Rep. Daniel Didech

Filed: 5/21/2026

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2715

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2715, AS AMENDED,
3by inserting the following in its proper numeric sequence:
 
4    "Section 25. The Freedom of Information Act is amended by
5changing Section 7.5 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 140/7.5)
7    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-441 and
8104-457)
9    Sec. 7.5. Statutory exemptions. To the extent provided for
10by the statutes referenced below, the following shall be
11exempt from inspection and copying:
12        (a) All information determined to be confidential
13    under Section 4002 of the Technology Advancement and
14    Development Act.
15        (b) Library circulation and order records identifying
16    library users with specific materials under the Library

 

 

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1    Records Confidentiality Act.
2        (c) Applications, related documents, and medical
3    records received by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
4    Procedures Board and any and all documents or other
5    records prepared by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
6    Procedures Board or its staff relating to applications it
7    has received.
8        (d) Information and records held by the Department of
9    Public Health and its authorized representatives relating
10    to known or suspected cases of sexually transmitted
11    infection or any information the disclosure of which is
12    restricted under the Illinois Sexually Transmitted
13    Infection Control Act.
14        (e) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
15    under Section 30 of the Radon Industry Licensing Act.
16        (f) Firm performance evaluations under Section 55 of
17    the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying
18    Qualifications Based Selection Act.
19        (g) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
20    and exempted under Section 50 of the Illinois Prepaid
21    Tuition Act.
22        (h) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
23    under the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, and
24    records of any lawfully created State or local inspector
25    general's office that would be exempt if created or
26    obtained by an Executive Inspector General's office under

 

 

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1    that Act.
2        (i) Information contained in a local emergency energy
3    plan submitted to a municipality in accordance with a
4    local emergency energy plan ordinance that is adopted
5    under Section 11-21.5-5 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
6        (j) Information and data concerning the distribution
7    of surcharge moneys collected and remitted by carriers
8    under the Emergency Telephone System Act.
9        (k) Law enforcement officer identification information
10    or driver identification information compiled by a law
11    enforcement agency or the Department of Transportation
12    under Section 11-212 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
13        (l) Records and information provided to a residential
14    health care facility resident sexual assault and death
15    review team or the Executive Council under the Abuse
16    Prevention Review Team Act.
17        (m) Information provided to the predatory lending
18    database created pursuant to Article 3 of the Residential
19    Real Property Disclosure Act, except to the extent
20    authorized under that Article.
21        (n) Defense budgets and petitions for certification of
22    compensation and expenses for court appointed trial
23    counsel as provided under Sections 10 and 15 of the
24    Capital Crimes Litigation Act (repealed). This subsection
25    (n) shall apply until the conclusion of the trial of the
26    case, even if the prosecution chooses not to pursue the

 

 

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1    death penalty prior to trial or sentencing.
2        (o) Information that is prohibited from being
3    disclosed under Section 4 of the Illinois Health and
4    Hazardous Substances Registry Act.
5        (p) Security portions of system safety program plans,
6    investigation reports, surveys, schedules, lists, data, or
7    information compiled, collected, or prepared by or for the
8    Department of Transportation under Sections 2705-300 and
9    2705-616 of the Department of Transportation Law of the
10    Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the Regional
11    Transportation Authority under Section 2.11 of the
12    Regional Transportation Authority Act, or the St. Clair
13    County Transit District under the Bi-State Transit Safety
14    Act (repealed).
15        (q) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
16    Personnel Record Review Act.
17        (r) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
18    Illinois School Student Records Act.
19        (s) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
20    under Section 5-108 of the Public Utilities Act.
21        (t) (Blank).
22        (u) Records and information provided to an independent
23    team of experts under the Developmental Disability and
24    Mental Health Safety Act (also known as Brian's Law).
25        (v) Names and information of people who have applied
26    for or received Firearm Owner's Identification Cards under

 

 

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1    the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act or applied for
2    or received a concealed carry license under the Firearm
3    Concealed Carry Act, unless otherwise authorized by the
4    Firearm Concealed Carry Act; and databases under the
5    Firearm Concealed Carry Act, records of the Concealed
6    Carry Licensing Review Board under the Firearm Concealed
7    Carry Act, and law enforcement agency objections under the
8    Firearm Concealed Carry Act.
9        (v-5) Records of the Firearm Owner's Identification
10    Card Review Board that are exempted from disclosure under
11    Section 10 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act.
12        (w) Personally identifiable information which is
13    exempted from disclosure under subsection (g) of Section
14    19.1 of the Toll Highway Act.
15        (x) Information which is exempted from disclosure
16    under Section 5-1014.3 of the Counties Code or Section
17    8-11-21 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
18        (y) Confidential information under the Adult
19    Protective Services Act and its predecessor enabling
20    statute, the Elder Abuse and Neglect Act, including
21    information about the identity and administrative finding
22    against any caregiver of a verified and substantiated
23    decision of abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation of
24    an eligible adult maintained in the Registry established
25    under Section 7.5 of the Adult Protective Services Act.
26        (z) Records and information provided to a fatality

