102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB5374

 

Introduced 1/31/2022, by Rep. Daniel Didech

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
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    Amends the Open Meetings Act. Provides that a public body may hold a closed meeting to consider security procedures, school building safety and security, and the use of personnel, equipment, reporting to law enforcement, or legal action to respond to an actual, a threatened, or a reasonably potential danger to the safety of employees, students, staff, the public, or public property. Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Exempts from inspection and copying records concerning a school employee's determination about whether an individual poses a clear and present danger, a school district's report of a threat to law enforcement, or an action by a school district under the Firearms Restraining Order Act. Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that when the Illinois State Police is notified that a person has been determined to pose a clear and present danger, it shall determine whether to file an action under the Firearms Restraining Order Act with that person as the respondent. Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that when the Illinois State Police is notified that a person has been determined to pose a clear and present danger, the Illinois State Police shall determine whether to revoke the person's Firearm Owner's Identification Card and whether to file an action under the Firearms Restraining Order Act with that person as the respondent. Provides that any information disclosed under this provision shall remain privileged and confidential, and shall not be redisclosed, except as required under the provisions reporting a person who is prohibited from possessing a firearm to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System Index, Denied Persons Files or for the purpose of an action under the Firearms Restraining Order Act. Amends the Firearms Restraining Order Act. Provides that a school district board of directors or board of education may by policy or resolution authorize a designee or designees to file petitions for firearms restraining orders on its behalf with or without prior board approval of a specific petition. Provides that for any petition filed by a designee without prior board approval, the board must approve a resolution ratifying the specific petition as soon as possible after the filing of the petition, but no later than 30 days after the filing of the petition.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning firearms.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Open Meetings Act is amended by changing
5Section 2 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 120/2)  (from Ch. 102, par. 42)
7    Sec. 2. Open meetings.
8    (a) Openness required. All meetings of public bodies shall
9be open to the public unless excepted in subsection (c) and
10closed in accordance with Section 2a.
11    (b) Construction of exceptions. The exceptions contained
12in subsection (c) are in derogation of the requirement that
13public bodies meet in the open, and therefore, the exceptions
14are to be strictly construed, extending only to subjects
15clearly within their scope. The exceptions authorize but do
16not require the holding of a closed meeting to discuss a
17subject included within an enumerated exception.
18    (c) Exceptions. A public body may hold closed meetings to
19consider the following subjects:
20        (1) The appointment, employment, compensation,
21    discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific
22    employees, specific individuals who serve as independent
23    contractors in a park, recreational, or educational

 

 

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1    setting, or specific volunteers of the public body or
2    legal counsel for the public body, including hearing
3    testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee, a
4    specific individual who serves as an independent
5    contractor in a park, recreational, or educational
6    setting, or a volunteer of the public body or against
7    legal counsel for the public body to determine its
8    validity. However, a meeting to consider an increase in
9    compensation to a specific employee of a public body that
10    is subject to the Local Government Wage Increase
11    Transparency Act may not be closed and shall be open to the
12    public and posted and held in accordance with this Act.
13        (2) Collective negotiating matters between the public
14    body and its employees or their representatives, or
15    deliberations concerning salary schedules for one or more
16    classes of employees.
17        (3) The selection of a person to fill a public office,
18    as defined in this Act, including a vacancy in a public
19    office, when the public body is given power to appoint
20    under law or ordinance, or the discipline, performance or
21    removal of the occupant of a public office, when the
22    public body is given power to remove the occupant under
23    law or ordinance.
24        (4) Evidence or testimony presented in open hearing,
25    or in closed hearing where specifically authorized by law,
26    to a quasi-adjudicative body, as defined in this Act,

 

 

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1    provided that the body prepares and makes available for
2    public inspection a written decision setting forth its
3    determinative reasoning.
4        (5) The purchase or lease of real property for the use
5    of the public body, including meetings held for the
6    purpose of discussing whether a particular parcel should
7    be acquired.
8        (6) The setting of a price for sale or lease of
9    property owned by the public body.
10        (7) The sale or purchase of securities, investments,
11    or investment contracts. This exception shall not apply to
12    the investment of assets or income of funds deposited into
13    the Illinois Prepaid Tuition Trust Fund.
14        (8) Security procedures, school building safety and
15    security, and the use of personnel, and equipment,
16    reporting to law enforcement, or legal action to respond
17    to an actual, a threatened, or a reasonably potential
18    danger to the safety of employees, students, staff, the
19    public, or public property.
20        (9) Student disciplinary cases.
21        (10) The placement of individual students in special
22    education programs and other matters relating to
23    individual students.
24        (11) Litigation, when an action against, affecting or
25    on behalf of the particular public body has been filed and
26    is pending before a court or administrative tribunal, or

 

 

