103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB1611

 

Introduced 2/1/2023, by Rep. Daniel Didech - Justin Slaughter - Anthony DeLuca, Joyce Mason, Maurice A. West, II, et al.

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 1370/1-15
50 ILCS 706/10-20

    Amends the Department of Innovation and Technology Act. Requires the Department of Innovation and Technology to develop, manage, and make available to any law enforcement agency a digital repository for the collection, storage, retention, and retrieval of any officer-worn body camera recording collected by such an agency under the Law Enforcement Officer-Worn Body Camera Act. Requires recordings retained in the repository to be managed in a manner that is not inconsistent with the minimum requirements set forth in a specified provision of the Law Enforcement Officer-Worn Body Camera Act. Amends the Law Enforcement Officer-Worn Body Camera Act. Authorizes a law enforcement agency to use the digital repository developed by the Department of Innovation and Technology for the collection, storage, retention, and retrieval of officer-worn body camera recordings. Provides that, if a law enforcement agency uses the digital repository developed by the Department of Innovation and Technology and if an encounter on such a recording is flagged, then the law enforcement agency must notify the Department in writing that the encounter has been flagged not less than 10 days before the expiration of the 90-day storage period. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning officer-worn body cameras.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Department of Innovation and Technology Act
5is amended by changing Section 1-15 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 1370/1-15)
7    Sec. 1-15. Powers and duties.
8    (a) The head officer of the Department is the Secretary,
9who shall be the chief information officer for the State and
10the steward of State data with respect to those agencies under
11the jurisdiction of the Governor. The Secretary shall be
12appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the
13Senate. The Department may employ or retain other persons to
14assist in the discharge of its functions, subject to the
15Personnel Code.
16    (b) The Department shall promote best-in-class innovation
17and technology to client agencies to foster collaboration
18among client agencies, empower client agencies to provide
19better service to residents of Illinois, and maximize the
20value of taxpayer resources. The Department shall be
21responsible for information technology functions on behalf of
22client agencies.
23    (c) The Department shall provide for and coordinate

 

 

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1information technology for State agencies and, when requested
2and when in the best interests of the State, for State
3constitutional offices, units of federal or local governments,
4and public and not-for-profit institutions of primary,
5secondary, and higher education, or other parties not
6associated with State government. The Department shall
7establish charges for information technology for State
8agencies and, when requested, for State constitutional
9offices, units of federal or local government, and public and
10not-for-profit institutions of primary, secondary, or higher
11education and for use by other parties not associated with
12State government. Entities charged for these services shall
13make payment to the Department. The Department may instruct
14all State agencies to report their usage of information
15technology regularly to the Department in the manner the
16Secretary may prescribe.
17    (d) The Department shall develop and implement standards,
18policies, and procedures to protect the security and
19interoperability of State data with respect to those agencies
20under the jurisdiction of the Governor, including in
21particular data that are confidential, sensitive, or protected
22from disclosure by privacy or other laws, while recognizing
23and balancing the need for collaboration and public
24transparency.
25    (e) The Department shall be responsible for providing the
26Governor with timely, comprehensive, and meaningful

 

 

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1information pertinent to the formulation and execution of
2fiscal policy. In performing this responsibility, the
3Department shall have the power to do the following:
4        (1) Control the procurement, retention, installation,
5    maintenance, and operation, as specified by the
6    Department, of information technology equipment used by
7    client agencies in such a manner as to achieve maximum
8    economy and provide appropriate assistance in the
9    development of information suitable for management
10    analysis.
11        (2) Establish principles and standards of information
12    technology-related reporting by client agencies and
13    priorities for completion of research by those agencies in
14    accordance with the requirements for management analysis
15    specified by the Department.
16        (3) Establish charges for information technology and
17    related services requested by client agencies and rendered
18    by the Department. The Department is likewise empowered to
19    establish prices or charges for all information technology
20    reports purchased by agencies and individuals not
21    connected with State government.
22        (4) Instruct all client agencies to report regularly
23    to the Department, in the manner the Department may
24    prescribe, their usage of information technology, the cost
25    incurred, the information produced, and the procedures
26    followed in obtaining the information. All client agencies

