JUDICIAL PRIVACY ACT

Creates the Judicial Privacy Act, which may be referred to as the Michael Lefkow and Donna Humphrey Judicial Privacy Improvement Act of 2012. Prohibits a person, business, association, or government agency from publicly posting or displaying the personal information of a judicial officer, 3 days after the officer has made a written request to not post or display the personal information. Allows for injunctive or declaratory relief. Prohibits a person, business, or association from soliciting, selling, or trading on the Internet a judicial officer's personal information with the intent to pose an imminent and serious threat to the health and safety of the judicial officer or the officer's immediate family. Allows for treble civil damages of not less than $10,000. Makes it a Class 3 felony to knowingly post personal information of a judicial officer or the officer's immediate family, if the person knows or reasonably should know the posting poses an imminent and serious threat to the health and safety of the officer or the officer's immediate family, and the posting is a proximate cause of bodily injury or death of the judicial officer or a member of the officer's immediate family. Provides an exemption from the felony offense for employees of a government agency acting in good faith, while carrying out a public function. Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Excludes personal information of a judicial officer covered by the Judicial Privacy Act from being included as a public record under the Freedom of Information Act, and from inspection or copying under the Act. Amends the Election Code. Establishes procedure for the State Board of Elections to redact a judicial candidate's home address from the candidate's certificate of nomination or nomination papers, after conclusion of the Code's objection period. Establishes procedure for the Secretary of State to redact a judicial candidate's home address from the candidate's declaration for retention. Amends the Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State may allow an applicant who is a judicial officer to provide an office or work address instead of a residence or mailing address on a driver's license. Provides that the Secretary of State shall adopt rules to implement the new provisions. Effective immediately.