Bill Text: IL HB4725 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Specifies that inspections of the premises and records and interviews with the employees of an employer may be conducted during normal business or working hours or at other reasonable times (rather than during normal business or working hours). Sets forth a procedure for a person who has received a subpoena to file a petition with the circuit court for an order to modify or set aside the subpoena. Sets forth procedures for the issuance and execution of administrative inspection warrants. Exempts all information and documentary materials that are obtained by the Attorney General under the provisions from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act. Provides for the inspection of the documentary materials by law enforcement under specified conditions. Amends the Freedom of Information Act to make conforming changes. Makes other changes.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8)

Status: (Enrolled) 2026-06-18 - Sent to the Governor [HB4725 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB4725-Enrolled.html

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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Attorney General Act is amended by changing
Section 6.3 as follows:
(15 ILCS 205/6.3)
Sec. 6.3. Worker Protection Unit.
(a) The General Assembly finds that the welfare and
prosperity of all Illinois citizens and businesses requires
the establishment of a Unit within the Attorney General's
Office dedicated to combatting businesses that underpay their
employees, force their employees to work in unsafe conditions,
and gain an unfair economic advantage by avoiding their tax
and labor responsibilities. The Worker Protection Unit shall
be focused on protecting the State's workforce to ensure
workers are paid properly, guarantee safe workplaces, and
allow law-abiding business owners to thrive through healthy
and fair competition. Businesses that violate the State's
worker protection laws put a greater burden on taxpayers by
hurting the State's ability to provide critical services;
compliant businesses cannot compete against those who gain an
unfair advantage by evading their responsibilities.
(b) There is created within the Office of the Attorney

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General a Worker Protection Unit, consisting of Assistant
Attorneys General appointed by the Attorney General, who,
together with other staff as deemed necessary by the Attorney
General, shall have the power and duty on behalf of persons
within this State, to intervene in, initiate, and enforce all
legal proceedings on matters related to the payment of wages,
the safety of the workplace, and fair employment practices,
including, without limitation, the provisions of the
Prevailing Wage Act, the Employee Classification Act, the
Minimum Wage Law, the Day and Temporary Labor Services Act, or
the Wage Payment and Collection Act, and any other law
regarding labor or employment in this State, whenever the
Attorney General determines that such action is necessary to
protect the rights and interests of Illinois workers and
Illinois businesses.
(c) Prior to initiating an action, the Attorney General
shall conduct an investigation and may: (1) require an
individual or entity to file a statement or report in writing
under oath or otherwise, as to all information the Attorney
General may consider necessary; (2) examine under oath any
person alleged to have participated in or with knowledge of
the alleged violation; or (3) issue subpoenas for documents;
(4) require written answers under oath to written
interrogatories; (5) or conduct hearings in aid of any
investigation; (6) inspect the premises of an employer and
inspect and make copies of employment-related records kept at

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the premises during normal business or working hours or at
other reasonable times; and (7) conduct interviews with
employees at an employer's premises during normal business or
working hours or at other reasonable times. The Attorney
General may, at the Attorney General's discretion, resolve an
investigation by mutual agreement prior to or after initiating
an action.
(c-5) An employer, or an agent of the employer, who is
subject to an investigation by the Attorney General shall make
all reasonable efforts to cooperate with the investigation,
including, without limitation, by making the employer's
premises and records available for inspection and by
permitting the employer's employees to participate in
confidential interviews conducted by the Attorney General. An
employer who is subject to an investigation by the Attorney
General under this Section has the right to be assisted by
counsel. An employer may refuse to grant the Attorney General
access to non-publicly accessible areas of the employer's
premises unless the Attorney General obtains an administrative
inspection warrant for the inspection of the premises under
subsection (c-35).
(c-10) Any individual, including an employee, who
voluntarily participates in an interview conducted by the
Attorney General or otherwise provides information to the
Attorney General related to an investigation conducted by the
Worker Protection Unit is a confidential government informer

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for purposes of asserting the government informer's privilege.
(c-15) The production of documentary material in response
to a subpoena served in accordance with this Section shall be
made under a sworn certificate, in such form as the subpoena
designates, by the person, if a natural person, to whom the
demand is directed or, if not a natural person, by a person or
persons having knowledge of the facts and circumstances
relating to the production, to the effect that all of the
documentary material required by the demand and in the
possession, custody, or control of the person to whom the
demand is directed has been produced and made available to the
custodian. All answers to interrogatories and statements or
reports produced in writing shall be accompanied by a
statement under oath attesting to the accuracy of the answers.
(c-20) Any person who has been served a subpoena issued
under this Section may file, in the Circuit Court of Sangamon
or Cook County or the circuit court of the county in which the
witness resides, is found, or transacts business, a petition
for an order to modify or set aside the subpoena. A petition
filed with the circuit court under this subsection shall be
filed with the court and served on the Attorney General within
20 days after the date of service of the subpoena, at any time
before the return date specified in the subpoena, or within a
longer period as may be prescribed in writing by the Attorney
General. The petition shall specify the grounds upon which the
petitioner relies in seeking relief.

