Bill Text: IL HB5231 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Chief Procurement Office for General Services shall determine the automatic license plate readers and ALPR systems for use in the State. Allows a law enforcement agency to enter into a contract with a vendor for the installation, use, or maintenance of ALPR systems approved by the Chief Procurement Office. Provides that a law enforcement agency may use ALPR systems only: (1) as part of a criminal investigation into an alleged violation of State law or any ordinance of any county, city, or town where there is a reasonable suspicion that a crime was committed; (2) as part of an active investigation related to a missing or endangered person, including whether to issue an alert for the person, or a person associated with human trafficking; or (3) to receive notifications related to a missing or endangered person, a person with an outstanding warrant, a person associated with human trafficking, a stolen vehicle, or a stolen license plate. Provides that system data shall be purged after 21 days of the date of its capture and audit trail data shall be purged after 2 years of the date of its capture. Sets forth provisions on the disclosure of system of data and audit trail data. Requires a law enforcement agency that uses ALPR systems to maintain records sufficient to facilitate public reporting, the production of an audit trail, and discovery in criminal and civil proceedings, appeals, and post-conviction proceedings. Sets forth policies for law enforcement agencies to establish in the use of ALPR systems. Requires a law enforcement agency to report on its use of the ALPR systems to the Illinois State Police, the Governor, the General Assembly, and the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority. Provides that a notification by ALPR systems does not, by itself, constitute reasonable suspicion as grounds for a law enforcement agency to stop a vehicle. Provides that any person who willfully and intentionally queries, accesses, or uses ALPR systems for a specified purpose, or who willfully and intentionally sells, shares, or disseminates system data or audit trail data, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. Requires a law enforcement agency to take measures to promote public awareness on the use of ALPR systems. Makes other changes. Makes a conforming change in the Freedom of Information Act.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2026-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB5231 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB5231-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026HB5231 Introduced , by Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Chief Procurement Office for General Services shall determine the automatic license plate readers and ALPR systems for use in the State. Allows a law enforcement agency to enter into a contract with a vendor for the installation, use, or maintenance of ALPR systems approved by the Chief Procurement Office. Provides that a law enforcement agency may use ALPR systems only: (1) as part of a criminal investigation into an alleged violation of State law or any ordinance of any county, city, or town where there is a reasonable suspicion that a crime was committed; (2) as part of an active investigation related to a missing or endangered person, including whether to issue an alert for the person, or a person associated with human trafficking; or (3) to receive notifications related to a missing or endangered person, a person with an outstanding warrant, a person associated with human trafficking, a stolen vehicle, or a stolen license plate. Provides that system data shall be purged after 21 days of the date of its capture and audit trail data shall be purged after 2 years of the date of its capture. Sets forth provisions on the disclosure of system of data and audit trail data. Requires a law enforcement agency that uses ALPR systems to maintain records sufficient to facilitate public reporting, the production of an audit trail, and discovery in criminal and civil proceedings, appeals, and post-conviction proceedings. Sets forth policies for law enforcement agencies to establish in the use of ALPR systems. Requires a law enforcement agency to report on its use of the ALPR systems to the Illinois State Police, the Governor, the General Assembly, and the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority. Provides that a notification by ALPR systems does not, by itself, constitute reasonable suspicion as grounds for a law enforcement agency to stop a vehicle. Provides that any person who willfully and intentionally queries, accesses, or uses ALPR systems for a specified purpose, or who willfully and intentionally sells, shares, or disseminates system data or audit trail data, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. Requires a law enforcement agency to take measures to promote public awareness on the use of ALPR systems. Makes other changes. Makes a conforming change in the Freedom of Information Act.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning transportation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. 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.
(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.

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(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
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

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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
(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

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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).
(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

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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
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.

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(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
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

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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.
(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

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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
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

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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
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

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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
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.
(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,

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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
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

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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
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

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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
(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

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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
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

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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
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

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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
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.

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(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.
(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

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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
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.

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(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
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

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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
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.
(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.

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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:
(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

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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
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.

