Public Act 095-0069
 
HB0572 Enrolled LRB095 04203 RLC 24242 b

    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Privacy of Child Victims of Criminal Sexual
Offenses Act is amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
 
    (725 ILCS 190/3)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1453)
    Sec. 3. Confidentiality of Law Enforcement and Court
Records. Notwithstanding notwithstanding any other law to the
contrary, inspection and copying of law enforcement records
maintained by any law enforcement agency or circuit court
records maintained by any circuit clerk relating to any
investigation or proceeding pertaining to a criminal sexual
offense, by any person, except a judge, state's attorney,
assistant state's attorney, psychologist, psychiatrist, social
worker, doctor, parent, parole agent, probation officer,
defendant or defendant's attorney in any criminal proceeding or
investigation related thereto, shall be restricted to exclude
the identity of any child who is a victim of such criminal
sexual offense or alleged criminal sexual offense. A court may
for the child's protection and for good cause shown, prohibit
any person or agency present in court from further disclosing
the child's identity.
    When a criminal sexual offense is committed or alleged to
have been committed by a school district employee on the
premises under the jurisdiction of a public school district or
during an official school sponsored activity, a copy of the law
enforcement records maintained by any law enforcement agency or
circuit court records maintained by any circuit clerk relating
to the investigation of the offense or alleged offense shall be
made available for inspection and copying by the superintendent
of schools of the district. The superintendent shall be
restricted from specifically revealing the name of the victim
without written consent of the victim or victim's parent or
guardian.
    A court may prohibit such disclosure only after giving
notice and a hearing to all affected parties. In determining
whether to prohibit disclosure of the minor's identity the
court shall consider:
        (a) the best interest of the child; and
        (b) whether such nondisclosure would further a
    compelling State interest.
(Source: P.A. 87-553.)