HB 4785 Illinois House · 95th Regular Session

CRIMINAL CD-EAVESDROP EXEMPT

Summary
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Exempts from the offense of eavesdropping, with prior notification and approval of the State's Attorney of the county in which the conversation is anticipated to occur, the recording or listening with the aid of an eavesdropping device to a conversation in which a law enforcement officer, or any person acting at the direction of a law enforcement officer, is a party to an undercover conversation and has consented to the conversation being intercepted or recorded in the course of an investigation of a felony violation of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, a felony violation of the Cannabis Control Act, or a felony violation of the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act. Requires the Director of State Police to adopt any necessary rules concerning the use of devices, retention of recording media, and reports regarding their use. Provides that any recording or evidence obtained or derived as a result of this exemption shall, upon motion of the State's Attorney or Attorney General prosecuting any felony violation of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, the Cannabis Control Act, or the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act, be reviewed in camera with notice to all parties present by the court presiding over the criminal case, and, if ruled by the court to be relevant and otherwise admissible, it shall be admissible at the trial of the criminal case.
Bill status failed 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2008
Committee Review
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Governor
Introduced Feb 5, 2008 Last action Jan 13, 2009
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Jan 13, 2009
House · Failed
Session Sine Die
Mar 14, 2008
House · Referred to committee
Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Mar 3, 2008
House · Referred to committee
Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee
Feb 6, 2008
House · Referred to committee
Referred to Rules Committee
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Dennis M. Reboletti
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