Sen. Scott M. Bennett
Filed: 4/7/2022
 
 


 




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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4608




2 AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4608 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:


4 "Section 5. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended by 
5changing Section 8.1 as follows:



6 (50 ILCS 705/8.1) (from Ch. 85, par. 508.1)



7 Sec. 8.1. Full-time law enforcement and county corrections 
8officers. 

9 (a) No person shall receive a permanent
appointment as a 
10law enforcement officer or a permanent appointment as a county 
11corrections officer
unless that person has been awarded, 
12within 6 months of the officer's
initial full-time employment, 
13a certificate attesting to the officer's
successful completion 
14of the Minimum Standards Basic Law Enforcement or County

15Correctional Training Course as prescribed by the Board; or 
16has been awarded a
certificate attesting to the officer's 
 
 
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1satisfactory completion of a training program of
similar 
2content and number of hours and which course has been found 
3acceptable
by the Board under the provisions of this Act; or a 
4training waiver by reason of extensive prior
law enforcement 
5or county corrections experience, whether or not such 
6experience was obtained by employment by this State or any 
7local governmental agency, the basic training requirement
is 
8determined by the Board to be illogical and unreasonable. 
9Within 60 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act 
10of the 102nd General Assembly, the Board shall adopt uniform 
11rules providing for a waiver process for a person previously 
12employed and qualified as a law enforcement or county 
13corrections officer under federal law or the laws of any other 
14state. The rules shall provide that any person previously 
15employed or qualified as a law enforcement or county 
16corrections officer under federal law or the laws of any other 
17state shall successfully complete:

18  (1) a training program approved by the Board on the 
19 laws of this State relevant to the duties of law 
20 enforcement and county correctional officers; and
21  (2) firearms training, prior to the approval of a 
22 waiver. 
23 If such training is required and not completed within the 
24applicable 6
months, then the officer must forfeit the 
25officer's position, or the employing agency
must obtain a 
26waiver from the Board extending the period for
compliance. 
 
 
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1Such waiver shall be issued only for good and justifiable

2reasons, and in no case shall extend more than 90 days beyond 
3the
initial 6 months. Any hiring agency that fails to train a 
4law enforcement officer within this period shall be prohibited 
5from employing this individual in a law enforcement capacity 
6for one year from the date training was to be completed. If an 
7agency again fails to train the individual a second time, the 
8agency shall be permanently barred from employing this 
9individual in a law enforcement capacity.

10 An individual who is not certified by the Board or whose 
11certified status is inactive shall not function as a law 
12enforcement officer, be assigned the duties of a law 
13enforcement officer by an employing agency, or be authorized 
14to carry firearms under the authority of the employer, except 
15as otherwise authorized to carry a firearm under State or 
16federal law. Sheriffs who are elected as of January 1, 2022 
17(the effective date of Public Act 101-652) this amendatory Act 
18of the 101st General Assembly, are exempt from the requirement 
19of certified status. Failure to be certified in accordance 
20with this Act shall cause the officer to forfeit the officer's 
21position.
22 An employing agency may not grant a person status as a law 
23enforcement officer unless the person has been granted an 
24active law enforcement officer certification by the Board.
25 (b) Inactive status. A person who has an inactive law 
26enforcement officer certification has no law enforcement 
 
 
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1authority.
2  (1) A law enforcement officer's certification becomes 
3 inactive upon termination, resignation, retirement, or 
4 separation from the officer's employing law enforcement 
5 agency for any reason. The Board shall re-activate a 
6 certification upon written application from the law 
7 enforcement officer's law enforcement agency that shows 
8 the law enforcement officer: (i) has accepted a full-time 
9 law enforcement position with that law enforcement agency, 
10 (ii) is not the subject of a decertification proceeding, 
11 and (iii) meets all other criteria for re-activation 
12 required by the Board. The Board may also establish 
13 special training requirements to be completed as a 
14 condition for re-activation.
15  The Board shall review a notice for reactivation from 
16 a law enforcement agency and provide a response within 30 
17 days. The Board may extend this review. A law enforcement 
18 officer shall be allowed to be employed as a full-time law 
19 enforcement officer while the law enforcement officer 
20 reactivation waiver is under review. 
21  A law enforcement officer who is refused reactivation 
22 or an employing agency of a law enforcement officer who is 
23 refused reactivation under this Section may request a 
24 hearing in accordance with the hearing procedures as 
25 outlined in subsection (h) of Section 6.3 of this Act.
26  The Board may refuse to re-activate the certification 
 
