POLICE DATA SHARING ACT

Illinois General Assembly - Full Text of HB4771

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 HB4771

Home

Legislation

Full Text

HB4771 - 104th General Assembly

Bill Status

Full Text

Votes

Witness Slips

Select Menu

Bill Status

Full Text

Votes

Witness Slips

Printer Friendly Version

Introduced

House Amendment 001

Printer Friendly Version

Introduced

House Amendment 001

Open PDF

104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB4771

Introduced , by Rep. Kam Buckner

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

New Act

Creates the Law Enforcement Data Sharing Act. Provides that a
criminal justice agency shall share with a bona fide researcher all
criminal justice data and records, including relevant personally
identifying information and demographic information, held by that agency
relating to: (1) a law enforcement stop, search, or seizure; (2) a warrant,
arrest, or citation; (3) participation in a pre-arrest or post-arrest
diversion, specialty court, or other alternative resolution program; (4) a
criminal charge, disposition, or sentence; (5) a pretrial or posttrial
release from custody, or any terms or conditions of release; (6) a grant,
order, change in the terms of, or termination of pretrial supervised
release, probation, parole, or participation in correctional or
rehabilitative programs; or (7) a formal discipline, reclassification, or
relocation of any person under criminal sentence or correctional control.
Provides that a criminal justice agency shall share with a bona fide
researcher all criminal justice data and records, including relevant
personally identifying information and demographic information, held by
the criminal justice agency that is subject to mandatory or discretionary
disclosure to any member of the public under the Freedom of Information
Act. Provides that a criminal justice agency may share with a bona fide
researcher any other criminal justice data, records, or information,
including relevant personally identifying information and demographic
information, held by that agency that is responsive to a bona fide
researcher's request. Provides that, within 6 months after the effective
date of the Act, the Attorney General shall issue guidance to assist
criminal justice agencies in complying with the Act's requirements.
Provides that a criminal justice agency may assess reasonable fees, not to
exceed actual costs, for the search, retrieval, and copying of criminal
justice data, records, or information requested under the Act, and may
waive fees at their discretion.
LRB104 18273 RTM 31712 b

A BILL FOR

HB4771
LRB104 18273 RTM 31712 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 1.
Short title.
This Act may be cited as the
Law
5
Enforcement Data Sharing Act.

6

Section 5.
Findings and purpose.
The General Assembly
7
finds and declares that:
8

(1) Criminal justice policies and programs that are
9

evidence-based and supported by relevant research result
10

in superior outcomes.
11

(2) State and local agencies record and retain a wide
12

variety of criminal justice data and records, including
13

sensitive information otherwise shielded from public
14

disclosure.
15

(3) If provided access to these data and records, then
16

bona fide researchers could conduct valuable research into
17

criminal justice programs, practices, and outcomes that
18

would benefit public safety and serve the public interest.
19

(4) Bona fide researchers can institute security
20

protocols to protect and safeguard sensitive information,
21

allowing them to safely access data and records that may
22

not be suitable for broader public disclosure.
23

(5) Providing bona fide researchers with access to

HB4771
- 2 -
LRB104 18273 RTM 31712 b
1

relevant criminal justice data and records will facilitate
2

and promote criminal justice research, frequently at
3

little to no cost to taxpayers.

4

Section 10.
Definitions.
As used in this Act:
5

"Bona fide researcher" means any individual or
6
organization who:
7

(1) agrees that any personally identifiable
8

information provided shall be used only for research and
9

statistical activities and shall not be transferred,
10

revealed, or used for purposes other than research or
11

statistical activities, and that reports or publications
12

derived from this information shall not identify specific
13

individuals;
14

(2) certifies that they have secured approval by their
15

institutional review board for the research or statistical
16

project that is the basis of the data access request; and
17

(3) if they are requesting access to any confidential,
18

personally identifiable data, certifies that they have
19

security controls in place to prevent unauthorized access
20

to any confidential, personally identifiable data, and
21

that these controls have met the approval of their
22

institutional review board.
23

"Criminal justice agency" means any court with criminal
24
jurisdiction and any local, county, or State agency that
25
performs any activity directly relating to:

