Rep. Ann M. Williams

Filed: 5/4/2023

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3326

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3326 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Freedom of Information Act is amended by
5changing Section 7 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 140/7)
7    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 102-982)
8    Sec. 7. Exemptions.
9    (1) When a request is made to inspect or copy a public
10record that contains information that is exempt from
11disclosure under this Section, but also contains information
12that is not exempt from disclosure, the public body may elect
13to redact the information that is exempt. The public body
14shall make the remaining information available for inspection
15and copying. Subject to this requirement, the following shall
16be exempt from inspection and copying:

 

 

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1        (a) Information specifically prohibited from
2    disclosure by federal or State law or rules and
3    regulations implementing federal or State law.
4        (b) Private information, unless disclosure is required
5    by another provision of this Act, a State or federal law,
6    or a court order.
7        (b-5) Files, documents, and other data or databases
8    maintained by one or more law enforcement agencies and
9    specifically designed to provide information to one or
10    more law enforcement agencies regarding the physical or
11    mental status of one or more individual subjects.
12        (c) Personal information contained within public
13    records, the disclosure of which would constitute a
14    clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, unless
15    the disclosure is consented to in writing by the
16    individual subjects of the information. "Unwarranted
17    invasion of personal privacy" means the disclosure of
18    information that is highly personal or objectionable to a
19    reasonable person and in which the subject's right to
20    privacy outweighs any legitimate public interest in
21    obtaining the information. The disclosure of information
22    that bears on the public duties of public employees and
23    officials shall not be considered an invasion of personal
24    privacy.
25        (d) Records in the possession of any public body
26    created in the course of administrative enforcement

 

 

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1    proceedings, and any law enforcement or correctional
2    agency for law enforcement purposes, but only to the
3    extent that disclosure would:
4            (i) interfere with pending or actually and
5        reasonably contemplated law enforcement proceedings
6        conducted by any law enforcement or correctional
7        agency that is the recipient of the request;
8            (ii) interfere with active administrative
9        enforcement proceedings conducted by the public body
10        that is the recipient of the request;
11            (iii) create a substantial likelihood that a
12        person will be deprived of a fair trial or an impartial
13        hearing;
14            (iv) unavoidably disclose the identity of a
15        confidential source, confidential information
16        furnished only by the confidential source, or persons
17        who file complaints with or provide information to
18        administrative, investigative, law enforcement, or
19        penal agencies; except that the identities of
20        witnesses to traffic accidents, traffic accident
21        reports, and rescue reports shall be provided by
22        agencies of local government, except when disclosure
23        would interfere with an active criminal investigation
24        conducted by the agency that is the recipient of the
25        request;
26            (v) disclose unique or specialized investigative

 

 

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1        techniques other than those generally used and known
2        or disclose internal documents of correctional
3        agencies related to detection, observation, or
4        investigation of incidents of crime or misconduct, and
5        disclosure would result in demonstrable harm to the
6        agency or public body that is the recipient of the
7        request;
8            (vi) endanger the life or physical safety of law
9        enforcement personnel or any other person; or
10            (vii) obstruct an ongoing criminal investigation
11        by the agency that is the recipient of the request.
12        (d-5) A law enforcement record created for law
13    enforcement purposes and contained in a shared electronic
14    record management system if the law enforcement agency
15    that is the recipient of the request did not create the
16    record, did not participate in or have a role in any of the
17    events which are the subject of the record, and only has
18    access to the record through the shared electronic record
19    management system.
20        (d-6) Records contained in the Officer Professional
21    Conduct Database under Section 9.2 of the Illinois Police
22    Training Act, except to the extent authorized under that
23    Section. This includes the documents supplied to the
24    Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board from the
25    Illinois State Police and Illinois State Police Merit
26    Board.

 

 

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1        (e) Records that relate to or affect the security of
2    correctional institutions and detention facilities.
3        (e-5) Records requested by persons committed to the
4    Department of Corrections, Department of Human Services
5    Division of Mental Health, or a county jail if those
6    materials are available in the library of the correctional
7    institution or facility or jail where the inmate is
8    confined.
9        (e-6) Records requested by persons committed to the
10    Department of Corrections, Department of Human Services
11    Division of Mental Health, or a county jail if those
12    materials include records from staff members' personnel
13    files, staff rosters, or other staffing assignment
14    information.
15        (e-7) Records requested by persons committed to the
16    Department of Corrections or Department of Human Services
17    Division of Mental Health if those materials are available
18    through an administrative request to the Department of
19    Corrections or Department of Human Services Division of
20    Mental Health.
21        (e-8) Records requested by a person committed to the
22    Department of Corrections, Department of Human Services
23    Division of Mental Health, or a county jail, the
24    disclosure of which would result in the risk of harm to any
25    person or the risk of an escape from a jail or correctional
26    institution or facility.