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1    when the public body finds that an action is probable or
2    imminent, in which case the basis for the finding shall be
3    recorded and entered into the minutes of the closed
4    meeting.
5        (12) The establishment of reserves or settlement of
6    claims as provided in the Local Governmental and
7    Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act, if otherwise the
8    disposition of a claim or potential claim might be
9    prejudiced, or the review or discussion of claims, loss or
10    risk management information, records, data, advice or
11    communications from or with respect to any insurer of the
12    public body or any intergovernmental risk management
13    association or self insurance pool of which the public
14    body is a member.
15        (13) Conciliation of complaints of discrimination in
16    the sale or rental of housing, when closed meetings are
17    authorized by the law or ordinance prescribing fair
18    housing practices and creating a commission or
19    administrative agency for their enforcement.
20        (14) Informant sources, the hiring or assignment of
21    undercover personnel or equipment, or ongoing, prior or
22    future criminal investigations, when discussed by a public
23    body with criminal investigatory responsibilities.
24        (15) Professional ethics or performance when
25    considered by an advisory body appointed to advise a
26    licensing or regulatory agency on matters germane to the

 

 

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1    advisory body's field of competence.
2        (16) Self evaluation, practices and procedures or
3    professional ethics, when meeting with a representative of
4    a statewide association of which the public body is a
5    member.
6        (17) The recruitment, credentialing, discipline or
7    formal peer review of physicians or other health care
8    professionals, or for the discussion of matters protected
9    under the federal Patient Safety and Quality Improvement
10    Act of 2005, and the regulations promulgated thereunder,
11    including 42 C.F.R. Part 3 (73 FR 70732), or the federal
12    Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of
13    1996, and the regulations promulgated thereunder,
14    including 45 C.F.R. Parts 160, 162, and 164, by a
15    hospital, or other institution providing medical care,
16    that is operated by the public body.
17        (18) Deliberations for decisions of the Prisoner
18    Review Board.
19        (19) Review or discussion of applications received
20    under the Experimental Organ Transplantation Procedures
21    Act.
22        (20) The classification and discussion of matters
23    classified as confidential or continued confidential by
24    the State Government Suggestion Award Board.
25        (21) Discussion of minutes of meetings lawfully closed
26    under this Act, whether for purposes of approval by the

 

 

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1    body of the minutes or semi-annual review of the minutes
2    as mandated by Section 2.06.
3        (22) Deliberations for decisions of the State
4    Emergency Medical Services Disciplinary Review Board.
5        (23) The operation by a municipality of a municipal
6    utility or the operation of a municipal power agency or
7    municipal natural gas agency when the discussion involves
8    (i) contracts relating to the purchase, sale, or delivery
9    of electricity or natural gas or (ii) the results or
10    conclusions of load forecast studies.
11        (24) Meetings of a residential health care facility
12    resident sexual assault and death review team or the
13    Executive Council under the Abuse Prevention Review Team
14    Act.
15        (25) Meetings of an independent team of experts under
16    Brian's Law.
17        (26) Meetings of a mortality review team appointed
18    under the Department of Juvenile Justice Mortality Review
19    Team Act.
20        (27) (Blank).
21        (28) Correspondence and records (i) that may not be
22    disclosed under Section 11-9 of the Illinois Public Aid
23    Code or (ii) that pertain to appeals under Section 11-8 of
24    the Illinois Public Aid Code.
25        (29) Meetings between internal or external auditors
26    and governmental audit committees, finance committees, and

 

 

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1    their equivalents, when the discussion involves internal
2    control weaknesses, identification of potential fraud risk
3    areas, known or suspected frauds, and fraud interviews
4    conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing
5    standards of the United States of America.
6        (30) Those meetings or portions of meetings of a
7    fatality review team or the Illinois Fatality Review Team
8    Advisory Council during which a review of the death of an
9    eligible adult in which abuse or neglect is suspected,
10    alleged, or substantiated is conducted pursuant to Section
11    15 of the Adult Protective Services Act.
12        (31) Meetings and deliberations for decisions of the
13    Concealed Carry Licensing Review Board under the Firearm
14    Concealed Carry Act.
15        (32) Meetings between the Regional Transportation
16    Authority Board and its Service Boards when the discussion
17    involves review by the Regional Transportation Authority
18    Board of employment contracts under Section 28d of the
19    Metropolitan Transit Authority Act and Sections 3A.18 and
20    3B.26 of the Regional Transportation Authority Act.
21        (33) Those meetings or portions of meetings of the
22    advisory committee and peer review subcommittee created
23    under Section 320 of the Illinois Controlled Substances
24    Act during which specific controlled substance prescriber,
25    dispenser, or patient information is discussed.
26        (34) Meetings of the Tax Increment Financing Reform

 

 

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1    Task Force under Section 2505-800 of the Department of
2    Revenue Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
3        (35) Meetings of the group established to discuss
4    Medicaid capitation rates under Section 5-30.8 of the
5    Illinois Public Aid Code.
6        (36) Those deliberations or portions of deliberations
7    for decisions of the Illinois Gaming Board in which there
8    is discussed any of the following: (i) personal,
9    commercial, financial, or other information obtained from
10    any source that is privileged, proprietary, confidential,
11    or a trade secret; or (ii) information specifically
12    exempted from the disclosure by federal or State law.
13        (37) Deliberations for decisions of the Illinois Law
14    Enforcement Training Standards Board, the Certification
15    Review Panel, and the Illinois State Police Merit Board
16    regarding certification and decertification.
17        (38) Meetings of the Ad Hoc Statewide Domestic
18    Violence Fatality Review Committee of the Illinois
19    Criminal Justice Information Authority Board that occur in
20    closed executive session under subsection (d) of Section
21    35 of the Domestic Violence Fatality Review Act.
22        (39) Meetings of the regional review teams under
23    subsection (a) of Section 75 of the Domestic Violence
24    Fatality Review Act.
25        (40) (38) Meetings of the Firearm Owner's
26    Identification Card Review Board under Section 10 of the