 

 

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1    review team or the Illinois Fatality Review Team Advisory
2    Council under Section 15 of the Adult Protective Services
3    Act.
4        (aa) Information which is exempted from disclosure
5    under Section 2.37 of the Wildlife Code.
6        (bb) Information which is or was prohibited from
7    disclosure by the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
8        (cc) Recordings made under the Law Enforcement
9    Officer-Worn Body Camera Act, except to the extent
10    authorized under that Act.
11        (dd) Information that is prohibited from being
12    disclosed under Section 45 of the Condominium and Common
13    Interest Community Ombudsperson Act.
14        (ee) Information that is exempted from disclosure
15    under Section 30.1 of the Pharmacy Practice Act.
16        (ff) Information that is exempted from disclosure
17    under the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.
18        (gg) Information that is prohibited from being
19    disclosed under Section 7-603.5 of the Illinois Vehicle
20    Code.
21        (hh) Records that are exempt from disclosure under
22    Section 1A-16.7 of the Election Code.
23        (ii) Information which is exempted from disclosure
24    under Section 2505-800 of the Department of Revenue Law of
25    the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
26        (jj) Information and reports that are required to be

 

 

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1    submitted to the Department of Labor by registering day
2    and temporary labor service agencies but are exempt from
3    disclosure under subsection (a-1) of Section 45 of the Day
4    and Temporary Labor Services Act.
5        (kk) Information prohibited from disclosure under the
6    Seizure and Forfeiture Reporting Act.
7        (ll) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
8    and exempted under Section 5-30.8 of the Illinois Public
9    Aid Code.
10        (mm) Records that are exempt from disclosure under
11    Section 4.2 of the Crime Victims Compensation Act.
12        (nn) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
13    Section 70 of the Higher Education Student Assistance Act.
14        (oo) Communications, notes, records, and reports
15    arising out of a peer support counseling session
16    prohibited from disclosure under the First Responders
17    Suicide Prevention Act.
18        (pp) Names and all identifying information relating to
19    an employee of an emergency services provider or law
20    enforcement agency under the First Responders Suicide
21    Prevention Act.
22        (qq) Information and records held by the Department of
23    Public Health and its authorized representatives collected
24    under the Reproductive Health Act.
25        (rr) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
26    the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act.

 

 

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1        (ss) Data reported by an employer to the Department of
2    Human Rights pursuant to Section 2-108 of the Illinois
3    Human Rights Act.
4        (tt) Recordings made under the Children's Advocacy
5    Center Act, except to the extent authorized under that
6    Act.
7        (uu) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
8    Section 50 of the Sexual Assault Evidence Submission Act.
9        (vv) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
10    subsections (f) and (j) of Section 5-36 of the Illinois
11    Public Aid Code.
12        (ww) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
13    Section 16.8 of the State Treasurer Act.
14        (xx) Information that is exempt from disclosure or
15    information that shall not be made public under the
16    Illinois Insurance Code.
17        (yy) Information prohibited from being disclosed under
18    the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act.
19        (zz) Information prohibited from being disclosed under
20    the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act.
21        (aaa) Information prohibited from being disclosed
22    under Section 1-167 of the Illinois Pension Code.
23        (bbb) Information that is prohibited from disclosure
24    by the Illinois Police Training Act and the Illinois State
25    Police Act.
26        (ccc) Records exempt from disclosure under Section

 

 

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1    2605-304 of the Illinois State Police Law of the Civil
2    Administrative Code of Illinois.
3        (ddd) Information prohibited from being disclosed
4    under Section 35 of the Address Confidentiality for
5    Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Human
6    Trafficking, or Stalking Act.
7        (eee) Information prohibited from being disclosed
8    under subsection (b) of Section 75 of the Domestic
9    Violence Fatality Review Act.
10        (fff) Images from cameras under the Expressway Camera
11    Act and all automated license plate reader (ALPR)
12    information used and collected by the Illinois State
13    Police. "ALPR information" means information gathered by
14    an ALPR or created from the analysis of data generated by
15    an ALPR. This subsection (fff) is inoperative on and after
16    July 1, 2028.
17        (ggg) Information prohibited from disclosure under
18    paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of Section 14 of the Nurse
19    Agency Licensing Act.
20        (hhh) Information submitted to the Illinois State
21    Police in an affidavit or application for an assault
22    weapon endorsement, assault weapon attachment endorsement,
23    .50 caliber rifle endorsement, or .50 caliber cartridge
24    endorsement under the Firearm Owners Identification Card
25    Act.
26        (iii) Data exempt from disclosure under Section 50 of

