FOIA-STUDENT HOTLINES

Illinois General Assembly - Full Text of HB4704

Select Language

×

The Illinois General Assembly offers the Google Translate™ service for visitor convenience. In no way should it be considered accurate as to the translation of any content herein.

Visitors of the Illinois General Assembly website are encouraged to use other translation services available on the internet.

The English language version is always the official and authoritative version of this website.

NOTE: To return to the original English language version, select the "Show Original" button on the Google Translate™ menu bar at the top of the window.

Choose Language

English

Afrikaans

Albanian

Arabic

Armenian

Azerbaijani

Basque

Bengali

Bosnian

Catalan

Croatian

Czech

Danish

Dutch

Esperanto

Estonian

Filipino

Finnish

French

Galician

Georgian

German

Greek

Gujarati

Haitian Creole

Hausa

Hawaiian

Hebrew

Hindi

Hungarian

Icelandic

Indonesian

Interlingua

Interlingue

Inuktitut

Irish

Italian

Japanese

Javanese

Kannada

Khmer

Korean

Latin

Latvian

Lithuanian

Luxembourgish

Macedonian

Malagasy

Malayalam

Maltese

Maori

Marathi

Myanmar

Nepali

Norwegian

Odia

Pashto

Punjabi

Romanian

Russian

Samoan

Sango

Sanskrit

Sardinian

Sindhi

Sinhala

Slovak

Slovenian

Somali

Southern Sotho

Spanish

Sundanese

Swahili

Swedish

Tamil

Telugu

Thai

Tigrinya

Tonga

Turkish

Ukrainian

Urdu

Vietnamese

Welsh

Xhosa

Yiddish

Yoruba

Zulu

Powered by
Translate

Close

Illinois General Assembly

Top Navigation Bar

Translate

Learn

Select General Assembly

Search the 104th General Assembly

Enter search terms for legislation, members, committees, or schedules.

ILGA.GOV

LEGISLATION & LAWS

Bills & Resolutions

Public Acts

Illinois Compiled Statutes

Illinois Constitution

Search Legislation

Glossary

Guide

Reports & Inquiry

Legislative Reports

Special Reports

FTP Site

Legislator Lookup

Capitol Complex Phone Numbers

Rules & Regulations

Illinois Register

Administrative Rules

Senate

Members

Schedules

Committees

Request for Remote Testimony

Journals

Transcripts

Rules

Audio/Video

FOIA Information

Senate Employment Opportunities

Media Guidelines

House

Members

Schedules

Committees

Submit testimony for House Committees

Journals

Transcripts

Rules

Audio/Video

FOIA Information

House Employment Opportunities

Log In

Mobile Top Bar

Search the 104th General Assembly

Enter keywords to search the Illinois General Assembly website.

Full Text of HB4704

Home

Legislation

Full Text

HB4704 - 104th General Assembly

Bill Status

Full Text

Votes

Witness Slips

Select Menu

Bill Status

Full Text

Votes

Witness Slips

Printer Friendly Version

Introduced

Printer Friendly Version

Introduced

Open PDF

104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB4704

Introduced , by Rep. Tracy Katz Muhl

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

5 ILCS 140/7
5 ILCS 860/15

Amends the Student Confidential Reporting Act to provide that any
report or information submitted to a similar independent school helpline
to the Safe2Help Illinois program is also confidential, may not be
released except as otherwise provided in the Act or in the Juvenile Court
Act of 1987, and is not subject to disclosure under the Freedom of
Information Act. Provides that a person who intentionally discloses
information in violation of the added provision commits a Class C
misdemeanor. Defines "similar independent school helpline". Amends the
Freedom of Information Act to make conforming changes.
LRB104 18830 BDA 32275 b

A BILL FOR

HB4704
LRB104 18830 BDA 32275 b
1

AN ACT concerning government.

2

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3
represented in the General Assembly:

4

Section 5.
The Freedom of Information Act is amended by
5
changing Section 7 as follows:

6

(5 ILCS 140/7)
7

(Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-300
)
8

Sec. 7.
Exemptions.
9

(1) When a request is made to inspect or copy a public
10
record that contains information that is exempt from
11
disclosure under this Section, but also contains information
12
that is not exempt from disclosure, the public body may elect
13
to redact the information that is exempt. The public body
14
shall make the remaining information available for inspection
15
and copying. Subject to this requirement, the following shall
16
be exempt from inspection and copying:
17

(a) Information specifically prohibited from
18

disclosure by federal or State law or rules and
19

regulations implementing federal or State law.
20

(b) Private information, unless disclosure is required
21

by another provision of this Act, a State or federal law,
22

or a court order.
23

(b-5) Files, documents, and other data or databases

HB4704
- 2 -
LRB104 18830 BDA 32275 b
1

maintained by one or more law enforcement agencies and
2

specifically designed to provide information to one or
3

more law enforcement agencies regarding the physical or
4

mental status of one or more individual subjects.
5

(c) Personal information contained within public
6

records, the disclosure of which would constitute a
7

clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, unless
8

the disclosure is consented to in writing by the
9

individual subjects of the information. "Unwarranted
10

invasion of personal privacy" means the disclosure of
11

information that is highly personal or objectionable to a
12

reasonable person and in which the subject's right to
13

privacy outweighs any legitimate public interest in
14

obtaining the information. The disclosure of information
15

that bears on the public duties of public employees and
16

officials shall not be considered an invasion of personal
17

privacy.
18

(d) Records in the possession of any public body
19

created in the course of administrative enforcement
20

proceedings, and any law enforcement or correctional
21

agency for law enforcement purposes, but only to the
22

extent that disclosure would:
23

(i) interfere with pending or actually and
24

reasonably contemplated law enforcement proceedings
25

conducted by any law enforcement or correctional
26

agency that is the recipient of the request;