 

 

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1        (e-9) Records requested by a person in a county jail
2    or committed to the Department of Corrections or
3    Department of Human Services Division of Mental Health,
4    containing personal information pertaining to the person's
5    victim or the victim's family, including, but not limited
6    to, a victim's home address, home telephone number, work
7    or school address, work telephone number, social security
8    number, or any other identifying information, except as
9    may be relevant to a requester's current or potential case
10    or claim.
11        (e-10) Law enforcement records of other persons
12    requested by a person committed to the Department of
13    Corrections, Department of Human Services Division of
14    Mental Health, or a county jail, including, but not
15    limited to, arrest and booking records, mug shots, and
16    crime scene photographs, except as these records may be
17    relevant to the requester's current or potential case or
18    claim.
19        (f) Preliminary drafts, notes, recommendations,
20    memoranda, and other records in which opinions are
21    expressed, or policies or actions are formulated, except
22    that a specific record or relevant portion of a record
23    shall not be exempt when the record is publicly cited and
24    identified by the head of the public body. The exemption
25    provided in this paragraph (f) extends to all those
26    records of officers and agencies of the General Assembly

 

 

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1    that pertain to the preparation of legislative documents.
2        (g) Trade secrets and commercial or financial
3    information obtained from a person or business where the
4    trade secrets or commercial or financial information are
5    furnished under a claim that they are proprietary,
6    privileged, or confidential, and that disclosure of the
7    trade secrets or commercial or financial information would
8    cause competitive harm to the person or business, and only
9    insofar as the claim directly applies to the records
10    requested.
11        The information included under this exemption includes
12    all trade secrets and commercial or financial information
13    obtained by a public body, including a public pension
14    fund, from a private equity fund or a privately held
15    company within the investment portfolio of a private
16    equity fund as a result of either investing or evaluating
17    a potential investment of public funds in a private equity
18    fund. The exemption contained in this item does not apply
19    to the aggregate financial performance information of a
20    private equity fund, nor to the identity of the fund's
21    managers or general partners. The exemption contained in
22    this item does not apply to the identity of a privately
23    held company within the investment portfolio of a private
24    equity fund, unless the disclosure of the identity of a
25    privately held company may cause competitive harm.
26        Nothing contained in this paragraph (g) shall be

 

 

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1    construed to prevent a person or business from consenting
2    to disclosure.
3        (h) Proposals and bids for any contract, grant, or
4    agreement, including information which if it were
5    disclosed would frustrate procurement or give an advantage
6    to any person proposing to enter into a contractor
7    agreement with the body, until an award or final selection
8    is made. Information prepared by or for the body in
9    preparation of a bid solicitation shall be exempt until an
10    award or final selection is made.
11        (i) Valuable formulae, computer geographic systems,
12    designs, drawings, and research data obtained or produced
13    by any public body when disclosure could reasonably be
14    expected to produce private gain or public loss. The
15    exemption for "computer geographic systems" provided in
16    this paragraph (i) does not extend to requests made by
17    news media as defined in Section 2 of this Act when the
18    requested information is not otherwise exempt and the only
19    purpose of the request is to access and disseminate
20    information regarding the health, safety, welfare, or
21    legal rights of the general public.
22        (j) The following information pertaining to
23    educational matters:
24            (i) test questions, scoring keys, and other
25        examination data used to administer an academic
26        examination;

 

 

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1            (ii) information received by a primary or
2        secondary school, college, or university under its
3        procedures for the evaluation of faculty members by
4        their academic peers;
5            (iii) information concerning a school or
6        university's adjudication of student disciplinary
7        cases, but only to the extent that disclosure would
8        unavoidably reveal the identity of the student; and
9            (iv) course materials or research materials used
10        by faculty members.
11        (k) Architects' plans, engineers' technical
12    submissions, and other construction related technical
13    documents for projects not constructed or developed in
14    whole or in part with public funds and the same for
15    projects constructed or developed with public funds,
16    including, but not limited to, power generating and
17    distribution stations and other transmission and
18    distribution facilities, water treatment facilities,
19    airport facilities, sport stadiums, convention centers,
20    and all government owned, operated, or occupied buildings,
21    but only to the extent that disclosure would compromise
22    security.
23        (l) Minutes of meetings of public bodies closed to the
24    public as provided in the Open Meetings Act until the
25    public body makes the minutes available to the public
26    under Section 2.06 of the Open Meetings Act.

