HB5276 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB5276

Introduced 2/10/2026, by Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

5 ILCS 347/10

Amends the Public Official Safety and Privacy Act. Adds law enforcement officers to the definition of "public official".

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Public Official Safety and Privacy Act is amended by changing Section 10 as follows:

(5 ILCS 347/10)

Sec. 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:

"Constitutional officers" means the officers established by Section 1 of Article V of the Illinois Constitution.

"Governmental agency" includes all agencies, authorities, boards, commissions, departments, institutions, offices, and any other bodies politic and corporate of the State created by the constitution or statute, whether in the executive, judicial, or legislative branch; all units and corporate outgrowths created by executive order of the Governor or any constitutional officer, by the Supreme Court, or by resolution of the General Assembly; or agencies, authorities, boards, commissions, departments, institutions, offices, and any other bodies politic and corporate of a unit of local government, or school district.

"Home address" includes a public official's permanent residence and any secondary residences affirmatively identified by the public official, but does not include a public official's work address.

"Immediate family" includes a public official's spouse, child, or parent or any individual who is a blood relative of the public official or the public official's spouse and who lives in the same residence as the public official.

"Personal information" means a home address, home telephone number, mobile telephone number, pager number, personal email address, social security number, federal tax identification number, checking and savings account numbers, credit card numbers, marital status, and identity of children under the age of 18.

"Public official" includes:

(1) members or former members of the Illinois General Assembly;

(2) constitutional officers or former constitutional officers;

(3) elected or appointed State's Attorneys;

(4) appointed Public Defenders; and

(5) county clerks and members of a Board of Election Commissioners whose responsibilities include administering and overseeing elections; and

(6) law enforcement officers.

"Publicly available content" means any written, printed, or electronic document or record that provides information or that serves as a document or record that provides information or that serves as a document or record maintained, controlled, or in the possession of a governmental agency that may be obtained by any person or entity, from the Internet, from the governmental agency upon request either free of charge or for a fee, or in response to a request under the Freedom of Information Act.

"Publicly post" or "publicly display" means to communicate to another or otherwise make available to the public.

"Written request" means written notice signed by a public official or a representative of the public official's office or the public official's employer requesting a governmental agency, person, business, or association to refrain from posting or displaying publicly available content that includes the official's personal information.

(Source: P.A. 104-443, eff. 1-1-26.)