HB4704
- 3 -
LRB104 18830 BDA 32275 b
1

(ii) interfere with active administrative
2

enforcement proceedings conducted by the public body
3

that is the recipient of the request;
4

(iii) create a substantial likelihood that a
5

person will be deprived of a fair trial or an impartial
6

hearing;
7

(iv) unavoidably disclose the identity of a
8

confidential source, confidential information
9

furnished only by the confidential source, or persons
10

who file complaints with or provide information to
11

administrative, investigative, law enforcement, or
12

penal agencies; except that the identities of
13

witnesses to traffic crashes, traffic crash reports,
14

and rescue reports shall be provided by agencies of
15

local government, except when disclosure would
16

interfere with an active criminal investigation
17

conducted by the agency that is the recipient of the
18

request;
19

(v) disclose unique or specialized investigative
20

techniques other than those generally used and known
21

or disclose internal documents of correctional
22

agencies related to detection, observation, or
23

investigation of incidents of crime or misconduct, and
24

disclosure would result in demonstrable harm to the
25

agency or public body that is the recipient of the
26

request;

HB4704
- 4 -
LRB104 18830 BDA 32275 b
1

(vi) endanger the life or physical safety of law
2

enforcement personnel or any other person; or
3

(vii) obstruct an ongoing criminal investigation
4

by the agency that is the recipient of the request.
5

(d-5) A law enforcement record created for law
6

enforcement purposes and contained in a shared electronic
7

record management system if the law enforcement agency or
8

criminal justice agency that is the recipient of the
9

request did not create the record, did not participate in
10

or have a role in any of the events which are the subject
11

of the record, and only has access to the record through
12

the shared electronic record management system. As used in
13

this subsection (d-5), "criminal justice agency" means the
14

Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority or the
15

Illinois Sentencing Policy Advisory Council.
16

(d-6) Records contained in the Officer Professional
17

Conduct Database under Section 9.2 of the Illinois Police
18

Training Act, except to the extent authorized under that
19

Section. This includes the documents supplied to the
20

Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board from the
21

Illinois State Police and Illinois State Police Merit
22

Board.
23

(d-7) Information gathered or records created from the
24

use of automatic license plate readers in connection with
25

Section 2-130 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
26

(e) Records that relate to or affect the security of

HB4704
- 5 -
LRB104 18830 BDA 32275 b
1

correctional institutions and detention facilities.
2

(e-5) Records requested by persons committed to the
3

Department of Corrections, Department of Human Services
4

Division of Mental Health, or a county jail if those
5

materials are available in the library of the correctional
6

institution or facility or jail where the inmate is
7

confined.
8

(e-6) Records requested by persons committed to the
9

Department of Corrections, Department of Human Services
10

Division of Mental Health, or a county jail if those
11

materials include records from staff members' personnel
12

files, staff rosters, or other staffing assignment
13

information.
14

(e-7) Records requested by persons committed to the
15

Department of Corrections or Department of Human Services
16

Division of Mental Health if those materials are available
17

through an administrative request to the Department of
18

Corrections or Department of Human Services Division of
19

Mental Health.
20

(e-8) Records requested by a person committed to the
21

Department of Corrections, Department of Human Services
22

Division of Mental Health, or a county jail, the
23

disclosure of which would result in the risk of harm to any
24

person or the risk of an escape from a jail or correctional
25

institution or facility.
26

(e-9) Records requested by a person in a county jail

HB4704
- 6 -
LRB104 18830 BDA 32275 b
1

or committed to the Department of Corrections or
2

Department of Human Services Division of Mental Health,
3

containing personal information pertaining to the person's
4

victim or the victim's family, including, but not limited
5

to, a victim's home address, home telephone number, work
6

or school address, work telephone number, social security
7

number, or any other identifying information, except as
8

may be relevant to a requester's current or potential case
9

or claim.
10

(e-10) Law enforcement records of other persons
11

requested by a person committed to the Department of
12

Corrections, Department of Human Services Division of
13

Mental Health, or a county jail, including, but not
14

limited to, arrest and booking records, mug shots, and
15

crime scene photographs, except as these records may be
16

relevant to the requester's current or potential case or
17

claim.
18

(f) Preliminary drafts, notes, recommendations,
19

memoranda, and other records in which opinions are
20

expressed, or policies or actions are formulated, except
21

that a specific record or relevant portion of a record
22

shall not be exempt when the record is publicly cited and
23

identified by the head of the public body. The exemption
24

provided in this paragraph (f) extends to all those
25

records of officers and agencies of the General Assembly
26

that pertain to the preparation of legislative documents.