 

 

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1        (m) Communications between a public body and an
2    attorney or auditor representing the public body that
3    would not be subject to discovery in litigation, and
4    materials prepared or compiled by or for a public body in
5    anticipation of a criminal, civil, or administrative
6    proceeding upon the request of an attorney advising the
7    public body, and materials prepared or compiled with
8    respect to internal audits of public bodies.
9        (n) Records relating to a public body's adjudication
10    of employee grievances or disciplinary cases; however,
11    this exemption shall not extend to the final outcome of
12    cases in which discipline is imposed.
13        (o) Administrative or technical information associated
14    with automated data processing operations, including, but
15    not limited to, software, operating protocols, computer
16    program abstracts, file layouts, source listings, object
17    modules, load modules, user guides, documentation
18    pertaining to all logical and physical design of
19    computerized systems, employee manuals, and any other
20    information that, if disclosed, would jeopardize the
21    security of the system or its data or the security of
22    materials exempt under this Section.
23        (p) Records relating to collective negotiating matters
24    between public bodies and their employees or
25    representatives, except that any final contract or
26    agreement shall be subject to inspection and copying.

 

 

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1        (q) Test questions, scoring keys, and other
2    examination data used to determine the qualifications of
3    an applicant for a license or employment.
4        (r) The records, documents, and information relating
5    to real estate purchase negotiations until those
6    negotiations have been completed or otherwise terminated.
7    With regard to a parcel involved in a pending or actually
8    and reasonably contemplated eminent domain proceeding
9    under the Eminent Domain Act, records, documents, and
10    information relating to that parcel shall be exempt except
11    as may be allowed under discovery rules adopted by the
12    Illinois Supreme Court. The records, documents, and
13    information relating to a real estate sale shall be exempt
14    until a sale is consummated.
15        (s) Any and all proprietary information and records
16    related to the operation of an intergovernmental risk
17    management association or self-insurance pool or jointly
18    self-administered health and accident cooperative or pool.
19    Insurance or self-insurance self insurance (including any
20    intergovernmental risk management association or
21    self-insurance self insurance pool) claims, loss or risk
22    management information, records, data, advice, or
23    communications.
24        (t) Information contained in or related to
25    examination, operating, or condition reports prepared by,
26    on behalf of, or for the use of a public body responsible

 

 

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1    for the regulation or supervision of financial
2    institutions, insurance companies, or pharmacy benefit
3    managers, unless disclosure is otherwise required by State
4    law.
5        (u) Information that would disclose or might lead to
6    the disclosure of secret or confidential information,
7    codes, algorithms, programs, or private keys intended to
8    be used to create electronic signatures under the Uniform
9    Electronic Transactions Act.
10        (v) Vulnerability assessments, security measures, and
11    response policies or plans that are designed to identify,
12    prevent, or respond to potential attacks upon a
13    community's population or systems, facilities, or
14    installations, but only to the extent that disclosure
15    could reasonably be expected to expose the vulnerability
16    or jeopardize the effectiveness of the measures, policies,
17    or plans, or the safety of the personnel who implement
18    them or the public. Information exempt under this item may
19    include such things as details pertaining to the
20    mobilization or deployment of personnel or equipment, to
21    the operation of communication systems or protocols, to
22    cybersecurity vulnerabilities, or to tactical operations.
23        (w) (Blank).
24        (x) Maps and other records regarding the location or
25    security of generation, transmission, distribution,
26    storage, gathering, treatment, or switching facilities

 

 

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1    owned by a utility, by a power generator, or by the
2    Illinois Power Agency.
3        (y) Information contained in or related to proposals,
4    bids, or negotiations related to electric power
5    procurement under Section 1-75 of the Illinois Power
6    Agency Act and Section 16-111.5 of the Public Utilities
7    Act that is determined to be confidential and proprietary
8    by the Illinois Power Agency or by the Illinois Commerce
9    Commission.
10        (z) Information about students exempted from
11    disclosure under Section Sections 10-20.38 or 34-18.29 of
12    the School Code, and information about undergraduate
13    students enrolled at an institution of higher education
14    exempted from disclosure under Section 25 of the Illinois
15    Credit Card Marketing Act of 2009.
16        (aa) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
17    under the Viatical Settlements Act of 2009.
18        (bb) Records and information provided to a mortality
19    review team and records maintained by a mortality review
20    team appointed under the Department of Juvenile Justice
21    Mortality Review Team Act.
22        (cc) Information regarding interments, entombments, or
23    inurnments of human remains that are submitted to the
24    Cemetery Oversight Database under the Cemetery Care Act or
25    the Cemetery Oversight Act, whichever is applicable.
26        (dd) Correspondence and records (i) that may not be