 
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1 of a law enforcement officer who was involuntarily 
2 terminated for good cause by an employing agency for 
3 conduct subject to decertification under this Act or 
4 resigned or retired after receiving notice of a law 
5 enforcement agency's investigation.
6  (2) A law enforcement agency may place an officer who 
7 is currently certified on inactive status by sending a 
8 written request to the Board. A law enforcement officer 
9 whose certificate has been placed on inactive status shall 
10 not function as a law enforcement officer until the 
11 officer has completed any requirements for reactivating 
12 the certificate as required by the Board. A request for 
13 inactive status in this subsection shall be in writing, 
14 accompanied by verifying documentation, and shall be 
15 submitted to the Board with a copy to the chief 
16 administrator of the law enforcement officer's current or 
17 new employing agency.
18  (3) Certification that has become inactive under 
19 paragraph (2) of this subsection (b), shall be reactivated 
20 by written notice from the law enforcement officer's 
21 agency upon a showing that the law enforcement officer is: 
22 (i) is employed in a full-time law enforcement position 
23 with the same law enforcement agency, (ii) is not the 
24 subject of a decertification proceeding, and (iii) meets 
25 all other criteria for re-activation required by the 
26 Board.
 
 
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1  (4) Notwithstanding paragraph (3) of this subsection 
2 (b), a law enforcement officer whose certification has 
3 become inactive under paragraph (2) may have the officer's 
4 employing agency submit a request for a waiver of training 
5 requirements to the Board in writing and accompanied by 
6 any verifying documentation.. A grant of a waiver is 
7 within the discretion of the Board. Within 7 days of 
8 receiving a request for a waiver under this Section 
9 section, the Board shall notify the law enforcement 
10 officer and the chief administrator of the law enforcement 
11 officer's employing agency, whether the request has been 
12 granted, denied, or if the Board will take additional time 
13 for information. A law enforcement agency, whose request 
14 for a waiver under this subsection is denied, is entitled 
15 to request a review of the denial by the Board. The law 
16 enforcement agency must request a review within 20 days of 
17 the waiver being denied. The burden of proof shall be on 
18 the law enforcement agency to show why the law enforcement 
19 officer is entitled to a waiver of the legislatively 
20 required training and eligibility requirements. 
21 (c) No provision
of this Section shall be construed to 
22mean that a county corrections
officer employed by a 
23governmental agency at the time of the
effective date of this 
24amendatory Act, either as a probationary
county corrections 
25officer or as a permanent county corrections officer, shall

26require certification under the provisions of this Section. No 
 
 
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1provision of
this Section shall be construed to apply to 
2certification of elected county
sheriffs.

3 (d) Within 14 days, a law enforcement officer shall report 
4to the Board: (1) any name change; (2) any change in 
5employment; or (3) the filing of any criminal indictment or 
6charges against the officer alleging that the officer 
7committed any offense as enumerated in Section 6.1 of this 
8Act.
9 (e) All law enforcement officers must report the 
10completion of the training requirements required in this Act 
11in compliance with Section 8.4 of this Act.
12 (e-1) Each employing law enforcement agency shall allow 
13and provide an opportunity for a law enforcement officer to 
14complete the mandated requirements in this Act. All mandated 
15training shall will be provided for at no cost to the 
16employees. Employees shall be paid for all time spent 
17attending mandated training. 
18 (e-2) Each agency, academy, or training provider shall 
19maintain proof of a law enforcement officer's completion of 
20legislatively required training in a format designated by the 
21Board. The report of training shall be submitted to the Board 
22within 30 days following completion of the training. A copy of 
23the report shall be submitted to the law enforcement officer. 
24Upon receipt of a properly completed report of training, the 
25Board will make the appropriate entry into the training 
26records of the law enforcement officer. 
 