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(c-25) If a witness served with a subpoena by the Attorney
General under this Act fails or refuses to attend a proceeding
and provide testimony, produce documentary materials or
interrogatory answers, grant access to the premises, records,
or employees of the witness, or otherwise comply with the
subpoena, the Attorney General may petition the Circuit Court
of Sangamon or Cook County, or the circuit court in the county
in which the witness resides, for an order requiring the
witness to comply with the subpoena. The court's order shall
require the witness to comply with the subpoena by a specified
date and provide a date on which the witness shall show cause
in court as to why the witness should not be held in contempt
of court if the witness fails to comply with the order. The
Attorney General may recover reasonable fees and expenses
incurred in obtaining the order. If the witness is held in
contempt of court, the Attorney General may seek a writ of
attachment or an equivalent court order.
(c-30) An individual, including an employer, an agent of
the employer, or the officer or agent of any private employer,
who, with the intent to avoid, evade, prevent, or obstruct
compliance in whole or in part by any person who has been
served a subpoena by the Attorney General under this Section,
knowingly removes from any place, conceals, withholds,
destroys, mutilates, alters, or by any other means falsifies
any documentary material that is the subject of the subpoena
is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

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(c-35) If, in the course of an investigation conducted in
accordance with subsection (c), the Attorney General believes
that relevant evidence of a violation of a law enforced by the
Worker Protection Unit as set forth in subsection (b) is
located at the premises of an employer or in an employer's
records and if the employer has refused to allow the Attorney
General to inspect the premises or the Attorney General has
reasonable cause to believe that an immediate inspection of
the premises is necessary to carry out its investigation, then
the Attorney General may file or cause to be filed an
application for an administrative inspection warrant. The
issuance and execution of an administrative inspection warrant
shall be as follows:
(1) A judge of a circuit court, upon proper oath or
affirmation showing an inspection is reasonable, may issue
warrants for the purpose of conducting administrative
inspections and seizures of property appropriate to the
inspections. For the purposes of the issuance of an
administrative inspection warrant, an inspection is
reasonable if a valid public interest in the effective
enforcement of any statute enforced by the Worker
Protection Unit sufficiently justifies administrative
inspection of the employer's premises or records.
(2) An administrative inspection warrant shall be
issued only after receipt of an affidavit of a person
having knowledge of the facts alleged that establishes the

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grounds for issuing the administrative inspection warrant.
If the circuit judge is satisfied that there are
reasonable grounds for issuance of an administrative
inspection warrant, the judge shall issue an
administrative inspection warrant. The administrative
inspection warrant shall:
(A) state the grounds for its issuance and the
name of each person whose affidavit has been taken in
support of the warrant;
(B) be directed to an Assistant Attorney General
appointed by the Attorney General or to other staff of
the Office of the Attorney General who will execute
the warrant;
(C) command the person to whom it is directed to
inspect the identified premises or records for the
purposes specified in the warrant and, if appropriate,
direct the seizure of the identified records or other
property;
(D) identify the item or types of property to be
seized, if any; and
(E) direct that the warrant may be served at any
time of the day or night and designate the circuit
court judge to whom it shall be returned.
(3) An administrative inspection warrant issued under
this subsection must be executed and returned within 10
days after the date of its issuance, unless, upon a

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showing of a need for additional time, the court that
issued the inspection warrant orders otherwise. If
property is seized in accordance with an administrative
inspection warrant, a copy of the inventory of the seized
property shall be given to the person from whom or from
whose controlled premises the property is taken. If no
person is available, the inspection warrant and a copy of
the inventory shall be left at the controlled premises.
The inventory shall be made under oath by the person
executing the warrant.
(4) An administrative inspection warrant shall be
returnable before the judge of the circuit court who
issued the inspection warrant or any judge named in the
inspection warrant or before the circuit court. The judge
before whom the return is made shall attach to the
administrative inspection warrant a copy of the return and
all papers returnable in connection with the warrant and
file them with the clerk of the circuit court in which the
inspection warrant is executed.
(5) No warrant shall be quashed or evidence suppressed
because of technical irregularities not affecting the
substantial rights of the person responsible for the
employer's premises or property.
(6) This subsection does not prevent the inspection
without a warrant of books and records produced in
accordance with a subpoena issued under subsection (c).

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(7) No administrative inspection warrant shall be
issued under this subsection with the intent of obtaining
evidence for an ongoing criminal investigation.
(d) In an action brought under this Section, the Attorney
General may obtain, as a remedy, monetary damages to the
State, restitution, and equitable relief, including any
permanent or preliminary injunction, temporary restraining
order, or other order, including an order enjoining the
defendant from engaging in a violation, or order any action as
may be appropriate. In addition, the Attorney General may
request and the court may impose a civil penalty against any
person or entity found by the court to have violated any law
regarding labor or employment in this State, including the
Prevailing Wage Act, the Employee Classification Act, the
Minimum Wage Law, the Day and Temporary Labor Services Act,
the Wage Payment and Collection Act, or any other law related
to the payment of wages, the safety of the workplace, or fair
employment practices, in a sum not to exceed the maximum
amount of any civil penalty prescribed by law. Neither the
State nor an aggrieved individual may recover monetary relief,
including civil penalties, in more than one proceeding related
to the same violation.
(e) Upon the Attorney General's request, the Illinois
Department of Labor shall provide any materials or documents
already in the Department's possession pertaining to the
enforcement of this Section. The Office of the Attorney