 

 

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1    disclosed under Section 11-9 of the Illinois Public Aid
2    Code or (ii) that pertain to appeals under Section 11-8 of
3    the Illinois Public Aid Code.
4        (ee) The names, addresses, or other personal
5    information of persons who are minors and are also
6    participants and registrants in programs of park
7    districts, forest preserve districts, conservation
8    districts, recreation agencies, and special recreation
9    associations.
10        (ff) The names, addresses, or other personal
11    information of participants and registrants in programs of
12    park districts, forest preserve districts, conservation
13    districts, recreation agencies, and special recreation
14    associations where such programs are targeted primarily to
15    minors.
16        (gg) Confidential information described in Section
17    1-100 of the Illinois Independent Tax Tribunal Act of
18    2012.
19        (hh) The report submitted to the State Board of
20    Education by the School Security and Standards Task Force
21    under item (8) of subsection (d) of Section 2-3.160 of the
22    School Code and any information contained in that report.
23        (ii) Records requested by persons committed to or
24    detained by the Department of Human Services under the
25    Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act or committed to
26    the Department of Corrections under the Sexually Dangerous

 

 

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1    Persons Act if those materials: (i) are available in the
2    library of the facility where the individual is confined;
3    (ii) include records from staff members' personnel files,
4    staff rosters, or other staffing assignment information;
5    or (iii) are available through an administrative request
6    to the Department of Human Services or the Department of
7    Corrections.
8        (jj) Confidential information described in Section
9    5-535 of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
10        (kk) The public body's credit card numbers, debit card
11    numbers, bank account numbers, Federal Employer
12    Identification Number, security code numbers, passwords,
13    and similar account information, the disclosure of which
14    could result in identity theft or impression or defrauding
15    of a governmental entity or a person.
16        (ll) Records concerning the work of the threat
17    assessment team of a school district, including, but not
18    limited to, any threat assessment procedure under the
19    School Safety Drill Act and any information contained in
20    the procedure.
21        (mm) Information prohibited from being disclosed under
22    subsections (a) and (b) of Section 15 of the Student
23    Confidential Reporting Act.
24        (nn) (mm) Proprietary information submitted to the
25    Environmental Protection Agency under the Drug Take-Back
26    Act.

 

 

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1        (oo) (mm) Records described in subsection (f) of
2    Section 3-5-1 of the Unified Code of Corrections.
3    (1.5) Any information exempt from disclosure under the
4Judicial Privacy Act shall be redacted from public records
5prior to disclosure under this Act.
6    (2) A public record that is not in the possession of a
7public body but is in the possession of a party with whom the
8agency has contracted to perform a governmental function on
9behalf of the public body, and that directly relates to the
10governmental function and is not otherwise exempt under this
11Act, shall be considered a public record of the public body,
12for purposes of this Act.
13    (3) This Section does not authorize withholding of
14information or limit the availability of records to the
15public, except as stated in this Section or otherwise provided
16in this Act.
17(Source: P.A. 101-434, eff. 1-1-20; 101-452, eff. 1-1-20;
18101-455, eff. 8-23-19; 101-652, eff. 1-1-22; 102-38, eff.
196-25-21; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 102-694, eff. 1-7-22; 102-752,
20eff. 5-6-22; 102-753, eff. 1-1-23; 102-776, eff. 1-1-23;
21102-791, eff. 5-13-22; 102-1055, eff. 6-10-22; revised
2212-13-22.)
 
23    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 102-982)
24    Sec. 7. Exemptions.
25    (1) When a request is made to inspect or copy a public

 

 

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1record that contains information that is exempt from
2disclosure under this Section, but also contains information
3that is not exempt from disclosure, the public body may elect
4to redact the information that is exempt. The public body
5shall make the remaining information available for inspection
6and copying. Subject to this requirement, the following shall
7be exempt from inspection and copying:
8        (a) Information specifically prohibited from
9    disclosure by federal or State law or rules and
10    regulations implementing federal or State law.
11        (b) Private information, unless disclosure is required
12    by another provision of this Act, a State or federal law,
13    or a court order.
14        (b-5) Files, documents, and other data or databases
15    maintained by one or more law enforcement agencies and
16    specifically designed to provide information to one or
17    more law enforcement agencies regarding the physical or
18    mental status of one or more individual subjects.
19        (c) Personal information contained within public
20    records, the disclosure of which would constitute a
21    clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, unless
22    the disclosure is consented to in writing by the
23    individual subjects of the information. "Unwarranted
24    invasion of personal privacy" means the disclosure of
25    information that is highly personal or objectionable to a
26    reasonable person and in which the subject's right to