HB4704
- 7 -
LRB104 18830 BDA 32275 b
1

(g) Trade secrets and commercial or financial
2

information obtained from a person or business where the
3

trade secrets or commercial or financial information are
4

furnished under a claim that they are proprietary,
5

privileged, or confidential, and that disclosure of the
6

trade secrets or commercial or financial information would
7

cause competitive harm to the person or business, and only
8

insofar as the claim directly applies to the records
9

requested.
10

The information included under this exemption includes
11

all trade secrets and commercial or financial information
12

obtained by a public body, including a public pension
13

fund, from a private equity fund or a privately held
14

company within the investment portfolio of a private
15

equity fund as a result of either investing or evaluating
16

a potential investment of public funds in a private equity
17

fund. The exemption contained in this item does not apply
18

to the aggregate financial performance information of a
19

private equity fund, nor to the identity of the fund's
20

managers or general partners. The exemption contained in
21

this item does not apply to the identity of a privately
22

held company within the investment portfolio of a private
23

equity fund, unless the disclosure of the identity of a
24

privately held company may cause competitive harm.
25

Nothing contained in this paragraph (g) shall be
26

construed to prevent a person or business from consenting

HB4704
- 8 -
LRB104 18830 BDA 32275 b
1

to disclosure.
2

(h) Proposals and bids for any contract, grant, or
3

agreement, including information which if it were
4

disclosed would frustrate procurement or give an advantage
5

to any person proposing to enter into a contractor
6

agreement with the body, until an award or final selection
7

is made. Information prepared by or for the body in
8

preparation of a bid solicitation shall be exempt until an
9

award or final selection is made.
10

(i) Valuable formulae, computer geographic systems,
11

designs, drawings, and research data obtained or produced
12

by any public body when disclosure could reasonably be
13

expected to produce private gain or public loss. The
14

exemption for "computer geographic systems" provided in
15

this paragraph (i) does not extend to requests made by
16

news media as defined in Section 2 of this Act when the
17

requested information is not otherwise exempt and the only
18

purpose of the request is to access and disseminate
19

information regarding the health, safety, welfare, or
20

legal rights of the general public.
21

(j) The following information pertaining to
22

educational matters:
23

(i) test questions, scoring keys, and other
24

examination data used to administer an academic
25

examination;
26

(ii) information received by a primary or

HB4704
- 9 -
LRB104 18830 BDA 32275 b
1

secondary school, college, or university under its
2

procedures for the evaluation of faculty members by
3

their academic peers;
4

(iii) information concerning a school or
5

university's adjudication of student disciplinary
6

cases, but only to the extent that disclosure would
7

unavoidably reveal the identity of the student; and
8

(iv) course materials or research materials used
9

by faculty members.
10

(k) Architects' plans, engineers' technical
11

submissions, and other construction related technical
12

documents for projects not constructed or developed in
13

whole or in part with public funds and the same for
14

projects constructed or developed with public funds,
15

including, but not limited to, power generating and
16

distribution stations and other transmission and
17

distribution facilities, water treatment facilities,
18

airport facilities, sport stadiums, convention centers,
19

and all government owned, operated, or occupied buildings,
20

but only to the extent that disclosure would compromise
21

security.
22

(l) Minutes of meetings of public bodies closed to the
23

public as provided in the Open Meetings Act until the
24

public body makes the minutes available to the public
25

under Section 2.06 of the Open Meetings Act.
26

(m) Communications between a public body and an

HB4704
- 10 -
LRB104 18830 BDA 32275 b
1

attorney or auditor representing the public body that
2

would not be subject to discovery in litigation, and
3

materials prepared or compiled by or for a public body in
4

anticipation of a criminal, civil, or administrative
5

proceeding upon the request of an attorney advising the
6

public body, and materials prepared or compiled with
7

respect to internal audits of public bodies.
8

(n) Records relating to a public body's adjudication
9

of employee grievances or disciplinary cases; however,
10

this exemption shall not extend to the final outcome of
11

cases in which discipline is imposed.
12

(o) Administrative or technical information associated
13

with automated data processing operations, including, but
14

not limited to, software, operating protocols, computer
15

program abstracts, file layouts, source listings, object
16

modules, load modules, user guides, documentation
17

pertaining to all logical and physical design of
18

computerized systems, employee manuals, and any other
19

information that, if disclosed, would jeopardize the
20

security of the system or its data or the security of
21

materials exempt under this Section.
22

(p) Records relating to collective negotiating matters
23

between public bodies and their employees or
24

representatives, except that any final contract or
25

agreement shall be subject to inspection and copying.
26

(q) Test questions, scoring keys, and other

HB4704
- 11 -
LRB104 18830 BDA 32275 b
1

examination data used to determine the qualifications of
2

an applicant for a license or employment.
3

(r) The records, documents, and information relating
4

to real estate purchase negotiations until those
5

negotiations have been completed or otherwise terminated.
6

With regard to a parcel involved in a pending or actually
7

and reasonably contemplated eminent domain proceeding
8

under the Eminent Domain Act, records, documents, and
9

information relating to that parcel shall be exempt except
10

as may be allowed under discovery rules adopted by the
11

Illinois Supreme Court. The records, documents, and
12

information relating to a real estate sale shall be exempt
13

until a sale is consummated.
14

(s) Any and all proprietary information and records
15

related to the operation of an intergovernmental risk
16

management association or self-insurance pool or jointly
17

self-administered health and accident cooperative or pool.
18

Insurance or self-insurance (including any
19

intergovernmental risk management association or
20

self-insurance pool) claims, loss or risk management
21

information, records, data, advice, or communications.
22

(t) Information contained in or related to
23

examination, operating, or condition reports prepared by,
24

on behalf of, or for the use of a public body responsible
25

for the regulation or supervision of financial
26

institutions, insurance companies, or pharmacy benefit

HB4704
- 12 -
LRB104 18830 BDA 32275 b
1

managers, unless disclosure is otherwise required by State
2

law.
3

(u) Information that would disclose or might lead to
4

the disclosure of secret or confidential information,
5

codes, algorithms, programs, or private keys intended to
6

be used to create electronic signatures under the Uniform
7

Electronic Transactions Act.
8

(v) Vulnerability assessments, security measures, and
9

response policies or plans that are designed to identify,
10

prevent, or respond to potential attacks upon a
11

community's population or systems, facilities, or
12

installations, but only to the extent that disclosure
13

could reasonably be expected to expose the vulnerability
14

or jeopardize the effectiveness of the measures, policies,
15

or plans, or the safety of the personnel who implement
16

them or the public. Information exempt under this item may
17

include such things as details pertaining to the
18

mobilization or deployment of personnel or equipment, to
19

the operation of communication systems or protocols, to
20

cybersecurity vulnerabilities, or to tactical operations.
21

(w) (Blank).
22

(x) Maps and other records regarding the location or
23

security of generation, transmission, distribution,
24

storage, gathering, treatment, or switching facilities
25

owned by a utility, by a power generator, or by the
26

Illinois Power Agency.

