Bill Text: IL SB2680 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Judicial Privacy Act. Changes the name of the short title of the Act to the Government Official Privacy Act. Provides that the Act applies to a government official. Defines "government official" as a judicial officer, legislative officer, or executive officer. Defines "legislative officer" and "executive officer". Amends various Acts to make conforming changes.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2025-10-14 - Referred to Assignments [SB2680 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-SB2680-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026SB2680 Introduced 10/14/2025, by Sen. Adriane Johnson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
5 ILCS 140/7
10 ILCS 5/7A-1 from Ch. 46, par. 7A-1
10 ILCS 5/10-10.5
15 ILCS 335/4 from Ch. 124, par. 24
15 ILCS 335/5
625 ILCS 5/3-405 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-405
705 ILCS 90/1-1
705 ILCS 90/1-5
705 ILCS 90/1-10
705 ILCS 90/2-1
705 ILCS 90/2-5
705 ILCS 90/2-10
705 ILCS 90/3-1
Amends the Judicial Privacy Act. Changes the name of the short title of the Act to the Government Official Privacy Act. Provides that the Act applies to a government official. Defines "government official" as a judicial officer, legislative officer, or executive officer. Defines "legislative officer" and "executive officer". Amends various Acts to make conforming changes.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning government.
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 as follows:
(5 ILCS 140/7)
Sec. 7. Exemptions.
(1) When a request is made to inspect or copy a public
record that contains information that is exempt from
disclosure under this Section, but also contains information
that is not exempt from disclosure, the public body may elect
to redact the information that is exempt. The public body
shall make the remaining information available for inspection
and copying. Subject to this requirement, the following shall
be exempt from inspection and copying:
(a) Information specifically prohibited from
disclosure by federal or State law or rules and
regulations implementing federal or State law.
(b) Private information, unless disclosure is required
by another provision of this Act, a State or federal law,
or a court order.
(b-5) Files, documents, and other data or databases
maintained by one or more law enforcement agencies and

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specifically designed to provide information to one or
more law enforcement agencies regarding the physical or
mental status of one or more individual subjects.
(c) Personal information contained within public
records, the disclosure of which would constitute a
clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, unless
the disclosure is consented to in writing by the
individual subjects of the information. "Unwarranted
invasion of personal privacy" means the disclosure of
information that is highly personal or objectionable to a
reasonable person and in which the subject's right to
privacy outweighs any legitimate public interest in
obtaining the information. The disclosure of information
that bears on the public duties of public employees and
officials shall not be considered an invasion of personal
privacy.
(d) Records in the possession of any public body
created in the course of administrative enforcement
proceedings, and any law enforcement or correctional
agency for law enforcement purposes, but only to the
extent that disclosure would:
(i) interfere with pending or actually and
reasonably contemplated law enforcement proceedings
conducted by any law enforcement or correctional
agency that is the recipient of the request;
(ii) interfere with active administrative

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enforcement proceedings conducted by the public body
that is the recipient of the request;
(iii) create a substantial likelihood that a
person will be deprived of a fair trial or an impartial
hearing;
(iv) unavoidably disclose the identity of a
confidential source, confidential information
furnished only by the confidential source, or persons
who file complaints with or provide information to
administrative, investigative, law enforcement, or
penal agencies; except that the identities of
witnesses to traffic crashes, traffic crash reports,
and rescue reports shall be provided by agencies of
local government, except when disclosure would
interfere with an active criminal investigation
conducted by the agency that is the recipient of the
request;
(v) disclose unique or specialized investigative
techniques other than those generally used and known
or disclose internal documents of correctional
agencies related to detection, observation, or
investigation of incidents of crime or misconduct, and
disclosure would result in demonstrable harm to the
agency or public body that is the recipient of the
request;
(vi) endanger the life or physical safety of law

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enforcement personnel or any other person; or
(vii) obstruct an ongoing criminal investigation
by the agency that is the recipient of the request.
(d-5) A law enforcement record created for law
enforcement purposes and contained in a shared electronic
record management system if the law enforcement agency
that is the recipient of the request did not create the
record, did not participate in or have a role in any of the
events which are the subject of the record, and only has
access to the record through the shared electronic record
management system.
(d-6) Records contained in the Officer Professional
Conduct Database under Section 9.2 of the Illinois Police
Training Act, except to the extent authorized under that
Section. This includes the documents supplied to the
Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board from the
Illinois State Police and Illinois State Police Merit
Board.
(d-7) Information gathered or records created from the
use of automatic license plate readers in connection with
Section 2-130 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
(e) Records that relate to or affect the security of
correctional institutions and detention facilities.
(e-5) Records requested by persons committed to the
Department of Corrections, Department of Human Services
Division of Mental Health, or a county jail if those

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materials are available in the library of the correctional
institution or facility or jail where the inmate is
confined.
(e-6) Records requested by persons committed to the
Department of Corrections, Department of Human Services
Division of Mental Health, or a county jail if those
materials include records from staff members' personnel
files, staff rosters, or other staffing assignment
information.
(e-7) Records requested by persons committed to the
Department of Corrections or Department of Human Services
Division of Mental Health if those materials are available
through an administrative request to the Department of
Corrections or Department of Human Services Division of
Mental Health.
(e-8) Records requested by a person committed to the
Department of Corrections, Department of Human Services
Division of Mental Health, or a county jail, the
disclosure of which would result in the risk of harm to any
person or the risk of an escape from a jail or correctional
institution or facility.
(e-9) Records requested by a person in a county jail
or committed to the Department of Corrections or
Department of Human Services Division of Mental Health,
containing personal information pertaining to the person's
victim or the victim's family, including, but not limited

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to, a victim's home address, home telephone number, work
or school address, work telephone number, social security
number, or any other identifying information, except as
may be relevant to a requester's current or potential case
or claim.
(e-10) Law enforcement records of other persons
requested by a person committed to the Department of
Corrections, Department of Human Services Division of
Mental Health, or a county jail, including, but not
limited to, arrest and booking records, mug shots, and
crime scene photographs, except as these records may be
relevant to the requester's current or potential case or
claim.
(f) Preliminary drafts, notes, recommendations,
memoranda, and other records in which opinions are
expressed, or policies or actions are formulated, except
that a specific record or relevant portion of a record
shall not be exempt when the record is publicly cited and
identified by the head of the public body. The exemption
provided in this paragraph (f) extends to all those
records of officers and agencies of the General Assembly
that pertain to the preparation of legislative documents.
(g) Trade secrets and commercial or financial
information obtained from a person or business where the
trade secrets or commercial or financial information are
furnished under a claim that they are proprietary,

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privileged, or confidential, and that disclosure of the
trade secrets or commercial or financial information would
cause competitive harm to the person or business, and only
insofar as the claim directly applies to the records
requested.
The information included under this exemption includes
all trade secrets and commercial or financial information
obtained by a public body, including a public pension
fund, from a private equity fund or a privately held
company within the investment portfolio of a private
equity fund as a result of either investing or evaluating
a potential investment of public funds in a private equity
fund. The exemption contained in this item does not apply
to the aggregate financial performance information of a
private equity fund, nor to the identity of the fund's
managers or general partners. The exemption contained in
this item does not apply to the identity of a privately
held company within the investment portfolio of a private
equity fund, unless the disclosure of the identity of a
privately held company may cause competitive harm.
Nothing contained in this paragraph (g) shall be
construed to prevent a person or business from consenting
to disclosure.
(h) Proposals and bids for any contract, grant, or
agreement, including information which if it were
disclosed would frustrate procurement or give an advantage

