Bill Text: IL HB3178 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Freedom from Drone Surveillance Act. Provides that the Act does not prohibit the use of a drone by a law enforcement agency if the law enforcement agency is using the drone for pilot practice or training of a law enforcement officer or airborne photography or video for community marketing purposes or flight demonstrations for the general public.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-03-16 - Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Chris Miller [HB3178 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB3178-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 Freedom from Drone Surveillance Act is | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | amended by changing Section 15 as follows:
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| 6 | (725 ILCS 167/15) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Sec. 15. Exceptions. This Act does not prohibit the use of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | a drone by a law enforcement agency: | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | (1) To counter a high risk of a terrorist attack by a | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | specific individual or organization if the United States | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Secretary of Homeland Security determines that credible | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | intelligence indicates that there is that risk. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | (2) If a law enforcement agency first obtains a search | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | warrant based on probable cause issued under Section 108-3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. The warrant | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | must be limited to a period of 45 days, renewable by the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | judge upon a showing of good cause for subsequent periods | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | of 45 days. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | (3) If a law enforcement agency possesses reasonable | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | suspicion that, under particular circumstances, swift | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | action is needed to prevent imminent harm to life, or to | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | forestall the imminent escape of a suspect or the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | destruction of evidence. The use of a drone under this | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | paragraph (3) is limited to a period of 48 hours. Within 24 | ||||||
| 2 | hours of the initiation of the use of a drone under this | ||||||
| 3 | paragraph (3), the chief executive officer of the law | ||||||
| 4 | enforcement agency must report in writing the use of a | ||||||
| 5 | drone to the local State's Attorney. | ||||||
| 6 | (4) If a law enforcement agency is attempting to | ||||||
| 7 | locate a missing person, and is not also undertaking a | ||||||
| 8 | criminal investigation. | ||||||
| 9 | (5) If a law enforcement agency is using a drone | ||||||
| 10 | solely for crime scene and traffic crash scene | ||||||
| 11 | photography. Crime scene and traffic crash photography | ||||||
| 12 | must be conducted in a geographically confined and | ||||||
| 13 | time-limited manner to document specific occurrences. The | ||||||
| 14 | use of a drone under this paragraph (5) on private | ||||||
| 15 | property requires either a search warrant based on | ||||||
| 16 | probable cause under Section 108-3 of the Code of Criminal | ||||||
| 17 | Procedure of 1963 or lawful consent to search. The use of a | ||||||
| 18 | drone under this paragraph (5) on lands, highways, | ||||||
| 19 | roadways, or areas belonging to this State or political | ||||||
| 20 | subdivisions of this State does not require a search | ||||||
| 21 | warrant or consent to search. Any law enforcement agency | ||||||
| 22 | operating a drone under this paragraph (5) shall make | ||||||
| 23 | every reasonable attempt to only photograph the crime | ||||||
| 24 | scene or traffic crash scene and avoid other areas.
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| 25 | (6) If a law enforcement agency is using a drone | ||||||
| 26 | during a disaster or public health emergency, as defined | ||||||
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| 1 | by Section 4 of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency | ||||||
| 2 | Act. The use of a drone under this paragraph (6) does not | ||||||
| 3 | require an official declaration of a disaster or public | ||||||
| 4 | health emergency prior to use. A law enforcement agency | ||||||
| 5 | may use a drone under this paragraph (6) to obtain | ||||||
| 6 | information necessary for the determination of whether or | ||||||
| 7 | not a disaster or public health emergency should be | ||||||
| 8 | declared, to monitor weather or emergency conditions, to | ||||||
| 9 | survey damage, or to otherwise coordinate response and | ||||||
| 10 | recovery efforts. The use of a drone under this paragraph | ||||||
| 11 | (6) is permissible during the disaster or public health | ||||||
| 12 | emergency and during subsequent response and recovery | ||||||
| 13 | efforts. | ||||||
| 14 | (7) If a law enforcement agency is using a drone for | ||||||
| 15 | pilot practice or training of a law enforcement officer. | ||||||
| 16 | (8) If a law enforcement agency is using a drone for | ||||||
| 17 | airborne photography or video for community marketing | ||||||
| 18 | purposes or flight demonstrations for the general public. | ||||||
| 19 | (Source: P.A. 98-569, eff. 1-1-14; 98-831, eff. 1-1-15.)
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