Illinois House Bill 5793 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: Failed on January 8 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Exempts from an eavesdropping violation, with the consent of the owner or lessee of the dwelling in which it is installed, the use of a doorbell or intercommunication device that has audio or video capabilities, or both. Defines "intercommunication device". Includes in the General Definitions Article of the Code that for the purposes of this eavesdropping exemption, "dwelling" means a house, apartment, mobile home, trailer, or other living quarters in which at the time of the alleged offense the owners or occupants actually reside or in their absence intend within a reasonable period of time to reside.

CRIM CD-EAVESDROPPING EXEMPT

Rep. Jaime Andrade [D]

Rep. Carol Ammons [D]

Rep. Mike Fortner [R]

Sen. Iris Martinez [D]

2018-04-25 - House - Third Reading in House (Y: 109 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-08	House	Session Sine Die
2018-05-31	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2018-05-22	Senate	Postponed - Criminal Law
2018-05-11	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 31, 2018
2018-05-01	Senate	Assigned to Criminal Law
2018-04-25	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2018-04-25	Senate	First Reading
2018-04-25	Senate	Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
2018-04-25	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
2018-04-25	Senate	Arrive in Senate
2018-04-25	House	Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-000-000
2018-04-25	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
2018-04-13	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
2018-04-13	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
2018-04-11	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
2018-04-10	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
2018-04-09	House	Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Criminal Committee; 013-000-000
2018-03-21	House	Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee
2018-02-16	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2018-02-16	House	First Reading
2018-02-16	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
720	5	14-3	Amended Code	Citation Text
720	5	2-6	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5793&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=91&GA=100
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/HB/10000HB5793.htm
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/HB/10000HB5793eng.htm
Roll Call	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/votehistory/100/house/10000HB5793_04252018_013000T.pdf