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type: "Bill"
title: "FOIA-EXEMPTIONS"
description: "Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Exempts from inspection and copying the following: records requested by a person committed to the Department of Corrections or a county jail, the disclosure of which would result in the risk of harm to any person or the risk of an escape from a jail or correctional institution or facility; records requested by a person in a county jail or committed to the Department of Corrections containing personal information pertaining to the person's victim or the victim's family, including, but not limited to, a victim's home address, home telephone number, work or school address, work telephone number, social security number, or any other identifying information, except as may be relevant to a requester's current or potential case or claim; and law enforcement records of other persons requested by a person committed to the Department of Corrections or a county jail, including, but not limited to, arrest and booking records, mug shots, and crime scene photographs, except as these records may be relevant to the requester's current or potential case or claim. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "100th"
identifier: "HB 619"
citation: "Illinois HB 619 (100th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 53
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-24"
last_action: "2017-08-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/973d8d28-6d20-44b6-adc7-44a7fbbb3a6f"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=619&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=100821&SessionID=91&GA=100"
source_hash: "0bd3d1b3997d214bebea9595f2e1c2e7aee6e719c5303e354a31818911904eed"
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 619 (100th) — FOIA-EXEMPTIONS
Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Exempts from inspection and copying the following: records requested by a person committed to the Department of Corrections or a county jail, the disclosure of which would result in the risk of harm to any person or the risk of an escape from a jail or correctional institution or facility; records requested by a person in a county jail or committed to the Department of Corrections containing personal information pertaining to the person's victim or the victim's family, including, but not limited to, a victim's home address, home telephone number, work or school address, work telephone number, social security number, or any other identifying information, except as may be relevant to a requester's current or potential case or claim; and law enforcement records of other persons requested by a person committed to the Department of Corrections or a county jail, including, but not limited to, arrest and booking records, mug shots, and crime scene photographs, except as these records may be relevant to the requester's current or potential case or claim. Effective immediately.
## 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=10000HB0619&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=100821&DocNum=619&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB0619eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=100821&DocNum=619&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB0619enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=100821&DocNum=619&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **989** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **550** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Bill Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Lawrence Walsh, Jr. — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-01-24** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Lawrence Walsh, Jr. `filing`
- **2017-01-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-24** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-02** Assigned to Government Transparency Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-03** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry Costello, II
- **2017-02-14** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Lawrence Walsh, Jr. `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-02-14** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Government Transparency Committee
- **2017-02-22** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Government Transparency Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2017-02-22** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Government Transparency Committee; 008-001-000 `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-23** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2017-02-24** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2017-02-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2017-02-27** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith R. Wheeler
- **2017-02-28** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Avery Bourne
- **2017-03-01** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
- **2017-03-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Norine K. Hammond
- **2017-03-02** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tom Demmer
- **2017-03-02** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tim Butler
- **2017-03-02** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Wojcicki Jimenez
- **2017-03-07** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Severin
- **2017-03-07** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John M. Cabello
- **2017-03-07** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
- **2017-03-07** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert Rita
- **2017-03-07** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2017-03-07** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Halpin
- **2017-03-07** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
- **2017-03-07** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jay Hoffman
- **2017-03-08** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry Lee Long
- **2017-03-13** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael D. Unes
- **2017-03-16** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 098-009-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-16** Motion Filed to Reconsider Vote Rep. Lawrence Walsh, Jr.
- **2017-03-17** Motion to Reconsider Vote - Withdrawn Rep. Lawrence Walsh, Jr.
- **2017-03-17** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2017-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-17** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
- **2017-03-17** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-17** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-21** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant
- **2017-04-25** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-03** Postponed - Local Government
- **2017-05-10** Do Pass Local Government; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 11, 2017
- **2017-05-12** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-05-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2017
- **2017-05-26** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2017 `reading-3`
- **2017-05-29** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Bill Cunningham
- **2017-05-29** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-05-29** Passed Both Houses
- **2017-06-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-08-04** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-04** Effective Date August 4, 2017
- **2017-08-04** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0026 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/973d8d28-6d20-44b6-adc7-44a7fbbb3a6f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).