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Bill	CRIM CD-EAVESDROPPING-EXEMPT	Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Exempts from an eavesdropping violation, with prior notification to the State's Attorney of the county in which it is to occur, recording or listening with the aid of any device to any conversation where a law enforcement officer, or any person acting at the direction of law enforcement, is a party to the conversation and has consented to it being intercepted or recorded under circumstances where the use of the device is necessary for the protection of the law enforcement officer or any person acting at the direction of law enforcement, in the course of an investigation of a felony offense involving any weapon listed in the statute concerning unlawful use of weapons. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	SB 1814	Illinois SB 1814 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	34	2	2009-02-20	2009-08-13	openstates	ocd-bill/bf697c5b-590d-4cd9-a58a-fe2d8ee97878	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1814&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=44623&SessionID=76&GA=96	d9a412e4772bca6ec30c338b112a72f6075e8995870e999f8894150c0bfb461f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1814 (96th) — CRIM CD-EAVESDROPPING-EXEMPT

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Exempts from an eavesdropping violation, with prior notification to the State's Attorney of the county in which it is to occur, recording or listening with the aid of any device to any conversation where a law enforcement officer, or any person acting at the direction of law enforcement, is a party to the conversation and has consented to it being intercepted or recorded under circumstances where the use of the device is necessary for the protection of the law enforcement officer or any person acting at the direction of law enforcement, in the course of an investigation of a felony offense involving any weapon listed in the statute concerning unlawful use of weapons. Effective immediately.

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 — 105–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 54–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Dan Kotowski — primary (person)
• Darlene J. Senger — cosponsor (person)
• Jack D. Franks — cosponsor (person)
• Jil Tracy — cosponsor (person)
• Keith Farnham — cosponsor (person)
• Linda Chapa LaVia — cosponsor (person)
• Michael G. Connelly — cosponsor (person)
• Sandra M. Pihos — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-02-20 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Millner filing
• 2009-02-20 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-02-20 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-02-26 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Muñoz
• 2009-03-04 Assigned to Criminal Law referral-committee
• 2009-03-12 Do Pass Criminal Law; 008-000-001 committee-passage
• 2009-03-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 17, 2009
• 2009-03-12 Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Dan Kotowski
• 2009-03-24 Second Reading reading-2
• 2009-03-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 25, 2009
• 2009-04-01 Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-001 reading-3, passage
• 2009-04-01 Arrived in House introduction
• 2009-04-01 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2009-04-02 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Mark L. Walker
• 2009-04-02 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-04-02 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-04-14 Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee referral-committee
• 2009-04-30 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 004-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-04-30 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-05-12 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-05-18 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 105-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-05-18 Passed Both Houses
• 2009-05-18 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2009-05-18 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
• 2009-05-18 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2009-05-18 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jil Tracy
• 2009-05-18 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael G. Connelly
• 2009-05-18 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
• 2009-05-18 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Darlene J. Senger
• 2009-06-16 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2009-08-13 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2009-08-13 Effective Date August 13, 2009
• 2009-08-13 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0425 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bf697c5b-590d-4cd9-a58a-fe2d8ee97878. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).