 

 

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1    the School Safety Drill Act.
2        (jjj) Information exempt from disclosure under Section
3    30 of the Insurance Data Security Law.
4        (kkk) Confidential business information prohibited
5    from disclosure under Section 45 of the Paint Stewardship
6    Act.
7        (lll) Data exempt from disclosure under Section
8    2-3.196 of the School Code.
9        (mmm) Information prohibited from being disclosed
10    under subsection (e) of Section 1-129 of the Illinois
11    Power Agency Act.
12        (nnn) Materials received by the Department of Commerce
13    and Economic Opportunity that are confidential under the
14    Music and Musicians Tax Credit and Jobs Act.
15        (ooo) Data or information provided pursuant to Section
16    20 of the Statewide Recycling Needs and Assessment Act.
17        (ppp) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
18    Section 28-11 of the Lawful Health Care Activity Act.
19        (qqq) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
20    Section 7-101 of the Illinois Human Rights Act.
21        (rrr) Information prohibited from being disclosed
22    under Section 4-2 of the Uniform Money Transmission
23    Modernization Act.
24        (sss) Information exempt from disclosure under Section
25    40 of the Student-Athlete Endorsement Rights Act.
26        (ttt) Audio recordings made under Section 30 of the

 

 

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1    Illinois State Police Act, except to the extent authorized
2    under that Section.
3        (uuu) Information prohibited from being disclosed
4    under Section 30-5 of the Digital Assets Regulation Act.
5        (vvv) Information and documentary materials that are
6    obtained by the Office of the Attorney General or a
7    State's Attorney under Section 4 of the Consumer Fraud and
8    Deceptive Business Practices Act and that are exempt from
9    disclosure under Section 4.1 of that Act.
10(Source: P.A. 103-8, eff. 6-7-23; 103-34, eff. 6-9-23;
11103-142, eff. 1-1-24; 103-372, eff. 1-1-24; 103-472, eff.
128-1-24; 103-508, eff. 8-4-23; 103-580, eff. 12-8-23; 103-592,
13eff. 6-7-24; 103-605, eff. 7-1-24; 103-636, eff. 7-1-24;
14103-724, eff. 1-1-25; 103-786, eff. 8-7-24; 103-859, eff.
158-9-24; 103-991, eff. 8-9-24; 103-1049, eff. 8-9-24; 103-1081,
16eff. 3-21-25; 104-10, eff. 6-16-25; 104-18, eff. 6-30-25;
17104-417, eff. 8-15-25; 104-428, eff. 8-18-25; revised
189-10-25.)
 
19    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 104-457 but
20before 104-441)
21    Sec. 7.5. Statutory exemptions. To the extent provided for
22by the statutes referenced below, the following shall be
23exempt from inspection and copying:
24        (a) All information determined to be confidential
25    under Section 4002 of the Technology Advancement and

 

 

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1    Development Act.
2        (b) Library circulation and order records identifying
3    library users with specific materials under the Library
4    Records Confidentiality Act.
5        (c) Applications, related documents, and medical
6    records received by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
7    Procedures Board and any and all documents or other
8    records prepared by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
9    Procedures Board or its staff relating to applications it
10    has received.
11        (d) Information and records held by the Department of
12    Public Health and its authorized representatives relating
13    to known or suspected cases of sexually transmitted
14    infection or any information the disclosure of which is
15    restricted under the Illinois Sexually Transmitted
16    Infection Control Act.
17        (e) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
18    under Section 30 of the Radon Industry Licensing Act.
19        (f) Firm performance evaluations under Section 55 of
20    the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying
21    Qualifications Based Selection Act.
22        (g) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
23    and exempted under Section 50 of the Illinois Prepaid
24    Tuition Act.
25        (h) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
26    under the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, and

 

 

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1    records of any lawfully created State or local inspector
2    general's office that would be exempt if created or
3    obtained by an Executive Inspector General's office under
4    that Act.
5        (i) Information contained in a local emergency energy
6    plan submitted to a municipality in accordance with a
7    local emergency energy plan ordinance that is adopted
8    under Section 11-21.5-5 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
9        (j) Information and data concerning the distribution
10    of surcharge moneys collected and remitted by carriers
11    under the Emergency Telephone System Act.
12        (k) Law enforcement officer identification information
13    or driver identification information compiled by a law
14    enforcement agency or the Department of Transportation
15    under Section 11-212 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
16        (l) Records and information provided to a residential
17    health care facility resident sexual assault and death
18    review team or the Executive Council under the Abuse
19    Prevention Review Team Act.
20        (m) Information provided to the predatory lending
21    database created pursuant to Article 3 of the Residential
22    Real Property Disclosure Act, except to the extent
23    authorized under that Article.
24        (n) Defense budgets and petitions for certification of
25    compensation and expenses for court appointed trial
26    counsel as provided under Sections 10 and 15 of the