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to any person proposing to enter into a contractor
agreement with the body, until an award or final selection
is made. Information prepared by or for the body in
preparation of a bid solicitation shall be exempt until an
award or final selection is made.
(i) Valuable formulae, computer geographic systems,
designs, drawings, and research data obtained or produced
by any public body when disclosure could reasonably be
expected to produce private gain or public loss. The
exemption for "computer geographic systems" provided in
this paragraph (i) does not extend to requests made by
news media as defined in Section 2 of this Act when the
requested information is not otherwise exempt and the only
purpose of the request is to access and disseminate
information regarding the health, safety, welfare, or
legal rights of the general public.
(j) The following information pertaining to
educational matters:
(i) test questions, scoring keys, and other
examination data used to administer an academic
examination;
(ii) information received by a primary or
secondary school, college, or university under its
procedures for the evaluation of faculty members by
their academic peers;
(iii) information concerning a school or

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university's adjudication of student disciplinary
cases, but only to the extent that disclosure would
unavoidably reveal the identity of the student; and
(iv) course materials or research materials used
by faculty members.
(k) Architects' plans, engineers' technical
submissions, and other construction related technical
documents for projects not constructed or developed in
whole or in part with public funds and the same for
projects constructed or developed with public funds,
including, but not limited to, power generating and
distribution stations and other transmission and
distribution facilities, water treatment facilities,
airport facilities, sport stadiums, convention centers,
and all government owned, operated, or occupied buildings,
but only to the extent that disclosure would compromise
security.
(l) Minutes of meetings of public bodies closed to the
public as provided in the Open Meetings Act until the
public body makes the minutes available to the public
under Section 2.06 of the Open Meetings Act.
(m) Communications between a public body and an
attorney or auditor representing the public body that
would not be subject to discovery in litigation, and
materials prepared or compiled by or for a public body in
anticipation of a criminal, civil, or administrative

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proceeding upon the request of an attorney advising the
public body, and materials prepared or compiled with
respect to internal audits of public bodies.
(n) Records relating to a public body's adjudication
of employee grievances or disciplinary cases; however,
this exemption shall not extend to the final outcome of
cases in which discipline is imposed.
(o) Administrative or technical information associated
with automated data processing operations, including, but
not limited to, software, operating protocols, computer
program abstracts, file layouts, source listings, object
modules, load modules, user guides, documentation
pertaining to all logical and physical design of
computerized systems, employee manuals, and any other
information that, if disclosed, would jeopardize the
security of the system or its data or the security of
materials exempt under this Section.
(p) Records relating to collective negotiating matters
between public bodies and their employees or
representatives, except that any final contract or
agreement shall be subject to inspection and copying.
(q) Test questions, scoring keys, and other
examination data used to determine the qualifications of
an applicant for a license or employment.
(r) The records, documents, and information relating
to real estate purchase negotiations until those

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negotiations have been completed or otherwise terminated.
With regard to a parcel involved in a pending or actually
and reasonably contemplated eminent domain proceeding
under the Eminent Domain Act, records, documents, and
information relating to that parcel shall be exempt except
as may be allowed under discovery rules adopted by the
Illinois Supreme Court. The records, documents, and
information relating to a real estate sale shall be exempt
until a sale is consummated.
(s) Any and all proprietary information and records
related to the operation of an intergovernmental risk
management association or self-insurance pool or jointly
self-administered health and accident cooperative or pool.
Insurance or self-insurance (including any
intergovernmental risk management association or
self-insurance pool) claims, loss or risk management
information, records, data, advice, or communications.
(t) Information contained in or related to
examination, operating, or condition reports prepared by,
on behalf of, or for the use of a public body responsible
for the regulation or supervision of financial
institutions, insurance companies, or pharmacy benefit
managers, unless disclosure is otherwise required by State
law.
(u) Information that would disclose or might lead to
the disclosure of secret or confidential information,

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codes, algorithms, programs, or private keys intended to
be used to create electronic signatures under the Uniform
Electronic Transactions Act.
(v) Vulnerability assessments, security measures, and
response policies or plans that are designed to identify,
prevent, or respond to potential attacks upon a
community's population or systems, facilities, or
installations, but only to the extent that disclosure
could reasonably be expected to expose the vulnerability
or jeopardize the effectiveness of the measures, policies,
or plans, or the safety of the personnel who implement
them or the public. Information exempt under this item may
include such things as details pertaining to the
mobilization or deployment of personnel or equipment, to
the operation of communication systems or protocols, to
cybersecurity vulnerabilities, or to tactical operations.
(w) (Blank).
(x) Maps and other records regarding the location or
security of generation, transmission, distribution,
storage, gathering, treatment, or switching facilities
owned by a utility, by a power generator, or by the
Illinois Power Agency.
(y) Information contained in or related to proposals,
bids, or negotiations related to electric power
procurement under Section 1-75 of the Illinois Power
Agency Act and Section 16-111.5 of the Public Utilities

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Act that is determined to be confidential and proprietary
by the Illinois Power Agency or by the Illinois Commerce
Commission.
(z) Information about students exempted from
disclosure under Section 10-20.38 or 34-18.29 of the
School Code, and information about undergraduate students
enrolled at an institution of higher education exempted
from disclosure under Section 25 of the Illinois Credit
Card Marketing Act of 2009.
(aa) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
under the Viatical Settlements Act of 2009.
(bb) Records and information provided to a mortality
review team and records maintained by a mortality review
team appointed under the Department of Juvenile Justice
Mortality Review Team Act.
(cc) Information regarding interments, entombments, or
inurnments of human remains that are submitted to the
Cemetery Oversight Database under the Cemetery Care Act or
the Cemetery Oversight Act, whichever is applicable.
(dd) Correspondence and records (i) that may not be
disclosed under Section 11-9 of the Illinois Public Aid
Code or (ii) that pertain to appeals under Section 11-8 of
the Illinois Public Aid Code.
(ee) The names, addresses, or other personal
information of persons who are minors and are also
participants and registrants in programs of park

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districts, forest preserve districts, conservation
districts, recreation agencies, and special recreation
associations.
(ff) The names, addresses, or other personal
information of participants and registrants in programs of
park districts, forest preserve districts, conservation
districts, recreation agencies, and special recreation
associations where such programs are targeted primarily to
minors.
(gg) Confidential information described in Section
1-100 of the Illinois Independent Tax Tribunal Act of
2012.
(hh) The report submitted to the State Board of
Education by the School Security and Standards Task Force
under item (8) of subsection (d) of Section 2-3.160 of the
School Code and any information contained in that report.
(ii) Records requested by persons committed to or
detained by the Department of Human Services under the
Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act or committed to
the Department of Corrections under the Sexually Dangerous
Persons Act if those materials: (i) are available in the
library of the facility where the individual is confined;
(ii) include records from staff members' personnel files,
staff rosters, or other staffing assignment information;
or (iii) are available through an administrative request
to the Department of Human Services or the Department of