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General may use information obtained under this Section,
including information that is designated as and that qualifies
for confidential treatment, which information the Attorney
General's Office shall maintain as confidential, for law
enforcement purposes only, which information may be shared
with other law enforcement officials. Nothing in this Section
is intended to take away or limit any powers of the Attorney
General under common law or other statutory law.
(f) All information and documentary materials that are
obtained by the Attorney General under this Section are exempt
from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act. This
exemption applies to all information and documentary materials
the Attorney General obtains through an investigation under
this Act.
Except as otherwise provided in this Section, no
documentary materials, transcripts of oral testimony, or
answers to interrogatories, or copies of those items, in the
possession of the Attorney General shall be available for
examination by any individual other than an authorized
employee or agent of the Attorney General or a federal, State,
or local law enforcement official without the consent of the
person who produced the documentary materials, oral testimony,
or answers. The Attorney General may provide copies of the
documentary materials, transcripts of oral testimony, or
answers to interrogatories to an official of this State, the
federal government, or another state, who is charged with the

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enforcement of federal or State employment, antitrust, or
consumer protection laws, if the receiving official agrees in
writing, before the disclosure, that the information may not
be disclosed to anyone other than the official or the
official's authorized employees.
The Attorney General may, in the Attorney General's
discretion, use information and documentary materials obtained
in the course of an investigation pursuant to this Act for law
enforcement purposes, including, but not limited to,
interviewing or questioning potential witnesses and
consultants, in a complaint or other pleading, and in court
proceedings.
(Source: P.A. 101-527, eff. 1-1-20.)
Section 10. The Freedom of Information Act is amended by
changing Section 7.5 as follows:
(5 ILCS 140/7.5)
(Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-441 and
104-457)
Sec. 7.5. Statutory exemptions. To the extent provided for
by the statutes referenced below, the following shall be
exempt from inspection and copying:
(a) All information determined to be confidential
under Section 4002 of the Technology Advancement and
Development Act.

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(b) Library circulation and order records identifying
library users with specific materials under the Library
Records Confidentiality Act.
(c) Applications, related documents, and medical
records received by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
Procedures Board and any and all documents or other
records prepared by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
Procedures Board or its staff relating to applications it
has received.
(d) Information and records held by the Department of
Public Health and its authorized representatives relating
to known or suspected cases of sexually transmitted
infection or any information the disclosure of which is
restricted under the Illinois Sexually Transmitted
Infection Control Act.
(e) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
under Section 30 of the Radon Industry Licensing Act.
(f) Firm performance evaluations under Section 55 of
the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying
Qualifications Based Selection Act.
(g) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
and exempted under Section 50 of the Illinois Prepaid
Tuition Act.
(h) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
under the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, and
records of any lawfully created State or local inspector

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general's office that would be exempt if created or
obtained by an Executive Inspector General's office under
that Act.
(i) Information contained in a local emergency energy
plan submitted to a municipality in accordance with a
local emergency energy plan ordinance that is adopted
under Section 11-21.5-5 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
(j) Information and data concerning the distribution
of surcharge moneys collected and remitted by carriers
under the Emergency Telephone System Act.
(k) Law enforcement officer identification information
or driver identification information compiled by a law
enforcement agency or the Department of Transportation
under Section 11-212 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
(l) Records and information provided to a residential
health care facility resident sexual assault and death
review team or the Executive Council under the Abuse
Prevention Review Team Act.
(m) Information provided to the predatory lending
database created pursuant to Article 3 of the Residential
Real Property Disclosure Act, except to the extent
authorized under that Article.
(n) Defense budgets and petitions for certification of
compensation and expenses for court appointed trial
counsel as provided under Sections 10 and 15 of the
Capital Crimes Litigation Act (repealed). This subsection

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(n) shall apply until the conclusion of the trial of the
case, even if the prosecution chooses not to pursue the
death penalty prior to trial or sentencing.
(o) Information that is prohibited from being
disclosed under Section 4 of the Illinois Health and
Hazardous Substances Registry Act.
(p) Security portions of system safety program plans,
investigation reports, surveys, schedules, lists, data, or
information compiled, collected, or prepared by or for the
Department of Transportation under Sections 2705-300 and
2705-616 of the Department of Transportation Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the Regional
Transportation Authority under Section 2.11 of the
Regional Transportation Authority Act, or the St. Clair
County Transit District under the Bi-State Transit Safety
Act (repealed).
(q) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
Personnel Record Review Act.
(r) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
Illinois School Student Records Act.
(s) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
under Section 5-108 of the Public Utilities Act.
(t) (Blank).
(u) Records and information provided to an independent
team of experts under the Developmental Disability and
Mental Health Safety Act (also known as Brian's Law).

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(v) Names and information of people who have applied
for or received Firearm Owner's Identification Cards under
the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act or applied for
or received a concealed carry license under the Firearm
Concealed Carry Act, unless otherwise authorized by the
Firearm Concealed Carry Act; and databases under the
Firearm Concealed Carry Act, records of the Concealed
Carry Licensing Review Board under the Firearm Concealed
Carry Act, and law enforcement agency objections under the
Firearm Concealed Carry Act.
(v-5) Records of the Firearm Owner's Identification
Card Review Board that are exempted from disclosure under
Section 10 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act.
(w) Personally identifiable information which is
exempted from disclosure under subsection (g) of Section
19.1 of the Toll Highway Act.
(x) Information which is exempted from disclosure
under Section 5-1014.3 of the Counties Code or Section
8-11-21 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
(y) Confidential information under the Adult
Protective Services Act and its predecessor enabling
statute, the Elder Abuse and Neglect Act, including
information about the identity and administrative finding
against any caregiver of a verified and substantiated
decision of abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation of
an eligible adult maintained in the Registry established

