Key Votes
SB 1808 - Authorizes Individuals to Record Law Enforcement Officers - Key Vote
Illinois Key Votes
Mike Fortner voted Yea (Passage With Amendment) on this legislation.
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Stages
- July 1, 2012 Referred to Committee
- May 22, 2012 House Bill Passed
- April 14, 2012 Passage
- Feb. 9, 2011 Introduced
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Stage Details
Legislation - Referred to Committee (Senate) - July 1, 2012
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (71-45) - May 22, 2012 (Key vote)
Title: Authorizes Individuals to Record Law Enforcement Officers
Vote to pass a bill that authorizes an individual to record law enforcement officers in public places.
- Authorizes an individual who is neither a law enforcement officer nor acting at the direction of a law enforcement officer to record the conversation of a law enforcement officer performing a public duty in a public place if the conversation is at a volume “audible to the unassisted ear” of the individual making the recording (Sec. 15).
- Defines “public place” as any place to which the public has access, including, but not limited to the following (Sec. 15):
- Streets;
- Parks;
- Highways;
- Inside motor vehicles; or
- Common areas of public and private facilities and buildings.
- Specifies that a complainant will be prosecuted by the appropriate State Attorney if he or she submits an intentionally altered recording as evidence of misconduct against a law enforcement officer that inaccurately reflects the incident at issue (Secs. 5 & 10).
Legislation - Passage (Senate) (59-0) - April 14, 2012
Legislation - Introduced (Senate) - Feb. 9, 2011
Title: Authorizes Individuals to Record Law Enforcement Officers
Sponsors
Co-sponsors
- Daniel K. Biss (IL - D) (Out Of Office)
- Linda Chapa LaVia (IL - D)
- Barbara Flynn Currie (IL - D)
- Monique D. Davis (IL - D)
- Sara Feigenholtz (IL - D)
- Robyn Gabel (IL - D)
- David Harris (IL - R)
- Gregory S. 'Greg' Harris (IL - D)
- Toi W. Hutchinson (IL - D)
- Eddie Lee Jackson Sr. (IL - D)
- Naomi D. Jakobsson (IL - D)
- Dwight D. Kay (IL - R)
- Louis I. 'Lou' Lang (IL - D)
- Karen May (IL - D) (Out Of Office)
- Deborah L. 'Deb' Mell (IL - D)
- Richard Morthland (IL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Chapin Rose (IL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Arthur Turner (IL - D)