 

 

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1    Firearm Owners Identification Card Act.
2    (d) Definitions. For purposes of this Section:
3    "Employee" means a person employed by a public body whose
4relationship with the public body constitutes an
5employer-employee relationship under the usual common law
6rules, and who is not an independent contractor.
7    "Public office" means a position created by or under the
8Constitution or laws of this State, the occupant of which is
9charged with the exercise of some portion of the sovereign
10power of this State. The term "public office" shall include
11members of the public body, but it shall not include
12organizational positions filled by members thereof, whether
13established by law or by a public body itself, that exist to
14assist the body in the conduct of its business.
15    "Quasi-adjudicative body" means an administrative body
16charged by law or ordinance with the responsibility to conduct
17hearings, receive evidence or testimony and make
18determinations based thereon, but does not include local
19electoral boards when such bodies are considering petition
20challenges.
21    (e) Final action. No final action may be taken at a closed
22meeting. Final action shall be preceded by a public recital of
23the nature of the matter being considered and other
24information that will inform the public of the business being
25conducted.
26(Source: P.A. 101-31, eff. 6-28-19; 101-459, eff. 8-23-19;

 

 

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1101-652, eff. 1-1-22; 102-237, eff. 1-1-22; 102-520, eff.
28-20-21; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; revised 10-6-21.)
 
3    Section 10. The Freedom of Information Act is amended by
4changing Section 7 as follows:
 
5    (5 ILCS 140/7)  (from Ch. 116, par. 207)
6    Sec. 7. Exemptions.
7    (1) When a request is made to inspect or copy a public
8record that contains information that is exempt from
9disclosure under this Section, but also contains information
10that is not exempt from disclosure, the public body may elect
11to redact the information that is exempt. The public body
12shall make the remaining information available for inspection
13and copying. Subject to this requirement, the following shall
14be exempt from inspection and copying:
15        (a) Information specifically prohibited from
16    disclosure by federal or State law or rules and
17    regulations implementing federal or State law.
18        (b) Private information, unless disclosure is required
19    by another provision of this Act, a State or federal law or
20    a court order.
21        (b-5) Files, documents, and other data or databases
22    maintained by one or more law enforcement agencies and
23    specifically designed to provide information to one or
24    more law enforcement agencies regarding the physical or

 

 

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1    mental status of one or more individual subjects.
2        (c) Personal information contained within public
3    records, the disclosure of which would constitute a
4    clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, unless
5    the disclosure is consented to in writing by the
6    individual subjects of the information. "Unwarranted
7    invasion of personal privacy" means the disclosure of
8    information that is highly personal or objectionable to a
9    reasonable person and in which the subject's right to
10    privacy outweighs any legitimate public interest in
11    obtaining the information. The disclosure of information
12    that bears on the public duties of public employees and
13    officials shall not be considered an invasion of personal
14    privacy.
15        (d) Records in the possession of any public body
16    created in the course of administrative enforcement
17    proceedings, and any law enforcement or correctional
18    agency for law enforcement purposes, but only to the
19    extent that disclosure would:
20            (i) interfere with pending or actually and
21        reasonably contemplated law enforcement proceedings
22        conducted by any law enforcement or correctional
23        agency that is the recipient of the request;
24            (ii) interfere with active administrative
25        enforcement proceedings conducted by the public body
26        that is the recipient of the request;

 

 

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1            (iii) create a substantial likelihood that a
2        person will be deprived of a fair trial or an impartial
3        hearing;
4            (iv) unavoidably disclose the identity of a
5        confidential source, confidential information
6        furnished only by the confidential source, or persons
7        who file complaints with or provide information to
8        administrative, investigative, law enforcement, or
9        penal agencies; except that the identities of
10        witnesses to traffic accidents, traffic accident
11        reports, and rescue reports shall be provided by
12        agencies of local government, except when disclosure
13        would interfere with an active criminal investigation
14        conducted by the agency that is the recipient of the
15        request;
16            (v) disclose unique or specialized investigative
17        techniques other than those generally used and known
18        or disclose internal documents of correctional
19        agencies related to detection, observation or
20        investigation of incidents of crime or misconduct, and
21        disclosure would result in demonstrable harm to the
22        agency or public body that is the recipient of the
23        request;
24            (vi) endanger the life or physical safety of law
25        enforcement personnel or any other person; or
26            (vii) obstruct an ongoing criminal investigation

 

 

