Bill > HB2421

This bill amends the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to expand an existing exemption for law enforcement records contained in shared electronic record management systems. Specifically, the bill modifies the existing language to allow a criminal justice agency (in addition to a law enforcement agency) to be exempt from disclosing a record that it did not create, did not participate in or have a role in the events described in the record, and only has access to the record through a shared electronic record management system. This means that if a law enforcement or criminal justice agency receives a public records request for a document that is part of a shared electronic system but was created by another agency and is unrelated to the receiving agency's own work, that agency can choose not to disclose the record. The amendment provides additional protection for agencies that might have peripheral access to records through interconnected electronic systems, preventing them from being obligated to release documents they did not originally generate or have direct involvement in creating.

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https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2421&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=114&GA=104