 

 

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1    privacy outweighs any legitimate public interest in
2    obtaining the information. The disclosure of information
3    that bears on the public duties of public employees and
4    officials shall not be considered an invasion of personal
5    privacy.
6        (d) Records in the possession of any public body
7    created in the course of administrative enforcement
8    proceedings, and any law enforcement or correctional
9    agency for law enforcement purposes, but only to the
10    extent that disclosure would:
11            (i) interfere with pending or actually and
12        reasonably contemplated law enforcement proceedings
13        conducted by any law enforcement or correctional
14        agency that is the recipient of the request;
15            (ii) interfere with active administrative
16        enforcement proceedings conducted by the public body
17        that is the recipient of the request;
18            (iii) create a substantial likelihood that a
19        person will be deprived of a fair trial or an impartial
20        hearing;
21            (iv) unavoidably disclose the identity of a
22        confidential source, confidential information
23        furnished only by the confidential source, or persons
24        who file complaints with or provide information to
25        administrative, investigative, law enforcement, or
26        penal agencies; except that the identities of

 

 

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1        witnesses to traffic crashes, traffic crash reports,
2        and rescue reports shall be provided by agencies of
3        local government, except when disclosure would
4        interfere with an active criminal investigation
5        conducted by the agency that is the recipient of the
6        request;
7            (v) disclose unique or specialized investigative
8        techniques other than those generally used and known
9        or disclose internal documents of correctional
10        agencies related to detection, observation, or
11        investigation of incidents of crime or misconduct, and
12        disclosure would result in demonstrable harm to the
13        agency or public body that is the recipient of the
14        request;
15            (vi) endanger the life or physical safety of law
16        enforcement personnel or any other person; or
17            (vii) obstruct an ongoing criminal investigation
18        by the agency that is the recipient of the request.
19        (d-5) A law enforcement record created for law
20    enforcement purposes and contained in a shared electronic
21    record management system if the law enforcement agency
22    that is the recipient of the request did not create the
23    record, did not participate in or have a role in any of the
24    events which are the subject of the record, and only has
25    access to the record through the shared electronic record
26    management system.

 

 

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1        (d-6) Records contained in the Officer Professional
2    Conduct Database under Section 9.2 of the Illinois Police
3    Training Act, except to the extent authorized under that
4    Section. This includes the documents supplied to the
5    Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board from the
6    Illinois State Police and Illinois State Police Merit
7    Board.
8        (d-7) Information gathered or records created from the
9    use of automatic license plate readers in connection with
10    Section 2-130 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
11        (e) Records that relate to or affect the security of
12    correctional institutions and detention facilities.
13        (e-5) Records requested by persons committed to the
14    Department of Corrections, Department of Human Services
15    Division of Mental Health, or a county jail if those
16    materials are available in the library of the correctional
17    institution or facility or jail where the inmate is
18    confined.
19        (e-6) Records requested by persons committed to the
20    Department of Corrections, Department of Human Services
21    Division of Mental Health, or a county jail if those
22    materials include records from staff members' personnel
23    files, staff rosters, or other staffing assignment
24    information.
25        (e-7) Records requested by persons committed to the
26    Department of Corrections or Department of Human Services

 

 

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1    Division of Mental Health if those materials are available
2    through an administrative request to the Department of
3    Corrections or Department of Human Services Division of
4    Mental Health.
5        (e-8) Records requested by a person committed to the
6    Department of Corrections, Department of Human Services
7    Division of Mental Health, or a county jail, the
8    disclosure of which would result in the risk of harm to any
9    person or the risk of an escape from a jail or correctional
10    institution or facility.
11        (e-9) Records requested by a person in a county jail
12    or committed to the Department of Corrections or
13    Department of Human Services Division of Mental Health,
14    containing personal information pertaining to the person's
15    victim or the victim's family, including, but not limited
16    to, a victim's home address, home telephone number, work
17    or school address, work telephone number, social security
18    number, or any other identifying information, except as
19    may be relevant to a requester's current or potential case
20    or claim.
21        (e-10) Law enforcement records of other persons
22    requested by a person committed to the Department of
23    Corrections, Department of Human Services Division of
24    Mental Health, or a county jail, including, but not
25    limited to, arrest and booking records, mug shots, and
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1    relevant to the requester's current or potential case or
2    claim.
3        (f) Preliminary drafts, notes, recommendations,
4    memoranda, and other records in which opinions are
5    expressed, or policies or actions are formulated, except
6    that a specific record or relevant portion of a record
7    shall not be exempt when the record is publicly cited and
8    identified by the head of the public body. The exemption
9    provided in this paragraph (f) extends to all those
10    records of officers and agencies of the General Assembly
11    that pertain to the preparation of legislative documents.
12        (g) Trade secrets and commercial or financial
13    information obtained from a person or business where the
14    trade secrets or commercial or financial information are
15    furnished under a claim that they are proprietary,
16    privileged, or confidential, and that disclosure of the
17    trade secrets or commercial or financial information would
18    cause competitive harm to the person or business, and only
19    insofar as the claim directly applies to the records
20    requested.
21        The information included under this exemption includes
22    all trade secrets and commercial or financial information
23    obtained by a public body, including a public pension
24    fund, from a private equity fund or a privately held
25    company within the investment portfolio of a private
26    equity fund as a result of either investing or evaluating

