Bill Text: IL HB2874 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that it is unlawful for any person to, without the consent of another person, operate an unmanned aerial vehicle in a manner that: (1) is intended to cause the unmanned aerial vehicle to enter the space above or surrounding the other person's occupied residence for the purpose of making a video record or transmitting live video or audio recordings of the other person while the other person is: (A) within his or her occupied residence; or (B) on the land or premises on which his or her occupied residence is located; and (2) invades the other person's reasonable expectation of privacy. Provides that the offense is a Class A misdemeanor. Defines "unmanned aerial vehicle".
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-29 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2874 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB2874-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 26-4 as follows:
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6 | (720 ILCS 5/26-4) (from Ch. 38, par. 26-4)
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7 | Sec. 26-4. Unauthorized video recording and live video | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | transmission.
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9 | (a) It is unlawful for any person to knowingly make a video | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | record or transmit live video of
another person without that | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | person's consent in a restroom, tanning bed,
tanning salon, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | locker room, changing room, or hotel bedroom.
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13 | (a-5) It is unlawful for any person to knowingly make a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | video record or transmit live video of another person in that | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | other person's residence
without that person's consent.
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16 | (a-6) It is unlawful for any person to knowingly make a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | video record or transmit live video of another person in that | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | other person's residence without that person's consent when the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | recording or transmission is made outside that person's | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | residence by use of an audio or video device that records or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | transmits from a remote location. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | (a-10) It is unlawful for any person to knowingly make a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | video record or transmit live video of another person under or |
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1 | through the clothing worn by that
other person
for the purpose | ||||||
2 | of viewing the body of or the undergarments worn by that other
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3 | person
without that person's consent.
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4 | (a-15) It is unlawful for any person to place or cause to | ||||||
5 | be placed a device that makes a video record or transmits a | ||||||
6 | live video in a restroom, tanning bed, tanning salon, locker | ||||||
7 | room, changing room, or hotel bedroom with the intent to make a | ||||||
8 | video record or transmit live video of another person without | ||||||
9 | that person's consent. | ||||||
10 | (a-20) It is unlawful for any person to place or cause to | ||||||
11 | be placed a device that makes a video record or transmits a | ||||||
12 | live video with the intent to make a video record or transmit | ||||||
13 | live video of another person in that other person's residence | ||||||
14 | without that person's consent. | ||||||
15 | (a-25) It is unlawful for any person to, by any means, | ||||||
16 | knowingly disseminate, or permit to be disseminated, a video | ||||||
17 | record or live video that he or she knows to have been made or | ||||||
18 | transmitted in violation of (a), (a-5), (a-6), (a-10), (a-15), | ||||||
19 | or (a-20).
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20 | (a-30)(1) It is unlawful for any person to knowingly, | ||||||
21 | without the consent of another person, operate an unmanned | ||||||
22 | aerial vehicle in a manner that: | ||||||
23 | (A) is intended to cause the unmanned aerial vehicle to | ||||||
24 | enter
the space above or surrounding the other person's | ||||||
25 | occupied
residence for the purpose of making a video record | ||||||
26 | or transmitting live video, or audio recordings of the |
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1 | other person
while the other person is: | ||||||
2 | (i) within his or her occupied residence; or | ||||||
3 | (ii) on the land or premises on which his or her
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4 | occupied residence is located; and | ||||||
5 | (B) invades his or her reasonable expectation of
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6 | privacy. | ||||||
7 | (2) It is unlawful for the person to knowingly disseminate | ||||||
8 | a video record or live video made in violation of subparagraphs | ||||||
9 | (A) and (B) of paragraph (1) of this subsection (a-30). | ||||||
10 | (b) Exemptions. The following activities shall be exempt | ||||||
11 | from the
provisions of this Section:
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12 | (1) The making of a video record or transmission of | ||||||
13 | live video by law enforcement
officers pursuant to a | ||||||
14 | criminal investigation, which is otherwise lawful;
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15 | (2) The making of a video record or transmission of | ||||||
16 | live video by correctional officials
for security reasons | ||||||
17 | or for investigation of alleged misconduct involving a
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18 | person committed to the Department of Corrections; and | ||||||
19 | (3) The making of a video record or transmission of | ||||||
20 | live video in a locker room by a reporter or news medium, | ||||||
21 | as those terms are defined in Section 8-902 of the Code of | ||||||
22 | Civil Procedure, where the reporter or news medium has been | ||||||
23 | granted access to the locker room by an appropriate | ||||||
24 | authority for the purpose of conducting interviews.
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25 | (c) The provisions of this Section do not apply to any | ||||||
26 | sound recording
or transmission of an oral conversation made as |
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1 | the result of the making of a video record or transmission of | ||||||
2 | live video,
and to which Article 14 of this Code applies.
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3 | (d) Sentence.
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4 | (1) A violation of subsection (a-10), (a-15), or | ||||||
5 | (a-20) , or (a-30) is a
Class A
misdemeanor.
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6 | (2) A violation of subsection (a), (a-5), or (a-6) is a | ||||||
7 | Class 4 felony.
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8 | (3) A violation of subsection (a-25) is a Class 3 | ||||||
9 | felony. | ||||||
10 | (4) A violation of subsection (a), (a-5), (a-6), | ||||||
11 | (a-10), (a-15) or (a-20) is a Class 3 felony if the victim | ||||||
12 | is a person under 18 years of age or if the violation is | ||||||
13 | committed by an individual who is required to register as a | ||||||
14 | sex offender under the Sex Offender Registration Act. | ||||||
15 | (5) A violation of subsection (a-25) is a Class 2 | ||||||
16 | felony if the victim is a person under 18 years of age or | ||||||
17 | if the violation is committed by an individual who is | ||||||
18 | required to register as a sex offender under the Sex | ||||||
19 | Offender Registration Act.
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20 | (e) For purposes of this Section:
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21 | (1) "Residence" includes a rental dwelling, but does | ||||||
22 | not include stairwells, corridors, laundry facilities, or | ||||||
23 | additional areas in which the general public has access.
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24 | (1.5) "Unmanned
aerial vehicle" means an aircraft that | ||||||
25 | does not carry a human
operator and that is capable of | ||||||
26 | flight under remote control or
autonomous programming. |
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1 | "Unmanned
aerial vehicle" includes the following: | ||||||
2 | (A) an unmanned aircraft and an unmanned aircraft | ||||||
3 | system
(both as defined in the Federal Aviation | ||||||
4 | Administration
Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 | ||||||
5 | (P.L.112-95, 126 Stat.
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6 | (B) a small unmanned aircraft and a small unmanned | ||||||
7 | aircraft
system (both as defined in 14 CFR 107.3). | ||||||
8 | (2) "Video record" means and includes any videotape, | ||||||
9 | photograph, film, or other electronic or digital recording | ||||||
10 | of a still or moving visual image; and "live video" means | ||||||
11 | and includes any real-time or contemporaneous electronic | ||||||
12 | or digital transmission of a still or moving visual image.
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13 | (Source: P.A. 96-416, eff. 1-1-10; 97-813, eff. 7-13-12.)
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