HB4704
- 13 -
LRB104 18830 BDA 32275 b
1

(y) Information contained in or related to proposals,
2

bids, or negotiations related to electric power
3

procurement under Section 1-75 of the Illinois Power
4

Agency Act and Section 16-111.5 of the Public Utilities
5

Act that is determined to be confidential and proprietary
6

by the Illinois Power Agency or by the Illinois Commerce
7

Commission.
8

(z) Information about students exempted from
9

disclosure under Section 10-20.38 or 34-18.29 of the
10

School Code, and information about undergraduate students
11

enrolled at an institution of higher education exempted
12

from disclosure under Section 25 of the Illinois Credit
13

Card Marketing Act of 2009.
14

(aa) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
15

under the Viatical Settlements Act of 2009.
16

(bb) Records and information provided to a mortality
17

review team and records maintained by a mortality review
18

team appointed under the Department of Juvenile Justice
19

Mortality Review Team Act.
20

(cc) Information regarding interments, entombments, or
21

inurnments of human remains that are submitted to the
22

Cemetery Oversight Database under the Cemetery Care Act or
23

the Cemetery Oversight Act, whichever is applicable.
24

(dd) Correspondence and records (i) that may not be
25

disclosed under Section 11-9 of the Illinois Public Aid
26

Code or (ii) that pertain to appeals under Section 11-8 of

HB4704
- 14 -
LRB104 18830 BDA 32275 b
1

the Illinois Public Aid Code.
2

(ee) The names, addresses, or other personal
3

information of persons who are minors and are also
4

participants and registrants in programs of park
5

districts, forest preserve districts, conservation
6

districts, recreation agencies, and special recreation
7

associations.
8

(ff) The names, addresses, or other personal
9

information of participants and registrants in programs of
10

park districts, forest preserve districts, conservation
11

districts, recreation agencies, and special recreation
12

associations where such programs are targeted primarily to
13

minors.
14

(gg) Confidential information described in Section
15

1-100 of the Illinois Independent Tax Tribunal Act of
16

2012.
17

(hh) The report submitted to the State Board of
18

Education by the School Security and Standards Task Force
19

under item (8) of subsection (d) of Section 2-3.160 of the
20

School Code and any information contained in that report.
21

(ii) Records requested by persons committed to or
22

detained by the Department of Human Services under the
23

Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act or committed to
24

the Department of Corrections under the Sexually Dangerous
25

Persons Act if those materials: (i) are available in the
26

library of the facility where the individual is confined;

HB4704
- 15 -
LRB104 18830 BDA 32275 b
1

(ii) include records from staff members' personnel files,
2

staff rosters, or other staffing assignment information;
3

or (iii) are available through an administrative request
4

to the Department of Human Services or the Department of
5

Corrections.
6

(jj) Confidential information described in Section
7

5-535 of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
8

(kk) The public body's credit card numbers, debit card
9

numbers, bank account numbers, Federal Employer
10

Identification Number, security code numbers, passwords,
11

and similar account information, the disclosure of which
12

could result in identity theft or impression or defrauding
13

of a governmental entity or a person.
14

(ll) Records concerning the work of the threat
15

assessment team of a school district, including, but not
16

limited to, any threat assessment procedure under the
17

School Safety Drill Act and any information contained in
18

the procedure.
19

(mm) Information prohibited from being disclosed under
20

subsections (a) and (b) of Section 15 of the Student
21

Confidential Reporting Act
, including information
22

submitted to any similar independent school helpline as
23

defined under Section 15 of the Student Confidential
24

Reporting Act
.
25

(nn) Proprietary information submitted to the
26

Environmental Protection Agency under the Drug Take-Back

HB4704
- 16 -
LRB104 18830 BDA 32275 b
1

Act.
2

(oo) Records described in subsection (f) of Section
3

3-5-1 of the Unified Code of Corrections.
4

(pp) Any and all information regarding burials,
5

interments, or entombments of human remains as required to
6

be reported to the Department of Natural Resources
7

pursuant either to the Archaeological and Paleontological
8

Resources Protection Act or the Human Remains Protection
9

Act.
10

(qq) Reports described in subsection (e) of Section
11

16-15 of the Abortion Care Clinical Training Program Act.
12

(rr) Information obtained by a certified local health
13

department under the Access to Public Health Data Act.
14

(ss) For a request directed to a public body that is
15

also a HIPAA-covered entity, all information that is
16

protected health information, including demographic
17

information, that may be contained within or extracted
18

from any record held by the public body in compliance with
19

State and federal medical privacy laws and regulations,
20

including, but not limited to, the Health Insurance
21

Portability and Accountability Act and its regulations, 45
22

CFR Parts 160 and 164. As used in this paragraph,
23

"HIPAA-covered entity" has the meaning given to the term
24

"covered entity" in 45 CFR 160.103 and "protected health
25

information" has the meaning given to that term in 45 CFR
26

160.103.

HB4704
- 17 -
LRB104 18830 BDA 32275 b
1

(tt) Proposals or bids submitted by engineering
2

consultants in response to requests for proposal or other
3

competitive bidding requests by the Department of
4

Transportation or the Illinois Toll Highway Authority.
5

(uu) Documents that, pursuant to the State of
6

Illinois' 1987 Agreement with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
7

Commission and the corresponding requirement to maintain
8

compatibility with the National Materials Program, have
9

been determined to be security sensitive. These documents
10

include information classified as safeguards,
11

safeguards-modified, and sensitive unclassified
12

nonsafeguards information, as identified in U.S. Nuclear
13

Regulatory Commission regulatory information summaries,
14

security advisories, and other applicable communications
15

or regulations related to the control and distribution of
16

security sensitive information.
17

(1.5) Any information exempt from disclosure under the
18
Judicial Privacy Act shall be redacted from public records
19
prior to disclosure under this Act.
20

(1.6) Any information exempt from disclosure under the
21
Public Official Safety and Privacy Act shall be redacted from
22
public records prior to disclosure under this Act.
23

(1.7) Any information exempt from disclosure under
24
paragraph (3.5) of Section 9-15 of the Election Code shall be
25
redacted from public records prior to disclosure under this
26
Act.

HB4704
- 18 -
LRB104 18830 BDA 32275 b
1

(2) A public record that is not in the possession of a
2
public body but is in the possession of a party with whom the
3
agency has contracted to perform a governmental function on
4
behalf of the public body, and that directly relates to the
5
governmental function and is not otherwise exempt under this
6
Act, shall be considered a public record of the public body,
7
for purposes of this Act.
8

(3) This Section does not authorize withholding of
9
information or limit the availability of records to the
10
public, except as stated in this Section or otherwise provided
11
in this Act.
12
(Source: P.A. 103-154, eff. 6-30-23; 103-423, eff. 1-1-24;
13
103-446, eff. 8-4-23; 103-462, eff. 8-4-23; 103-540, eff.
14
1-1-24; 103-554, eff. 1-1-24; 103-605, eff. 7-1-24; 103-865,
15
eff. 1-1-25; 104-438, eff. 1-1-26; 104-443, eff. 1-1-26;
16
revised 1-7-26.)