 

 

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1    Capital Crimes Litigation Act (repealed). This subsection
2    (n) shall apply until the conclusion of the trial of the
3    case, even if the prosecution chooses not to pursue the
4    death penalty prior to trial or sentencing.
5        (o) Information that is prohibited from being
6    disclosed under Section 4 of the Illinois Health and
7    Hazardous Substances Registry Act.
8        (p) Security portions of system safety program plans,
9    investigation reports, surveys, schedules, lists, data, or
10    information compiled, collected, or prepared by or for the
11    Department of Transportation under Sections 2705-300 and
12    2705-616 of the Department of Transportation Law of the
13    Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the Northern
14    Illinois Transit Authority under Section 2.11 of the
15    Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act, or the St. Clair
16    County Transit District under the Bi-State Transit Safety
17    Act (repealed).
18        (q) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
19    Personnel Record Review Act.
20        (r) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
21    Illinois School Student Records Act.
22        (s) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
23    under Section 5-108 of the Public Utilities Act.
24        (t) (Blank).
25        (u) Records and information provided to an independent
26    team of experts under the Developmental Disability and

 

 

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1    Mental Health Safety Act (also known as Brian's Law).
2        (v) Names and information of people who have applied
3    for or received Firearm Owner's Identification Cards under
4    the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act or applied for
5    or received a concealed carry license under the Firearm
6    Concealed Carry Act, unless otherwise authorized by the
7    Firearm Concealed Carry Act; and databases under the
8    Firearm Concealed Carry Act, records of the Concealed
9    Carry Licensing Review Board under the Firearm Concealed
10    Carry Act, and law enforcement agency objections under the
11    Firearm Concealed Carry Act.
12        (v-5) Records of the Firearm Owner's Identification
13    Card Review Board that are exempted from disclosure under
14    Section 10 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act.
15        (w) Personally identifiable information which is
16    exempted from disclosure under subsection (g) of Section
17    19.1 of the Toll Highway Act.
18        (x) Information which is exempted from disclosure
19    under Section 5-1014.3 of the Counties Code or Section
20    8-11-21 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
21        (y) Confidential information under the Adult
22    Protective Services Act and its predecessor enabling
23    statute, the Elder Abuse and Neglect Act, including
24    information about the identity and administrative finding
25    against any caregiver of a verified and substantiated
26    decision of abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation of

 

 

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1    an eligible adult maintained in the Registry established
2    under Section 7.5 of the Adult Protective Services Act.
3        (z) Records and information provided to a fatality
4    review team or the Illinois Fatality Review Team Advisory
5    Council under Section 15 of the Adult Protective Services
6    Act.
7        (aa) Information which is exempted from disclosure
8    under Section 2.37 of the Wildlife Code.
9        (bb) Information which is or was prohibited from
10    disclosure by the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
11        (cc) Recordings made under the Law Enforcement
12    Officer-Worn Body Camera Act, except to the extent
13    authorized under that Act.
14        (dd) Information that is prohibited from being
15    disclosed under Section 45 of the Condominium and Common
16    Interest Community Ombudsperson Act.
17        (ee) Information that is exempted from disclosure
18    under Section 30.1 of the Pharmacy Practice Act.
19        (ff) Information that is exempted from disclosure
20    under the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.
21        (gg) Information that is prohibited from being
22    disclosed under Section 7-603.5 of the Illinois Vehicle
23    Code.
24        (hh) Records that are exempt from disclosure under
25    Section 1A-16.7 of the Election Code.
26        (ii) Information which is exempted from disclosure

 

 

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1    under Section 2505-800 of the Department of Revenue Law of
2    the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
3        (jj) Information and reports that are required to be
4    submitted to the Department of Labor by registering day
5    and temporary labor service agencies but are exempt from
6    disclosure under subsection (a-1) of Section 45 of the Day
7    and Temporary Labor Services Act.
8        (kk) Information prohibited from disclosure under the
9    Seizure and Forfeiture Reporting Act.
10        (ll) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
11    and exempted under Section 5-30.8 of the Illinois Public
12    Aid Code.
13        (mm) Records that are exempt from disclosure under
14    Section 4.2 of the Crime Victims Compensation Act.
15        (nn) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
16    Section 70 of the Higher Education Student Assistance Act.
17        (oo) Communications, notes, records, and reports
18    arising out of a peer support counseling session
19    prohibited from disclosure under the First Responders
20    Suicide Prevention Act.
21        (pp) Names and all identifying information relating to
22    an employee of an emergency services provider or law
23    enforcement agency under the First Responders Suicide
24    Prevention Act.
25        (qq) Information and records held by the Department of
26    Public Health and its authorized representatives collected

 

 