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under Section 7.5 of the Adult Protective Services Act.
(z) Records and information provided to a fatality
review team or the Illinois Fatality Review Team Advisory
Council under Section 15 of the Adult Protective Services
Act.
(aa) Information which is exempted from disclosure
under Section 2.37 of the Wildlife Code.
(bb) Information which is or was prohibited from
disclosure by the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
(cc) Recordings made under the Law Enforcement
Officer-Worn Body Camera Act, except to the extent
authorized under that Act.
(dd) Information that is prohibited from being
disclosed under Section 45 of the Condominium and Common
Interest Community Ombudsperson Act.
(ee) Information that is exempted from disclosure
under Section 30.1 of the Pharmacy Practice Act.
(ff) Information that is exempted from disclosure
under the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.
(gg) Information that is prohibited from being
disclosed under Section 7-603.5 of the Illinois Vehicle
Code.
(hh) Records that are exempt from disclosure under
Section 1A-16.7 of the Election Code.
(ii) Information which is exempted from disclosure
under Section 2505-800 of the Department of Revenue Law of

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the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
(jj) Information and reports that are required to be
submitted to the Department of Labor by registering day
and temporary labor service agencies but are exempt from
disclosure under subsection (a-1) of Section 45 of the Day
and Temporary Labor Services Act.
(kk) Information prohibited from disclosure under the
Seizure and Forfeiture Reporting Act.
(ll) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
and exempted under Section 5-30.8 of the Illinois Public
Aid Code.
(mm) Records that are exempt from disclosure under
Section 4.2 of the Crime Victims Compensation Act.
(nn) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
Section 70 of the Higher Education Student Assistance Act.
(oo) Communications, notes, records, and reports
arising out of a peer support counseling session
prohibited from disclosure under the First Responders
Suicide Prevention Act.
(pp) Names and all identifying information relating to
an employee of an emergency services provider or law
enforcement agency under the First Responders Suicide
Prevention Act.
(qq) Information and records held by the Department of
Public Health and its authorized representatives collected
under the Reproductive Health Act.

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(rr) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act.
(ss) Data reported by an employer to the Department of
Human Rights pursuant to Section 2-108 of the Illinois
Human Rights Act.
(tt) Recordings made under the Children's Advocacy
Center Act, except to the extent authorized under that
Act.
(uu) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
Section 50 of the Sexual Assault Evidence Submission Act.
(vv) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
subsections (f) and (j) of Section 5-36 of the Illinois
Public Aid Code.
(ww) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
Section 16.8 of the State Treasurer Act.
(xx) Information that is exempt from disclosure or
information that shall not be made public under the
Illinois Insurance Code.
(yy) Information prohibited from being disclosed under
the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act.
(zz) Information prohibited from being disclosed under
the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act.
(aaa) Information prohibited from being disclosed
under Section 1-167 of the Illinois Pension Code.
(bbb) Information that is prohibited from disclosure
by the Illinois Police Training Act and the Illinois State

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Police Act.
(ccc) Records exempt from disclosure under Section
2605-304 of the Illinois State Police Law of the Civil
Administrative Code of Illinois.
(ddd) Information prohibited from being disclosed
under Section 35 of the Address Confidentiality for
Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Human
Trafficking, or Stalking Act.
(eee) Information prohibited from being disclosed
under subsection (b) of Section 75 of the Domestic
Violence Fatality Review Act.
(fff) Images from cameras under the Expressway Camera
Act and all automated license plate reader (ALPR)
information used and collected by the Illinois State
Police. "ALPR information" means information gathered by
an ALPR or created from the analysis of data generated by
an ALPR. This subsection (fff) is inoperative on and after
July 1, 2028.
(ggg) Information prohibited from disclosure under
paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of Section 14 of the Nurse
Agency Licensing Act.
(hhh) Information submitted to the Illinois State
Police in an affidavit or application for an assault
weapon endorsement, assault weapon attachment endorsement,
.50 caliber rifle endorsement, or .50 caliber cartridge
endorsement under the Firearm Owners Identification Card

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Act.
(iii) Data exempt from disclosure under Section 50 of
the School Safety Drill Act.
(jjj) Information exempt from disclosure under Section
30 of the Insurance Data Security Law.
(kkk) Confidential business information prohibited
from disclosure under Section 45 of the Paint Stewardship
Act.
(lll) Data exempt from disclosure under Section
2-3.196 of the School Code.
(mmm) Information prohibited from being disclosed
under subsection (e) of Section 1-129 of the Illinois
Power Agency Act.
(nnn) Materials received by the Department of Commerce
and Economic Opportunity that are confidential under the
Music and Musicians Tax Credit and Jobs Act.
(ooo) Data or information provided pursuant to Section
20 of the Statewide Recycling Needs and Assessment Act.
(ppp) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
Section 28-11 of the Lawful Health Care Activity Act.
(qqq) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
Section 7-101 of the Illinois Human Rights Act.
(rrr) Information prohibited from being disclosed
under Section 4-2 of the Uniform Money Transmission
Modernization Act.
(sss) Information exempt from disclosure under Section