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(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
(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

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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).
(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

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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
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

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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
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

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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.
(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

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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
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

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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
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

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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
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 exempt from disclosure under Section
2-131 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
(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,

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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.)
Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding
Section 2-131 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/2-131 new)
Sec. 2-131. Use of automatic license plate recognition
systems by law enforcement agencies.
(a) For purposes of this Section:
"Audit trail" means all records of queries and responses
in an automatic license plate reader, and all records of
actions in which system data is accessed, entered, updated,
shared, or disseminated, including the:
(1) date and time of access;
(2) license plate number or other data elements used
to query the system;
(3) specific purpose, as set forth in subsection (d),
for accessing or querying the system, including the
offense type for any criminal investigation;
(4) associated call for service or case number; and
(5) username of the person or persons who accessed or

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queried the system.
"Audit trail data" means all forms of data collected or
generated by an automatic license plate reader for purposes of
producing an audit trail.
"Automatic license plate reader" or "ALPR" has the meaning
given to that term in subsection (a) of Section 2-130.
"ALPR information" has the meaning given to that term in
subsection (a) of Section 2-130.
"ALPR systems" has the meaning given to that term in
subsection (a) of Section 2-130.
"Chief Procurement Office" means the Chief Procurement
Office for General Services in the Chief Procurement Office.
"Law enforcement agency" means any entity with statutory
police powers and the ability to employ individuals authorized
to make arrests. "Law enforcement agency" does not include the
Illinois State Police. "Law enforcement agency" includes any
university, college, or community college.
"Notification" means an alert from an automatic license
plate reader that a license plate or vehicle matches a license
plate or vehicle in a database used by the automatic license
plate reader for comparison purposes.
"Person associated with human trafficking" means a person
who is either a suspected victim or an alleged perpetrator of
either commercial sex trafficking or labor trafficking.
"Publicly post" means to post on a website that is
maintained by the law enforcement agency or on any other

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website on which the law enforcement agency generally posts
information and that is available to the public or that
clearly describes how the public may access the information.
"Query" means a search of ALPR information based on
information entered by the user, including a full or partial
license plate number, any identifying characteristics of a
vehicle, the date, time, or location of an image, or any other
data that is searchable within the ALPR systems.
"System data" means all forms of data collected or
generated by ALPR systems, including images of license plates,
vehicles, any identifying characteristics of vehicles, the
date, time, and location of an image, and any peripheral
images collected from which analytical data may be extracted.
"Vendor" means a business, company, corporation, or other
nongovernmental entity that contracts with a law enforcement
agency for the installation, use, or maintenance of ALPR
systems.
(b) Pursuant to the Illinois Procurement Code, the Chief
Procurement Office for General Services shall determine the
automatic license plate readers and ALPR systems for use in
the State in accordance with this Section. ALPR systems shall
not be approved by the Chief Procurement Office for use by a
law enforcement agency unless:
(1) the vendor certifies that it will not sell or
share any system data or audit trail data gathered in the
State, except upon request of the contracting law

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enforcement agency for a purpose set forth in subsection
(f), and will only access system data or audit trail data
upon request of the contracting law enforcement agency for
maintenance and quality assurance purposes;
(2) the vendor certifies that its ALPR systems is
capable of purging system data collected or generated in
the State after 21 days of the date of its capture, or
earlier if requested by the contracting law enforcement
agency, in such a manner that the system data is destroyed
and not recoverable by either the vendor or the
contracting law enforcement agency;
(3) the vendor certifies that its ALPR systems is
capable of producing an audit trail and purging audit
trail data collected or generated in the State after 2
years of the date of its capture in such a manner that the
audit trail data is destroyed and not recoverable by
either the vendor or the contracting law enforcement
agency;
(4) the databases used by the ALPR systems to provide
notifications as set forth in subsection (d) are updated
at least every 24 hours, or as soon as practicable after
the updates become available; and
(5) the ALPR systems meets information security
standards as established by the Department of Innovation
and Technology.
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with a vendor for the installation, use, or maintenance of
ALPR systems approved by the Chief Procurement Office. The
contract shall specify that system data and audit trail data
will be the property of the law enforcement agency and that the
ALPR systems meets the requirements set forth in subsection
(b). The contract shall further specify that the vendor will
immediately notify the law enforcement agency upon receipt of
any subpoena duces tecum, execution of any search warrant, or
any other request from a third party for the system data or
audit trail data, unless disclosure of the subpoena duces
tecum, search warrant, or request is otherwise prohibited by
law.
(d) A law enforcement agency may use ALPR systems only:
(1) as part of a criminal investigation into an
alleged violation of State law or any ordinance of any
county, city, or town where there is a reasonable
suspicion that a crime was committed;
(2) as part of an active investigation related to a
missing or endangered person, including whether to issue
an alert for the person, or a person associated with human
trafficking; or
(3) to receive notifications related to a missing or
endangered person, a person with an outstanding warrant, a
person associated with human trafficking, a stolen
vehicle, or a stolen license plate.
All information necessary for the creation of an audit