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1        by the agency that is the recipient of the request.
2        (d-5) A law enforcement record created for law
3    enforcement purposes and contained in a shared electronic
4    record management system if the law enforcement agency
5    that is the recipient of the request did not create the
6    record, did not participate in or have a role in any of the
7    events which are the subject of the record, and only has
8    access to the record through the shared electronic record
9    management system.
10        (d-6) Records contained in the Officer Professional
11    Conduct Database under Section 9.2 9.4 of the Illinois
12    Police Training Act, except to the extent authorized under
13    that Section. This includes the documents supplied to the
14    Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board from the
15    Illinois State Police and Illinois State Police Merit
16    Board.
17        (e) Records that relate to or affect the security of
18    correctional institutions and detention facilities.
19        (e-5) 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 are available in the library of the correctional
23    institution or facility or jail where the inmate is
24    confined.
25        (e-6) Records requested by persons committed to the
26    Department of Corrections, Department of Human Services

 

 

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1    Division of Mental Health, or a county jail if those
2    materials include records from staff members' personnel
3    files, staff rosters, or other staffing assignment
4    information.
5        (e-7) Records requested by persons committed to the
6    Department of Corrections or Department of Human Services
7    Division of Mental Health if those materials are available
8    through an administrative request to the Department of
9    Corrections or Department of Human Services Division of
10    Mental Health.
11        (e-8) Records requested by a person committed to the
12    Department of Corrections, Department of Human Services
13    Division of Mental Health, or a county jail, the
14    disclosure of which would result in the risk of harm to any
15    person or the risk of an escape from a jail or correctional
16    institution or facility.
17        (e-9) Records requested by a person in a county jail
18    or committed to the Department of Corrections or
19    Department of Human Services Division of Mental Health,
20    containing personal information pertaining to the person's
21    victim or the victim's family, including, but not limited
22    to, a victim's home address, home telephone number, work
23    or school address, work telephone number, social security
24    number, or any other identifying information, except as
25    may be relevant to a requester's current or potential case
26    or claim.

 

 

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1        (e-10) Law enforcement records of other persons
2    requested by a person committed to the Department of
3    Corrections, Department of Human Services Division of
4    Mental Health, or a county jail, including, but not
5    limited to, arrest and booking records, mug shots, and
6    crime scene photographs, except as these records may be
7    relevant to the requester's current or potential case or
8    claim.
9        (f) Preliminary drafts, notes, recommendations,
10    memoranda and other records in which opinions are
11    expressed, or policies or actions are formulated, except
12    that a specific record or relevant portion of a record
13    shall not be exempt when the record is publicly cited and
14    identified by the head of the public body. The exemption
15    provided in this paragraph (f) extends to all those
16    records of officers and agencies of the General Assembly
17    that pertain to the preparation of legislative documents.
18        (g) Trade secrets and commercial or financial
19    information obtained from a person or business where the
20    trade secrets or commercial or financial information are
21    furnished under a claim that they are proprietary,
22    privileged, or confidential, and that disclosure of the
23    trade secrets or commercial or financial information would
24    cause competitive harm to the person or business, and only
25    insofar as the claim directly applies to the records
26    requested.

 

 

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1        The information included under this exemption includes
2    all trade secrets and commercial or financial information
3    obtained by a public body, including a public pension
4    fund, from a private equity fund or a privately held
5    company within the investment portfolio of a private
6    equity fund as a result of either investing or evaluating
7    a potential investment of public funds in a private equity
8    fund. The exemption contained in this item does not apply
9    to the aggregate financial performance information of a
10    private equity fund, nor to the identity of the fund's
11    managers or general partners. The exemption contained in
12    this item does not apply to the identity of a privately
13    held company within the investment portfolio of a private
14    equity fund, unless the disclosure of the identity of a
15    privately held company may cause competitive harm.
16        Nothing contained in this paragraph (g) shall be
17    construed to prevent a person or business from consenting
18    to disclosure.
19        (h) Proposals and bids for any contract, grant, or
20    agreement, including information which if it were
21    disclosed would frustrate procurement or give an advantage
22    to any person proposing to enter into a contractor
23    agreement with the body, until an award or final selection
24    is made. Information prepared by or for the body in
25    preparation of a bid solicitation shall be exempt until an
26    award or final selection is made.

 

 

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1        (i) Valuable formulae, computer geographic systems,
2    designs, drawings and research data obtained or produced
3    by any public body when disclosure could reasonably be
4    expected to produce private gain or public loss. The
5    exemption for "computer geographic systems" provided in
6    this paragraph (i) does not extend to requests made by
7    news media as defined in Section 2 of this Act when the
8    requested information is not otherwise exempt and the only
9    purpose of the request is to access and disseminate
10    information regarding the health, safety, welfare, or
11    legal rights of the general public.
12        (j) The following information pertaining to
13    educational matters:
14            (i) test questions, scoring keys and other
15        examination data used to administer an academic
16        examination;
17            (ii) information received by a primary or
18        secondary school, college, or university under its
19        procedures for the evaluation of faculty members by
20        their academic peers;
21            (iii) information concerning a school or
22        university's adjudication of student disciplinary
23        cases, but only to the extent that disclosure would
24        unavoidably reveal the identity of the student; and
25            (iv) course materials or research materials used
26        by faculty members.

