HB2553 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB102 13483 RLC 18830 b

102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB2553

Introduced 2/19/2021, by Rep. Ann M. Williams

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

New Act

Creates the Protecting Household Privacy Act. Provides that a law enforcement agency shall not obtain household electronic data or direct the acquisition of household electronic data from a private third party, unless (i) the law enforcement agency obtains a court order based upon probable cause, or (ii) the owner of the household electronic device consents to voluntarily provide the desired household electronic data. Provides that if a law enforcement agency obtains household electronic data, the agency within 30 days shall destroy all information obtained, except that a supervisor at that agency may retain particular information if (1) there is reasonable suspicion that the information contains evidence of criminal activity, or (2) the information is relevant to an ongoing investigation or pending criminal trial.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning criminal law.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Protecting Household Privacy Act.

Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:

"Electronic communication" means any origination, transmission, emission, transfer, or reception of signs, signals, data, writings, images, video, audio, or intelligence of any nature by telephone, including cellular telephones or a wire, Internet, wireless, radio, electromagnetic, photo-electronic or photo-optical system, cable television, fiber optic, satellite, microwave, Internet-based or wireless distribution network, system, facility or related technology.

"Household" means any single or multiple family dwelling, including but not limited to a single family home, house, apartment, mobile home, trailer, building, condominium, duplex, townhouse, or other living quarters, used or intended to be used as a dwelling place and immediately surrounding area.

"Household electronic device" means any device intended for use within a household that is capable of facilitating any electronic communication.

"Household electronic data" means any information or input provided by a person to a household electronic device.

"Law enforcement agency" means any agency of this State or a political subdivision of this State which is vested by law with the duty to maintain public order and to enforce criminal laws.

Section 10. Prohibited use of household electronic data. Except as provided in Section 15, a law enforcement agency shall not obtain household electronic data or direct the acquisition of household electronic data from a private third party.

Section 15. Exceptions. This Act does not prohibit a law enforcement agency from obtaining household electronic data if:

(1) If a law enforcement agency first obtains a court order under Section 108-4 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 based on probable cause to believe that the person whose household electronic data is sought has committed, is committing, or is about to commit a crime or the effect is evidence of a crime, or if the household electronic data is authorized under an arrest warrant issued under Section 107-9 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 to aid in the apprehension or the arrest of the person named in the arrest warrant. An order issued under a finding of probable cause under this Section must be limited to a period of 60 days, renewable by the judge upon a showing of good cause for subsequent periods of 60 days. A court may grant a law enforcement entity's request to obtain household electronic data under this Section through testimony made by electronic means using a simultaneous video and audio transmission between the requestor and a judge, based on sworn testimony communicated in the transmission. The entity making the request, and the court authorizing the request shall follow the procedure under subsection (c) of Section 108-4 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 which authorizes the electronic issuance of search warrants; or

(2) The owner of the household electronic device consents to voluntarily provide the desired household electronic data.

Section 20. Information retention. If a law enforcement agency obtains household electronic data under Section 15 of this Act, the agency within 30 days shall destroy all information obtained, except that a supervisor at that agency may retain particular information if:

(1) there is reasonable suspicion that the information contains evidence of criminal activity, or

(2) the information is relevant to an ongoing investigation or pending criminal trial.

Section 25. Information disclosure by law enforcement agencies. If a law enforcement agency obtains household electronic data under Section 15 of this Act, the agency shall not disclose any information obtained, except that a supervisor of that agency may disclose particular information to another government agency, if (1) there is reasonable suspicion that the information contains evidence of criminal activity, or (2) the information is relevant to an ongoing investigation or pending criminal trial.

Section 30. Admissibility. If the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that a law enforcement agency obtained household electronic data pertaining to a person or his or her effects in violation of this Act, then the information shall be presumed to be inadmissible in any judicial or administrative proceeding. The State may overcome this presumption by proving the applicability of a judicially recognized exception to the exclusionary rule of the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution or Article I, Section 6 of the Illinois Constitution, or by a preponderance of the evidence that the law enforcement officer was acting in good faith and reasonably believed that one or more of the exceptions identified in Section 15 of this Act existed at the time the household electronic data was obtained.

Section 35. Providing household electronic data to a law enforcement agency not required. Except as provided in Section 15, nothing in this Act shall be construed to require a person or entity to provide household electronic data to a law enforcement agency under this Act. If law enforcement acquires information from a household electronic device under Section 15 of this Act, any information so acquired is subject to Sections 20 and 25 of this Act.

Section 40. Security of Production. Any person or entity that provides household electronic data in response to a request from any law enforcement agency under this Act shall take reasonable measures to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and security of any household electronic data provided to any law enforcement agency, and to limit any production of household electronic data to information relevant to the law enforcement agency request.