17

(Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 104-300
)
18

Sec. 7.
Exemptions.
19

(1) When a request is made to inspect or copy a public
20
record that contains information that is exempt from
21
disclosure under this Section, but also contains information
22
that is not exempt from disclosure, the public body may elect
23
to redact the information that is exempt. The public body
24
shall make the remaining information available for inspection
25
and copying. Subject to this requirement, the following shall

HB4704
- 19 -
LRB104 18830 BDA 32275 b
1
be exempt from inspection and copying:
2

(a) Records created or compiled by a State public
3

defender agency or commission subject to the State Public
4

Defender Act that contain: individual client identity;
5

individual case file information; individual investigation
6

records and other records that are otherwise subject to
7

attorney-client privilege; records that would not be
8

discoverable in litigation; records under Section 2.15;
9

training materials; records related to attorney
10

consultation and representation strategy; or any of the
11

above concerning clients of county public defenders or
12

other defender agencies and firms. This exclusion does not
13

apply to deidentified, aggregated, administrative records,
14

such as general case processing and workload information.
15

(a-5) Information specifically prohibited from
16

disclosure by federal or State law or rules and
17

regulations implementing federal or State law.
18

(b) Private information, unless disclosure is required
19

by another provision of this Act, a State or federal law,
20

or a court order.
21

(b-5) Files, documents, and other data or databases
22

maintained by one or more law enforcement agencies and
23

specifically designed to provide information to one or
24

more law enforcement agencies regarding the physical or
25

mental status of one or more individual subjects.
26

(c) Personal information contained within public

HB4704
- 20 -
LRB104 18830 BDA 32275 b
1

records, the disclosure of which would constitute a
2

clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, unless
3

the disclosure is consented to in writing by the
4

individual subjects of the information. "Unwarranted
5

invasion of personal privacy" means the disclosure of
6

information that is highly personal or objectionable to a
7

reasonable person and in which the subject's right to
8

privacy outweighs any legitimate public interest in
9

obtaining the information. The disclosure of information
10

that bears on the public duties of public employees and
11

officials shall not be considered an invasion of personal
12

privacy.
13

(d) Records in the possession of any public body
14

created in the course of administrative enforcement
15

proceedings, and any law enforcement or correctional
16

agency for law enforcement purposes, but only to the
17

extent that disclosure would:
18

(i) interfere with pending or actually and
19

reasonably contemplated law enforcement proceedings
20

conducted by any law enforcement or correctional
21

agency that is the recipient of the request;
22

(ii) interfere with active administrative
23

enforcement proceedings conducted by the public body
24

that is the recipient of the request;
25

(iii) create a substantial likelihood that a
26

person will be deprived of a fair trial or an impartial

HB4704
- 21 -
LRB104 18830 BDA 32275 b
1

hearing;
2

(iv) unavoidably disclose the identity of a
3

confidential source, confidential information
4

furnished only by the confidential source, or persons
5

who file complaints with or provide information to
6

administrative, investigative, law enforcement, or
7

penal agencies; except that the identities of
8

witnesses to traffic crashes, traffic crash reports,
9

and rescue reports shall be provided by agencies of
10

local government, except when disclosure would
11

interfere with an active criminal investigation
12

conducted by the agency that is the recipient of the
13

request;
14

(v) disclose unique or specialized investigative
15

techniques other than those generally used and known
16

or disclose internal documents of correctional
17

agencies related to detection, observation, or
18

investigation of incidents of crime or misconduct, and
19

disclosure would result in demonstrable harm to the
20

agency or public body that is the recipient of the
21

request;
22

(vi) endanger the life or physical safety of law
23

enforcement personnel or any other person; or
24

(vii) obstruct an ongoing criminal investigation
25

by the agency that is the recipient of the request.
26

(d-5) A law enforcement record created for law

HB4704
- 22 -
LRB104 18830 BDA 32275 b
1

enforcement purposes and contained in a shared electronic
2

record management system if the law enforcement agency or
3

criminal justice agency that is the recipient of the
4

request did not create the record, did not participate in
5

or have a role in any of the events which are the subject
6

of the record, and only has access to the record through
7

the shared electronic record management system. As used in
8

this subsection (d-5), "criminal justice agency" means the
9

Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority or the
10

Illinois Sentencing Policy Advisory Council.
11

(d-6) Records contained in the Officer Professional
12

Conduct Database under Section 9.2 of the Illinois Police
13

Training Act, except to the extent authorized under that
14

Section. This includes the documents supplied to the
15

Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board from the
16

Illinois State Police and Illinois State Police Merit
17

Board.
18

(d-7) Information gathered or records created from the
19

use of automatic license plate readers in connection with
20

Section 2-130 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
21

(e) Records that relate to or affect the security of
22

correctional institutions and detention facilities.
23

(e-5) Records requested by persons committed to the
24

Department of Corrections, Department of Human Services
25

Division of Mental Health, or a county jail if those
26

materials are available in the library of the correctional

HB4704
- 23 -
LRB104 18830 BDA 32275 b
1

institution or facility or jail where the inmate is
2

confined.
3

(e-6) Records requested by persons committed to the
4

Department of Corrections, Department of Human Services
5

Division of Mental Health, or a county jail if those
6

materials include records from staff members' personnel
7

files, staff rosters, or other staffing assignment
8

information.
9

(e-7) Records requested by persons committed to the
10

Department of Corrections or Department of Human Services
11

Division of Mental Health if those materials are available
12

through an administrative request to the Department of
13

Corrections or Department of Human Services Division of
14

Mental Health.
15

(e-8) Records requested by a person committed to the
16

Department of Corrections, Department of Human Services
17

Division of Mental Health, or a county jail, the
18

disclosure of which would result in the risk of harm to any
19

person or the risk of an escape from a jail or correctional
20

institution or facility.
21

(e-9) Records requested by a person in a county jail
22

or committed to the Department of Corrections or