 

 

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1        (k) Architects' plans, engineers' technical
2    submissions, and other construction related technical
3    documents for projects not constructed or developed in
4    whole or in part with public funds and the same for
5    projects constructed or developed with public funds,
6    including, but not limited to, power generating and
7    distribution stations and other transmission and
8    distribution facilities, water treatment facilities,
9    airport facilities, sport stadiums, convention centers,
10    and all government owned, operated, or occupied buildings,
11    but only to the extent that disclosure would compromise
12    security.
13        (l) Minutes of meetings of public bodies closed to the
14    public as provided in the Open Meetings Act until the
15    public body makes the minutes available to the public
16    under Section 2.06 of the Open Meetings Act.
17        (m) Communications between a public body and an
18    attorney or auditor representing the public body that
19    would not be subject to discovery in litigation, and
20    materials prepared or compiled by or for a public body in
21    anticipation of a criminal, civil, or administrative
22    proceeding upon the request of an attorney advising the
23    public body, and materials prepared or compiled with
24    respect to internal audits of public bodies.
25        (n) Records relating to a public body's adjudication
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1    this exemption shall not extend to the final outcome of
2    cases in which discipline is imposed.
3        (o) Administrative or technical information associated
4    with automated data processing operations, including, but
5    not limited to, software, operating protocols, computer
6    program abstracts, file layouts, source listings, object
7    modules, load modules, user guides, documentation
8    pertaining to all logical and physical design of
9    computerized systems, employee manuals, and any other
10    information that, if disclosed, would jeopardize the
11    security of the system or its data or the security of
12    materials exempt under this Section.
13        (p) Records relating to collective negotiating matters
14    between public bodies and their employees or
15    representatives, except that any final contract or
16    agreement shall be subject to inspection and copying.
17        (q) Test questions, scoring keys, and other
18    examination data used to determine the qualifications of
19    an applicant for a license or employment.
20        (r) The records, documents, and information relating
21    to real estate purchase negotiations until those
22    negotiations have been completed or otherwise terminated.
23    With regard to a parcel involved in a pending or actually
24    and reasonably contemplated eminent domain proceeding
25    under the Eminent Domain Act, records, documents, and
26    information relating to that parcel shall be exempt except

 

 

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1    as may be allowed under discovery rules adopted by the
2    Illinois Supreme Court. The records, documents, and
3    information relating to a real estate sale shall be exempt
4    until a sale is consummated.
5        (s) Any and all proprietary information and records
6    related to the operation of an intergovernmental risk
7    management association or self-insurance pool or jointly
8    self-administered health and accident cooperative or pool.
9    Insurance or self insurance (including any
10    intergovernmental risk management association or self
11    insurance pool) claims, loss or risk management
12    information, records, data, advice or communications.
13        (t) Information contained in or related to
14    examination, operating, or condition reports prepared by,
15    on behalf of, or for the use of a public body responsible
16    for the regulation or supervision of financial
17    institutions, insurance companies, or pharmacy benefit
18    managers, unless disclosure is otherwise required by State
19    law.
20        (u) Information that would disclose or might lead to
21    the disclosure of secret or confidential information,
22    codes, algorithms, programs, or private keys intended to
23    be used to create electronic signatures under the Uniform
24    Electronic Transactions Act.
25        (v) Vulnerability assessments, security measures, and
26    response policies or plans that are designed to identify,

 

 

