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Bill	FOIA-DEPT OF CORRECTIONS	Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Exempts from the Act's copying and disclosure requirements records requested by persons committed to the Department of Corrections if those materials (i) are available in the library of the correctional facility where the inmate is confined, (ii) include records from staff members' personnel files, staff rosters, or other staffing assignment information, or (iii) are available through an administrative request to the Department of Corrections. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 4592	Illinois HB 4592 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	30	2	2012-02-01	2012-07-13	openstates	ocd-bill/a8c63b80-05a8-4a5c-a575-39805162bf92	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4592&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=64333&SessionID=84&GA=97	cf721201bef64e09c45196721e11a2804df08c192910711e36e87a67ea60afc0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4592 (97th) — FOIA-DEPT OF CORRECTIONS

Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Exempts from the Act's copying and disclosure requirements records requested by persons committed to the Department of Corrections if those materials (i) are available in the library of the correctional facility where the inmate is confined, (ii) include records from staff members' personnel files, staff rosters, or other staffing assignment information, or (iii) are available through an administrative request to the Department of Corrections. 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 — 103–3 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 55–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• William Cunningham — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-01 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. William Cunningham filing
• 2012-02-01 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-02-01 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2012-02-07 Assigned to State Government Administration Committee referral-committee
• 2012-02-29 Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 015-002-000 committee-passage
• 2012-03-01 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-03-06 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2012-03-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-03-07 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Richard Morthland
• 2012-03-08 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 103-003-008 reading-3, passage
• 2012-03-09 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Esther Golar
• 2012-03-21 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2012-03-21 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2012-03-21 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Millner
• 2012-03-21 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-03-21 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-03-29 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
• 2012-04-11 Assigned to Executive referral-committee
• 2012-04-18 Held in Executive
• 2012-04-20 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. William E. Brady
• 2012-04-26 Do Pass Executive; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-04-26 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 1, 2012
• 2012-05-03 Second Reading reading-2
• 2012-05-03 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 8, 2012
• 2012-05-15 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-001 reading-3, passage
• 2012-05-15 Passed Both Houses
• 2012-06-13 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2012-07-13 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2012-07-13 Effective Date July 13, 2012
• 2012-07-13 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0783 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a8c63b80-05a8-4a5c-a575-39805162bf92. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).