23

Department of Human Services Division of Mental Health,
24

containing personal information pertaining to the person's
25

victim or the victim's family, including, but not limited
26

to, a victim's home address, home telephone number, work

HB4704
- 24 -
LRB104 18830 BDA 32275 b
1

or school address, work telephone number, social security
2

number, or any other identifying information, except as
3

may be relevant to a requester's current or potential case
4

or claim.
5

(e-10) Law enforcement records of other persons
6

requested by a person committed to the Department of
7

Corrections, Department of Human Services Division of
8

Mental Health, or a county jail, including, but not
9

limited to, arrest and booking records, mug shots, and
10

crime scene photographs, except as these records may be
11

relevant to the requester's current or potential case or
12

claim.
13

(f) Preliminary drafts, notes, recommendations,
14

memoranda, and other records in which opinions are
15

expressed, or policies or actions are formulated, except
16

that a specific record or relevant portion of a record
17

shall not be exempt when the record is publicly cited and
18

identified by the head of the public body. The exemption
19

provided in this paragraph (f) extends to all those
20

records of officers and agencies of the General Assembly
21

that pertain to the preparation of legislative documents.
22

(g) Trade secrets and commercial or financial
23

information obtained from a person or business where the
24

trade secrets or commercial or financial information are
25

furnished under a claim that they are proprietary,
26

privileged, or confidential, and that disclosure of the

HB4704
- 25 -
LRB104 18830 BDA 32275 b
1

trade secrets or commercial or financial information would
2

cause competitive harm to the person or business, and only
3

insofar as the claim directly applies to the records
4

requested.
5

The information included under this exemption includes
6

all trade secrets and commercial or financial information
7

obtained by a public body, including a public pension
8

fund, from a private equity fund or a privately held
9

company within the investment portfolio of a private
10

equity fund as a result of either investing or evaluating
11

a potential investment of public funds in a private equity
12

fund. The exemption contained in this item does not apply
13

to the aggregate financial performance information of a
14

private equity fund, nor to the identity of the fund's
15

managers or general partners. The exemption contained in
16

this item does not apply to the identity of a privately
17

held company within the investment portfolio of a private
18

equity fund, unless the disclosure of the identity of a
19

privately held company may cause competitive harm.
20

Nothing contained in this paragraph (g) shall be
21

construed to prevent a person or business from consenting
22

to disclosure.
23

(h) Proposals and bids for any contract, grant, or
24

agreement, including information which if it were
25

disclosed would frustrate procurement or give an advantage
26

to any person proposing to enter into a contractor

HB4704
- 26 -
LRB104 18830 BDA 32275 b
1

agreement with the body, until an award or final selection
2

is made. Information prepared by or for the body in
3

preparation of a bid solicitation shall be exempt until an
4

award or final selection is made.
5

(i) Valuable formulae, computer geographic systems,
6

designs, drawings, and research data obtained or produced
7

by any public body when disclosure could reasonably be
8

expected to produce private gain or public loss. The
9

exemption for "computer geographic systems" provided in
10

this paragraph (i) does not extend to requests made by
11

news media as defined in Section 2 of this Act when the
12

requested information is not otherwise exempt and the only
13

purpose of the request is to access and disseminate
14

information regarding the health, safety, welfare, or
15

legal rights of the general public.
16

(j) The following information pertaining to
17

educational matters:
18

(i) test questions, scoring keys, and other
19

examination data used to administer an academic
20

examination;
21

(ii) information received by a primary or
22

secondary school, college, or university under its
23

procedures for the evaluation of faculty members by
24

their academic peers;
25

(iii) information concerning a school or
26

university's adjudication of student disciplinary

HB4704
- 27 -
LRB104 18830 BDA 32275 b
1

cases, but only to the extent that disclosure would
2

unavoidably reveal the identity of the student; and
3

(iv) course materials or research materials used
4

by faculty members.
5

(k) Architects' plans, engineers' technical
6

submissions, and other construction related technical
7

documents for projects not constructed or developed in
8

whole or in part with public funds and the same for
9

projects constructed or developed with public funds,
10

including, but not limited to, power generating and
11

distribution stations and other transmission and
12

distribution facilities, water treatment facilities,
13

airport facilities, sport stadiums, convention centers,
14

and all government owned, operated, or occupied buildings,
15

but only to the extent that disclosure would compromise
16

security.
17

(l) Minutes of meetings of public bodies closed to the
18

public as provided in the Open Meetings Act until the
19

public body makes the minutes available to the public
20

under Section 2.06 of the Open Meetings Act.
21

(m) Communications between a public body and an
22

attorney or auditor representing the public body that
23

would not be subject to discovery in litigation, and
24

materials prepared or compiled by or for a public body in
25

anticipation of a criminal, civil, or administrative
26

proceeding upon the request of an attorney advising the

HB4704
- 28 -
LRB104 18830 BDA 32275 b
1

public body, and materials prepared or compiled with
2

respect to internal audits of public bodies.
3

(n) Records relating to a public body's adjudication
4

of employee grievances or disciplinary cases; however,
5

this exemption shall not extend to the final outcome of
6

cases in which discipline is imposed.
7

(o) Administrative or technical information associated
8

with automated data processing operations, including, but
9

not limited to, software, operating protocols, computer
10

program abstracts, file layouts, source listings, object
11

modules, load modules, user guides, documentation
12

pertaining to all logical and physical design of
13

computerized systems, employee manuals, and any other
14

information that, if disclosed, would jeopardize the
15

security of the system or its data or the security of
16

materials exempt under this Section.
17

(p) Records relating to collective negotiating matters
18

between public bodies and their employees or
19

representatives, except that any final contract or
20

agreement shall be subject to inspection and copying.
21

(q) Test questions, scoring keys, and other
22

examination data used to determine the qualifications of
23

an applicant for a license or employment.
24

(r) The records, documents, and information relating
25

to real estate purchase negotiations until those
26

negotiations have been completed or otherwise terminated.