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Corrections.
(jj) Confidential information described in Section
5-535 of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
(kk) The public body's credit card numbers, debit card
numbers, bank account numbers, Federal Employer
Identification Number, security code numbers, passwords,
and similar account information, the disclosure of which
could result in identity theft or impression or defrauding
of a governmental entity or a person.
(ll) Records concerning the work of the threat
assessment team of a school district, including, but not
limited to, any threat assessment procedure under the
School Safety Drill Act and any information contained in
the procedure.
(mm) Information prohibited from being disclosed under
subsections (a) and (b) of Section 15 of the Student
Confidential Reporting Act.
(nn) Proprietary information submitted to the
Environmental Protection Agency under the Drug Take-Back
Act.
(oo) Records described in subsection (f) of Section
3-5-1 of the Unified Code of Corrections.
(pp) Any and all information regarding burials,
interments, or entombments of human remains as required to
be reported to the Department of Natural Resources
pursuant either to the Archaeological and Paleontological

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Resources Protection Act or the Human Remains Protection
Act.
(qq) Reports described in subsection (e) of Section
16-15 of the Abortion Care Clinical Training Program Act.
(rr) Information obtained by a certified local health
department under the Access to Public Health Data Act.
(ss) For a request directed to a public body that is
also a HIPAA-covered entity, all information that is
protected health information, including demographic
information, that may be contained within or extracted
from any record held by the public body in compliance with
State and federal medical privacy laws and regulations,
including, but not limited to, the Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act and its regulations, 45
CFR Parts 160 and 164. As used in this paragraph,
"HIPAA-covered entity" has the meaning given to the term
"covered entity" in 45 CFR 160.103 and "protected health
information" has the meaning given to that term in 45 CFR
160.103.
(tt) Proposals or bids submitted by engineering
consultants in response to requests for proposal or other
competitive bidding requests by the Department of
Transportation or the Illinois Toll Highway Authority.
(1.5) Any information exempt from disclosure under the
Government Official Judicial Privacy Act shall be redacted
from public records prior to disclosure under this Act.

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(2) A public record that is not in the possession of a
public body but is in the possession of a party with whom the
agency has contracted to perform a governmental function on
behalf of the public body, and that directly relates to the
governmental function and is not otherwise exempt under this
Act, shall be considered a public record of the public body,
for purposes of this Act.
(3) This Section does not authorize withholding of
information or limit the availability of records to the
public, except as stated in this Section or otherwise provided
in this Act.
(Source: P.A. 102-38, eff. 6-25-21; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21;
102-694, eff. 1-7-22; 102-752, eff. 5-6-22; 102-753, eff.
1-1-23; 102-776, eff. 1-1-23; 102-791, eff. 5-13-22; 102-982,
eff. 7-1-23; 102-1055, eff. 6-10-22; 103-154, eff. 6-30-23;
103-423, eff. 1-1-24; 103-446, eff. 8-4-23; 103-462, eff.
8-4-23; 103-540, eff. 1-1-24; 103-554, eff. 1-1-24; 103-605,
eff. 7-1-24; 103-865, eff. 1-1-25.)
Section 10. The Election Code is amended by changing
Sections 7A-1 and 10-10.5 as follows:
(10 ILCS 5/7A-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 7A-1)
Sec. 7A-1. Any Supreme, Appellate or Circuit Judge who has
been elected to that office and who seeks to be retained in
that office under subsection (d) of Section 12 of Article VI of

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the Constitution shall file a declaration of candidacy to
succeed himself in the office of the Secretary of State not
less than 6 months before the general election preceding the
expiration of his term of office. Within 3 business days
thereafter, the Secretary of State shall certify to the State
Board of Elections the names of all incumbent judges who were
eligible to stand for retention at the next general election
but failed to timely file a declaration of candidacy to
succeed themselves in office or, having timely filed such a
declaration, withdrew it. The State Board of Elections may
rely upon the certification from the Secretary of State (a) to
determine when vacancies in judicial office exist and (b) to
determine the judicial positions for which elections will be
held. The Secretary of State, not less than 63 days before the
election, shall certify the Judge's candidacy to the proper
election officials. The names of Judges seeking retention
shall be submitted to the electors, separately and without
party designation, on the sole question whether each Judge
shall be retained in office for another term. The retention
elections shall be conducted at general elections in the
appropriate Judicial District, for Supreme and Appellate
Judges, and in the circuit for Circuit Judges. The affirmative
vote of three-fifths of the electors voting on the question
shall elect the Judge to the office for a term commencing on
the first Monday in December following his election.
Upon certification of a Judge's candidacy for retention by

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the Secretary of State, the judicial candidate may file a
written request with the Secretary of State for redaction of
the judicial candidate's home address information from the
candidate's declaration of candidacy for retention. After
receipt of the candidate's written request, the Secretary of
State shall redact or cause redaction of the judicial
candidate's home address from the candidate's declaration of
candidacy for retention within 5 business days. For the
purposes of this subsection, "home address" has the meaning as
defined in Section 1-10 of the Government Official Judicial
Privacy Act.
(Source: P.A. 96-886, eff. 1-1-11; 97-847, eff. 9-22-12.)
(10 ILCS 5/10-10.5)
Sec. 10-10.5. Removal of judicial officer's address
information from the certificate of nomination or nomination
papers.
(a) Upon expiration of the period for filing an objection
to a judicial candidate's certificate of nomination or
nomination papers, a judicial officer who is a judicial
candidate may file a written request with the State Board of
Elections for redaction of the judicial officer's home address
information from his or her certificate of nomination or
nomination papers. After receipt of the judicial officer's
written request, the State Board of Elections shall redact or
cause redaction of the judicial officer's home address from

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his or her certificate of nomination or nomination papers
within 5 business days.
(b) Prior to expiration of the period for filing an
objection to a judicial candidate's certificate of nomination
or nomination papers, the home address information from the
certificate of nomination or nomination papers of a judicial
officer who is a judicial candidate is available for public
inspection. After redaction of a judicial officer's home
address information under paragraph (a) of this Section, the
home address information is only available for an in camera
inspection by the court reviewing an objection to the judicial
officer's certificate of nomination or nomination papers.
(c) For the purposes of this Section, "home address" has
the meaning as defined in Section 1-10 of the Government
Official Judicial Privacy Act.
(Source: P.A. 97-847, eff. 9-22-12; 98-463, eff. 8-16-13.)
Section 15. The Illinois Identification Card Act is
amended by changing Sections 4 and 5 as follows:
(15 ILCS 335/4) (from Ch. 124, par. 24)
Sec. 4. Identification card.
(a) In accordance with the requirements of this Section,
the Secretary of State shall issue a standard Illinois
Identification Card, as well as a mobile Illinois
Identification Card, to any natural person who is a resident