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1    under the Reproductive Health Act.
2        (rr) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
3    the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act.
4        (ss) Data reported by an employer to the Department of
5    Human Rights pursuant to Section 2-108 of the Illinois
6    Human Rights Act.
7        (tt) Recordings made under the Children's Advocacy
8    Center Act, except to the extent authorized under that
9    Act.
10        (uu) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
11    Section 50 of the Sexual Assault Evidence Submission Act.
12        (vv) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
13    subsections (f) and (j) of Section 5-36 of the Illinois
14    Public Aid Code.
15        (ww) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
16    Section 16.8 of the State Treasurer Act.
17        (xx) Information that is exempt from disclosure or
18    information that shall not be made public under the
19    Illinois Insurance Code.
20        (yy) Information prohibited from being disclosed under
21    the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act.
22        (zz) Information prohibited from being disclosed under
23    the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act.
24        (aaa) Information prohibited from being disclosed
25    under Section 1-167 of the Illinois Pension Code.
26        (bbb) Information that is prohibited from disclosure

 

 

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1    by the Illinois Police Training Act and the Illinois State
2    Police Act.
3        (ccc) Records exempt from disclosure under Section
4    2605-304 of the Illinois State Police Law of the Civil
5    Administrative Code of Illinois.
6        (ddd) Information prohibited from being disclosed
7    under Section 35 of the Address Confidentiality for
8    Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Human
9    Trafficking, or Stalking Act.
10        (eee) Information prohibited from being disclosed
11    under subsection (b) of Section 75 of the Domestic
12    Violence Fatality Review Act.
13        (fff) Images from cameras under the Expressway Camera
14    Act and all automated license plate reader (ALPR)
15    information used and collected by the Illinois State
16    Police. "ALPR information" means information gathered by
17    an ALPR or created from the analysis of data generated by
18    an ALPR. This subsection (fff) is inoperative on and after
19    July 1, 2028.
20        (ggg) Information prohibited from disclosure under
21    paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of Section 14 of the Nurse
22    Agency Licensing Act.
23        (hhh) Information submitted to the Illinois State
24    Police in an affidavit or application for an assault
25    weapon endorsement, assault weapon attachment endorsement,
26    .50 caliber rifle endorsement, or .50 caliber cartridge

 

 

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1    endorsement under the Firearm Owners Identification Card
2    Act.
3        (iii) Data exempt from disclosure under Section 50 of
4    the School Safety Drill Act.
5        (jjj) Information exempt from disclosure under Section
6    30 of the Insurance Data Security Law.
7        (kkk) Confidential business information prohibited
8    from disclosure under Section 45 of the Paint Stewardship
9    Act.
10        (lll) Data exempt from disclosure under Section
11    2-3.196 of the School Code.
12        (mmm) Information prohibited from being disclosed
13    under subsection (e) of Section 1-129 of the Illinois
14    Power Agency Act.
15        (nnn) Materials received by the Department of Commerce
16    and Economic Opportunity that are confidential under the
17    Music and Musicians Tax Credit and Jobs Act.
18        (ooo) Data or information provided pursuant to Section
19    20 of the Statewide Recycling Needs and Assessment Act.
20        (ppp) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
21    Section 28-11 of the Lawful Health Care Activity Act.
22        (qqq) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
23    Section 7-101 of the Illinois Human Rights Act.
24        (rrr) Information prohibited from being disclosed
25    under Section 4-2 of the Uniform Money Transmission
26    Modernization Act.

 

 

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1        (sss) Information exempt from disclosure under Section
2    40 of the Student-Athlete Endorsement Rights Act.
3        (ttt) Audio recordings made under Section 30 of the
4    Illinois State Police Act, except to the extent authorized
5    under that Section.
6        (uuu) Information prohibited from being disclosed
7    under Section 30-5 of the Digital Assets Regulation Act.
8        (vvv) Information and documentary materials that are
9    obtained by the Office of the Attorney General or a
10    State's Attorney under Section 4 of the Consumer Fraud and
11    Deceptive Business Practices Act and that are exempt from
12    disclosure under Section 4.1 of that Act.
13(Source: P.A. 103-8, eff. 6-7-23; 103-34, eff. 6-9-23;
14103-142, eff. 1-1-24; 103-372, eff. 1-1-24; 103-472, eff.
158-1-24; 103-508, eff. 8-4-23; 103-580, eff. 12-8-23; 103-592,
16eff. 6-7-24; 103-605, eff. 7-1-24; 103-636, eff. 7-1-24;
17103-724, eff. 1-1-25; 103-786, eff. 8-7-24; 103-859, eff.
188-9-24; 103-991, eff. 8-9-24; 103-1049, eff. 8-9-24; 103-1081,
19eff. 3-21-25; 104-10, eff. 6-16-25; 104-18, eff. 6-30-25;
20104-417, eff. 8-15-25; 104-428, eff. 8-18-25; 104-457, eff.
216-1-26; revised 1-7-26.)
 
