republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/97th/hb-4081.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIM CD-EAVESDROPPING EXEMPT"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "HB 4081"
citation: "Illinois HB 4081 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2012-01-24"
last_action: "2012-07-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d71c39c6-55be-4ab9-9e15-71634d847d98"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4081&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=63347&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "61c587f3b35c8cd57331ce82a0f1471bff7e3fb98523f0d12b2ea7543409208a"
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 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](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB4081&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=63347&DocNum=4081&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB4081eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=63347&DocNum=4081&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB4081enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=63347&DocNum=4081&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d71c39c6-55be-4ab9-9e15-71634d847d98`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).