---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIM CD-EAVESDROPPING"
description: "Amends the Criminal Code of 1961 relating to exemptions from eavesdropping violations. Permits the interception, recording, or transcription of an electronic communication by an employee of a penal institution (rather than an employee of the Illinois Department of Corrections), provided that the interception, recording, or transcription is: (1) otherwise legally permissible under Illinois law; (2) conducted with the approval of the penal institution (rather than the Illinois Department of Corrections) for the purpose of investigating or enforcing a State criminal law or a penal institution rule or regulation (rather than a Department rule or regulation) with respect to inmates in the penal institution (rather than persons committed to the Illinois Department of Corrections); and (3) within the scope of the employee's official duties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 884"
citation: "Illinois HB 884 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-02"
last_action: "2005-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba164a01-ece8-499e-8c5b-f9799ab2caae"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=884&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=15491&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "cbeed16256911496f5c85745f8756c65d2d4397fc719ba086e1211d97d79a9fb"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---

# Illinois HB 884 (94th) — CRIM CD-EAVESDROPPING

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961 relating to exemptions from eavesdropping violations. Permits the interception, recording, or transcription of an electronic communication by an employee of a penal institution (rather than an employee of the Illinois Department of Corrections), provided that the interception, recording, or transcription is: (1) otherwise legally permissible under Illinois law; (2) conducted with the approval of the penal institution (rather than the Illinois Department of Corrections) for the purpose of investigating or enforcing a State criminal law or a penal institution rule or regulation (rather than a Department rule or regulation) with respect to inmates in the penal institution (rather than persons committed to the Illinois Department of Corrections); and (3) within the scope of the employee's official duties.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0884&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=15491&DocNum=884&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0884eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=15491&DocNum=884&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0884enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=15491&DocNum=884&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John J. Millner — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2005-02-02** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. John J. Millner `filing`
- **2005-02-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-02** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-08** Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-18** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-02-18** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-02-25** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-02-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-03-02** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-03-03** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2005-03-03** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 8, 2005 `reading-1`
- **2005-04-06** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
- **2005-04-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-06** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-13** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-20** Postponed - Judiciary
- **2005-05-02** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton `amendment-introduction`
- **2005-05-02** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-05** Do Pass Judiciary; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-05-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2005
- **2005-05-11** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 12, 2005
- **2005-05-18** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-18** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-06-16** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-07-12** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-07-12** Effective Date January 1, 2006
- **2005-07-12** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0183 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ba164a01-ece8-499e-8c5b-f9799ab2caae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).