22    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 104-441)
23    Sec. 7.5. Statutory exemptions. To the extent provided for
24by the statutes referenced below, the following shall be
25exempt from inspection and copying:

 

 

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1        (a) All information determined to be confidential
2    under Section 4002 of the Technology Advancement and
3    Development Act.
4        (b) Library circulation and order records identifying
5    library users with specific materials under the Library
6    Records Confidentiality Act.
7        (c) Applications, related documents, and medical
8    records received by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
9    Procedures Board and any and all documents or other
10    records prepared by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
11    Procedures Board or its staff relating to applications it
12    has received.
13        (d) Information and records held by the Department of
14    Public Health and its authorized representatives relating
15    to known or suspected cases of sexually transmitted
16    infection or any information the disclosure of which is
17    restricted under the Illinois Sexually Transmitted
18    Infection Control Act.
19        (e) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
20    under Section 30 of the Radon Industry Licensing Act.
21        (f) Firm performance evaluations under Section 55 of
22    the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying
23    Qualifications Based Selection Act.
24        (g) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
25    and exempted under Section 50 of the Illinois Prepaid
26    Tuition Act.

 

 

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1        (h) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
2    under the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, and
3    records of any lawfully created State or local inspector
4    general's office that would be exempt if created or
5    obtained by an Executive Inspector General's office under
6    that Act.
7        (i) Information contained in a local emergency energy
8    plan submitted to a municipality in accordance with a
9    local emergency energy plan ordinance that is adopted
10    under Section 11-21.5-5 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
11        (j) Information and data concerning the distribution
12    of surcharge moneys collected and remitted by carriers
13    under the Emergency Telephone System Act.
14        (k) Law enforcement officer identification information
15    or driver identification information compiled by a law
16    enforcement agency or the Department of Transportation
17    under Section 11-212 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
18        (l) Records and information provided to a residential
19    health care facility resident sexual assault and death
20    review team or the Executive Council under the Abuse
21    Prevention Review Team Act.
22        (m) Information provided to the predatory lending
23    database created pursuant to Article 3 of the Residential
24    Real Property Disclosure Act, except to the extent
25    authorized under that Article.
26        (n) Defense budgets and petitions for certification of

 

 

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1    compensation and expenses for court appointed trial
2    counsel as provided under Sections 10 and 15 of the
3    Capital Crimes Litigation Act (repealed). This subsection
4    (n) shall apply until the conclusion of the trial of the
5    case, even if the prosecution chooses not to pursue the
6    death penalty prior to trial or sentencing.
7        (o) Information that is prohibited from being
8    disclosed under Section 4 of the Illinois Health and
9    Hazardous Substances Registry Act.
10        (p) Security portions of system safety program plans,
11    investigation reports, surveys, schedules, lists, data, or
12    information compiled, collected, or prepared by or for the
13    Department of Transportation under Sections 2705-300 and
14    2705-616 of the Department of Transportation Law of the
15    Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the Northern
16    Illinois Transit Authority under Section 2.11 of the
17    Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act, or the St. Clair
18    County Transit District under the Bi-State Transit Safety
19    Act (repealed).
20        (q) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
21    Personnel Record Review Act.
22        (r) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
23    Illinois School Student Records Act.
24        (s) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
25    under Section 5-108 of the Public Utilities Act.
26        (t) (Blank).

 

 

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1        (u) Records and information provided to an independent
2    team of experts under the Developmental Disability and
3    Mental Health Safety Act (also known as Brian's Law).
4        (v) Names and information of people who have applied
5    for or received Firearm Owner's Identification Cards under
6    the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act or applied for
7    or received a concealed carry license under the Firearm
8    Concealed Carry Act, unless otherwise authorized by the
9    Firearm Concealed Carry Act; and databases under the
10    Firearm Concealed Carry Act, records of the Concealed
11    Carry Licensing Review Board under the Firearm Concealed
12    Carry Act, and law enforcement agency objections under the
13    Firearm Concealed Carry Act.
14        (v-5) Records of the Firearm Owner's Identification
15    Card Review Board that are exempted from disclosure under
16    Section 10 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act.
17        (w) Personally identifiable information which is
18    exempted from disclosure under subsection (g) of Section
19    19.1 of the Toll Highway Act.
20        (x) Information which is exempted from disclosure
21    under Section 5-1014.3 of the Counties Code or Section
22    8-11-21 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
23        (y) Confidential information under the Adult
24    Protective Services Act and its predecessor enabling
25    statute, the Elder Abuse and Neglect Act, including
26    information about the identity and administrative finding

 

 

