Illinois Senate Bill 1983 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 7 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-01-07 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Freedom from Drone Surveillance Act. Defines "special event". Deletes "data" from the definition of "information". Provides that "information" does not apply to circumstances in which the drone is used over publicly owned property or private property with prior permission of the owner of the private property when the purpose is training peace officers, public relations, conducting infrastructure inspections, or other similar non-law enforcement purposes. Permits the use of a drone by a law enforcement agency at a special event to prepare for or monitor crowd size, density, and movement; assess public safety staffing; or to monitor the safety of the participants. Provides that a law enforcement agency may use a drone to respond to Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) dispatched calls for service, when the primary purpose for the response is to locate or assist victims, or both, identify offenders, and to guide emergency response. Provides that information gathered by a drone is subject to the disclosure and exception to disclosure provisions of the Freedom of Information Act. Makes other changes. Amends the Freedom of Information Act to make conforming changes.

FREEDOM FROM DRONE SURVEIL

Sen. Julie Morrison [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-07	Senate	Session Sine Die
2023-03-31	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2023-03-23	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As March 31, 2023
2023-03-10	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As March 24, 2023
2023-02-21	Senate	Assigned to Executive
2023-02-09	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2023-02-09	Senate	First Reading
2023-02-09	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Julie A. Morrison

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
5	140	7.5	Amended Code	Citation Text
725	167	15	Amended Code	Citation Text
725	167	20	Amended Code	Citation Text
725	167	25	Amended Code	Citation Text
725	167	5	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1983&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=112&GA=103
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/SB/10300SB1983.htm