (b) A person commits improper disclosure  of location 
8information of a public official or human service provider when 
9he or she knowingly obtains and discloses to any other person 
10the location information of a public official or human service 
11provider. 
12    (c) A person commits improper disclosure of personal 
13information of a public official or human service provider when 
14he or she knowingly obtains and discloses to any other person 
15the personal information of a public official or human service 
16provider. 
17    (d) It is not a violation of this Section to disclose the 
18business address or place of work of a public official or human 
19service provider. 
20    (e) Sentence. Improper disclosure of location information 
21of a public official or human service provider is a Class A 
22misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class 4 felony for a 
23second or subsequent offense. Improper disclosure of personal 
24information of a public official or human service provider is a 
25Class 4 felony for a first offense and a Class 3 felony for a 
26second or subsequent offense.