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1    prevent, or respond to potential attacks upon a
2    community's population or systems, facilities, or
3    installations, the destruction or contamination of which
4    would constitute a clear and present danger to the health
5    or safety of the community, but only to the extent that
6    disclosure could reasonably be expected to jeopardize the
7    effectiveness of the measures or the safety of the
8    personnel who implement them or the public. Information
9    exempt under this item may include such things as details
10    pertaining to the mobilization or deployment of personnel
11    or equipment, to the operation of communication systems or
12    protocols, or to tactical operations.
13        (w) (Blank).
14        (x) Maps and other records regarding the location or
15    security of generation, transmission, distribution,
16    storage, gathering, treatment, or switching facilities
17    owned by a utility, by a power generator, or by the
18    Illinois Power Agency.
19        (y) Information contained in or related to proposals,
20    bids, or negotiations related to electric power
21    procurement under Section 1-75 of the Illinois Power
22    Agency Act and Section 16-111.5 of the Public Utilities
23    Act that is determined to be confidential and proprietary
24    by the Illinois Power Agency or by the Illinois Commerce
25    Commission.
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1    disclosure under Sections 10-20.38 or 34-18.29 of the
2    School Code, and information about undergraduate students
3    enrolled at an institution of higher education exempted
4    from disclosure under Section 25 of the Illinois Credit
5    Card Marketing Act of 2009.
6        (aa) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
7    under the Viatical Settlements Act of 2009.
8        (bb) Records and information provided to a mortality
9    review team and records maintained by a mortality review
10    team appointed under the Department of Juvenile Justice
11    Mortality Review Team Act.
12        (cc) Information regarding interments, entombments, or
13    inurnments of human remains that are submitted to the
14    Cemetery Oversight Database under the Cemetery Care Act or
15    the Cemetery Oversight Act, whichever is applicable.
16        (dd) Correspondence and records (i) that may not be
17    disclosed under Section 11-9 of the Illinois Public Aid
18    Code or (ii) that pertain to appeals under Section 11-8 of
19    the Illinois Public Aid Code.
20        (ee) The names, addresses, or other personal
21    information of persons who are minors and are also
22    participants and registrants in programs of park
23    districts, forest preserve districts, conservation
24    districts, recreation agencies, and special recreation
25    associations.
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1    information of participants and registrants in programs of
2    park districts, forest preserve districts, conservation
3    districts, recreation agencies, and special recreation
4    associations where such programs are targeted primarily to
5    minors.
6        (gg) Confidential information described in Section
7    1-100 of the Illinois Independent Tax Tribunal Act of
8    2012.
9        (hh) The report submitted to the State Board of
10    Education by the School Security and Standards Task Force
11    under item (8) of subsection (d) of Section 2-3.160 of the
12    School Code and any information contained in that report.
13        (ii) Records requested by persons committed to or
14    detained by the Department of Human Services under the
15    Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act or committed to
16    the Department of Corrections under the Sexually Dangerous
17    Persons Act if those materials: (i) are available in the
18    library of the facility where the individual is confined;
19    (ii) include records from staff members' personnel files,
20    staff rosters, or other staffing assignment information;
21    or (iii) are available through an administrative request
22    to the Department of Human Services or the Department of
23    Corrections.
24        (jj) Confidential information described in Section
25    5-535 of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
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1    numbers, bank account numbers, Federal Employer
2    Identification Number, security code numbers, passwords,
3    and similar account information, the disclosure of which
4    could result in identity theft or impression or defrauding
5    of a governmental entity or a person.
6        (ll) Records concerning the work of the threat
7    assessment team of a school district, a school employee's
8    determination about whether an individual poses a clear
9    and present danger, a school district's report of a threat
10    to law enforcement, or an action by a school district
11    under the Firearms Restraining Order Act.
12    (1.5) Any information exempt from disclosure under the
13Judicial Privacy Act shall be redacted from public records
14prior to disclosure under this Act.
15    (2) A public record that is not in the possession of a
16public body but is in the possession of a party with whom the
17agency has contracted to perform a governmental function on
18behalf of the public body, and that directly relates to the
19governmental function and is not otherwise exempt under this
20Act, shall be considered a public record of the public body,
21for purposes of this Act.
22    (3) This Section does not authorize withholding of
23information or limit the availability of records to the
24public, except as stated in this Section or otherwise provided
25in this Act.
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1101-455, eff. 8-23-19; 101-652, eff. 1-1-22; 102-38, eff.
26-25-21; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; revised 11-22-21.)
 
3    Section 15. The Mental Health and Developmental
4Disabilities Code is amended by changing Section 6-103.3 as
5follows:
 
6    (405 ILCS 5/6-103.3)
7    Sec. 6-103.3. Clear and present danger; notice.
8    (a) If a person is determined to pose a clear and present
9danger to himself, herself, or to others by a physician,
10clinical psychologist, or qualified examiner, whether employed
11by the State, by any public or private mental health facility
12or part thereof, or by a law enforcement official or a school
13administrator, then the physician, clinical psychologist,
14qualified examiner shall notify the Department of Human
15Services and a law enforcement official or school
16administrator shall notify the Illinois State Police, within
1724 hours of making the determination that the person poses a
18clear and present danger. The Department of Human Services
19shall immediately update its records and information relating
20to mental health and developmental disabilities, and if
21appropriate, shall notify the Illinois State Police in a form
22and manner prescribed by the Illinois State Police. When the
23Illinois State Police is notified pursuant to this Section
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1danger, it shall determine whether to file an action under the
2Firearms Restraining Order Act with that person as the
3respondent.
4    (b) Information disclosed under this Section shall remain
5privileged and confidential, and shall not be redisclosed,
6except as required under subsection (e) of Section 3.1 of the
7Firearm Owners Identification Card Act or for the purpose of
8an action under the Firearms Restraining Order Act, nor used
9for any other purpose. The method of providing this
10information shall guarantee that the information is not
11released beyond that which is necessary for the purposes
12provided by purpose of this Section and shall be provided by
13rule by the Department of Human Services. The identity of the
14person reporting under this Section shall not be disclosed to
15the subject of the report. The physician, clinical
16psychologist, qualified examiner, law enforcement official, or
17school administrator making the determination and his or her
18employer shall not be held criminally, civilly, or
19professionally liable for making or not making the
20notification required under this Section, except for willful
21or wanton misconduct. This Section does not apply to a law
22enforcement official, if making the notification under this
23Section will interfere with an ongoing or pending criminal
24investigation.
25    (c) For the purposes of this Section:
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1    it in Section 1.1 of the Firearm Owners Identification
2    Card Act.
3        "Determined to pose a clear and present danger to
4    himself, herself, or to others by a physician, clinical
5    psychologist, or qualified examiner" means in the
6    professional opinion of the physician, clinical
7    psychologist, or qualified examiner, a person poses a
8    clear and present danger.
9        "School administrator" means the person required to
10    report under the School Administrator Reporting of Mental
11    Health Clear and Present Danger Determinations Law.
12(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)
 