 

 

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1    a potential investment of public funds in a private equity
2    fund. The exemption contained in this item does not apply
3    to the aggregate financial performance information of a
4    private equity fund, nor to the identity of the fund's
5    managers or general partners. The exemption contained in
6    this item does not apply to the identity of a privately
7    held company within the investment portfolio of a private
8    equity fund, unless the disclosure of the identity of a
9    privately held company may cause competitive harm.
10        Nothing contained in this paragraph (g) shall be
11    construed to prevent a person or business from consenting
12    to disclosure.
13        (h) Proposals and bids for any contract, grant, or
14    agreement, including information which if it were
15    disclosed would frustrate procurement or give an advantage
16    to any person proposing to enter into a contractor
17    agreement with the body, until an award or final selection
18    is made. Information prepared by or for the body in
19    preparation of a bid solicitation shall be exempt until an
20    award or final selection is made.
21        (i) Valuable formulae, computer geographic systems,
22    designs, drawings, and research data obtained or produced
23    by any public body when disclosure could reasonably be
24    expected to produce private gain or public loss. The
25    exemption for "computer geographic systems" provided in
26    this paragraph (i) does not extend to requests made by

 

 

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1    news media as defined in Section 2 of this Act when the
2    requested information is not otherwise exempt and the only
3    purpose of the request is to access and disseminate
4    information regarding the health, safety, welfare, or
5    legal rights of the general public.
6        (j) The following information pertaining to
7    educational matters:
8            (i) test questions, scoring keys, and other
9        examination data used to administer an academic
10        examination;
11            (ii) information received by a primary or
12        secondary school, college, or university under its
13        procedures for the evaluation of faculty members by
14        their academic peers;
15            (iii) information concerning a school or
16        university's adjudication of student disciplinary
17        cases, but only to the extent that disclosure would
18        unavoidably reveal the identity of the student; and
19            (iv) course materials or research materials used
20        by faculty members.
21        (k) Architects' plans, engineers' technical
22    submissions, and other construction related technical
23    documents for projects not constructed or developed in
24    whole or in part with public funds and the same for
25    projects constructed or developed with public funds,
26    including, but not limited to, power generating and

 

 

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1    distribution stations and other transmission and
2    distribution facilities, water treatment facilities,
3    airport facilities, sport stadiums, convention centers,
4    and all government owned, operated, or occupied buildings,
5    but only to the extent that disclosure would compromise
6    security.
7        (l) Minutes of meetings of public bodies closed to the
8    public as provided in the Open Meetings Act until the
9    public body makes the minutes available to the public
10    under Section 2.06 of the Open Meetings Act.
11        (m) Communications between a public body and an
12    attorney or auditor representing the public body that
13    would not be subject to discovery in litigation, and
14    materials prepared or compiled by or for a public body in
15    anticipation of a criminal, civil, or administrative
16    proceeding upon the request of an attorney advising the
17    public body, and materials prepared or compiled with
18    respect to internal audits of public bodies.
19        (n) Records relating to a public body's adjudication
20    of employee grievances or disciplinary cases; however,
21    this exemption shall not extend to the final outcome of
22    cases in which discipline is imposed.
23        (o) Administrative or technical information associated
24    with automated data processing operations, including, but
25    not limited to, software, operating protocols, computer
26    program abstracts, file layouts, source listings, object

 

 