 

 

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1    shall request from the Department assistance and
2    consultation in securing any necessary information
3    technology to support their requirements.
4        (5) Examine the accounts and information
5    technology-related data of any organization, body, or
6    agency receiving appropriations from the General Assembly,
7    except for a State constitutional office, the Office of
8    the Executive Inspector General, or any office of the
9    legislative or judicial branches of State government. For
10    a State constitutional office, the Office of the Executive
11    Inspector General, or any office of the legislative or
12    judicial branches of State government, the Department
13    shall have the power to examine the accounts and
14    information technology-related data of the State
15    constitutional office, the Office of the Executive
16    Inspector General, or any office of the legislative or
17    judicial branches of State government when requested by
18    those offices.
19        (6) Install and operate a modern information
20    technology system using equipment adequate to satisfy the
21    requirements for analysis and review as specified by the
22    Department. Expenditures for information technology and
23    related services rendered shall be reimbursed by the
24    recipients. The reimbursement shall be determined by the
25    Department as amounts sufficient to reimburse the
26    Technology Management Revolving Fund for expenditures

 

 

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1    incurred in rendering the services.
2    (f) In addition to the other powers and duties listed in
3subsection (e), the Department shall analyze the present and
4future aims, needs, and requirements of information
5technology, research, and planning in order to provide for the
6formulation of overall policy relative to the use of
7information technology and related equipment by the State of
8Illinois. In making this analysis, the Department shall
9formulate a master plan for information technology, using
10information technology most advantageously, and advising
11whether information technology should be leased or purchased
12by the State. The Department shall prepare and submit interim
13reports of meaningful developments and proposals for
14legislation to the Governor on or before January 30 each year.
15The Department shall engage in a continuing analysis and
16evaluation of the master plan so developed, and it shall be the
17responsibility of the Department to recommend from time to
18time any needed amendments and modifications of any master
19plan enacted by the General Assembly.
20    (g) The Department may make information technology and the
21use of information technology available to units of local
22government, elected State officials, State educational
23institutions, the judicial branch, the legislative branch, and
24all other governmental units of the State requesting them. The
25Department shall establish prices and charges for the
26information technology so furnished and for the use of the

 

 

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1information technology. The prices and charges shall be
2sufficient to reimburse the cost of furnishing the services
3and use of information technology.
4    (h) The Department shall develop, manage, and make
5available to any law enforcement agency a digital repository
6for the collection, storage, retention, and retrieval of any
7officer-worn body camera recording collected by such an agency
8under the Law Enforcement Officer-Worn Body Camera Act. The
9Department shall manage recordings retained in the repository
10in a manner that is not inconsistent with the minimum
11requirements set forth in Section 10-20 of the Law Enforcement
12Officer-Worn Body Camera Act. For purposes of this subsection
13(h), "law enforcement agency", "officer-worn body camera", and
14"recording" have the meanings given in Section 10-10 of the
15Law Enforcement Officer-Worn Body Camera Act.
16    (i) (h) The Department may establish standards to provide
17consistency in the operation and use of information
18technology.
19    (j) (i) The Department may adopt rules under the Illinois
20Administrative Procedure Act necessary to carry out its
21responsibilities under this Act.
22(Source: P.A. 102-376, eff. 1-1-22.)
 