HB4704
- 29 -
LRB104 18830 BDA 32275 b
1

With regard to a parcel involved in a pending or actually
2

and reasonably contemplated eminent domain proceeding
3

under the Eminent Domain Act, records, documents, and
4

information relating to that parcel shall be exempt except
5

as may be allowed under discovery rules adopted by the
6

Illinois Supreme Court. The records, documents, and
7

information relating to a real estate sale shall be exempt
8

until a sale is consummated.
9

(s) Any and all proprietary information and records
10

related to the operation of an intergovernmental risk
11

management association or self-insurance pool or jointly
12

self-administered health and accident cooperative or pool.
13

Insurance or self-insurance (including any
14

intergovernmental risk management association or
15

self-insurance pool) claims, loss or risk management
16

information, records, data, advice, or communications.
17

(t) Information contained in or related to
18

examination, operating, or condition reports prepared by,
19

on behalf of, or for the use of a public body responsible
20

for the regulation or supervision of financial
21

institutions, insurance companies, or pharmacy benefit
22

managers, unless disclosure is otherwise required by State
23

law.
24

(u) Information that would disclose or might lead to
25

the disclosure of secret or confidential information,
26

codes, algorithms, programs, or private keys intended to

HB4704
- 30 -
LRB104 18830 BDA 32275 b
1

be used to create electronic signatures under the Uniform
2

Electronic Transactions Act.
3

(v) Vulnerability assessments, security measures, and
4

response policies or plans that are designed to identify,
5

prevent, or respond to potential attacks upon a
6

community's population or systems, facilities, or
7

installations, but only to the extent that disclosure
8

could reasonably be expected to expose the vulnerability
9

or jeopardize the effectiveness of the measures, policies,
10

or plans, or the safety of the personnel who implement
11

them or the public. Information exempt under this item may
12

include such things as details pertaining to the
13

mobilization or deployment of personnel or equipment, to
14

the operation of communication systems or protocols, to
15

cybersecurity vulnerabilities, or to tactical operations.
16

(w) (Blank).
17

(x) Maps and other records regarding the location or
18

security of generation, transmission, distribution,
19

storage, gathering, treatment, or switching facilities
20

owned by a utility, by a power generator, or by the
21

Illinois Power Agency.
22

(y) Information contained in or related to proposals,
23

bids, or negotiations related to electric power
24

procurement under Section 1-75 of the Illinois Power
25

Agency Act and Section 16-111.5 of the Public Utilities
26

Act that is determined to be confidential and proprietary

HB4704
- 31 -
LRB104 18830 BDA 32275 b
1

by the Illinois Power Agency or by the Illinois Commerce
2

Commission.
3

(z) Information about students exempted from
4

disclosure under Section 10-20.38 or 34-18.29 of the
5

School Code, and information about undergraduate students
6

enrolled at an institution of higher education exempted
7

from disclosure under Section 25 of the Illinois Credit
8

Card Marketing Act of 2009.
9

(aa) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
10

under the Viatical Settlements Act of 2009.
11

(bb) Records and information provided to a mortality
12

review team and records maintained by a mortality review
13

team appointed under the Department of Juvenile Justice
14

Mortality Review Team Act.
15

(cc) Information regarding interments, entombments, or
16

inurnments of human remains that are submitted to the
17

Cemetery Oversight Database under the Cemetery Care Act or
18

the Cemetery Oversight Act, whichever is applicable.
19

(dd) Correspondence and records (i) that may not be
20

disclosed under Section 11-9 of the Illinois Public Aid
21

Code or (ii) that pertain to appeals under Section 11-8 of
22

the Illinois Public Aid Code.
23

(ee) The names, addresses, or other personal
24

information of persons who are minors and are also
25

participants and registrants in programs of park
26

districts, forest preserve districts, conservation

HB4704
- 32 -
LRB104 18830 BDA 32275 b
1

districts, recreation agencies, and special recreation
2

associations.
3

(ff) The names, addresses, or other personal
4

information of participants and registrants in programs of
5

park districts, forest preserve districts, conservation
6

districts, recreation agencies, and special recreation
7

associations where such programs are targeted primarily to
8

minors.
9

(gg) Confidential information described in Section
10

1-100 of the Illinois Independent Tax Tribunal Act of
11

2012.
12

(hh) The report submitted to the State Board of
13

Education by the School Security and Standards Task Force
14

under item (8) of subsection (d) of Section 2-3.160 of the
15

School Code and any information contained in that report.
16

(ii) Records requested by persons committed to or
17

detained by the Department of Human Services under the
18

Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act or committed to
19

the Department of Corrections under the Sexually Dangerous
20

Persons Act if those materials: (i) are available in the
21

library of the facility where the individual is confined;
22

(ii) include records from staff members' personnel files,
23

staff rosters, or other staffing assignment information;
24

or (iii) are available through an administrative request
25

to the Department of Human Services or the Department of
26

Corrections.