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of the State of Illinois who applies for such a card, or
renewal thereof. No identification card shall be issued to any
person who holds a valid foreign state identification card,
license, or permit unless the person first surrenders to the
Secretary of State the valid foreign state identification
card, license, or permit. The card shall be prepared and
supplied by the Secretary of State and shall include a
photograph and signature or mark of the applicant. However,
the Secretary of State may provide by rule for the issuance of
Illinois Identification Cards without photographs if the
applicant has a bona fide religious objection to being
photographed or to the display of his or her photograph. The
Illinois Identification Card may be used for identification
purposes in any lawful situation only by the person to whom it
was issued. As used in this Act, "photograph" means any color
photograph or digitally produced and captured image of an
applicant for an identification card. As used in this Act,
"signature" means the name of a person as written by that
person and captured in a manner acceptable to the Secretary of
State.
(a-5) If an applicant for an identification card has a
current driver's license or instruction permit issued by the
Secretary of State, the Secretary may require the applicant to
utilize the same residence address and name on the
identification card, driver's license, and instruction permit
records maintained by the Secretary. The Secretary may

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promulgate rules to implement this provision.
(a-10) If the applicant is a judicial officer as defined
in Section 1-10 of the Government Official Judicial Privacy
Act or a peace officer, the applicant may elect to have his or
her office or work address listed on the card instead of the
applicant's residence or mailing address. The Secretary may
promulgate rules to implement this provision. For the purposes
of this subsection (a-10), "peace officer" means any person
who by virtue of his or her office or public employment is
vested by law with a duty to maintain public order or to make
arrests for a violation of any penal statute of this State,
whether that duty extends to all violations or is limited to
specific violations.
(a-15) The Secretary of State may provide for an expedited
process for the issuance of an Illinois Identification Card.
The Secretary shall charge an additional fee for the expedited
issuance of an Illinois Identification Card, to be set by
rule, not to exceed $75. All fees collected by the Secretary
for expedited Illinois Identification Card service shall be
deposited into the Secretary of State Special Services Fund.
The Secretary may adopt rules regarding the eligibility,
process, and fee for an expedited Illinois Identification
Card. If the Secretary of State determines that the volume of
expedited identification card requests received on a given day
exceeds the ability of the Secretary to process those requests
in an expedited manner, the Secretary may decline to provide

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expedited services, and the additional fee for the expedited
service shall be refunded to the applicant.
(a-20) The Secretary of State shall issue a standard
Illinois Identification Card to a person committed to the
Department of Corrections, the Department of Juvenile Justice,
a Federal Bureau of Prisons facility located in Illinois, or a
county jail or county department of corrections as follows: if
the person has a social security number,
(1) A committed person who has previously held an
Illinois Identification Card or an Illinois driver's
license shall submit an Identification Card verification
form to the Secretary of State, including a photograph
taken by the correctional facility, proof of residency
upon discharge, and a social security number, if the
committed person has a social security number. If the
committed person does not have a social security number
and is eligible for a social security number, the
Secretary of State shall not issue a standard Illinois
Identification Card until the committed person obtains a
social security number. If the committed person's
photograph and demographic information matches an existing
Illinois Identification Card or Illinois driver's license
and the Secretary of State verifies the applicant's social
security number with the Social Security Administration,
the Secretary of State shall issue the committed person a
standard Illinois Identification Card. If the photograph

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or demographic information matches an existing Illinois
Identification Card or Illinois driver's license in
another person's name or identity, a standard Illinois
Identification Card shall not be issued until the
committed person submits a certified birth certificate and
social security card to the Secretary of State and the
Secretary of State verifies the identity of the committed
person. If the Secretary of State cannot find a match to an
existing Illinois Identification Card or Illinois driver's
license, the committed person may apply for a standard
Illinois Identification card as described in paragraph
(2).
(2) A committed person who has not previously held an
Illinois Identification Card or Illinois driver's license
or for whom a match cannot be found as described in
paragraph (1) shall submit an Illinois Identification Card
verification form, including a photograph taken by the
correctional facility, a certified birth certificate,
proof of residency upon discharge, and a social security
number, if the committed has a social security number. If
the committed person does not have a social security
number and is eligible for a social security number, the
Secretary of State shall not issue a standard Illinois
Identification Card until the committed person obtains a
social security number. If the Secretary of State verifies
the applicant's social security number with the Social