23    Section 10. The Law Enforcement Officer-Worn Body Camera
24Act is amended by changing Section 10-20 as follows:
 

 

 

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1    (50 ILCS 706/10-20)
2    Sec. 10-20. Requirements.
3    (a) The Board shall develop basic guidelines for the use
4of officer-worn body cameras by law enforcement agencies. The
5guidelines developed by the Board shall be the basis for the
6written policy which must be adopted by each law enforcement
7agency which employs the use of officer-worn body cameras. The
8written policy adopted by the law enforcement agency must
9include, at a minimum, all of the following:
10        (1) Cameras must be equipped with pre-event recording,
11    capable of recording at least the 30 seconds prior to
12    camera activation, unless the officer-worn body camera was
13    purchased and acquired by the law enforcement agency prior
14    to July 1, 2015.
15        (2) Cameras must be capable of recording for a period
16    of 10 hours or more, unless the officer-worn body camera
17    was purchased and acquired by the law enforcement agency
18    prior to July 1, 2015.
19        (3) Cameras must be turned on at all times when the
20    officer is in uniform and is responding to calls for
21    service or engaged in any law enforcement-related
22    encounter or activity that occurs while the officer is on
23    duty.
24            (A) If exigent circumstances exist which prevent
25        the camera from being turned on, the camera must be
26        turned on as soon as practicable.

 

 

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1            (B) Officer-worn body cameras may be turned off
2        when the officer is inside of a patrol car which is
3        equipped with a functioning in-car camera; however,
4        the officer must turn on the camera upon exiting the
5        patrol vehicle for law enforcement-related encounters.
6            (C) Officer-worn body cameras may be turned off
7        when the officer is inside a correctional facility or
8        courthouse which is equipped with a functioning camera
9        system.
10        (4) Cameras must be turned off when:
11            (A) the victim of a crime requests that the camera
12        be turned off, and unless impractical or impossible,
13        that request is made on the recording;
14            (B) a witness of a crime or a community member who
15        wishes to report a crime requests that the camera be
16        turned off, and unless impractical or impossible that
17        request is made on the recording;
18            (C) the officer is interacting with a confidential
19        informant used by the law enforcement agency; or
20            (D) an officer of the Department of Revenue enters
21        a Department of Revenue facility or conducts an
22        interview during which return information will be
23        discussed or visible.
24        However, an officer may continue to record or resume
25    recording a victim or a witness, if exigent circumstances
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1    suspicion that a victim or witness, or confidential
2    informant has committed or is in the process of committing
3    a crime. Under these circumstances, and unless impractical
4    or impossible, the officer must indicate on the recording
5    the reason for continuing to record despite the request of
6    the victim or witness.
7        (4.5) Cameras may be turned off when the officer is
8    engaged in community caretaking functions. However, the
9    camera must be turned on when the officer has reason to
10    believe that the person on whose behalf the officer is
11    performing a community caretaking function has committed
12    or is in the process of committing a crime. If exigent
13    circumstances exist which prevent the camera from being
14    turned on, the camera must be turned on as soon as
15    practicable.
16        (5) The officer must provide notice of recording to
17    any person if the person has a reasonable expectation of
18    privacy and proof of notice must be evident in the
19    recording. If exigent circumstances exist which prevent
20    the officer from providing notice, notice must be provided
21    as soon as practicable.
22        (6) (A) For the purposes of redaction, labeling, or
23    duplicating recordings, access to camera recordings shall
24    be restricted to only those personnel responsible for
25    those purposes. The recording officer or his or her
26    supervisor may not redact, label, duplicate or otherwise

 

 

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1    alter the recording officer's camera recordings. Except as
2    otherwise provided in this Section, the recording officer
3    and his or her supervisor may access and review recordings
4    prior to completing incident reports or other
5    documentation, provided that the supervisor discloses that
6    fact in the report or documentation.
7            (i) A law enforcement officer shall not have
8        access to or review his or her body-worn camera
9        recordings or the body-worn camera recordings of
10        another officer prior to completing incident reports
11        or other documentation when the officer:
12                (a) has been involved in or is a witness to an
13            officer-involved shooting, use of deadly force
14            incident, or use of force incidents resulting in
15            great bodily harm;
16                (b) is ordered to write a report in response
17            to or during the investigation of a misconduct
18            complaint against the officer.
19            (ii) If the officer subject to subparagraph (i)
20        prepares a report, any report shall be prepared
21        without viewing body-worn camera recordings, and
22        subject to supervisor's approval, officers may file
23        amendatory reports after viewing body-worn camera
24        recordings. Supplemental reports under this provision
25        shall also contain documentation regarding access to
26        the video footage.