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trail shall be entered in order to query system data. A law
enforcement agency shall not query or download system data
unless the system data is related to at least one of the
purposes under this subsection. A law enforcement agency may
download audit trail data for purposes of generating audit
reports. A stop of a motor vehicle based on a notification from
the ALPR systems shall be consistent with subsection (m).
(e) System data shall be purged after 21 days of the date
of its capture in such a manner that the system data is
destroyed and not recoverable by either the vendor or the law
enforcement agency. Audit trail data shall be purged after 2
years of the date of its capture in such a manner that the
audit trail data is destroyed and not recoverable by either
the vendor or the law enforcement agency. However, if the
system data or audit trail data is part of an ongoing
investigation, prosecution, or civil action, such data shall
be retained by the law enforcement agency until (i) the
investigation concludes without any criminal charges or (ii)
the final disposition of any criminal or civil matter related
to the data, including any direct appeals and any writs of
habeas corpus or federal law, in accordance with applicable
records retention law and policy.
(f) System data and audit trail data shall not be subject
to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act. A law
enforcement agency shall not sell any system data or audit
trail data. A law enforcement agency shall not share system

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data or audit trail data with, or disseminate system data or
audit trail data to, any database of any other State, federal,
private, or commercial entity. A law enforcement agency may
share system data or audit trail data for the following
purposes:
(1) with another law enforcement agency for purposes
set forth in subsection (d), which may include allowing
another law enforcement agency to query system data, as
long as the law enforcement agency receiving the system
data complies with all of the provisions of this Section;
(2) with a State's Attorney for purposes set forth in
subsection (d) or for complying with discovery or a court
order in a criminal proceeding;
(3) with a defendant or the defendant's counsel for
purposes of complying with discovery or a court order in a
criminal proceeding;
(4) pursuant to a court order or a court-issued
subpoena duces tecum in any criminal or civil proceeding;
(5) with the vendor for maintenance or quality
assurance purposes; or
(6) to alert the public to an emergency situation, a
missing or endangered person, a person associated with
human trafficking, or a person with an outstanding
warrant.
In addition, the Illinois State Police shall share system
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operated on any limited access highway or any bridge, tunnel,
or special structure under the jurisdiction of the Department
of Transportation with any law enforcement agency in the
locality where the ALPR systems is installed, maintained, or
operated, and the law enforcement agency may share such system
data for the purposes set forth in this subsection.
(g) A law enforcement agency that uses ALPR systems shall
maintain records sufficient to facilitate public reporting as
required by this Section, the production of an audit trail,
and discovery in criminal and civil proceedings, appeals, and
post-conviction proceedings.
(h) A law enforcement agency that uses ALPR systems shall
establish a policy governing its use that is consistent with
this Section that includes:
(1) training requirements for individuals who will use
or access the ALPR systems;
(2) the purposes for which the ALPR systems may be
used or accessed;
(3) procedures to ensure that the databases used by
the ALPR systems to provide notifications as set forth in
subsection (d) are updated at least every 24 hours, or as
soon as practicable after the updates become available;
(4) procedures to confirm the accuracy of any
notifications made by the ALPR systems before stopping a
vehicle that are consistent with subsection (m);
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is not related to at least one of the purposes set forth in
subsection (d), except for downloads of audit trail data
for purposes of generating audit reports;
(6) an internal auditing procedure that occurs at
least once every 30 days;
(7) procedures for the retention and destruction of
system data and audit trail data that are consistent with
subsection (e);
(8) a prohibition on the sale of system data and audit
trail data and restrictions on the sharing of system data
and audit trail data that are consistent with subsection
(f); and
(9) security procedures to protect the ALPR systems,
system data, and audit trail data from unauthorized
access, destruction, use, modification, or disclosure.
(i) A law enforcement agency that uses ALPR systems shall
report to the Illinois State Police by April 1 of each year, in
a format to be determined by the Illinois State Police, on its
use of the ALPR systems during the preceding calendar year,
which shall include the following data:
(1) the total number of cameras owned or leased by an
agency as part of ALPR systems at the conclusion of each
calendar year, including the number of the cameras
designed to be affixed inside or on a motor vehicle,
permanently affixed adjacent to a highway, or temporarily
affixed or placed adjacent to a highway for purposes of