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Security Administration, the Secretary of State shall
issue the committed person a standard Illinois
Identification Card.
The Illinois Identification Card verification form
described in this subsection shall be prescribed by the
Secretary of State. The Secretary of State and correctional
facilities in this State shall establish a secure method to
transfer the form.
(a-25) The Secretary of State shall issue a limited-term
Illinois Identification Card valid for 90 days to a committed
person upon release on parole, mandatory supervised release,
aftercare release, final discharge, or pardon from the
Department of Corrections, the Department of Juvenile Justice,
a Federal Bureau of Prisons facility located in Illinois, or a
county jail or county department of corrections, if the
released person does not obtain a standard Illinois
Identification Card as described in subsection (a-20) prior to
release but does present a Secretary of State prescribed
Identification Card verification form completed by the
correctional facility, verifying the released person's date of
birth, social security number, if the person has a social
security number, and his or her Illinois residence address.
The verification form must have been completed no more than 30
days prior to the date of application for the Illinois
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limited-term Illinois Identification Card, if the released
person submits to the Secretary of State a certified copy of
his or her birth certificate and his or her social security
card, if the person has a social security number, or other
documents authorized by the Secretary, a standard Illinois
Identification Card shall be issued. A limited-term Illinois
Identification Card may not be renewed.
This subsection shall not apply to a released person who
was unable to obtain a standard Illinois Identification Card
because his or her photograph or demographic information
matched an existing Illinois Identification Card or Illinois
driver's license in another person's name or identity or to a
released person who does not have a social security number and
is eligible for a social security number.
(a-30) The Secretary of State shall issue a standard
Illinois Identification Card to a person upon conditional
release or absolute discharge from the custody of the
Department of Human Services, if the person presents a
certified copy of his or her birth certificate, social
security card, if the person has a social security number, or
other documents authorized by the Secretary, and a document
proving his or her Illinois residence address. The Secretary
of State shall issue a standard Illinois Identification Card
to a person prior to his or her conditional release or absolute
discharge if personnel from the Department of Human Services
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required documents. Documents proving residence address may
include any official document of the Department of Human
Services showing the person's address after release and a
Secretary of State prescribed verification form, which may be
executed by personnel of the Department of Human Services.
(a-35) The Secretary of State shall issue a limited-term
Illinois Identification Card valid for 90 days to a person
upon conditional release or absolute discharge from the
custody of the Department of Human Services, if the person is
unable to present a certified copy of his or her birth
certificate and social security card, if the person has a
social security number, or other documents authorized by the
Secretary, but does present a Secretary of State prescribed
verification form completed by the Department of Human
Services, verifying the person's date of birth and social
security number, if the person has a social security number,
and a document proving his or her Illinois residence address.
The verification form must have been completed no more than 30
days prior to the date of application for the Illinois
Identification Card. The Secretary of State shall issue a
limited-term Illinois Identification Card to a person no
sooner than 14 days prior to his or her conditional release or
absolute discharge if personnel from the Department of Human
Services bring the person to a Secretary of State location
with the required documents. Documents proving residence
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of Human Services showing the person's address after release
and a Secretary of State prescribed verification form, which
may be executed by personnel of the Department of Human
Services.
(b) The Secretary of State shall issue a special Illinois
Identification Card, which shall be known as an Illinois
Person with a Disability Identification Card, to any natural
person who is a resident of the State of Illinois, who is a
person with a disability as defined in Section 4A of this Act,
who applies for such card, or renewal thereof. No Illinois
Person with a Disability Identification Card shall be issued
to any person who holds a valid foreign state identification
card, license, or permit unless the person first surrenders to
the Secretary of State the valid foreign state identification
card, license, or permit. The Secretary of State shall charge
no fee to issue such card. The card shall be prepared and
supplied by the Secretary of State, and shall include a
photograph and signature or mark of the applicant, a
designation indicating that the card is an Illinois Person
with a Disability Identification Card, and shall include a
comprehensible designation of the type and classification of
the applicant's disability as set out in Section 4A of this
Act. However, the Secretary of State may provide by rule for
the issuance of Illinois Person with a Disability
Identification Cards without photographs if the applicant has
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the display of his or her photograph. If the applicant so
requests, the card shall include a description of the
applicant's disability and any information about the
applicant's disability or medical history which the Secretary
determines would be helpful to the applicant in securing
emergency medical care. If a mark is used in lieu of a
signature, such mark shall be affixed to the card in the
presence of 2 two witnesses who attest to the authenticity of
the mark. The Illinois Person with a Disability Identification
Card may be used for identification purposes in any lawful
situation by the person to whom it was issued.
The Illinois Person with a Disability Identification Card
may be used as adequate documentation of disability in lieu of
a physician's determination of disability, a determination of
disability from a physician assistant, a determination of
disability from an advanced practice registered nurse, or any
other documentation of disability whenever any State law
requires that a person with a disability provide such
documentation of disability, however an Illinois Person with a
Disability Identification Card shall not qualify the
cardholder to participate in any program or to receive any
benefit which is not available to all persons with like
disabilities. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, an
Illinois Person with a Disability Identification Card, or
evidence that the Secretary of State has issued an Illinois
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used by any person other than the person named on such card to
prove that the person named on such card is a person with a
disability or for any other purpose unless the card is used for
the benefit of the person named on such card, and the person
named on such card consents to such use at the time the card is
so used.
An optometrist's determination of a visual disability
under Section 4A of this Act is acceptable as documentation
for the purpose of issuing an Illinois Person with a
Disability Identification Card.
When medical information is contained on an Illinois
Person with a Disability Identification Card, the Office of
the Secretary of State shall not be liable for any actions
taken based upon that medical information.
(c) The Secretary of State shall provide that each
original or renewal Illinois Identification Card or Illinois
Person with a Disability Identification Card issued to a
person under the age of 21 shall be of a distinct nature from
those Illinois Identification Cards or Illinois Person with a
Disability Identification Cards issued to individuals 21 years
of age or older. The color designated for Illinois
Identification Cards or Illinois Person with a Disability
Identification Cards for persons under the age of 21 shall be
at the discretion of the Secretary of State.
(c-1) Each original or renewal Illinois Identification
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issued to a person under the age of 21 shall display the date
upon which the person becomes 18 years of age and the date upon
which the person becomes 21 years of age.
(c-3) The General Assembly recognizes the need to identify
military veterans living in this State for the purpose of
ensuring that they receive all of the services and benefits to
which they are legally entitled, including healthcare,
education assistance, and job placement. To assist the State
in identifying these veterans and delivering these vital
services and benefits, the Secretary of State is authorized to
issue Illinois Identification Cards and Illinois Person with a
Disability Identification Cards with the word "veteran"
appearing on the face of the cards. This authorization is
predicated on the unique status of veterans. The Secretary may
not issue any other identification card which identifies an
occupation, status, affiliation, hobby, or other unique
characteristics of the identification card holder which is
unrelated to the purpose of the identification card.
(c-5) Beginning on or before July 1, 2015, the Secretary
of State shall designate a space on each original or renewal
identification card where, at the request of the applicant,
the word "veteran" shall be placed. The veteran designation
shall be available to a person identified as a veteran under
subsection (b) of Section 5 of this Act who was discharged or
separated under honorable conditions.
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discount card, to any natural person who is a resident of the
State of Illinois who is 60 years of age or older and who
applies for such a card or renewal thereof. The Secretary of
State shall charge no fee to issue such card. The card shall be
issued in every county and applications shall be made
available at, but not limited to, nutrition sites, senior
citizen centers and Area Agencies on Aging. The applicant,
upon receipt of such card and prior to its use for any purpose,
shall have affixed thereon in the space provided therefor his
signature or mark.
(e) The Secretary of State, in his or her discretion, may
designate on each Illinois Identification Card or Illinois
Person with a Disability Identification Card a space where the
card holder may place a sticker or decal, issued by the
Secretary of State, of uniform size as the Secretary may
specify, that shall indicate in appropriate language that the
card holder has renewed his or her Illinois Identification
Card or Illinois Person with a Disability Identification Card.
(f)(1) The Secretary of State may issue a mobile
identification card to an individual who is otherwise eligible
to hold a physical credential in addition to, and not instead
of, an identification card if the Secretary of State has
issued an identification card to the person. The data elements
that are used to build an electronic credential must match the
individual's current Department record.
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with an agency of the State, another state, the United States,
or a third party to facilitate the issuance, use, and
verification of a mobile identification card issued by the
Secretary or another state.
(3) Any mobile identification card issued by the Secretary
shall be in accordance with the most recent AAMVA standards.
(4) The Secretary shall design the mobile identification
card in a manner that allows the credential holder to maintain
physical possession of the device on which the mobile
identification card is accessed during verification.
(g) The verification process shall be implemented to
require:
(1) the relying parties to authenticate electronic
credentials in accordance with applicable AAMVA standards
prior to acceptance of the electronic credential;
(2) the Secretary to ensure that electronic credential
data is subject to all jurisdictional data security and
privacy protection laws and regulations; and
(3) the relying parties to request only electronic
credential data elements that are necessary to complete
the transaction for which data is being requested.
(h) Privacy and tracking of data shall be restricted by
implementing the following requirements:
(1) the relying parties shall retain only electronic
credential data elements for which the relying party
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holder and shall inform the electronic credential holder
of the use and retention period of the electronic data
elements;
(2) the Secretary shall use an electronic credential
system that is designed to maximize the privacy of the
credential holder in accordance with State and federal law
and shall not track or compile information without the
credential holder's consent; and
(3) the Department shall only compile and disclose
information regarding the use of the credential as
required by State or federal law.
(i)(1) The electronic credential holder shall be required
to have the holder's their physical credential on the holder's
their person for all purposes for which an identification card
is required. No person, public entity, private entity, or
agency shall establish a policy that requires an electronic
credential instead of a physical credential.
(2) Electronic credential systems shall be designed so
that there is no requirement for the electronic credential
holder to display or relinquish possession of the credential
holder's mobile device to relying parties for the acceptance
of an electronic credential.
(3) When required by law and upon request by law
enforcement, a credential holder must provide the credential
holder's physical credential.
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surrender the individual's their physical credential to law
enforcement does not apply to the device on which an
electronic credential has been provisioned.
(j) A person may be required to produce when so requested a
physical identification card to a law enforcement officer, a
representative of a State or federal department or agency, or
a private entity and is subject to all applicable laws and
consequences for failure to produce such an identification
card.
(k) The Secretary of State shall adopt such rules as are
necessary to implement a mobile identification card.
(l) The display of a mobile identification card shall not
serve as consent or authorization for a law enforcement
officer, or any other person, to search, view, or access any
other data or application on the mobile device. If a person
presents the person's mobile device to a law enforcement
officer for purposes of displaying a mobile identification
card, the law enforcement officer shall promptly return the
mobile device to the person once the officer has had an
opportunity to verify the identity of the person. Except for
willful and wanton misconduct, any law enforcement officer,
court, or officer of the court presented with the device shall
be immune from any liability resulting from damage to the
mobile device.
(m) The fee to install the application to display a mobile
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exceed $6.
(n) As used in this Section:
"AAMVA" means the American Association of Motor Vehicle
Administrators.
"Credential" means a driver's license, learner's permit,
or identification card.
"Credential holder" means the individual to whom a mobile
driver's license or a mobile identification card is issued.
"Data element" means a distinct component of a customer's
information that is found on the Department's customer record.
"Department" means the Secretary of State Department of
Driver Services.
"Electronic credential" means an electronic extension of
the departmental issued physical credential that conveys
identity and complies with AAMVA's mobile driver license
Implementation guidelines and the ISO/IEC 18013-5 standard.
"Electronic credential system" means a digital process
that includes a method for provisioning electronic
credentials, requesting and transmitting electronic credential
data elements, and performing tasks to maintain the system.
"Full profile" means all the information provided on an
identification card.
"ISO" means the International Organization for
Standardization, which creates uniform processes and
procedures.
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provided on an Identification Card.
"Mobile identification card" means a data file that is
available on any mobile device that has connectivity to the
Internet through an application that allows the mobile device
to download the data file from the Secretary of State, that
contains all the data elements visible on the face and back of
an identification card, and that displays the current status
of the identification card. "Mobile identification card" does
not include a copy, photograph, or image of an Illinois
Identification Card that is not downloaded through the
application on a mobile device.
"Physical credential" means a Department-issued Department
issued document that conveys identity in accordance with the
Illinois Identification Card Act.
"Provision" means the initial loading of an electronic
credential onto a device.
"Relying party" means the entity to which the credential
holder presents the electronic credential.
"Verification process" means a method of authenticating
the electronic credential through the use of secured
encryption communication.
(o) (f) Upon providing the required documentation, at the
request of the applicant, the identification card may reflect
Gold Star Family designation. The Secretary shall designate a
space on each original or renewal of an identification card
for such designation. This designation shall be available to a

