Comments: IL HB2259 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly

Bill Title: Amends the Biometric Privacy Information Act. Defines "security purpose" as the purpose of preventing retail theft, fraud, or any other misappropriation or theft of a thing of value, including protecting property from trespass, controlling access to property, protecting any person from harm, including stalking, violence, or harassment, and assisting a law enforcement investigation. Allows a private entity to collect, capture, or otherwise obtain a person's or customer's biometric identifier or biometric information without satisfying other specified requirements if: (1) the private entity collects, captures, or otherwise obtains a person's or customer's biometric identifier or biometric information for a security purpose; (2) the private entity uses the biometric identifier or biometric information only for a security purpose; (3) the private entity retains the biometric identifier or biometric information no longer than is reasonably necessary to satisfy a security purpose; and (4) the private entity documents a process and time frame to delete any biometric identifier or biometric information.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-03-10 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2259 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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