Bill Text: IL HB1349 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012 concerning eavesdropping. In the definition of "private conversation", provides that an on-duty law enforcement officer shall have no reasonable expectation of privacy while engaged in the performance of his or her duties.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-14 - Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur Turner [HB1349 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HB1349-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Section 14-1 as follows:
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| 6 | (720 ILCS 5/14-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 14-1)
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| 7 | Sec. 14-1. Definitions.
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| 8 | (a) Eavesdropping device.
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| 9 | An eavesdropping device is any device capable of being used | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | to hear or
record oral conversation or intercept, or transcribe | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | electronic
communications whether such conversation or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | electronic communication is
conducted in person,
by telephone, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | or by any other means; Provided, however, that this
definition | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | shall not include devices used for the restoration of the deaf
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| 15 | or hard-of-hearing to normal or partial hearing.
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| 16 | (b) Eavesdropper.
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| 17 | An eavesdropper is any person, including any law | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | enforcement officer and any party to a private conversation, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | who
operates or participates in the operation of any | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | eavesdropping device
contrary to the provisions of this Article | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | or who acts as a principal, as defined in this Article.
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| 22 | (c) Principal.
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| 23 | A principal is any person who:
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| 1 | (1) Knowingly employs another who illegally uses an | ||||||
| 2 | eavesdropping
device in the course of such employment; or
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| 3 | (2) Knowingly derives any benefit or information from | ||||||
| 4 | the illegal use
of an eavesdropping device by another; or
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| 5 | (3) Directs another to use an eavesdropping device | ||||||
| 6 | illegally on his
or her behalf.
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| 7 | (d) Private conversation.
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| 8 | For the purposes of this Article, "private conversation" | ||||||
| 9 | means any oral
communication between 2 or more persons, whether | ||||||
| 10 | in person or transmitted between the parties by wire or other | ||||||
| 11 | means, when one or more of
the parties intended the | ||||||
| 12 | communication to be of a private nature under
circumstances | ||||||
| 13 | reasonably justifying that expectation. A reasonable | ||||||
| 14 | expectation shall include any expectation recognized by law, | ||||||
| 15 | including, but not limited to, an expectation derived from a | ||||||
| 16 | privilege, immunity, or right established by common law, | ||||||
| 17 | Supreme Court rule, or the Illinois or United States | ||||||
| 18 | Constitution. An on-duty law enforcement officer shall have no | ||||||
| 19 | reasonable expectation of privacy while engaged in the | ||||||
| 20 | performance of his or her duties.
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| 21 | (e) Private electronic communication.
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| 22 | For purposes of this Article, "private electronic | ||||||
| 23 | communication" means any
transfer of signs, signals, writing, | ||||||
| 24 | images, sounds, data, or intelligence of
any nature transmitted | ||||||
| 25 | in whole or part by a wire, radio, pager, computer,
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| 26 | electromagnetic, photo electronic or photo optical system, | ||||||
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| 1 | when the sending
or receiving party intends the electronic | ||||||
| 2 | communication to be private under circumstances reasonably | ||||||
| 3 | justifying that expectation. A reasonable expectation shall | ||||||
| 4 | include any expectation recognized by law, including, but not | ||||||
| 5 | limited to, an expectation derived from a privilege, immunity, | ||||||
| 6 | or right established by common law, Supreme Court rule, or the | ||||||
| 7 | Illinois or United States Constitution. Electronic | ||||||
| 8 | communication does not include any communication
from a | ||||||
| 9 | tracking device. | ||||||
| 10 | (f) Bait car. | ||||||
| 11 | For purposes of this Article, "bait car" means any motor | ||||||
| 12 | vehicle that is not occupied by a law enforcement officer and | ||||||
| 13 | is used by a law enforcement agency to deter, detect, identify, | ||||||
| 14 | and assist in the apprehension of an auto theft suspect in the | ||||||
| 15 | act of stealing a motor vehicle.
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| 16 | (g) Surreptitious. | ||||||
| 17 | For purposes of this Article, "surreptitious" means | ||||||
| 18 | obtained or made by stealth or deception, or executed through | ||||||
| 19 | secrecy or concealment. | ||||||
| 20 | (Source: P.A. 98-1142, eff. 12-30-14.)
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