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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "CRIM CD-EAVESDROPPING"
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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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
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legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
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session: "94th"
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identifier: "HB 884"
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citation: "Illinois HB 884 (94th)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 28
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2005-02-02"
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last_action: "2005-07-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba164a01-ece8-499e-8c5b-f9799ab2caae"
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source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=884&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=15491&SessionID=50&GA=94"
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source_hash: "cbeed16256911496f5c85745f8756c65d2d4397fc719ba086e1211d97d79a9fb"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
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---
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# Illinois HB 884 (94th) — CRIM CD-EAVESDROPPING
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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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)
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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)
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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)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper
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- Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- John J. Millner — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2005-02-02** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. John J. Millner `filing`
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- **2005-02-02** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2005-02-02** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2005-02-08** Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2005-02-18** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2005-02-18** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2005-02-25** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2005-02-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2005-03-02** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2005-03-03** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
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- **2005-03-03** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 8, 2005 `reading-1`
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- **2005-04-06** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
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- **2005-04-06** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2005-04-06** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2005-04-13** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2005-04-20** Postponed - Judiciary
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- **2005-05-02** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton `amendment-introduction`
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- **2005-05-02** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2005-05-05** Do Pass Judiciary; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2005-05-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2005
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- **2005-05-11** Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2005-05-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 12, 2005
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- **2005-05-18** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2005-05-18** Passed Both Houses
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- **2005-06-16** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2005-07-12** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
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- **2005-07-12** Effective Date January 1, 2006
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- **2005-07-12** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0183 `became-law`
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## Source
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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).
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