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40 of the Student-Athlete Endorsement Rights Act.
(ttt) Audio recordings made under Section 30 of the
Illinois State Police Act, except to the extent authorized
under that Section.
(uuu) Information prohibited from being disclosed
under Section 30-5 of the Digital Assets Regulation Act.
(www) Information and documentary materials obtained
by the Office of the Attorney General under Section 6.3 of
the Attorney General Act that are exempt from disclosure
under that Section.
(Source: P.A. 103-8, eff. 6-7-23; 103-34, eff. 6-9-23;
103-142, eff. 1-1-24; 103-372, eff. 1-1-24; 103-472, eff.
8-1-24; 103-508, eff. 8-4-23; 103-580, eff. 12-8-23; 103-592,
eff. 6-7-24; 103-605, eff. 7-1-24; 103-636, eff. 7-1-24;
103-724, eff. 1-1-25; 103-786, eff. 8-7-24; 103-859, eff.
8-9-24; 103-991, eff. 8-9-24; 103-1049, eff. 8-9-24; 103-1081,
eff. 3-21-25; 104-10, eff. 6-16-25; 104-18, eff. 6-30-25;
104-417, eff. 8-15-25; 104-428, eff. 8-18-25; revised
9-10-25.)
(Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 104-457 but
before 104-441)
Sec. 7.5. Statutory exemptions. To the extent provided for
by the statutes referenced below, the following shall be
exempt from inspection and copying:
(a) All information determined to be confidential

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under Section 4002 of the Technology Advancement and
Development Act.
(b) Library circulation and order records identifying
library users with specific materials under the Library
Records Confidentiality Act.
(c) Applications, related documents, and medical
records received by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
Procedures Board and any and all documents or other
records prepared by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
Procedures Board or its staff relating to applications it
has received.
(d) Information and records held by the Department of
Public Health and its authorized representatives relating
to known or suspected cases of sexually transmitted
infection or any information the disclosure of which is
restricted under the Illinois Sexually Transmitted
Infection Control Act.
(e) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
under Section 30 of the Radon Industry Licensing Act.
(f) Firm performance evaluations under Section 55 of
the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying
Qualifications Based Selection Act.
(g) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
and exempted under Section 50 of the Illinois Prepaid
Tuition Act.
(h) Information the disclosure of which is exempted

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under the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, and
records of any lawfully created State or local inspector
general's office that would be exempt if created or
obtained by an Executive Inspector General's office under
that Act.
(i) Information contained in a local emergency energy
plan submitted to a municipality in accordance with a
local emergency energy plan ordinance that is adopted
under Section 11-21.5-5 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
(j) Information and data concerning the distribution
of surcharge moneys collected and remitted by carriers
under the Emergency Telephone System Act.
(k) Law enforcement officer identification information
or driver identification information compiled by a law
enforcement agency or the Department of Transportation
under Section 11-212 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
(l) Records and information provided to a residential
health care facility resident sexual assault and death
review team or the Executive Council under the Abuse
Prevention Review Team Act.
(m) Information provided to the predatory lending
database created pursuant to Article 3 of the Residential
Real Property Disclosure Act, except to the extent
authorized under that Article.
(n) Defense budgets and petitions for certification of
compensation and expenses for court appointed trial

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counsel as provided under Sections 10 and 15 of the
Capital Crimes Litigation Act (repealed). This subsection
(n) shall apply until the conclusion of the trial of the
case, even if the prosecution chooses not to pursue the
death penalty prior to trial or sentencing.
(o) Information that is prohibited from being
disclosed under Section 4 of the Illinois Health and
Hazardous Substances Registry Act.
(p) Security portions of system safety program plans,
investigation reports, surveys, schedules, lists, data, or
information compiled, collected, or prepared by or for the
Department of Transportation under Sections 2705-300 and
2705-616 of the Department of Transportation Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the Northern
Illinois Transit Authority under Section 2.11 of the
Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act, or the St. Clair
County Transit District under the Bi-State Transit Safety
Act (repealed).
(q) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
Personnel Record Review Act.
(r) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
Illinois School Student Records Act.
(s) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
under Section 5-108 of the Public Utilities Act.
(t) (Blank).
(u) Records and information provided to an independent

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team of experts under the Developmental Disability and
Mental Health Safety Act (also known as Brian's Law).
(v) Names and information of people who have applied
for or received Firearm Owner's Identification Cards under
the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act or applied for
or received a concealed carry license under the Firearm
Concealed Carry Act, unless otherwise authorized by the
Firearm Concealed Carry Act; and databases under the
Firearm Concealed Carry Act, records of the Concealed
Carry Licensing Review Board under the Firearm Concealed
Carry Act, and law enforcement agency objections under the
Firearm Concealed Carry Act.
(v-5) Records of the Firearm Owner's Identification
Card Review Board that are exempted from disclosure under
Section 10 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act.
(w) Personally identifiable information which is
exempted from disclosure under subsection (g) of Section
19.1 of the Toll Highway Act.
(x) Information which is exempted from disclosure
under Section 5-1014.3 of the Counties Code or Section
8-11-21 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
(y) Confidential information under the Adult
Protective Services Act and its predecessor enabling
statute, the Elder Abuse and Neglect Act, including
information about the identity and administrative finding
against any caregiver of a verified and substantiated

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decision of abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation of
an eligible adult maintained in the Registry established
under Section 7.5 of the Adult Protective Services Act.
(z) Records and information provided to a fatality
review team or the Illinois Fatality Review Team Advisory
Council under Section 15 of the Adult Protective Services
Act.
(aa) Information which is exempted from disclosure
under Section 2.37 of the Wildlife Code.
(bb) Information which is or was prohibited from
disclosure by the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
(cc) Recordings made under the Law Enforcement
Officer-Worn Body Camera Act, except to the extent
authorized under that Act.
(dd) Information that is prohibited from being
disclosed under Section 45 of the Condominium and Common
Interest Community Ombudsperson Act.
(ee) Information that is exempted from disclosure
under Section 30.1 of the Pharmacy Practice Act.
(ff) Information that is exempted from disclosure
under the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.
(gg) Information that is prohibited from being
disclosed under Section 7-603.5 of the Illinois Vehicle
Code.
(hh) Records that are exempt from disclosure under
Section 1A-16.7 of the Election Code.