HB4704
- 33 -
LRB104 18830 BDA 32275 b
1

(jj) Confidential information described in Section
2

5-535 of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
3

(kk) The public body's credit card numbers, debit card
4

numbers, bank account numbers, Federal Employer
5

Identification Number, security code numbers, passwords,
6

and similar account information, the disclosure of which
7

could result in identity theft or impression or defrauding
8

of a governmental entity or a person.
9

(ll) Records concerning the work of the threat
10

assessment team of a school district, including, but not
11

limited to, any threat assessment procedure under the
12

School Safety Drill Act and any information contained in
13

the procedure.
14

(mm) Information prohibited from being disclosed under
15

subsections (a) and (b) of Section 15 of the Student
16

Confidential Reporting Act
, including information
17

submitted to any similar independent school helpline as
18

defined under Section 15 of the Student Confidential
19

Reporting Act
.
20

(nn) Proprietary information submitted to the
21

Environmental Protection Agency under the Drug Take-Back
22

Act.
23

(oo) Records described in subsection (f) of Section
24

3-5-1 of the Unified Code of Corrections.
25

(pp) Any and all information regarding burials,
26

interments, or entombments of human remains as required to

HB4704
- 34 -
LRB104 18830 BDA 32275 b
1

be reported to the Department of Natural Resources
2

pursuant either to the Archaeological and Paleontological
3

Resources Protection Act or the Human Remains Protection
4

Act.
5

(qq) Reports described in subsection (e) of Section
6

16-15 of the Abortion Care Clinical Training Program Act.
7

(rr) Information obtained by a certified local health
8

department under the Access to Public Health Data Act.
9

(ss) For a request directed to a public body that is
10

also a HIPAA-covered entity, all information that is
11

protected health information, including demographic
12

information, that may be contained within or extracted
13

from any record held by the public body in compliance with
14

State and federal medical privacy laws and regulations,
15

including, but not limited to, the Health Insurance
16

Portability and Accountability Act and its regulations, 45
17

CFR Parts 160 and 164. As used in this paragraph,
18

"HIPAA-covered entity" has the meaning given to the term
19

"covered entity" in 45 CFR 160.103 and "protected health
20

information" has the meaning given to that term in 45 CFR
21

160.103.
22

(tt) Proposals or bids submitted by engineering
23

consultants in response to requests for proposal or other
24

competitive bidding requests by the Department of
25

Transportation or the Illinois Toll Highway Authority.
26

(uu) Documents that, pursuant to the State of

HB4704
- 35 -
LRB104 18830 BDA 32275 b
1

Illinois' 1987 Agreement with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
2

Commission and the corresponding requirement to maintain
3

compatibility with the National Materials Program, have
4

been determined to be security sensitive. These documents
5

include information classified as safeguards,
6

safeguards-modified, and sensitive unclassified
7

nonsafeguards information, as identified in U.S. Nuclear
8

Regulatory Commission regulatory information summaries,
9

security advisories, and other applicable communications
10

or regulations related to the control and distribution of
11

security sensitive information.
12

(1.5) Any information exempt from disclosure under the
13
Judicial Privacy Act shall be redacted from public records
14
prior to disclosure under this Act.
15

(1.6) Any information exempt from disclosure under the
16
Public Official Safety and Privacy Act shall be redacted from
17
public records prior to disclosure under this Act.
18

(1.7) Any information exempt from disclosure under
19
paragraph (3.5) of Section 9-15 of the Election Code shall be
20
redacted from public records prior to disclosure under this
21
Act.
22

(2) A public record that is not in the possession of a
23
public body but is in the possession of a party with whom the
24
agency has contracted to perform a governmental function on
25
behalf of the public body, and that directly relates to the
26
governmental function and is not otherwise exempt under this

HB4704
- 36 -
LRB104 18830 BDA 32275 b
1
Act, shall be considered a public record of the public body,
2
for purposes of this Act.
3

(3) This Section does not authorize withholding of
4
information or limit the availability of records to the
5
public, except as stated in this Section or otherwise provided
6
in this Act.
7
(Source: P.A. 103-154, eff. 6-30-23; 103-423, eff. 1-1-24;
8
103-446, eff. 8-4-23; 103-462, eff. 8-4-23; 103-540, eff.
9
1-1-24; 103-554, eff. 1-1-24; 103-605, eff. 7-1-24; 103-865,
10
eff. 1-1-25; 104-300, eff. 1-1-27; 104-438, eff. 1-1-26;
11
104-443, eff. 1-1-26; revised 1-7-26.)

12

Section 10.
The Student Confidential Reporting Act is
13
amended by changing Section 15 as follows:

14

(5 ILCS 860/15)
15

Sec. 15.
Management of confidential information.
16

(a) Any report or information submitted to the program
17
under Section 10
or to a similar independent school helpline

18
is confidential, may not be released except as otherwise
19
provided in this Act or in the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, and
20
is not subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information
21
Act.
22

(b) Any report or information submitted to the program and
23
forwarded by the vendor described in subsection (d) of Section
24
10 to a law enforcement official or to a school official is

HB4704
- 37 -
LRB104 18830 BDA 32275 b
1
confidential, may not be released except as otherwise provided
2
in this Act, and is not subject to disclosure under the Freedom
3
of Information Act.
4

(c) A person who intentionally discloses information to
5
another person in violation of subsection (a) or (b) commits a
6
Class C misdemeanor.
7

(d) In this Section, "similar independent school helpline"
8
means a school helpline that:
9

(1) involves a toll-free telephone number, social
10

media, a website, or other means of communication, or a
11

combination of a toll-free telephone number and another
12

means of communication, that transmits voice, text,
13

photographic, or other messages and information to
14

operators;
15

(2) employs operators trained in crisis intervention,
16

mental health and other human services, and the handling
17

of criminal intelligence information;
18

(3) offers students a safe, confidential way in which
19

to share information that might help prevent suicides,
20

bullying, school violence, or other threats to school
21

safety;
22

(4) is not intended to suspend, expel, or punish
23

students;
24

(5) encourages students to seek help before harm; and
25

(6) shares vetted information with local district and
26

school officials and, if necessary, the local public

HB4704
- 38 -
LRB104 18830 BDA 32275 b
1

safety answering point or 9-1-1 call center.
2
(Source: P.A. 102-752, eff. 1-1-23
.)

3

Section 95.
No acceleration or delay.
Where this Act makes
4
changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text
5
that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section
6
represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does
7
not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes
8
made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other
9
Public Act.

Footer

Disclaimer

This site is maintained for the Illinois General Assembly by the
Legislative Information System, 705 Stratton Building, Springfield, Illinois 62706.

Contact ILGA Webmaster

ILGA.gov uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. By continuing to browse ILGA.gov you consent to our use of cookies.
Read About Cookies

ILGA.GOV

2026 ILGA.gov | All Rights Reserved |
ADA

|
Disclaimers
|
Learn

This site is maintained for the Illinois General Assembly by the
Legislative Information System, 705 Stratton Building, Springfield, Illinois 62706.
Contact ILGA Webmaster

ILGA.gov uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. By continuing to browse ILGA.gov you consent to our use of cookies.
Read About Cookies

ILGA.GOV

2026 ILGA.gov | All Rights Reserved |
ADA

|
Disclaimers
|
Learn