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1    modules, load modules, user guides, documentation
2    pertaining to all logical and physical design of
3    computerized systems, employee manuals, and any other
4    information that, if disclosed, would jeopardize the
5    security of the system or its data or the security of
6    materials exempt under this Section.
7        (p) Records relating to collective negotiating matters
8    between public bodies and their employees or
9    representatives, except that any final contract or
10    agreement shall be subject to inspection and copying.
11        (q) Test questions, scoring keys, and other
12    examination data used to determine the qualifications of
13    an applicant for a license or employment.
14        (r) The records, documents, and information relating
15    to real estate purchase negotiations until those
16    negotiations have been completed or otherwise terminated.
17    With regard to a parcel involved in a pending or actually
18    and reasonably contemplated eminent domain proceeding
19    under the Eminent Domain Act, records, documents, and
20    information relating to that parcel shall be exempt except
21    as may be allowed under discovery rules adopted by the
22    Illinois Supreme Court. The records, documents, and
23    information relating to a real estate sale shall be exempt
24    until a sale is consummated.
25        (s) Any and all proprietary information and records
26    related to the operation of an intergovernmental risk

 

 

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1    management association or self-insurance pool or jointly
2    self-administered health and accident cooperative or pool.
3    Insurance or self-insurance self insurance (including any
4    intergovernmental risk management association or
5    self-insurance self insurance pool) claims, loss or risk
6    management information, records, data, advice, or
7    communications.
8        (t) Information contained in or related to
9    examination, operating, or condition reports prepared by,
10    on behalf of, or for the use of a public body responsible
11    for the regulation or supervision of financial
12    institutions, insurance companies, or pharmacy benefit
13    managers, unless disclosure is otherwise required by State
14    law.
15        (u) Information that would disclose or might lead to
16    the disclosure of secret or confidential information,
17    codes, algorithms, programs, or private keys intended to
18    be used to create electronic signatures under the Uniform
19    Electronic Transactions Act.
20        (v) Vulnerability assessments, security measures, and
21    response policies or plans that are designed to identify,
22    prevent, or respond to potential attacks upon a
23    community's population or systems, facilities, or
24    installations, but only to the extent that disclosure
25    could reasonably be expected to expose the vulnerability
26    or jeopardize the effectiveness of the measures, policies,

 

 

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1    or plans, or the safety of the personnel who implement
2    them or the public. Information exempt under this item may
3    include such things as details pertaining to the
4    mobilization or deployment of personnel or equipment, to
5    the operation of communication systems or protocols, to
6    cybersecurity vulnerabilities, or to tactical operations.
7        (w) (Blank).
8        (x) Maps and other records regarding the location or
9    security of generation, transmission, distribution,
10    storage, gathering, treatment, or switching facilities
11    owned by a utility, by a power generator, or by the
12    Illinois Power Agency.
13        (y) Information contained in or related to proposals,
14    bids, or negotiations related to electric power
15    procurement under Section 1-75 of the Illinois Power
16    Agency Act and Section 16-111.5 of the Public Utilities
17    Act that is determined to be confidential and proprietary
18    by the Illinois Power Agency or by the Illinois Commerce
19    Commission.
20        (z) Information about students exempted from
21    disclosure under Section Sections 10-20.38 or 34-18.29 of
22    the School Code, and information about undergraduate
23    students enrolled at an institution of higher education
24    exempted from disclosure under Section 25 of the Illinois
25    Credit Card Marketing Act of 2009.
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1    under the Viatical Settlements Act of 2009.
2        (bb) Records and information provided to a mortality
3    review team and records maintained by a mortality review
4    team appointed under the Department of Juvenile Justice
5    Mortality Review Team Act.
6        (cc) Information regarding interments, entombments, or
7    inurnments of human remains that are submitted to the
8    Cemetery Oversight Database under the Cemetery Care Act or
9    the Cemetery Oversight Act, whichever is applicable.
10        (dd) Correspondence and records (i) that may not be
11    disclosed under Section 11-9 of the Illinois Public Aid
12    Code or (ii) that pertain to appeals under Section 11-8 of
13    the Illinois Public Aid Code.
14        (ee) The names, addresses, or other personal
15    information of persons who are minors and are also
16    participants and registrants in programs of park
17    districts, forest preserve districts, conservation
18    districts, recreation agencies, and special recreation
19    associations.
20        (ff) The names, addresses, or other personal
21    information of participants and registrants in programs of
22    park districts, forest preserve districts, conservation
23    districts, recreation agencies, and special recreation
24    associations where such programs are targeted primarily to
25    minors.
26        (gg) Confidential information described in Section

 

 