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(ii) Information which is exempted from disclosure
under Section 2505-800 of the Department of Revenue Law of
the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
(jj) Information and reports that are required to be
submitted to the Department of Labor by registering day
and temporary labor service agencies but are exempt from
disclosure under subsection (a-1) of Section 45 of the Day
and Temporary Labor Services Act.
(kk) Information prohibited from disclosure under the
Seizure and Forfeiture Reporting Act.
(ll) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
and exempted under Section 5-30.8 of the Illinois Public
Aid Code.
(mm) Records that are exempt from disclosure under
Section 4.2 of the Crime Victims Compensation Act.
(nn) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
Section 70 of the Higher Education Student Assistance Act.
(oo) Communications, notes, records, and reports
arising out of a peer support counseling session
prohibited from disclosure under the First Responders
Suicide Prevention Act.
(pp) Names and all identifying information relating to
an employee of an emergency services provider or law
enforcement agency under the First Responders Suicide
Prevention Act.
(qq) Information and records held by the Department of

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Public Health and its authorized representatives collected
under the Reproductive Health Act.
(rr) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act.
(ss) Data reported by an employer to the Department of
Human Rights pursuant to Section 2-108 of the Illinois
Human Rights Act.
(tt) Recordings made under the Children's Advocacy
Center Act, except to the extent authorized under that
Act.
(uu) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
Section 50 of the Sexual Assault Evidence Submission Act.
(vv) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
subsections (f) and (j) of Section 5-36 of the Illinois
Public Aid Code.
(ww) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
Section 16.8 of the State Treasurer Act.
(xx) Information that is exempt from disclosure or
information that shall not be made public under the
Illinois Insurance Code.
(yy) Information prohibited from being disclosed under
the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act.
(zz) Information prohibited from being disclosed under
the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act.
(aaa) Information prohibited from being disclosed
under Section 1-167 of the Illinois Pension Code.

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(bbb) Information that is prohibited from disclosure
by the Illinois Police Training Act and the Illinois State
Police Act.
(ccc) Records exempt from disclosure under Section
2605-304 of the Illinois State Police Law of the Civil
Administrative Code of Illinois.
(ddd) Information prohibited from being disclosed
under Section 35 of the Address Confidentiality for
Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Human
Trafficking, or Stalking Act.
(eee) Information prohibited from being disclosed
under subsection (b) of Section 75 of the Domestic
Violence Fatality Review Act.
(fff) Images from cameras under the Expressway Camera
Act and all automated license plate reader (ALPR)
information used and collected by the Illinois State
Police. "ALPR information" means information gathered by
an ALPR or created from the analysis of data generated by
an ALPR. This subsection (fff) is inoperative on and after
July 1, 2028.
(ggg) Information prohibited from disclosure under
paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of Section 14 of the Nurse
Agency Licensing Act.
(hhh) Information submitted to the Illinois State
Police in an affidavit or application for an assault
weapon endorsement, assault weapon attachment endorsement,

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.50 caliber rifle endorsement, or .50 caliber cartridge
endorsement under the Firearm Owners Identification Card
Act.
(iii) Data exempt from disclosure under Section 50 of
the School Safety Drill Act.
(jjj) Information exempt from disclosure under Section
30 of the Insurance Data Security Law.
(kkk) Confidential business information prohibited
from disclosure under Section 45 of the Paint Stewardship
Act.
(lll) Data exempt from disclosure under Section
2-3.196 of the School Code.
(mmm) Information prohibited from being disclosed
under subsection (e) of Section 1-129 of the Illinois
Power Agency Act.
(nnn) Materials received by the Department of Commerce
and Economic Opportunity that are confidential under the
Music and Musicians Tax Credit and Jobs Act.
(ooo) Data or information provided pursuant to Section
20 of the Statewide Recycling Needs and Assessment Act.
(ppp) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
Section 28-11 of the Lawful Health Care Activity Act.
(qqq) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
Section 7-101 of the Illinois Human Rights Act.
(rrr) Information prohibited from being disclosed
under Section 4-2 of the Uniform Money Transmission

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Modernization Act.
(sss) Information exempt from disclosure under Section
40 of the Student-Athlete Endorsement Rights Act.
(ttt) Audio recordings made under Section 30 of the
Illinois State Police Act, except to the extent authorized
under that Section.
(uuu) Information prohibited from being disclosed
under Section 30-5 of the Digital Assets Regulation Act.
(www) Information and documentary materials obtained
by the Office of the Attorney General under Section 6.3 of
the Attorney General Act that are exempt from disclosure
under that Section.
(Source: P.A. 103-8, eff. 6-7-23; 103-34, eff. 6-9-23;
103-142, eff. 1-1-24; 103-372, eff. 1-1-24; 103-472, eff.
8-1-24; 103-508, eff. 8-4-23; 103-580, eff. 12-8-23; 103-592,
eff. 6-7-24; 103-605, eff. 7-1-24; 103-636, eff. 7-1-24;
103-724, eff. 1-1-25; 103-786, eff. 8-7-24; 103-859, eff.
8-9-24; 103-991, eff. 8-9-24; 103-1049, eff. 8-9-24; 103-1081,
eff. 3-21-25; 104-10, eff. 6-16-25; 104-18, eff. 6-30-25;
104-417, eff. 8-15-25; 104-428, eff. 8-18-25; 104-457, eff.
6-1-26; revised 1-7-26.)
(Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 104-441)
Sec. 7.5. Statutory exemptions. To the extent provided for
by the statutes referenced below, the following shall be
exempt from inspection and copying:

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(a) All information determined to be confidential
under Section 4002 of the Technology Advancement and
Development Act.
(b) Library circulation and order records identifying
library users with specific materials under the Library
Records Confidentiality Act.
(c) Applications, related documents, and medical
records received by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
Procedures Board and any and all documents or other
records prepared by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
Procedures Board or its staff relating to applications it
has received.
(d) Information and records held by the Department of
Public Health and its authorized representatives relating
to known or suspected cases of sexually transmitted
infection or any information the disclosure of which is
restricted under the Illinois Sexually Transmitted
Infection Control Act.
(e) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
under Section 30 of the Radon Industry Licensing Act.
(f) Firm performance evaluations under Section 55 of
the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying
Qualifications Based Selection Act.
(g) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
and exempted under Section 50 of the Illinois Prepaid
Tuition Act.

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(h) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
under the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, and
records of any lawfully created State or local inspector
general's office that would be exempt if created or
obtained by an Executive Inspector General's office under
that Act.
(i) Information contained in a local emergency energy
plan submitted to a municipality in accordance with a
local emergency energy plan ordinance that is adopted
under Section 11-21.5-5 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
(j) Information and data concerning the distribution
of surcharge moneys collected and remitted by carriers
under the Emergency Telephone System Act.
(k) Law enforcement officer identification information
or driver identification information compiled by a law
enforcement agency or the Department of Transportation
under Section 11-212 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
(l) Records and information provided to a residential
health care facility resident sexual assault and death
review team or the Executive Council under the Abuse
Prevention Review Team Act.
(m) Information provided to the predatory lending
database created pursuant to Article 3 of the Residential
Real Property Disclosure Act, except to the extent
authorized under that Article.
(n) Defense budgets and petitions for certification of

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compensation and expenses for court appointed trial
counsel as provided under Sections 10 and 15 of the
Capital Crimes Litigation Act (repealed). This subsection
(n) shall apply until the conclusion of the trial of the
case, even if the prosecution chooses not to pursue the
death penalty prior to trial or sentencing.
(o) Information that is prohibited from being
disclosed under Section 4 of the Illinois Health and
Hazardous Substances Registry Act.
(p) Security portions of system safety program plans,
investigation reports, surveys, schedules, lists, data, or
information compiled, collected, or prepared by or for the
Department of Transportation under Sections 2705-300 and
2705-616 of the Department of Transportation Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the Northern
Illinois Transit Authority under Section 2.11 of the
Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act, or the St. Clair
County Transit District under the Bi-State Transit Safety
Act (repealed).
(q) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
Personnel Record Review Act.
(r) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
Illinois School Student Records Act.
(s) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
under Section 5-108 of the Public Utilities Act.
(t) (Blank).

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(u) Records and information provided to an independent
team of experts under the Developmental Disability and
Mental Health Safety Act (also known as Brian's Law).
(v) Names and information of people who have applied
for or received Firearm Owner's Identification Cards under
the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act or applied for
or received a concealed carry license under the Firearm
Concealed Carry Act, unless otherwise authorized by the
Firearm Concealed Carry Act; and databases under the
Firearm Concealed Carry Act, records of the Concealed
Carry Licensing Review Board under the Firearm Concealed
Carry Act, and law enforcement agency objections under the
Firearm Concealed Carry Act.
(v-5) Records of the Firearm Owner's Identification
Card Review Board that are exempted from disclosure under
Section 10 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act.
(w) Personally identifiable information which is
exempted from disclosure under subsection (g) of Section
19.1 of the Toll Highway Act.
(x) Information which is exempted from disclosure
under Section 5-1014.3 of the Counties Code or Section
8-11-21 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
(y) Confidential information under the Adult
Protective Services Act and its predecessor enabling
statute, the Elder Abuse and Neglect Act, including
information about the identity and administrative finding

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against any caregiver of a verified and substantiated
decision of abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation of
an eligible adult maintained in the Registry established
under Section 7.5 of the Adult Protective Services Act.
(z) Records and information provided to a fatality
review team or the Illinois Fatality Review Team Advisory
Council under Section 15 of the Adult Protective Services
Act.
(aa) Information which is exempted from disclosure
under Section 2.37 of the Wildlife Code.
(bb) Information which is or was prohibited from
disclosure by the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
(cc) Recordings made under the Law Enforcement
Officer-Worn Body Camera Act, except to the extent
authorized under that Act.
(dd) Information that is prohibited from being
disclosed under Section 45 of the Condominium and Common
Interest Community Ombudsperson Act.
(ee) Information that is exempted from disclosure
under Section 30.1 of the Pharmacy Practice Act.
(ff) Information that is exempted from disclosure
under the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.
(gg) Information that is prohibited from being
disclosed under Section 7-603.5 of the Illinois Vehicle
Code.
(hh) Records that are exempt from disclosure under

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Section 1A-16.7 of the Election Code.
(ii) Information which is exempted from disclosure
under Section 2505-800 of the Department of Revenue Law of
the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
(jj) Information and reports that are required to be
submitted to the Department of Labor by registering day
and temporary labor service agencies but are exempt from
disclosure under subsection (a-1) of Section 45 of the Day
and Temporary Labor Services Act.
(kk) Information prohibited from disclosure under the
Seizure and Forfeiture Reporting Act.
(ll) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
and exempted under Section 5-30.8 of the Illinois Public
Aid Code.
(mm) Records that are exempt from disclosure under
Section 4.2 of the Crime Victims Compensation Act.
(nn) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
Section 70 of the Higher Education Student Assistance Act.
(oo) Communications, notes, records, and reports
arising out of a peer support counseling session
prohibited from disclosure under the First Responders
Suicide Prevention Act.
(pp) Names and all identifying information relating to
an employee of an emergency services provider or law
enforcement agency under the First Responders Suicide
Prevention Act.

