Bill Title: Amends the Illinois State Police Training Act. In provisions concerning patrol vehicles with in-car recording cameras, provides that if the officer's officer-worn body camera is turned off at the request of a victim or witness of a crime, then the officer shall inform the victim or witness that the in-car video recording will continue recording video. Replaces the current storage requirements for recordings made on in-car camera medium with the storage requirements for recordings made on officer-worn body camera. Changes the definition of "wireless microphone". Provides that video recordings (rather than audio and video recordings) made under the provisions shall be available under the applicable provisions of the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that audio recordings made under the provisions shall be available in the same manner as recordings made with an officer-worn body camera under the Law Enforcement Officer-Worn Body Camera Act. Makes conforming changes to the Freedom of Information Act. Amends the Law Enforcement Camera Grant Act. In provisions requiring local law enforcement agencies seeking grants under the Act to provide an annual report to the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board, removes provisions requiring the agencies to include party names in the list of any criminal, traffic, ordinance, and civil cases in which in-car video recordings were used. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that the charge of child pornography does not apply to the creator of a film, video, photograph, or other similar visual image or depiction in which the creator is the sole subject of the film, video, photograph, or other similar visual image or depiction. Deletes provision of the child pornography statute that "child pornography" does not include images or materials in which the creator of the image or materials is the sole subject of the depiction. In the statute concerning an obscene depiction of a purported child, defines "indistinguishable" and provides that "purported child" means a visual representation that depicts an individual indistinguishable from an actual (rather than appears to depict a) child under the age of 18 but may or may not depict an actual child under the age of 18. Amends the Bill of Rights for Children and the Unified Code of Corrections to make conforming changes. Effective immediately.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 16)

Status: (Passed) 2025-03-21 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-1081 [SB2655 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

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