 
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1 (f) This Section does not apply to part-time law 
2enforcement officers or
probationary part-time law enforcement 
3officers.

4 (g) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, 
5the changes made to this Section by this amendatory Act of the 
6102nd General Assembly, Public Act 101-652, and Public Act 
7102-28, and Public Act 102-694 take effect July 1, 2022. 
8(Source: P.A. 101-187, eff. 1-1-20; 101-652, eff. 1-1-22; 
9102-28, eff. 6-25-21; 102-694, eff. 1-7-22; revised 2-3-22.)


10 Section 10. The Law Enforcement Officer-Worn Body Camera 
11Act is amended by changing Sections 10-10 and 10-20 as 
12follows:

13 (50 ILCS 706/10-10)

14 Sec. 10-10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
15 "Badge" means an officer's department issued 
16identification number associated with his or her position as a 
17police officer with that department.
18 "Board" means the Illinois Law Enforcement Training 
19Standards Board created by the Illinois Police Training Act.
20 "Business offense" means a petty offense for which the 
21fine is in excess of $1,000.
22 "Community caretaking function" means a task undertaken by 
23a law enforcement officer in which the officer is performing 
24an articulable act unrelated to the investigation of a crime. 
 
 
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1"Community caretaking function" includes, but is not limited 
2to, participating in town halls or other community outreach, 
3helping a child find his or her parents, providing death 
4notifications, and performing in-home or hospital well-being 
5checks on the sick, elderly, or persons presumed missing. 
6"Community caretaking function" excludes law 
7enforcement-related encounters or activities. 
8 "Fund" means the Law Enforcement Camera Grant Fund.

9 "In uniform" means a law enforcement officer who is 
10wearing any officially authorized uniform designated by a law 
11enforcement agency, or a law enforcement officer who is 
12visibly wearing articles of clothing, a badge, tactical gear, 
13gun belt, a patch, or other insignia that he or she is a law 
14enforcement officer acting in the course of his or her duties.
15 "Law enforcement officer" or "officer" means any person 
16employed by a State, county, municipality, special district, 
17college, unit of government, or any other entity authorized by 
18law to employ peace officers or exercise police authority and 
19who is primarily responsible for the prevention or detection 
20of crime and the enforcement of the laws of this State.
21 "Law enforcement agency" means all State agencies with law 
22enforcement officers, county sheriff's offices, municipal, 
23special district, college, or unit of local government police 
24departments.
25 "Law enforcement-related encounters or activities" 
26include, but are not limited to, traffic stops, pedestrian 
 
 
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1stops, arrests, searches, interrogations, investigations, 
2pursuits, crowd control, traffic control, non-community 
3caretaking interactions with an individual while on patrol, or 
4any other instance in which the officer is enforcing the laws 
5of the municipality, county, or State. "Law 
6enforcement-related encounter or activities" does not include 
7when the officer is completing paperwork alone, is 
8participating in training in a classroom setting, or is only 
9in the presence of another law enforcement officer or officers 
10while not performing any other law enforcement-related 
11activity.
12 "Minor traffic offense" means a petty offense, business 
13offense, or Class C misdemeanor under the Illinois Vehicle 
14Code or a similar provision of a municipal or local ordinance.
15 "Officer-worn body camera" means an electronic camera 
16system for creating, generating, sending, receiving, storing, 
17displaying, and processing audiovisual recordings that may be 
18worn about the person of a law enforcement officer.
19 "Peace officer" has the meaning provided in Section 2-13 
20of the Criminal Code of 2012.
21 "Petty offense" means any offense for which a sentence of 
22imprisonment is not an authorized disposition.
23 "Recording" means the process of capturing data or 
24information stored on a recording medium as required under 
25this Act.

