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Bill	CRIM CD-EAVESDROPPING EXEMPT	Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Exempts from an eavesdropping violation, with prior notification to and verbal approval of the State's Attorney or his or her designee of the county in which the conversation is anticipated to occur, recording or listening with the aid of an eavesdropping device to a conversation in which a law enforcement officer, or any person acting at the direction of a law enforcement officer, is a party to the conversation and has consented to the conversation being intercepted or recorded in the course of an investigation of a felony violation of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, a felony violation of the Cannabis Control Act, or a felony violation of the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act. Provides that whenever any wire, electronic, or oral communication has been intercepted as a result of this exception that is not related to a felony violation of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, felony violation of the Cannabis Control Act, or felony violation of the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act or conspiracy related to those violations, no part of the contents of the communication and evidence derived from the communication may be received in evidence in any trial, hearing, or other proceeding in or before any court, grand jury, department, officer, agency, regulatory body, legislative committee, or other authority of this State, or a political subdivision of the State if the disclosure of that information would be in violation of this provision unless the violation involves a forcible felony.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 4081	Illinois HB 4081 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	43	2	2012-01-24	2012-07-24	openstates	ocd-bill/d71c39c6-55be-4ab9-9e15-71634d847d98	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4081&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=63347&SessionID=84&GA=97	61c587f3b35c8cd57331ce82a0f1471bff7e3fb98523f0d12b2ea7543409208a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4081 (97th) — CRIM CD-EAVESDROPPING EXEMPT

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Exempts from an eavesdropping violation, with prior notification to and verbal approval of the State's Attorney or his or her designee of the county in which the conversation is anticipated to occur, recording or listening with the aid of an eavesdropping device to a conversation in which a law enforcement officer, or any person acting at the direction of a law enforcement officer, is a party to the conversation and has consented to the conversation being intercepted or recorded in the course of an investigation of a felony violation of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, a felony violation of the Cannabis Control Act, or a felony violation of the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act. Provides that whenever any wire, electronic, or oral communication has been intercepted as a result of this exception that is not related to a felony violation of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, felony violation of the Cannabis Control Act, or felony violation of the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act or conspiracy related to those violations, no part of the contents of the communication and evidence derived from the communication may be received in evidence in any trial, hearing, or other proceeding in or before any court, grand jury, department, officer, agency, regulatory body, legislative committee, or other authority of this State, or a political subdivision of the State if the disclosure of that information would be in violation of this provision unless the violation involves a forcible felony.

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 — 99–12 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 42–14 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jehan A. Gordon — primary (person)
• John G. Mulroe — cosponsor (person)
• M. Maggie Crotty — cosponsor (person)
• Tim Bivins — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-01-24 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jehan A. Gordon filing
• 2012-01-25 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-01-25 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2012-01-30 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Zalewski
• 2012-01-31 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Durkin
• 2012-02-06 Assigned to Executive Committee referral-committee
• 2012-03-06 Motion Filed to Suspend Rule 25 Executive Committee; Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
• 2012-03-06 Motion to Suspend Rule 25 - Prevailed by Voice Vote
• 2012-03-09 Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2012-03-21 Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) March 30, 2012
• 2012-03-21 Assigned to Executive Committee referral-committee
• 2012-03-23 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jehan A. Gordon amendment-introduction
• 2012-03-23 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2012-03-26 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Executive Committee
• 2012-03-27 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Executive Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2012-03-27 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Executive Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-03-27 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-03-27 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2012-03-27 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2012-03-30 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-03-30 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 099-012-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-04-11 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2012-04-11 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 17, 2012 reading-1
• 2012-04-11 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
• 2012-04-11 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Christine Radogno
• 2012-04-17 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-04-17 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-04-24 Assigned to Criminal Law referral-committee
• 2012-04-30 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Tim Bivins
• 2012-05-02 Held in Criminal Law
• 2012-05-04 Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 25, 2012
• 2012-05-09 Do Pass Criminal Law; 007-002-000 committee-passage
• 2012-05-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2012
• 2012-05-10 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. John G. Mulroe
• 2012-05-10 Second Reading reading-2
• 2012-05-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2012
• 2012-05-22 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
• 2012-05-22 Third Reading - Passed; 042-014-001 reading-3, passage
• 2012-05-22 Passed Both Houses
• 2012-05-31 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2012-07-24 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2012-07-24 Effective Date January 1, 2013
• 2012-07-24 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0846 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d71c39c6-55be-4ab9-9e15-71634d847d98. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).