HB4771
- 3 -
LRB104 18273 RTM 31712 b
1

(1) the detection or investigation of crime;
2

(2) the apprehension, pretrial release, posttrial
3

release, prosecution, correctional supervision,
4

rehabilitation, evaluation, or treatment of accused
5

persons or criminal offenders; or
6

(3) criminal identification activities or the
7

collection, storage, or dissemination of arrest and
8

criminal records information.
9

"Criminal justice data" means all data collected, created,
10
received, maintained, or disseminated by any criminal justice
11
agency regardless of its physical form, storage media, or
12
conditions of use.
13

"Institutional review board" means any board, committee,
14
or other group that reviews, approves initiation of, and
15
conducts periodic review of research, and which has received
16
accreditation for this purpose or is part of an accredited
17
institution of higher learning.
18

"Record" means any information kept, held, filed, produced
19
or reproduced by, with, or for a criminal justice agency, in
20
any physical or digital form whatsoever, including, but not
21
limited to, reports, statements, examinations, memoranda,
22
opinions, folders, files, books, manuals, pamphlets, forms,
23
papers, designs, drawings, maps, photos, letters, microfilms,
24
computer tapes or discs, rules, regulations, or codes.

25

Section 15.
Researcher access to criminal justice data and

HB4771
- 4 -
LRB104 18273 RTM 31712 b
1
records.
2

(a) A criminal justice agency shall share with a bona fide
3
researcher all criminal justice data and records, including
4
relevant personally identifying information and demographic
5
information, held by that agency relating to:
6

(1) a law enforcement stop, search, or seizure;
7

(2) a warrant, arrest, or citation;
8

(3) participation in a pre-arrest or post-arrest
9

diversion, specialty court, or other alternative
10

resolution program;
11

(4) a criminal charge, disposition, or sentence;
12

(5) a pretrial or posttrial release from custody, or
13

any terms or conditions of release;
14

(6) a grant, order, change in the terms of, or
15

termination of pretrial supervised release, probation,
16

parole, or participation in correctional or rehabilitative
17

programs; or
18

(7) a formal discipline, reclassification, or
19

relocation of any person under criminal sentence or
20

correctional control.
21

(b) A criminal justice agency shall share with a bona fide
22
researcher all criminal justice data and records, including
23
relevant personally identifying information and demographic
24
information, held by the criminal justice agency that is
25
subject to mandatory or discretionary disclosure to any member
26
of the public under the Freedom of Information Act.

HB4771
- 5 -
LRB104 18273 RTM 31712 b
1

(c) A criminal justice agency may share with a bona fide
2
researcher any other criminal justice data, records, or
3
information, including relevant personally identifying
4
information and demographic information, held by the criminal
5
justice agency that is responsive to a bona fide researcher's
6
request.
7

(d) A release of criminal justice data, records, or
8
information under this Section is not considered a release of
9
data, records, or information to the public for the purposes
10
of the Freedom of Information Act and does not waive the right
11
to assert in the future that data, records, or information are
12
excepted from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act.

13

Section 20.
Guidance.
Within 6 months after the effective
14
date of this Act, the Attorney General shall issue guidance to
15
assist criminal justice agencies in complying with this Act's
16
requirements, including a process for identifying bona fide
17
researchers and sharing criminal justice data, records, and
18
information with them.

19

Section 25.
Fees.
A criminal justice agency may assess
20
reasonable fees, not to exceed actual costs, for the search,
21
retrieval, and copying of criminal justice data, records, or
22
information requested under this Act, and may waive fees at
23
its discretion.

HB4771
- 6 -
LRB104 18273 RTM 31712 b
1

Section 30.
Identifiable information.
A bona fide
2
researcher may not identify specific individuals in any report
3
or publications derived from information obtained under this
4
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