26 "Recording medium" means any recording medium authorized 
 
 
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1by the Board for the retention and playback of recorded audio 
2and video including, but not limited to, VHS, DVD, hard drive, 
3cloud storage, solid state, digital, flash memory technology, 
4or any other electronic medium.

5(Source: P.A. 99-352, eff. 1-1-16; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16.)

6 (50 ILCS 706/10-20)
7 Sec. 10-20. Requirements. 
8 (a) The Board shall develop basic guidelines for the use 
9of officer-worn body cameras by law enforcement agencies. The 
10guidelines developed by the Board shall be the basis for the 
11written policy which must be adopted by each law enforcement 
12agency which employs the use of officer-worn body cameras. The 
13written policy adopted by the law enforcement agency must 
14include, at a minimum, all of the following:
15  (1) Cameras must be equipped with pre-event recording, 
16 capable of recording at least the 30 seconds prior to 
17 camera activation, unless the officer-worn body camera was 
18 purchased and acquired by the law enforcement agency prior 
19 to July 1, 2015.
20  (2) Cameras must be capable of recording for a period 
21 of 10 hours or more, unless the officer-worn body camera 
22 was purchased and acquired by the law enforcement agency 
23 prior to July 1, 2015.
24  (3) Cameras must be turned on at all times when the 
25 officer is in uniform and is responding to calls for 
 
 
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1 service or engaged in any law enforcement-related 
2 encounter or activity that occurs while the officer is on 
3 duty.
4   (A) If exigent circumstances exist which prevent 
5 the camera from being turned on, the camera must be 
6 turned on as soon as practicable.
7   (B) Officer-worn body cameras may be turned off 
8 when the officer is inside of a patrol car which is 
9 equipped with a functioning in-car camera; however, 
10 the officer must turn on the camera upon exiting the 
11 patrol vehicle for law enforcement-related encounters.
12   (C) Officer-worn body cameras may be turned off 
13 when the officer is inside a correctional facility or 
14 courthouse which is equipped with a functioning camera 
15 system. 
16  (4) Cameras must be turned off when:

17   (A) the victim of a crime requests that the camera 
18 be turned off, and unless impractical or impossible, 
19 that request is made on the recording;
20   (B) a witness of a crime or a community member who 
21 wishes to report a crime requests that the camera be 
22 turned off, and unless impractical or impossible that 
23 request is made on the recording;

24   (C) the officer is interacting with a confidential 
25 informant used by the law enforcement agency; or
26   (D) an officer of the Department of Revenue enters 
 
 
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1 a Department of Revenue facility or conducts an 
2 interview during which return information will be 
3 discussed or visible. 
4  However, an officer may continue to record or resume 
5 recording a victim or a witness, if exigent circumstances 
6 exist, or if the officer has reasonable articulable 
7 suspicion that a victim or witness, or confidential 
8 informant has committed or is in the process of committing 
9 a crime. Under these circumstances, and unless impractical 
10 or impossible, the officer must indicate on the recording 
11 the reason for continuing to record despite the request of 
12 the victim or witness.
13  (4.5) Cameras may be turned off when the officer is 
14 engaged in community caretaking functions. However, the 
15 camera must be turned on when the officer has reason to 
16 believe that the person on whose behalf the officer is 
17 performing a community caretaking function has committed 
18 or is in the process of committing a crime. If exigent 
19 circumstances exist which prevent the camera from being 
20 turned on, the camera must be turned on as soon as 
21 practicable.
22  (5) The officer must provide notice of recording to 
23 any person if the person has a reasonable expectation of 
24 privacy and proof of notice must be evident in the 
25 recording.
If exigent circumstances exist which prevent 
26 the officer from providing notice, notice must be provided 
 