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1    against any caregiver of a verified and substantiated
2    decision of abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation of
3    an eligible adult maintained in the Registry established
4    under Section 7.5 of the Adult Protective Services Act.
5        (z) Records and information provided to a fatality
6    review team or the Illinois Fatality Review Team Advisory
7    Council under Section 15 of the Adult Protective Services
8    Act.
9        (aa) Information which is exempted from disclosure
10    under Section 2.37 of the Wildlife Code.
11        (bb) Information which is or was prohibited from
12    disclosure by the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
13        (cc) Recordings made under the Law Enforcement
14    Officer-Worn Body Camera Act, except to the extent
15    authorized under that Act.
16        (dd) Information that is prohibited from being
17    disclosed under Section 45 of the Condominium and Common
18    Interest Community Ombudsperson Act.
19        (ee) Information that is exempted from disclosure
20    under Section 30.1 of the Pharmacy Practice Act.
21        (ff) Information that is exempted from disclosure
22    under the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.
23        (gg) Information that is prohibited from being
24    disclosed under Section 7-603.5 of the Illinois Vehicle
25    Code.
26        (hh) Records that are exempt from disclosure under

 

 

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1    Section 1A-16.7 of the Election Code.
2        (ii) Information which is exempted from disclosure
3    under Section 2505-800 of the Department of Revenue Law of
4    the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
5        (jj) Information and reports that are required to be
6    submitted to the Department of Labor by registering day
7    and temporary labor service agencies but are exempt from
8    disclosure under subsection (a-1) of Section 45 of the Day
9    and Temporary Labor Services Act.
10        (kk) Information prohibited from disclosure under the
11    Seizure and Forfeiture Reporting Act.
12        (ll) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
13    and exempted under Section 5-30.8 of the Illinois Public
14    Aid Code.
15        (mm) Records that are exempt from disclosure under
16    Section 4.2 of the Crime Victims Compensation Act.
17        (nn) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
18    Section 70 of the Higher Education Student Assistance Act.
19        (oo) Communications, notes, records, and reports
20    arising out of a peer support counseling session
21    prohibited from disclosure under the First Responders
22    Suicide Prevention Act.
23        (pp) Names and all identifying information relating to
24    an employee of an emergency services provider or law
25    enforcement agency under the First Responders Suicide
26    Prevention Act.

 

 

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1        (qq) Information and records held by the Department of
2    Public Health and its authorized representatives collected
3    under the Reproductive Health Act.
4        (rr) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
5    the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act.
6        (ss) Data reported by an employer to the Department of
7    Human Rights pursuant to Section 2-108 of the Illinois
8    Human Rights Act.
9        (tt) Recordings made under the Children's Advocacy
10    Center Act, except to the extent authorized under that
11    Act.
12        (uu) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
13    Section 50 of the Sexual Assault Evidence Submission Act.
14        (vv) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
15    subsections (f) and (j) of Section 5-36 of the Illinois
16    Public Aid Code.
17        (ww) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
18    Section 16.8 of the State Treasurer Act.
19        (xx) Information that is exempt from disclosure or
20    information that shall not be made public under the
21    Illinois Insurance Code.
22        (yy) Information prohibited from being disclosed under
23    the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act.
24        (zz) Information prohibited from being disclosed under
25    the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act.
26        (aaa) Information prohibited from being disclosed

 

 

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1    under Section 1-167 of the Illinois Pension Code.
2        (bbb) Information that is prohibited from disclosure
3    by the Illinois Police Training Act and the Illinois State
4    Police Act.
5        (ccc) Records exempt from disclosure under Section
6    2605-304 of the Illinois State Police Law of the Civil
7    Administrative Code of Illinois.
8        (ddd) Information prohibited from being disclosed
9    under Section 35 of the Address Confidentiality for
10    Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Human
11    Trafficking, or Stalking Act.
12        (eee) Information prohibited from being disclosed
13    under subsection (b) of Section 75 of the Domestic
14    Violence Fatality Review Act.
15        (fff) Images from cameras under the Expressway Camera
16    Act and all automated license plate reader (ALPR)
17    information used and collected by the Illinois State
18    Police. "ALPR information" means information gathered by
19    an ALPR or created from the analysis of data generated by
20    an ALPR. This subsection (fff) is inoperative on and after
21    July 1, 2028.
22        (ggg) Information prohibited from disclosure under
23    paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of Section 14 of the Nurse
24    Agency Licensing Act.
25        (hhh) Information submitted to the Illinois State
26    Police in an affidavit or application for an assault

 

 