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capturing system data;
(2) a list of all State and federal databases with
which the system data was compared, unless the existence
of any the database itself is not public;
(3) the total number of times the ALPR systems was
queried, including the specific purposes of the queries,
as set forth in subsection (d), and the offense types for
any criminal investigation;
(4) the race, ethnicity, age, and gender of any
individual identified as a suspect and charged with a
criminal offense as a result of a query of the ALPR systems
as part of a criminal investigation;
(5) the number of motor vehicles stopped based on
notifications from the ALPR systems, including the
specific reasons for the notifications as set forth in
subsection (d);
(6) the race, ethnicity, age, and gender of the driver
of any motor vehicle stopped based on a notification from
the ALPR systems;
(7) whether the law enforcement agency allows any
other law enforcement agency to access its system data,
and if so, which other law enforcement agency has been
granted access;
(8) the number of identified instances of unauthorized
use of or access to the ALPR systems, including the nature
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(9) the number of subpoena duces tecum, search
warrants, and any other requests received from a third
party for system data or audit trail data, including the
identity of the entity that requested the issuance of the
subpoena duces tecum, executed the search warrant, or
requested system data or audit trail data, and whether any
system data or audit trail data was provided to the
entity, unless disclosure of the subpoena duces tecum,
search warrant, or request is otherwise prohibited by law.
(j) The Illinois State Police shall aggregate the data
provided pursuant to subsection (i) and report it to the
Governor, the General Assembly, and the Illinois Criminal
Justice Information Authority by July 1 of each year.
(k) A law enforcement agency that uses ALPR systems shall
publicly post the policy set forth in subsection (h) and the
report set forth in subsection (i). Data shall not be publicly
posted if it contains personal or case identifying
information. If any data (i) contains an articulable concern
for any person's safety, (ii) is otherwise prohibited from
public disclosure by federal or State statute, or (iii) may
compromise sensitive criminal justice information if
disclosed, the data may be excluded from being publicly
posted.
(l) A law enforcement agency shall not use ALPR systems
for the purpose of interfering with individuals engaged in
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content of lawfully protected speech, along with the
prohibitions set forth in subsection (b) of Section 2-130.
(m) A notification by ALPR systems for purposes set forth
in subsection (d) does not, by itself, constitute reasonable
suspicion as grounds for a law enforcement agency to stop a
vehicle. Prior to stopping a vehicle based on a notification,
a law enforcement officer shall:
(1) develop independent reasonable suspicion for the
stop; or
(2) confirm that the license plate or identifying
characteristics of a vehicle match the information
contained in the database used to generate the
notification.
(n) Any person who willfully and intentionally queries,
accesses, or uses ALPR systems for a purpose other than set
forth in subsection (d), or who willfully and intentionally
sells, shares, or disseminates system data or audit trail data
in violation of subsection (f), is guilty of a Class 1
misdemeanor.
(o) Any evidence obtained as the result of a violation of
subsection (d), (f), (l), or (m) is not admissible by the State
in any criminal or civil proceeding, but the evidence may be
admitted by a defendant in a criminal proceeding or a
litigant, other than the State, in a civil proceeding.
(p) This Section does not apply to ALPR systems used:
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includes parking regulations, speed limits, tolling
requirements, high-occupancy vehicle requirements, or
on-road emissions monitoring;
(2) by the Department of Transportation at permanent
weighing stations and in mobile weighing operations; or
(3) by any State or local agency or any private entity
for non-criminal justice purposes.
(q) A vendor shall immediately notify the contracting law
enforcement agency under subsection (c) upon receipt of a
subpoena duces tecum, execution of a search warrant, or any
other request from a third party for any system data or audit
trail data, unless disclosure of the subpoena duces tecum,
search warrant, or request is otherwise prohibited by law.
(r) Prior to or coincident with the implementation of ALPR
systems, a law enforcement agency shall take measures to
promote public awareness on the use of ALPR systems.
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.
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INDEX
Statutes amended in order of appearance
5 ILCS 140/7.5
625 ILCS 5/2-131 new