13    Section 20. The Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is
14amended by changing Section 8.1 as follows:
 
15    (430 ILCS 65/8.1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 83-8.1)
16    Sec. 8.1. Notifications to the Illinois State Police.
17    (a) The Circuit Clerk shall, in the form and manner
18required by the Supreme Court, notify the Illinois State
19Police of all final dispositions of cases for which the
20Department has received information reported to it under
21Sections 2.1 and 2.2 of the Criminal Identification Act.
22    (b) Upon adjudication of any individual as a person with a
23mental disability as defined in Section 1.1 of this Act or a
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1court shall direct the circuit court clerk to immediately
2notify the Illinois State Police, Firearm Owner's
3Identification (FOID) department, and shall forward a copy of
4the court order to the Department.
5    (b-1) Beginning July 1, 2016, and each July 1 and December
630 of every year thereafter, the circuit court clerk shall, in
7the form and manner prescribed by the Illinois State Police,
8notify the Illinois State Police, Firearm Owner's
9Identification (FOID) department if the court has not directed
10the circuit court clerk to notify the Illinois State Police,
11Firearm Owner's Identification (FOID) department under
12subsection (b) of this Section, within the preceding 6 months,
13because no person has been adjudicated as a person with a
14mental disability by the court as defined in Section 1.1 of
15this Act or if no person has been involuntarily admitted. The
16Supreme Court may adopt any orders or rules necessary to
17identify the persons who shall be reported to the Illinois
18State Police under subsection (b), or any other orders or
19rules necessary to implement the requirements of this Act.
20    (c) The Department of Human Services shall, in the form
21and manner prescribed by the Illinois State Police, report all
22information collected under subsection (b) of Section 12 of
23the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
24Confidentiality Act for the purpose of determining whether a
25person who may be or may have been a patient in a mental health
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1receiving or retaining a Firearm Owner's Identification Card,
2or purchasing a weapon.
3    (d) If a person is determined to pose a clear and present
4danger to himself, herself, or to others:
5        (1) by a physician, clinical psychologist, or
6    qualified examiner, or is determined to have a
7    developmental disability by a physician, clinical
8    psychologist, or qualified examiner, whether employed by
9    the State or privately, then the physician, clinical
10    psychologist, or qualified examiner shall, within 24 hours
11    of making the determination, notify the Department of
12    Human Services that the person poses a clear and present
13    danger or has a developmental disability; or
14        (2) by a law enforcement official or school
15    administrator, then the law enforcement official or school
16    administrator shall, within 24 hours of making the
17    determination, notify the Illinois State Police that the
18    person poses a clear and present danger.
19    The Department of Human Services shall immediately update
20its records and information relating to mental health and
21developmental disabilities, and if appropriate, shall notify
22the Illinois State Police in a form and manner prescribed by
23the Illinois State Police. When the Illinois State Police is
24notified pursuant to this subsection that a person has been
25determined to pose a clear and present danger, the The
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1person's Firearm Owner's Identification Card under Section 8
2of this Act and whether to file an action under the Firearms
3Restraining Order Act with that person as the respondent. Any
4information disclosed under this subsection shall remain
5privileged and confidential, and shall not be redisclosed,
6except as required under subsection (e) of Section 3.1 of this
7Act or for the purpose of an action under the Firearms
8Restraining Order Act, nor used for any other purpose. The
9method of providing this information shall guarantee that the
10information is not released beyond what is necessary for the
11purposes provided by purpose of this Section and shall be
12provided by rule by the Department of Human Services. The
13identity of the person reporting under this Section shall not
14be disclosed to the subject of the report. The physician,
15clinical psychologist, qualified examiner, law enforcement
16official, or school administrator making the determination and
17his or her employer shall not be held criminally, civilly, or
18professionally liable for making or not making the
19notification required under this subsection, except for
20willful or wanton misconduct.
21    (e) The Illinois State Police shall adopt rules to
22implement this Section.
23(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)
 
24    Section 25. The Firearms Restraining Order Act is amended
25by changing Sections 5 and 10 as follows:
 

 

 

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1    (430 ILCS 67/5)
2    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 102-345)
3    Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
4    "Family member of the respondent" means a spouse, parent,
5child, or step-child of the respondent, any other person
6related by blood or present marriage to the respondent, or a
7person who shares a common dwelling with the respondent.
8    "Firearms restraining order" means an order issued by the
9court, prohibiting and enjoining a named person from having in
10his or her custody or control, purchasing, possessing, or
11receiving any firearms.
12    "Intimate partner" means a spouse, former spouse, a person
13with whom the respondent has or allegedly has a child in
14common, or a person with whom the respondent has or has had a
15dating or engagement relationship.
16    "Petitioner" means:
17        (1) a family member of the respondent as defined in
18    this Act; or
19        (2) a law enforcement officer who files a petition
20    alleging that the respondent poses a danger of causing
21    personal injury to himself, herself, or another by having
22    in his or her custody or control, purchasing, possessing,
23    or receiving a firearm.
24    "Respondent" means the person alleged in the petition to
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1or another by having in his or her custody or control,
2purchasing, possessing, or receiving a firearm.
3(Source: P.A. 100-607, eff. 1-1-19; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19.)
 