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1    weapon endorsement, assault weapon attachment endorsement,
2    .50 caliber rifle endorsement, or .50 caliber cartridge
3    endorsement under the Firearm Owners Identification Card
4    Act.
5        (iii) Data exempt from disclosure under Section 50 of
6    the School Safety Drill Act.
7        (jjj) Information exempt from disclosure under Section
8    30 of the Insurance Data Security Law.
9        (kkk) Confidential business information prohibited
10    from disclosure under Section 45 of the Paint Stewardship
11    Act.
12        (lll) Data exempt from disclosure under Section
13    2-3.196 of the School Code.
14        (mmm) Information prohibited from being disclosed
15    under subsection (e) of Section 1-129 of the Illinois
16    Power Agency Act.
17        (nnn) Materials received by the Department of Commerce
18    and Economic Opportunity that are confidential under the
19    Music and Musicians Tax Credit and Jobs Act.
20        (ooo) Data or information provided pursuant to Section
21    20 of the Statewide Recycling Needs and Assessment Act.
22        (ppp) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
23    Section 28-11 of the Lawful Health Care Activity Act.
24        (qqq) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
25    Section 7-101 of the Illinois Human Rights Act.
26        (rrr) Information prohibited from being disclosed

 

 

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1    under Section 4-2 of the Uniform Money Transmission
2    Modernization Act.
3        (sss) Information exempt from disclosure under Section
4    40 of the Student-Athlete Endorsement Rights Act.
5        (ttt) Audio recordings made under Section 30 of the
6    Illinois State Police Act, except to the extent authorized
7    under that Section.
8        (uuu) Information prohibited from being disclosed
9    under Section 30-5 of the Digital Assets Regulation Act.
10        (vvv) (uuu) Information exempt from disclosure under
11    Section 70 of the End-of-Life Options for Terminally Ill
12    Patients Act.
13        (www) Information and documentary materials that are
14    obtained by the Office of the Attorney General or a
15    State's Attorney under Section 4 of the Consumer Fraud and
16    Deceptive Business Practices Act and that are exempt from
17    disclosure under Section 4.1 of that Act.
18(Source: P.A. 103-8, eff. 6-7-23; 103-34, eff. 6-9-23;
19103-142, eff. 1-1-24; 103-372, eff. 1-1-24; 103-472, eff.
208-1-24; 103-508, eff. 8-4-23; 103-580, eff. 12-8-23; 103-592,
21eff. 6-7-24; 103-605, eff. 7-1-24; 103-636, eff. 7-1-24;
22103-724, eff. 1-1-25; 103-786, eff. 8-7-24; 103-859, eff.
238-9-24; 103-991, eff. 8-9-24; 103-1049, eff. 8-9-24; 103-1081,
24eff. 3-21-25; 104-10, eff. 6-16-25; 104-18, eff. 6-30-25;
25104-417, eff. 8-15-25; 104-428, eff. 8-18-25; 104-441, eff.
269-12-26; 104-457, eff. 6-1-26; revised 1-7-26.)
 

 

 

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1    Section 30. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business
2Practices Act is amended by changing Section 4 and by adding
3Section 4.1 as follows:
 
4    (815 ILCS 505/4)  (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 264)
5    Sec. 4. To accomplish the objectives and to carry out the
6duties prescribed by this Act, the Attorney General, in
7addition to other powers conferred upon him by this Act, may
8issue subpoenas to any person, administer an oath or
9affirmation to any person, conduct hearings in aid of any
10investigation or inquiry, prescribe such forms, require
11written answers under oath to written interrogatories, and
12promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary,
13which rules and regulations shall have the force of law. To
14accomplish the objectives and to carry out the duties
15prescribed by this Act, the State's Attorney of any county may
16issue subpoenas to any person.
17(Source: P.A. 84-748.)
 
18    (815 ILCS 505/4.1 new)
19    Sec. 4.1. Confidential information. Information and
20documentary materials that are obtained by the Attorney
21General or a State's Attorney under Section 4 of this Act are
22exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act.
23This exemption shall apply to all information and documentary

 

 

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1materials the Attorney General or a State's Attorney obtains
2through an investigation under this Act.
3        (1) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, no
4    documentary materials, transcripts of oral testimony, or
5    answers to interrogatories, or copies thereof, in the
6    possession of the Attorney General shall be available for
7    examination by any individual other than an authorized
8    employee of the Attorney General or other law enforcement
9    officials, federal, State, or local, without the consent
10    of the person who produced the documentary materials,
11    transcripts, or interrogatory answers. The Attorney
12    General may provide copies of such documentary material,
13    answers to written interrogatories, or transcripts of oral
14    testimony to an official of this State, the federal
15    government, or another state, who is charged with the
16    enforcement of federal or state antitrust or consumer
17    protection laws, if before the disclosure the receiving
18    official agrees in writing that the information may not be
19    disclosed to anyone other than the official or the
20    official's authorized employees.
21        (2) The Attorney General may, in the Attorney
22    General's discretion, use information and documentary
23    materials obtained in the course of an investigation
24    pursuant to this Act for law enforcement purposes,
25    including, but not limited to, interviewing or questioning
26    potential witnesses and consultants, in a complaint or

 

 

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1    other pleading, and in court proceedings.".