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Public Act 92-0086
SB1297 Enrolled LRB9208195ARsb
AN ACT concerning criminal law.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by
changing Section 26-4 as follows:
(720 ILCS 5/26-4) (from Ch. 38, par. 26-4)
Sec. 26-4. Unauthorized videotaping.
(a) It is unlawful for any person to knowingly
videotape, photograph, or film another person without that
person's consent in a restroom, tanning bed, tanning salon,
locker room, changing room, or hotel bedroom.
(a-5) It is unlawful for any person to knowingly and
secretly videotape, photograph, or film another person in the
other person's residence without that person's consent.
(a-10) It is unlawful for any person, using a concealed
camcorder or photographic camera of any type, to knowingly
and secretly videotape, photograph, or record by electronic
means, another person under or through the clothing worn by
that other person for the purpose of viewing the body of or
the undergarments worn by that other person without that
person's consent.
(b) Exemptions. The following activities shall be
exempt from the provisions of this Section:
(1) Videotaping, photographing, and filming by law
enforcement officers pursuant to a criminal
investigation, which is otherwise lawful;
(2) Videotaping, photographing, and filming by
correctional officials for security reasons or for
investigation of alleged misconduct involving a person
committed to the Department of Corrections.
(c) The provisions of this Section do not apply to any
sound recording of an oral conversation made as the result of
the videotaping or filming, and to which Article 14 of this
Code applies.
(d) Sentence.
(1) A violation of subsection (a), or (a-5), or
(a-10) is a Class A misdemeanor.
(2) A person who, by any means, knowingly
disseminates or permits the dissemination to another
person of a videotape, photograph, or film in violation
of subsection (a), or (a-5), or (a-10) is guilty of a
Class 4 felony.
(Source: P.A. 91-910, eff. 1-1-01.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.
Passed in the General Assembly April 26, 2001.
Approved July 12, 2001.
Effective July 12, 2001.
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