4    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 102-345)
5    Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
6    "Family member of the respondent" means a spouse, former
7spouse, person with whom the respondent has a minor child in
8common, parent, child, or step-child of the respondent, any
9other person related by blood or present marriage to the
10respondent, or a person who shares a common dwelling with the
11respondent.
12    "Firearms restraining order" means an order issued by the
13court, prohibiting and enjoining a named person from having in
14his or her custody or control, purchasing, possessing, or
15receiving any firearms or ammunition, or removing firearm
16parts that could be assembled to make an operable firearm.
17    "Intimate partner" means a spouse, former spouse, a person
18with whom the respondent has or allegedly has a child in
19common, or a person with whom the respondent has or has had a
20dating or engagement relationship.
21    "Petitioner" means:
22        (1) a family member of the respondent as defined in
23    this Act; or
24        (1.5) a school district board of directors or board of
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1        (2) a law enforcement officer who files a petition
2    alleging that the respondent poses a danger of causing
3    personal injury to himself, herself, or another by having
4    in his or her custody or control, purchasing, possessing,
5    or receiving a firearm, ammunition, or firearm parts that
6    could be assembled to make an operable firearm or removing
7    firearm parts that could be assembled to make an operable
8    firearm.
9    "Respondent" means the person alleged in the petition to
10pose a danger of causing personal injury to himself, herself,
11or another by having in his or her custody or control,
12purchasing, possessing, or receiving a firearm, ammunition, or
13firearm parts that could be assembled to make an operable
14firearm or removing firearm parts that could be assembled to
15make an operable firearm.
16(Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 102-345, eff. 6-1-22.)
 
17    (430 ILCS 67/10)
18    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 102-345)
19    Sec. 10. Commencement of action; procedure.
20    (a) An action for a firearms restraining order is
21commenced by filing a verified petition for a firearms
22restraining order in any circuit court.
23    (b) A petition for a firearms restraining order may be
24filed in any county where the respondent resides.
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1amending, vacating, certifying, or photocopying petitions or
2orders; or for issuing alias summons; or for any related
3filing service. No fee shall be charged by the sheriff or other
4law enforcement for service by the sheriff or other law
5enforcement of a petition, rule, motion, or order in an action
6commenced under this Section.
7    (d) The court shall provide, through the office of the
8clerk of the court, simplified forms and clerical assistance
9to help with the writing and filing of a petition under this
10Section by any person not represented by counsel. In addition,
11that assistance may be provided by the State's Attorney.
12(Source: P.A. 100-607, eff. 1-1-19; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19.)
 
13    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 102-345)
14    Sec. 10. Commencement of action; procedure.
15    (a) An action for a firearms restraining order is
16commenced by filing a verified petition for a firearms
17restraining order in any circuit court.
18    (b) A petition for a firearms restraining order may be
19filed in: (1) any county where the respondent resides or (2)
20any county where an incident occurred that involved the
21respondent posing an immediate and present danger of causing
22personal injury to the respondent or another by having in his
23or her custody or control, or purchasing, possessing, or
24receiving, a firearm, ammunition, or firearm parts that could
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1    (c) No fee shall be charged by the clerk for filing,
2amending, vacating, certifying, printing, or photocopying
3petitions or orders; or for issuing alias summons; or for any
4related filing service. No fee shall be charged by the sheriff
5or other law enforcement for service by the sheriff or other
6law enforcement of a petition, rule, motion, or order in an
7action commenced under this Section.
8    (d) The court shall provide, through the office of the
9clerk of the court, simplified forms and clerical assistance
10to help with the writing and filing of a petition under this
11Section by any person not represented by counsel. In addition,
12that assistance may be provided by the State's Attorney.
13    (e) A school district board of directors or board of
14education may by policy or resolution authorize a designee or
15designees to file petitions for firearms restraining orders on
16its behalf with or without prior board approval of a specific
17petition. For any petition filed by a designee without prior
18board approval, the board must approve a resolution ratifying
19the specific petition as soon as possible after the filing of
20the petition, but no later than 30 days after the filing of the
21petition.
22(Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 102-345, eff. 6-1-22.)
 
23    Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes
24changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text
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1represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does
2not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes
3made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other
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1 INDEX
2 Statutes amended in order of appearance
3    5 ILCS 120/2from Ch. 102, par. 42
4    5 ILCS 140/7from Ch. 116, par. 207
5    405 ILCS 5/6-103.3
6    430 ILCS 65/8.1from Ch. 38, par. 83-8.1
7    430 ILCS 67/5
8    430 ILCS 67/10