Illinois House Bill 4597

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: Introduced on January 26 2026 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2026-04-02 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that a public body may impose a fee upon a requester for the actual, necessary, and direct cost of redacting recorded audio or video content recordings made under the Law Enforcement Officer-Worn Body Camera Act. Provides that the public body may not impose the fee under specified circumstances. Requires the public body to provide the requester, in writing, with an estimate of the amount of the fee to be charged before before fulfilling the request.

FOIA-POLICE BODY CAM RECORDING

Rep. Sharon Chung [D]

Rep. Laura Faver Dias [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-04-02	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias
2026-03-27	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2026-03-26	House	To FOIA & OMA Subcommittee
2026-03-12	House	Assigned to Executive Committee
2026-02-03	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2026-02-03	House	First Reading
2026-01-26	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Sharon Chung

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
5	140	6	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=4597&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=165457&SessionID=114
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus/FullText?LegDocId=206804&DocName=10400HB4597&DocNum=4597&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=165457&GAID=18&SessionID=114&SpecSess=&Session=