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person eligible for Gold Star license plates under subsection
(f) of Section 6-106 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
(Source: P.A. 102-299, eff. 8-6-21; 103-210, eff. 7-1-24;
103-345, eff. 1-1-24; 103-605, eff. 7-1-24; 103-782, eff.
8-6-24; 103-824, eff. 1-1-25; 103-933, eff. 1-1-25; revised
11-26-24.)
(15 ILCS 335/5)
Sec. 5. Applications.
(a) Any natural person who is a resident of the State of
Illinois may file an application for an identification card,
or for the renewal thereof, in a manner prescribed by the
Secretary. Each original application shall be completed by the
applicant in full and shall set forth the legal name,
residence address and zip code, social security number, if the
person has a social security number, birth date, sex and a
brief description of the applicant. The applicant shall be
photographed, unless the Secretary of State has provided by
rule for the issuance of identification cards without
photographs and the applicant is deemed eligible for an
identification card without a photograph under the terms and
conditions imposed by the Secretary of State, and he or she
shall also submit any other information as the Secretary may
deem necessary or such documentation as the Secretary may
require to determine the identity of the applicant. In
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applicant to provide a mailing address. If the applicant is an
employee of the Department of Children and Family Services
with a job title of "Child Protection Specialist Trainee",
"Child Protection Specialist", "Child Protection Advanced
Specialist", "Child Welfare Specialist Trainee", "Child
Welfare Specialist", or "Child Welfare Advanced Specialist" or
a judicial officer as defined in Section 1-10 of the
Government Official Judicial Privacy Act or a peace officer,
the applicant may elect to have his or her office or work
address in lieu of the applicant's residence or mailing
address. An applicant for an Illinois Person with a Disability
Identification Card must also submit with each original or
renewal application, on forms prescribed by the Secretary,
such documentation as the Secretary may require, establishing
that the applicant is a "person with a disability" as defined
in Section 4A of this Act, and setting forth the applicant's
type and class of disability as set forth in Section 4A of this
Act. For the purposes of this subsection (a), "peace officer"
means any person who by virtue of his or her office or public
employment is vested by law with a duty to maintain public
order or to make arrests for a violation of any penal statute
of this State, whether that duty extends to all violations or
is limited to specific violations.
(a-5) Upon the first issuance of a request for proposals
for a digital driver's license and identification card
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2020 (the effective date of Public Act 101-513), and upon
implementation of a new or revised system procured pursuant to
that request for proposals, the Secretary shall permit
applicants to choose between "male", "female", or "non-binary"
when designating the applicant's sex on the identification
card application form. The sex designated by the applicant
shall be displayed on the identification card issued to the
applicant.
(b) Beginning on or before July 1, 2015, for each original
or renewal identification card application under this Act, the
Secretary shall inquire as to whether the applicant is a
veteran for purposes of issuing an identification card with a
veteran designation under subsection (c-5) of Section 4 of
this Act. The acceptable forms of proof shall include, but are
not limited to, Department of Defense form DD-214, Department
of Defense form DD-256 for applicants who did not receive a
form DD-214 upon the completion of initial basic training,
Department of Defense form DD-2 (Retired), an identification
card issued under the federal Veterans Identification Card Act
of 2015, or a United States Department of Veterans Affairs
summary of benefits letter. If the document cannot be stamped,
the Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs shall provide a
certificate to the veteran to provide to the Secretary of
State. The Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs shall
advise the Secretary as to what other forms of proof of a
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For each applicant who is issued an identification card
with a veteran designation, the Secretary shall provide the
Department of Veterans' Affairs with the applicant's name,
address, date of birth, gender, and such other demographic
information as agreed to by the Secretary and the Department.
The Department may take steps necessary to confirm the
applicant is a veteran. If after due diligence, including
writing to the applicant at the address provided by the
Secretary, the Department is unable to verify the applicant's
veteran status, the Department shall inform the Secretary, who
shall notify the applicant that he or she must confirm status
as a veteran, or the identification card will be canceled
cancelled.
For purposes of this subsection (b):
"Armed forces" means any of the Armed Forces of the United
States, including a member of any reserve component or
National Guard unit.
"Veteran" means a person who has served in the armed
forces and was discharged or separated under honorable
conditions.
(b-1) An applicant who is eligible for Gold Star license
plates under Section 3-664 of the Illinois Vehicle Code may
apply for an identification card with space for a designation
as a Gold Star Family. The Secretary may waive any fee for this
application. If the Secretary does not waive the fee, any fee
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Veterans Assistance Fund. The Secretary is authorized to issue
rules to implement this subsection.
(c) All applicants for REAL ID compliant standard Illinois
Identification Cards and Illinois Person with a Disability
Identification Cards shall provide proof of lawful status in
the United States as defined in 6 CFR 37.3, as amended.
Applicants who are unable to provide the Secretary with proof
of lawful status are ineligible for REAL ID compliant
identification cards under this Act.
(d) The Secretary of State may accept, as proof of date of
birth and written signature for any applicant for a standard
identification card who does not have a social security number
or documentation issued by the United States Department of
Homeland Security authorizing the applicant's presence in this
country, any passport validly issued to the applicant from the
applicant's country of citizenship or a consular
identification document validly issued to the applicant by a
consulate of that country as defined in Section 5 of the
Consular Identification Document Act. Any such documents must
be either unexpired or presented by an applicant within 2
years of its expiration date.
(Source: P.A. 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 103-210, eff. 7-1-24;
103-888, eff. 8-9-24; 103-933, eff. 1-1-25; revised 12-1-24.)
Section 20. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
changing Section 3-405 as follows:

