99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB5606

 

Introduced , by Rep. Lawrence M. Walsh, Jr.

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
5 ILCS 140/3.7 new

    Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that no provision of the Act shall be construed to afford any rights to any person: (i) incarcerated in a State, local, or federal correctional facility; or (ii) in the custody of the Department of Human Services as unfit to stand trial or under the Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act. Provides that the new provisions shall not be construed to prevent a person from exercising his or her constitutionally-protected rights.


LRB099 20216 HEP 44682 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB5606LRB099 20216 HEP 44682 b

1    AN ACT concerning government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Freedom of Information Act is amended by
5changing Section 7 and by adding Section 3.7 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 140/3.7 new)
7    Sec. 3.7. Persons in custody. No provision of this Act
8shall be construed to afford any rights to any person: (i)
9incarcerated in a State, local, or federal correctional
10facility, whether or not the facility is located in the State
11of Illinois; or (ii) in the custody of the Department of Human
12Services as unfit to stand trial, after a finding or verdict of
13not guilty by reason of insanity, or under the Sexually Violent
14Persons Commitment Act. This Section shall not be construed to
15prevent a person from exercising his or her
16constitutionally-protected rights.