republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/94th/hb-884.md

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Bill	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.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	94th	HB 884	Illinois HB 884 (94th)	bill		enacted		3	28	2	2005-02-02	2005-07-12	openstates	ocd-bill/ba164a01-ece8-499e-8c5b-f9799ab2caae	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=884&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=15491&SessionID=50&GA=94	cbeed16256911496f5c85745f8756c65d2d4397fc719ba086e1211d97d79a9fb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/ba164a01-ece8-499e-8c5b-f9799ab2caae. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).