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(625 ILCS 5/3-405) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-405)
Sec. 3-405. Application for registration.
(a) Every owner of a vehicle subject to registration under
this Code shall make application to the Secretary of State for
the registration of such vehicle upon the appropriate form or
forms furnished by the Secretary. Every such original
application shall bear the signature of the owner written with
pen and ink and contain:
1. The name, domicile address, as defined in Section
1-115.5 of this Code, (except as otherwise provided in
this paragraph 1), mail address of the owner or business
address of the owner if a firm, association, or
corporation, and, if available, email address of the
owner. If the mailing address is a post office box number,
the address listed on the driver license record may be
used to verify residence. A police officer, a deputy
sheriff, an elected sheriff, a law enforcement officer for
the Illinois State Police, a fire investigator, a state's
attorney, an assistant state's attorney, a state's
attorney special investigator, or a judicial officer may
elect to furnish the address of the headquarters of the
governmental entity, police district, or business address
where he or she works instead of his or her domicile
address, in which case that address shall be deemed to be
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Chapter 3. The spouse and children of a person who may
elect under this paragraph 1 to furnish the address of the
headquarters of the government entity, police district, or
business address where the person works instead of the
person's domicile address may, if they reside with that
person, also elect to furnish the address of the
headquarters of the government entity, police district, or
business address where the person works as their domicile
address, in which case that address shall be deemed to be
their domicile address for all purposes under this Chapter
3. In this paragraph 1: (A) "police officer" has the
meaning ascribed to "policeman" in Section 10-3-1 of the
Illinois Municipal Code; (B) "deputy sheriff" means a
deputy sheriff appointed under Section 3-6008 of the
Counties Code; (C) "elected sheriff" means a sheriff
commissioned pursuant to Section 3-6001 of the Counties
Code; (D) "fire investigator" means a person classified as
a peace officer under the Peace Officer Fire Investigation
Act; (E) "state's attorney", "assistant state's attorney",
and "state's attorney special investigator" mean a state's
attorney, assistant state's attorney, and state's attorney
special investigator commissioned or appointed under
Division 3-9 of the Counties Code; and (F) "judicial
officer" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1-10 of
the Government Official Judicial Privacy Act.
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information as is required in an application for a
certificate of title, determined under such standard
rating as may be prescribed by the Secretary.
3. (Blank).
3.5. A space for a voluntary disclosure of a condition
that impedes effective communication under Section
3-405.5.
4. Such further information as may reasonably be
required by the Secretary to enable him to determine
whether the vehicle is lawfully entitled to registration
and the owner entitled to a certificate of title.
5. An affirmation by the applicant that all
information set forth is true and correct. If the
application is for the registration of a motor vehicle,
the applicant also shall affirm that the motor vehicle is
insured as required by this Code, that such insurance will
be maintained throughout the period for which the motor
vehicle shall be registered, and that neither the owner,
nor any person operating the motor vehicle with the
owner's permission, shall operate the motor vehicle unless
the required insurance is in effect. If the person signing
the affirmation is not the sole owner of the vehicle, such
person shall be deemed to have affirmed on behalf of all
the owners of the vehicle. If the person signing the
affirmation is not an owner of the vehicle, such person
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owners of the vehicle. The lack of signature on the
application shall not in any manner exempt the owner or
owners from any provisions, requirements or penalties of
this Code.
(b) When such application refers to a new vehicle
purchased from a dealer the application shall be accompanied
by a Manufacturer's Statement of Origin from the dealer, and a
statement showing any lien retained by the dealer.
(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 102-1069, eff. 7-1-23.)
Section 25. The Judicial Privacy Act is amended by
changing Sections 1-1, 1-5, 1-10, 2-1, 2-5, 2-10, and 3-1 as
follows:
(705 ILCS 90/1-1)
Sec. 1-1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
Government Official Judicial Privacy Act.
(Source: P.A. 97-847, eff. 9-22-12.)
(705 ILCS 90/1-5)
Sec. 1-5. Purpose. The purpose of this Act is to improve
the safety and security of Illinois government officials
judicial officers to ensure they are able to perform their
official duties administer justice fairly without fear of
personal reprisal from individuals affected by the decisions
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This Act is not intended to restrain a government official
judicial officer from independently making public his or her
own personal information. Additionally, no government agency,
person, business, or association has any obligation under this
Act to protect the privacy of a government official's judicial
officer's personal information until the government official
judicial officer makes a written request that his or her
personal information not be publicly posted.
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to impair free
access to decisions and opinions expressed by government
officials judicial officers in the course of carrying out
their public functions.
(Source: P.A. 97-847, eff. 9-22-12.)
(705 ILCS 90/1-10)
Sec. 1-10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
"Executive officer" means the Governor, Lieutenant
Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, Comptroller,
Treasurer, and Auditor General.
"Government agency" includes all agencies, authorities,
boards, commissions, departments, institutions, offices, and
any other bodies politic and corporate of the State created by
the constitution or statute, whether in the executive,
judicial, or legislative branch; all units and corporate
outgrowths created by executive order of the Governor or any
constitutional officer, by the Supreme Court, or by resolution