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1    1-100 of the Illinois Independent Tax Tribunal Act of
2    2012.
3        (hh) The report submitted to the State Board of
4    Education by the School Security and Standards Task Force
5    under item (8) of subsection (d) of Section 2-3.160 of the
6    School Code and any information contained in that report.
7        (ii) Records requested by persons committed to or
8    detained by the Department of Human Services under the
9    Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act or committed to
10    the Department of Corrections under the Sexually Dangerous
11    Persons Act if those materials: (i) are available in the
12    library of the facility where the individual is confined;
13    (ii) include records from staff members' personnel files,
14    staff rosters, or other staffing assignment information;
15    or (iii) are available through an administrative request
16    to the Department of Human Services or the Department of
17    Corrections.
18        (jj) Confidential information described in Section
19    5-535 of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
20        (kk) The public body's credit card numbers, debit card
21    numbers, bank account numbers, Federal Employer
22    Identification Number, security code numbers, passwords,
23    and similar account information, the disclosure of which
24    could result in identity theft or impression or defrauding
25    of a governmental entity or a person.
26        (ll) Records concerning the work of the threat

 

 

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1    assessment team of a school district, including, but not
2    limited to, any threat assessment procedure under the
3    School Safety Drill Act and any information contained in
4    the procedure.
5        (mm) Information prohibited from being disclosed under
6    subsections (a) and (b) of Section 15 of the Student
7    Confidential Reporting Act.
8        (nn) (mm) Proprietary information submitted to the
9    Environmental Protection Agency under the Drug Take-Back
10    Act.
11        (oo) (mm) Records described in subsection (f) of
12    Section 3-5-1 of the Unified Code of Corrections.
13    (1.5) Any information exempt from disclosure under the
14Judicial Privacy Act shall be redacted from public records
15prior to disclosure under this Act.
16    (2) A public record that is not in the possession of a
17public body but is in the possession of a party with whom the
18agency has contracted to perform a governmental function on
19behalf of the public body, and that directly relates to the
20governmental function and is not otherwise exempt under this
21Act, shall be considered a public record of the public body,
22for purposes of this Act.
23    (3) This Section does not authorize withholding of
24information or limit the availability of records to the
25public, except as stated in this Section or otherwise provided
26in this Act.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 101-434, eff. 1-1-20; 101-452, eff. 1-1-20;
2101-455, eff. 8-23-19; 101-652, eff. 1-1-22; 102-38, eff.
36-25-21; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 102-694, eff. 1-7-22; 102-752,
4eff. 5-6-22; 102-753, eff. 1-1-23; 102-776, eff. 1-1-23;
5102-791, eff. 5-13-22; 102-982, eff. 7-1-23; 102-1055, eff.
66-10-22; revised 12-13-22.)
 
7    Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding
8Section 2-130 as follows:
 
9    (625 ILCS 5/2-130 new)
10    Sec. 2-130. User of automated license plate readers;
11prohibitions.
12    (a) As used in this Section:
13    "Automated license plate reader" or "ALPR" means an
14electronic device that is mounted on a law enforcement vehicle
15or positioned in a stationary location and that is capable of
16recording data on or taking a photograph of a vehicle or its
17license plate and comparing the collected data and photographs
18to existing law enforcement databases for investigative
19purposes. "Automated license plate reader" or "ALPR" includes
20a device that is owned or operated by a person who is not a
21government entity to the extent that data collected by the
22reader is shared with a law enforcement agency.
23    "Law enforcement" means any entity with statutory police
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1make arrests. "Law enforcement" includes the Illinois State
2Police as defined by the Illinois State Police Act. "Law
3enforcement agency" also includes any university, college, or
4community college.
5    (b) An ALPR user shall not sell, share, allow access to, or
6transfer ALPR information to any state for the purpose of
7investigating or enforcing a law that:
8        (1) denies or interferes with a person's right to
9    choose or obtain reproductive health care services or any
10    lawful health care services as defined by the Lawful
11    Health Care Activity Act; or
12        (2) permits the detention or investigation of a person
13    based on the person's immigration status.
14    (c) Any law enforcement agency, including an out-of-state
15law enforcement agency, that uses ALPR systems shall require
16other out-of-state law enforcement agencies to acknowledge
17that any shared ALPR images or data generated in this State
18will not be used in a manner that violates subsection (b) by
19executing a written declaration before obtaining that data. If
20a written declaration is not executed before sharing or
21transfer of the data, the law enforcement agency shall not
22share the ALPR images or data with the out-of-state law
23enforcement agency.
24    (d) ALPR information shall be held confidentially to the
25fullest extent permitted by law.
 

 

 

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1    Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes
2changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text
3that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section
4represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does
5not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes
6made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other
7Public Act.".