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1 | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | ||||||
5 | Privacy of Adult Victims of Criminal Sexual Offenses Act. | ||||||
6 | Section 5. Definitions. | ||||||
7 | "Adult victim" means any person 18 years of age or older. | ||||||
8 | "Criminal history record information" means: | ||||||
9 | (a) chronologically maintained arrest information, | ||||||
10 | such as traditional arrest logs or blotters; | ||||||
11 | (b) the name of a person in the custody of a law | ||||||
12 | enforcement agency and the charges for which that person | ||||||
13 | is being held; | ||||||
14 | (c) court records that are public;
records that are | ||||||
15 | otherwise available under State or local law; or
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16 | (d) records in which the requesting party is the | ||||||
17 | individual identified, except as provided under part (vii) | ||||||
18 | of paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of Section 7 of the | ||||||
19 | Freedom of Information Act. | ||||||
20 | Section 10. Victim privacy. Notwithstanding any other law | ||||||
21 | to the contrary, inspection and copying of law enforcement | ||||||
22 | records maintained by any law enforcement agency or all |
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1 | circuit court records maintained by any circuit clerk relating | ||||||
2 | to any investigation or proceeding pertaining to a criminal | ||||||
3 | sexual offense, by any person, except a judge, State's | ||||||
4 | Attorney, Assistant State's Attorney, psychologist, | ||||||
5 | psychiatrist, social worker, doctor, parent, parole agent, | ||||||
6 | aftercare specialist, probation officer, defendant or | ||||||
7 | defendant's attorney in any criminal proceeding or | ||||||
8 | investigation related thereto shall be restricted to exclude | ||||||
9 | the identity of any adult victim of such criminal sexual | ||||||
10 | offense or alleged criminal sexual offense unless a court | ||||||
11 | order is issued authorizing the removal of such restriction as | ||||||
12 | provided under this Section of a particular case record or | ||||||
13 | particular records of cases maintained by any circuit court | ||||||
14 | clerk. | ||||||
15 | A court may for the adult victim's protection and for good | ||||||
16 | cause shown, prohibit any person or agency present in court | ||||||
17 | from further disclosing the adult victim's identity. | ||||||
18 | Section 15. Criminal sexual offense and school districts. | ||||||
19 | When a criminal sexual offense is committed or alleged to have | ||||||
20 | been committed by a school district employee or any individual | ||||||
21 | contractually employed by a school district, a copy of the | ||||||
22 | criminal history record information relating to the | ||||||
23 | investigation of the offense or alleged offense shall be | ||||||
24 | transmitted to the superintendent of schools of the district | ||||||
25 | immediately upon request or if the law enforcement agency |
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1 | knows that a school district employee or any individual | ||||||
2 | contractually employed by a school district has committed or | ||||||
3 | is alleged to have committed a criminal sexual offense, the | ||||||
4 | superintendent of schools of the district shall be immediately | ||||||
5 | provided a copy of the criminal history record information. | ||||||
6 | The superintendent shall be restricted from specifically | ||||||
7 | revealing the name of the adult victim without written consent | ||||||
8 | of the victim. | ||||||
9 | A court may prohibit such disclosure only after giving | ||||||
10 | notice and a hearing to all affected parties. In determining | ||||||
11 | whether to prohibit disclosure of the adult victim's identity | ||||||
12 | the court shall consider: | ||||||
13 | (a) the best interest of the adult victim; and | ||||||
14 | (b) whether such nondisclosure would further a
compelling | ||||||
15 | State interest.
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