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HB1039 - 104th General Assembly

PUBLIC OFFICIALS-BODY CAMERAS
Last Action
1/09/2025 - House: Referred to Rules Committee
House Sponsors
Rep. John M. Cabello
Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
New Act
5 ILCS 140/7.5
Synopsis As Introduced
Creates the Public Official Body Camera Act. Provides that the State Board of Elections shall develop rules for the use of body cameras by public officials of the State. Specifies requirements concerning the use of body cameras. Provides that recordings made with the use of a body camera worn by a public official are subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act only to the extent recordings or portions of recordings are responsive to the request. Provides that the recordings may be used as evidence in any administrative, judicial, legislative, or disciplinary proceeding. Provides that, if a court or other finder of fact finds by a preponderance of the evidence that a recording was intentionally not captured, destroyed, altered, or intermittently captured in violation of the Act, then the court or other finder of fact shall consider or be instructed to consider that violation in weighing the evidence, unless the State or public official provides a reasonable justification. Makes conforming changes to the Freedom of Information Act.
Actions
Date Chamber Action
12/17/2024 House Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. John M. Cabello
1/09/2025 House First Reading
1/09/2025 House Referred to Rules Committee