 
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1 as soon as practicable.
2  (6) (A) For the purposes of redaction, labeling, or 
3 duplicating recordings, access to camera recordings shall 
4 be restricted to only those personnel responsible for 
5 those purposes. The recording officer or his or her 
6 supervisor may not redact, label, duplicate or otherwise 
7 alter the recording officer's camera recordings. Except as 
8 otherwise provided in this Section, the recording officer 
9 and his or her supervisor may access and review recordings 
10 prior to completing incident reports or other 
11 documentation, provided that the supervisor discloses that 
12 fact in the report or documentation.
13   (i) A law enforcement officer shall not have 
14 access to or review his or her body-worn
camera 
15 recordings or the body-worn camera recordings of 
16 another officer prior to completing incident reports 
17 or other documentation when the officer: 
18    (a) has been involved in or is a witness to an 
19 officer-involved shooting, use of deadly force 
20 incident, or use of force incidents resulting in 
21 great bodily harm;
22    (b) is ordered to write a report in response 
23 to or during the investigation of a misconduct 
24 complaint against the officer.
25   (ii) If the officer subject to subparagraph (i) 
26 prepares a report, any report shall be prepared 
 
 
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1 without viewing body-worn camera recordings, and 
2 subject to supervisor's approval, officers may file 
3 amendatory reports after viewing body-worn camera 
4 recordings. Supplemental reports under this provision 
5 shall also contain documentation regarding access to 
6 the video footage. 
7   (B) The recording officer's assigned field 
8 training officer may access and review recordings for 
9 training purposes. Any detective or investigator 
10 directly involved in the investigation of a matter may 
11 access and review recordings which pertain to that 
12 investigation but may not have access to delete or 
13 alter such recordings. 
14  (7) Recordings made on officer-worn cameras must be 
15 retained by the law enforcement agency or by the camera 
16 vendor used by the agency, on a recording medium for a 
17 period of 90 days.
18   (A) Under no circumstances shall any recording, 
19 except for a non-law enforcement related activity or 
20 encounter, made with an officer-worn body camera be 
21 altered, erased, or destroyed prior to the expiration 
22 of the 90-day storage period.
In the event any 
23 recording made with an officer-worn body camera is 
24 altered, erased, or destroyed prior to the expiration 
25 of the 90-day storage period, the law enforcement 
26 agency shall maintain, for a period of one year, a 
 
 
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1 written record including (i) the name of the 
2 individual who made such alteration, erasure, or 
3 destruction, and (ii) the reason for any such 
4 alteration, erasure, or destruction. 
5   (B) Following the 90-day storage period, any and 
6 all recordings made with an officer-worn body camera 
7 must be destroyed, unless any encounter captured on 
8 the recording has been flagged. An encounter is deemed 
9 to be flagged when:

10    (i) a formal or informal complaint has been 
11 filed;
12    (ii) the officer discharged his or her firearm 
13 or used force during the encounter;

14    (iii) death or great bodily harm occurred to 
15 any person in the recording;

16    (iv) the encounter resulted in a detention or 
17 an arrest, excluding traffic stops which resulted 
18 in only a minor traffic offense or business 
19 offense;
20    (v) the officer is the subject of an internal 
21 investigation or otherwise being investigated for 
22 possible misconduct;

23    (vi) the supervisor of the officer, 
24 prosecutor, defendant, or court determines that 
25 the encounter has evidentiary value in a criminal 
26 prosecution; or
 
 
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1    (vii) the recording officer requests that the 
2 video be flagged for official purposes related to 
3 his or her official duties or believes it may have 
4 evidentiary value in a criminal prosecution.
5   (C) Under no circumstances shall any recording 
6 made with an officer-worn body camera relating to a 
7 flagged encounter be altered or destroyed prior to 2 
8 years after the recording was flagged. If the flagged 
9 recording was used in a criminal, civil, or 
10 administrative proceeding, the recording shall not be 
11 destroyed except upon a final disposition and order 
12 from the court.
13   (D) Nothing in this Act prohibits law enforcement 
14 agencies from labeling officer-worn body camera video 
15 within the recording medium; provided that the 
16 labeling does not alter the actual recording of the 
17 incident captured on the officer-worn body camera. The 
18 labels, titles, and tags shall not be construed as 
19 altering the officer-worn body camera video in any 
20 way. 
21  (8) Following the 90-day storage period, recordings 
22 may be retained if a supervisor at the law enforcement 
23 agency designates the recording for training purposes. If 
24 the recording is designated for training purposes, the 
25 recordings may be viewed by officers, in the presence of a 
26 supervisor or training instructor, for the purposes of 
 
 
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1 instruction, training, or ensuring compliance with agency 
2 policies.