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of the General Assembly; or agencies, authorities, boards,
commissions, departments, institutions, offices, and any other
bodies politic and corporate of a unit of local government, or
school district.
"Government official" means any judicial officer,
legislative officer, or executive officer.
"Legislative officer" means a State Senator or State
Representative in the General Assembly.
"Home address" includes a government official's judicial
officer's permanent residence and any secondary residences
affirmatively identified by the government official judicial
officer, but does not include a government official's judicial
officer's work address.
"Immediate family" includes a government official's
judicial officer's spouse, child, parent, or any blood
relative of the judicial officer or the government official's
judicial officer's spouse who lives in the same residence.
"Judicial officer" includes actively employed and former
or deceased:
(1) Justices of the United States Supreme Court and
the Illinois Supreme Court;
(2) Judges of the United States Court of Appeals;
(3) Judges and magistrate judges of the United States
District Court;
(4) Judges of the United States Bankruptcy Court;
(5) Judges of the Illinois Appellate Court; and

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(6) Judges and associate judges of the Illinois
Circuit Courts.
"Personal information" means a home address, home
telephone number, mobile telephone number, pager number,
personal email address, social security number, federal tax
identification number, checking and savings account numbers,
credit card numbers, marital status, and identity of children
under the age of 18.
"Publicly available content" means any written, printed,
or electronic document or record that provides information or
that serves as a document or record maintained, controlled, or
in the possession of a government agency that may be obtained
by any person or entity, from the Internet, from the
government agency upon request either free of charge or for a
fee, or in response to a request under the Freedom of
Information Act.
"Publicly post" or "publicly display" means to communicate
to another or otherwise make available to the general public.
"Written request" means written notice signed by a
government official judicial officer or a representative of
the government official's judicial officer's employer
requesting a government agency, person, business, or
association to refrain from posting or displaying publicly
available content that includes the government official's
judicial officer's personal information.
(Source: P.A. 100-98, eff. 8-11-17.)

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(705 ILCS 90/2-1)
Sec. 2-1. Publicly posting or displaying a government
official's judicial officer's personal information by
government agencies.
(a) Government agencies shall not publicly post or display
publicly available content that includes a government
official's judicial officer's personal information, provided
that the government agency has received a written request in
accordance with Section 2-10 of this Act that it refrain from
disclosing the government official's judicial officer's
personal information. After a government agency has received a
written request, that agency shall remove the government
official's judicial officer's personal information from
publicly available content within 5 business days. After the
government agency has removed the government official's
judicial officer's personal information from publicly
available content, the agency shall not publicly post or
display the information and the government official's judicial
officer's personal information shall be exempt from the
Freedom of Information Act unless the government agency has
received consent from the government official judicial officer
to make the personal information available to the public.
(b) Redress. If a government agency fails to comply with a
written request to refrain from disclosing personal
information, the government official judicial officer may

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bring an action seeking injunctive or declaratory relief in
any court of competent jurisdiction.
(Source: P.A. 97-847, eff. 9-22-12.)
(705 ILCS 90/2-5)
Sec. 2-5. Publicly posting a government official's
judicial officer's personal information on the Internet by
persons, businesses, and associations.
(a) Prohibited Conduct.
(1) All persons, businesses, and associations shall
refrain from publicly posting or displaying on the
Internet publicly available content that includes a
government official's judicial officer's personal
information, provided that the government official
judicial officer has made a written request to the person,
business, or association that it refrain from disclosing
the personal information.
(2) No person, business, or association shall solicit,
sell, or trade on the Internet a government official's
judicial officer's personal information with the intent to
pose an imminent and serious threat to the health and
safety of the government official judicial officer or the
government official's judicial officer's immediate family.
(3) This subsection includes, but is not limited to,
Internet phone directories, Internet search engines,
Internet data aggregators, and Internet service providers.

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(b) Required Conduct.
(1) After a person, business, or association has
received a written request from a government official
judicial officer to protect the privacy of the official's
officer's personal information, that person, business, or
association shall have 72 hours to remove the personal
information from the Internet.
(2) After a person, business, or association has
received a written request from a government official
judicial officer, that person, business, or association
shall ensure that the government official's judicial
officer's personal information is not made available on
any website or subsidiary website controlled by that
person, business, or association.
(3) After receiving a government official's judicial
officer's written request, no person, business, or
association shall transfer the government official's
judicial officer's personal information to any other
person, business, or association through any medium.
(c) Redress. A government official judicial officer whose
personal information is made public as a result of a violation
of this Act may bring an action seeking injunctive or
declaratory relief in any court of competent jurisdiction. If
the court grants injunctive or declaratory relief, the person,
business, or association responsible for the violation shall
be required to pay the government official's judicial

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officer's costs and reasonable attorney's fees.
(Source: P.A. 97-847, eff. 9-22-12.)
(705 ILCS 90/2-10)
Sec. 2-10. Procedure for completing a written request.
(a) Requirement that a government official judicial
officer make a written request. No government agency, person,
business, or association shall be found to have violated any
provision of this Act if the government official judicial
officer fails to submit a written request calling for the
protection of the official's officer's personal information.
(b) Written request procedure. A written request shall be
valid if:
(1) The government official judicial officer sends a
written request directly to a government agency, person,
business, or association; or
(2) In the case of a judicial officer, if If the
Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts has a policy
and procedure for a state judicial officer to file the
written request with the Administrative Office to notify
government agencies, the state judicial officer may send
the written request to the Administrative Office of the
Illinois Courts. In each quarter of a calendar year, the
Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts shall provide
a list of all state judicial officers who have submitted a
written request to it, to the appropriate officer with

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ultimate supervisory authority for a government agency.
The officer shall promptly provide a copy of the list to
any and all government agencies under his or her
supervision. Receipt of the written request list compiled
by the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts by a
government agency shall constitute a written request to
that Agency for the purposes of this Act.
(c) A representative from the government official's
judicial officer's employer may submit a written request on
the government official's judicial officer's behalf, provided
that the government official judicial officer gives written
consent to the representative and provided that the
representative agrees to furnish a copy of that consent when a
written request is made. The representative shall submit the
written request as provided in subsection (b) of this Section.
(d) Information to be included in the written request. A
government official's judicial officer's written request shall
specify what personal information shall be maintained private.
If a government official judicial officer wishes to
identify a secondary residence as a home address, as that term
is defined in this Act, the designation shall be made in the
written request.
A government official judicial officer shall disclose the
identity of the official's officer's immediate family and
indicate that the personal information of these family members
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be expected to reveal the personal information of the
government official judicial officer.
(e) Duration of the written request. A government
official's judicial officer's written request is valid until
the government official judicial officer provides the
government agency, person, business, or association with
written permission to release the private information. A
government official's judicial officer's written request
expires on death.
(Source: P.A. 97-847, eff. 9-22-12.)
(705 ILCS 90/3-1)
Sec. 3-1. Unlawful publication of personal information. It
is unlawful for any person to knowingly publicly post on the
Internet the personal information of a government official
judicial officer or of the government official's judicial
officer's immediate family if the person knows or reasonably
should know that publicly posting the personal information
poses an imminent and serious threat to the health and safety
of the government official judicial officer or the government
official's judicial officer's immediate family, and the
violation is a proximate cause of bodily injury or death of the
government official judicial officer or a member of the
government official's judicial officer's immediate family. A
person who violates this Section is guilty of a Class 3 felony.
(Source: P.A. 97-847, eff. 9-22-12.)