HB 619 Illinois House · 100th Regular Session

FOIA-EXEMPTIONS

Summary
Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Exempts from inspection and copying the following: records requested by a person committed to the Department of Corrections 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; records requested by a person in a county jail or committed to the Department of Corrections containing personal information pertaining to the person's victim or the victim's family, including, but not limited 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; and law enforcement records of other persons requested by a person committed to the Department of Corrections 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. Effective immediately.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2017
Committee Review
May 2017
House Passage
May 2017
Senate Passage
May 2017
Signed into Law
Aug 2017
Introduced Mar 16, 2017 Signed Aug 4, 2017
Floor votes · Senate May 29, 2017 · House Mar 16, 2017

How they voted

450
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 48
May 29, 2017
D Democratic28
27 Yea 1
96% Yea
R Republican20
18 Yea 2
90% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
54
Key actions
7
Committee
8
Amendments
2
Aug 4, 2017
Signed into law
Governor Approved
lower
May 29, 2017
Lower · Passed
Passed Both Houses
lower
May 10, 2017
Upper · Passed
Do Pass Local Government; 008-000-000
upper
Apr 25, 2017
Committee
Assigned to Local Government
upper
Mar 17, 2017
Committee
Referred to Assignments
upper
Mar 17, 2017
Introduced
Arrive in Senate
upper
Mar 16, 2017
Introduced
Motion Filed to Reconsider Vote Rep. Lawrence Walsh, Jr.
lower
Mar 16, 2017
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (83-9-8)
house
Feb 22, 2017
Lower · Passed
Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Government Transparency Committee; 008-001-000
lower
Feb 22, 2017
Lower · Passed
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Government Transparency Committee; by Voice Vote
lower
Feb 15, 2017
Lower · Passed
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Government Transparency Committee
lower
Feb 14, 2017
Committee
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
lower
Feb 14, 2017
Introduced
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Lawrence Walsh, Jr.
lower
Feb 2, 2017
Committee
Assigned to Government Transparency Committee
lower
Jan 24, 2017
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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