3  (9) Recordings shall not be used to discipline law 
4 enforcement officers unless:
5   (A) a formal or informal complaint of misconduct 
6 has been made;
7   (B) a use of force incident has occurred;
8   (C) the encounter on the recording could result in 
9 a formal investigation under the Uniform Peace 
10 Officers' Disciplinary Act; or
11   (D) as corroboration of other evidence of 
12 misconduct.
13  Nothing in this paragraph (9) shall be construed to 
14 limit or prohibit a law enforcement officer from being 
15 subject to an action that does not amount to discipline.
16  (10) The law enforcement agency shall ensure proper 
17 care and maintenance of officer-worn body cameras. Upon 
18 becoming aware, officers must as soon as practical 
19 document and notify the appropriate supervisor of any 
20 technical difficulties, failures, or problems with the 
21 officer-worn body camera or associated equipment. Upon 
22 receiving notice, the appropriate supervisor shall make 
23 every reasonable effort to correct and repair any of the 
24 officer-worn body camera equipment.
25  (11) No officer may hinder or prohibit any person, not 
26 a law enforcement officer, from recording a law 
 
 
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1 enforcement officer in the performance of his or her 
2 duties in a public place or when the officer has no 
3 reasonable expectation of privacy.
The law enforcement 
4 agency's written policy shall indicate the potential 
5 criminal penalties, as well as any departmental 
6 discipline, which may result from unlawful confiscation or 
7 destruction of the recording medium of a person who is not 
8 a law enforcement officer. However, an officer may take 
9 reasonable action to maintain safety and control, secure 
10 crime scenes and accident sites, protect the integrity and 
11 confidentiality of investigations, and protect the public 
12 safety and order.
13 (b) Recordings made with the use of an officer-worn body 
14camera are not subject to disclosure under the Freedom of 
15Information Act, except that:
16  (1) if the subject of the encounter has a reasonable 
17 expectation of privacy, at the time of the recording, any 
18 recording which is flagged, due to the filing of a 
19 complaint, discharge of a firearm, use of force, arrest or 
20 detention, or resulting death or bodily harm, shall be 
21 disclosed in accordance with the Freedom of Information 
22 Act if:
23   (A) the subject of the encounter captured on the 
24 recording is a victim or witness; and
25   (B) the law enforcement agency obtains written 
26 permission of the subject or the subject's legal 
 
 
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1 representative;
2  (2) except as provided in paragraph (1) of this 
3 subsection (b), any recording which is flagged due to the 
4 filing of a complaint, discharge of a firearm, use of 
5 force, arrest or detention, or resulting death or bodily 
6 harm shall be disclosed in accordance with the Freedom of 
7 Information Act; and
8  (3) upon request, the law enforcement agency shall 
9 disclose, in accordance with the Freedom of Information 
10 Act, the recording to the subject of the encounter 
11 captured on the recording or to the subject's attorney, or 
12 the officer or his or her legal representative.
13 For the purposes of paragraph (1) of this subsection (b), 
14the subject of the encounter does not have a reasonable 
15expectation of privacy if the subject was arrested as a result 
16of the encounter. For purposes of subparagraph (A) of 
17paragraph (1) of this subsection (b), "witness" does not 
18include a person who is a victim or who was arrested as a 
19result of the encounter.