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(qq) Information and records held by the Department of
Public Health and its authorized representatives collected
under the Reproductive Health Act.
(rr) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act.
(ss) Data reported by an employer to the Department of
Human Rights pursuant to Section 2-108 of the Illinois
Human Rights Act.
(tt) Recordings made under the Children's Advocacy
Center Act, except to the extent authorized under that
Act.
(uu) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
Section 50 of the Sexual Assault Evidence Submission Act.
(vv) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
subsections (f) and (j) of Section 5-36 of the Illinois
Public Aid Code.
(ww) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
Section 16.8 of the State Treasurer Act.
(xx) Information that is exempt from disclosure or
information that shall not be made public under the
Illinois Insurance Code.
(yy) Information prohibited from being disclosed under
the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act.
(zz) Information prohibited from being disclosed under
the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act.
(aaa) Information prohibited from being disclosed

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under Section 1-167 of the Illinois Pension Code.
(bbb) Information that is prohibited from disclosure
by the Illinois Police Training Act and the Illinois State
Police Act.
(ccc) Records exempt from disclosure under Section
2605-304 of the Illinois State Police Law of the Civil
Administrative Code of Illinois.
(ddd) Information prohibited from being disclosed
under Section 35 of the Address Confidentiality for
Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Human
Trafficking, or Stalking Act.
(eee) Information prohibited from being disclosed
under subsection (b) of Section 75 of the Domestic
Violence Fatality Review Act.
(fff) Images from cameras under the Expressway Camera
Act and all automated license plate reader (ALPR)
information used and collected by the Illinois State
Police. "ALPR information" means information gathered by
an ALPR or created from the analysis of data generated by
an ALPR. This subsection (fff) is inoperative on and after
July 1, 2028.
(ggg) Information prohibited from disclosure under
paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of Section 14 of the Nurse
Agency Licensing Act.
(hhh) Information submitted to the Illinois State
Police in an affidavit or application for an assault

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weapon endorsement, assault weapon attachment endorsement,
.50 caliber rifle endorsement, or .50 caliber cartridge
endorsement under the Firearm Owners Identification Card
Act.
(iii) Data exempt from disclosure under Section 50 of
the School Safety Drill Act.
(jjj) Information exempt from disclosure under Section
30 of the Insurance Data Security Law.
(kkk) Confidential business information prohibited
from disclosure under Section 45 of the Paint Stewardship
Act.
(lll) Data exempt from disclosure under Section
2-3.196 of the School Code.
(mmm) Information prohibited from being disclosed
under subsection (e) of Section 1-129 of the Illinois
Power Agency Act.
(nnn) Materials received by the Department of Commerce
and Economic Opportunity that are confidential under the
Music and Musicians Tax Credit and Jobs Act.
(ooo) Data or information provided pursuant to Section
20 of the Statewide Recycling Needs and Assessment Act.
(ppp) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
Section 28-11 of the Lawful Health Care Activity Act.
(qqq) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
Section 7-101 of the Illinois Human Rights Act.
(rrr) Information prohibited from being disclosed

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under Section 4-2 of the Uniform Money Transmission
Modernization Act.
(sss) Information exempt from disclosure under Section
40 of the Student-Athlete Endorsement Rights Act.
(ttt) Audio recordings made under Section 30 of the
Illinois State Police Act, except to the extent authorized
under that Section.
(uuu) Information prohibited from being disclosed
under Section 30-5 of the Digital Assets Regulation Act.
(vvv) (uuu) Information exempt from disclosure under
Section 70 of the End-of-Life Options for Terminally Ill
Patients Act.
(www) Information and documentary materials obtained
by the Office of the Attorney General under Section 6.3 of
the Attorney General Act that are exempt from disclosure
under that Section.
(Source: P.A. 103-8, eff. 6-7-23; 103-34, eff. 6-9-23;
103-142, eff. 1-1-24; 103-372, eff. 1-1-24; 103-472, eff.
8-1-24; 103-508, eff. 8-4-23; 103-580, eff. 12-8-23; 103-592,
eff. 6-7-24; 103-605, eff. 7-1-24; 103-636, eff. 7-1-24;
103-724, eff. 1-1-25; 103-786, eff. 8-7-24; 103-859, eff.
8-9-24; 103-991, eff. 8-9-24; 103-1049, eff. 8-9-24; 103-1081,
eff. 3-21-25; 104-10, eff. 6-16-25; 104-18, eff. 6-30-25;
104-417, eff. 8-15-25; 104-428, eff. 8-18-25; 104-441, eff.
9-12-26; 104-457, eff. 6-1-26; revised 1-7-26.)

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Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes
changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text
that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section
represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does
not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes
made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other
Public Act.