103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB4373

 

Introduced 1/16/2024, by Rep. John M. Cabello

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
15 ILCS 305/5.1 new

    Amends the Secretary of State Act. Provides that the Office of the Secretary of State shall install and maintain electronic monitoring devices at each entrance to the State Capitol Complex and shall install and maintain safety call boxes around the State Capitol Complex. Defines terms.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 1. This Act shall be referred to as the Capitol
5Security and Safety Act.
 
6    Section 5. The Secretary of State Act is amended by adding
7Section 5.1 as follows:
 
8    (15 ILCS 305/5.1 new)
9    Sec. 5.1. Installation of security devices in State
10Capitol Complex.
11    (a) The Office of the Secretary of State shall install and
12maintain electronic monitoring devices at each entrance to the
13State Capitol Complex and shall install and maintain safety
14call boxes around the State Capitol Complex.
15    (b) As used in this Section:
16    "Electronic monitoring device" means a surveillance
17instrument with a fixed position video camera, an audio
18recording device, or both that broadcasts or records activity
19or sounds.
20    "Safety call box" means a well lit, publicly accessible
21call box that houses a telecommunication device that may be
22used by an individual who feels unsafe and who wishes to

 

 

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1communicate with law enforcement authorities and alert those
2authorities of the individual's location.