20 Only recordings or portions of recordings responsive to 
21the request shall be available for inspection or reproduction. 
22Any recording disclosed under the Freedom of Information Act 
23shall be redacted to remove identification of any person that 
24appears on the recording and is not the officer, a subject of 
25the encounter, or directly involved in the encounter. Nothing 
26in this subsection (b) shall require the disclosure of any 
 
 
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1recording or portion of any recording which would be exempt 
2from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act.
3 (c) Nothing in this Section shall limit access to a camera 
4recording for the purposes of complying with Supreme Court 
5rules or the rules of evidence.

6(Source: P.A. 101-652, eff. 7-1-21; 102-28, eff. 6-25-21; 
7102-687, eff. 12-17-21; 102-694, eff. 1-7-22.)

8 Section 15. The Law Enforcement Camera Grant Act is 
9amended by changing Sections 5 and 10 as follows:

10 (50 ILCS 707/5)
11 Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
12 "Board" means the Illinois Law Enforcement Training 
13Standards Board
created by the Illinois Police Training Act.
14 "In-car video camera" means a video camera located in a 
15law enforcement patrol vehicle.
16 "In-car video camera recording equipment" means a video 
17camera recording system located in a law enforcement patrol 
18vehicle consisting of a camera assembly, recording mechanism, 
19and an in-car video recording medium. 
20 "In uniform" means a law enforcement officer who is 
21wearing any officially authorized uniform designated by a law 
22enforcement agency, or a law enforcement officer who is 
23visibly wearing articles of clothing, badge, tactical gear, 
24gun belt, a patch, or other insignia indicating that he or she 
 
 
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1is a law enforcement officer acting in the course of his or her 
2duties. 
3 "Law enforcement officer" or "officer" means any person 
4employed by a
unit of local government county, municipality, 
5township, or an Illinois public university as a policeman, 
6peace officer, or in some
like position involving the 
7enforcement of the law and protection of the
public interest 
8at the risk of that person's life.
9 "Officer-worn body camera" means an electronic camera 
10system for creating, generating, sending, receiving, storing, 
11displaying, and processing audiovisual recordings that may be 
12worn about the person of a law enforcement officer.
13 "Recording" means the process of capturing data or 
14information stored on a recording medium as required under 
15this Act.
16 "Recording medium" means any recording medium authorized 
17by the Board for the retention and playback of recorded audio 
18and video including, but not limited to, VHS, DVD, hard drive, 
19cloud storage, solid state, digital, flash memory technology, 
20or any other electronic medium.

21 "Unit of local government" has the meaning ascribed to it 
22in Section 1 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution. 
23(Source: P.A. 102-16, eff. 6-17-21.)

24 (50 ILCS 707/10)
25 Sec. 10. Law Enforcement Camera Grant Fund; creation, 
 
 
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1rules. 
2 (a) The Law Enforcement Camera Grant Fund is created as a 
3special fund in the State treasury. From appropriations to the 
4Board from the Fund, the Board must make grants to units of 
5local government in Illinois and Illinois public universities 
6for the purpose of (1) purchasing in-car video cameras for use 
7in law enforcement vehicles, (2) purchasing officer-worn body 
8cameras and associated technology for law enforcement 
9officers, including covering associated data storage costs, 
10and (3) training for law enforcement officers in the operation 
11of the cameras.
12 Moneys received for the purposes of this Section, 
13including, without limitation, fee receipts and gifts, grants, 
14and awards from any public or private entity, must be 
15deposited into the Fund. Any interest earned on moneys in the 
16Fund must be deposited into the Fund.
17 (b) The Board may set requirements for the distribution of 
18grant moneys and determine which law enforcement agencies are 
19eligible.
20 (b-5) The Board shall consider compliance with the Uniform 
21Crime Reporting Act as a factor in awarding grant moneys.
22 (c) (Blank).
23 (d) (Blank).
24 (e) (Blank).

25 (f) (Blank).
26 (g) (Blank).
 
 
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1 (h) (Blank).
2(Source: P.A. 102-16, eff. 6-17-21.)


3 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
4becoming law.".