 

 

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1            (B) The recording officer's assigned field
2        training officer may access and review recordings for
3        training purposes. Any detective or investigator
4        directly involved in the investigation of a matter may
5        access and review recordings which pertain to that
6        investigation but may not have access to delete or
7        alter such recordings.
8        (7) Recordings made on officer-worn cameras must be
9    retained by the law enforcement agency or by the camera
10    vendor used by the agency, on a recording medium for a
11    period of 90 days.
12            (A) Under no circumstances shall any recording,
13        except for a non-law enforcement related activity or
14        encounter, made with an officer-worn body camera be
15        altered, erased, or destroyed prior to the expiration
16        of the 90-day storage period. In the event any
17        recording made with an officer-worn body camera is
18        altered, erased, or destroyed prior to the expiration
19        of the 90-day storage period, the law enforcement
20        agency shall maintain, for a period of one year, a
21        written record including (i) the name of the
22        individual who made such alteration, erasure, or
23        destruction, and (ii) the reason for any such
24        alteration, erasure, or destruction.
25            (B) Following the 90-day storage period, any and
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1        must be destroyed, unless any encounter captured on
2        the recording has been flagged. An encounter is deemed
3        to be flagged when:
4                (i) a formal or informal complaint has been
5            filed;
6                (ii) the officer discharged his or her firearm
7            or used force during the encounter;
8                (iii) death or great bodily harm occurred to
9            any person in the recording;
10                (iv) the encounter resulted in a detention or
11            an arrest, excluding traffic stops which resulted
12            in only a minor traffic offense or business
13            offense;
14                (v) the officer is the subject of an internal
15            investigation or otherwise being investigated for
16            possible misconduct;
17                (vi) the supervisor of the officer,
18            prosecutor, defendant, or court determines that
19            the encounter has evidentiary value in a criminal
20            prosecution; or
21                (vii) the recording officer requests that the
22            video be flagged for official purposes related to
23            his or her official duties.
24        If a law enforcement agency uses the digital
25    repository developed by the Department of Innovation and
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1    Innovation and Technology Act for the collection, storage,
2    retention, and retrieval of officer-worn body camera
3    recordings and if an encounter on such a recording is
4    flagged, then the law enforcement agency must notify the
5    Department in writing that the encounter has been flagged
6    not less than 10 days before the expiration of the 90-day
7    storage period.
8            (C) Under no circumstances shall any recording
9        made with an officer-worn body camera relating to a
10        flagged encounter be altered or destroyed prior to 2
11        years after the recording was flagged. If the flagged
12        recording was used in a criminal, civil, or
13        administrative proceeding, the recording shall not be
14        destroyed except upon a final disposition and order
15        from the court.
16            (D) Nothing in this Act prohibits law enforcement
17        agencies from labeling officer-worn body camera video
18        within the recording medium; provided that the
19        labeling does not alter the actual recording of the
20        incident captured on the officer-worn body camera. The
21        labels, titles, and tags shall not be construed as
22        altering the officer-worn body camera video in any
23        way.
24        (8) Following the 90-day storage period, recordings
25    may be retained if a supervisor at the law enforcement
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1    the recording is designated for training purposes, the
2    recordings may be viewed by officers, in the presence of a
3    supervisor or training instructor, for the purposes of
4    instruction, training, or ensuring compliance with agency
5    policies.
6        (9) Recordings shall not be used to discipline law
7    enforcement officers unless:
8            (A) a formal or informal complaint of misconduct
9        has been made;
10            (B) a use of force incident has occurred;
11            (C) the encounter on the recording could result in
12        a formal investigation under the Uniform Peace
13        Officers' Disciplinary Act; or
14            (D) as corroboration of other evidence of
15        misconduct.
16        Nothing in this paragraph (9) shall be construed to
17    limit or prohibit a law enforcement officer from being
18    subject to an action that does not amount to discipline.
19        (10) The law enforcement agency shall ensure proper
20    care and maintenance of officer-worn body cameras. Upon
21    becoming aware, officers must as soon as practical
22    document and notify the appropriate supervisor of any
23    technical difficulties, failures, or problems with the
24    officer-worn body camera or associated equipment. Upon
25    receiving notice, the appropriate supervisor shall make
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1    officer-worn body camera equipment.
2        (11) No officer may hinder or prohibit any person, not
3    a law enforcement officer, from recording a law
4    enforcement officer in the performance of his or her
5    duties in a public place or when the officer has no
6    reasonable expectation of privacy. The law enforcement
7    agency's written policy shall indicate the potential
8    criminal penalties, as well as any departmental
9    discipline, which may result from unlawful confiscation or
10    destruction of the recording medium of a person who is not
11    a law enforcement officer. However, an officer may take
12    reasonable action to maintain safety and control, secure
13    crime scenes and accident sites, protect the integrity and
14    confidentiality of investigations, and protect the public
15    safety and order.
16    (b) Recordings made with the use of an officer-worn body
17camera are not subject to disclosure under the Freedom of
18Information Act, except that:
19        (1) if the subject of the encounter has a reasonable
20    expectation of privacy, at the time of the recording, any
21    recording which is flagged, due to the filing of a
22    complaint, discharge of a firearm, use of force, arrest or
23    detention, or resulting death or bodily harm, shall be
24    disclosed in accordance with the Freedom of Information
25    Act if:
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1        recording is a victim or witness; and
2            (B) the law enforcement agency obtains written
3        permission of the subject or the subject's legal
4        representative;
5        (2) except as provided in paragraph (1) of this
6    subsection (b), any recording which is flagged due to the
7    filing of a complaint, discharge of a firearm, use of
8    force, arrest or detention, or resulting death or bodily
9    harm shall be disclosed in accordance with the Freedom of
10    Information Act; and
11        (3) upon request, the law enforcement agency shall
12    disclose, in accordance with the Freedom of Information
13    Act, the recording to the subject of the encounter
14    captured on the recording or to the subject's attorney, or
15    the officer or his or her legal representative.
16    For the purposes of paragraph (1) of this subsection (b),
17the subject of the encounter does not have a reasonable
18expectation of privacy if the subject was arrested as a result
19of the encounter. For purposes of subparagraph (A) of
20paragraph (1) of this subsection (b), "witness" does not
21include a person who is a victim or who was arrested as a
22result of the encounter.
23    Only recordings or portions of recordings responsive to
24the request shall be available for inspection or reproduction.
25Any recording disclosed under the Freedom of Information Act
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1appears on the recording and is not the officer, a subject of
2the encounter, or directly involved in the encounter. Nothing
3in this subsection (b) shall require the disclosure of any
4recording or portion of any recording which would be exempt
5from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act.
6    (b-5) A law enforcement agency may use the digital
7repository developed by the Department of Innovation and
8Technology under Section 1-15 of the Department of Innovation
9and Technology Act for the collection, storage, retention, and
10retrieval of officer-worn body camera recordings.
11    (c) Nothing in this Section shall limit access to a camera
12recording for the purposes of complying with Supreme Court
13rules or the rules of evidence.
14(Source: P.A. 101-652, eff. 7-1-21; 102-28, eff. 6-25-21;
15102-687, eff. 12-17-21; 102-694, eff. 1-7-22.)
 
16    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
17becoming law.