republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/97th/hb-4596.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "FOIA-LAW ENFORCEMENT"
description: "Amends the Freedom of Information Act. With respect to the disclosure exemption for administrative enforcement and law enforcement records, extends the exemption to records the disclosure of which would affect enforcement proceedings and investigations of any public body (now, the public body that receives the request). Requires a public body that receives any administrative enforcement or law enforcement records request but that is not the public body or law enforcement or correctional agency contemplating or conducting a proceeding or investigation to transmit the request to such body or agency. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "HB 4596"
citation: "Illinois HB 4596 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 45
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2012-02-01"
last_action: "2012-08-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39919ea4-8731-4c4d-8614-f3d3208670f4"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4596&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=64337&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "f45b2288312c71d35595a473463ac2b347d4c64fe35fbce054197d642343505c"
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 4596 (97th) — FOIA-LAW ENFORCEMENT

Amends the Freedom of Information Act. With respect to the disclosure exemption for administrative enforcement and law enforcement records, extends the exemption to records the disclosure of which would affect enforcement proceedings and investigations of any public body (now, the public body that receives the request). Requires a public body that receives any administrative enforcement or law enforcement records request but that is not the public body or law enforcement or correctional agency contemplating or conducting a proceeding or investigation to transmit the request to such body or agency. Effective immediately.

## 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=09700HB4596&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=64337&DocNum=4596&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB4596eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=64337&DocNum=4596&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB4596enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=64337&DocNum=4596&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jim Durkin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-01** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jim Durkin `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** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jim Durkin `amendment-introduction`
- **2012-02-29** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-05** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to State Government Administration Committee
- **2012-03-07** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in State Government Administration Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2012-03-07** Do Pass as Amended / Standard Debate State Government Administration Committee; 010-007-000 `committee-passage`
- **2012-03-09** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Standard Debate
- **2012-03-23** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jim Durkin `amendment-introduction`
- **2012-03-23** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-26** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-03-26** Second Reading - Standard Debate `reading-2`
- **2012-03-26** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2012-03-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Standard Debate
- **2012-03-27** Third Reading - Standard Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-03-27** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2012-03-27** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 28, 2012 `reading-1`
- **2012-03-28** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
- **2012-03-29** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-03-29** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-11** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-18** Held in Executive
- **2012-04-19** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. William R. Haine `amendment-introduction`
- **2012-04-19** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-24** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive
- **2012-04-25** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-26** Do Pass as Amended Executive; 014-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2012-04-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 1, 2012
- **2012-05-02** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2012-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 3, 2012
- **2012-05-15** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-05-15** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2012-05-15** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- **2012-05-21** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Jim Durkin
- **2012-05-21** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-21** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-23** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted State Government Administration Committee; 012-001-000
- **2012-05-28** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 113-000-001
- **2012-05-28** Passed Both Houses
- **2012-06-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2012-08-24** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2012-08-24** Effective Date August 24, 2012
- **2012-08-24** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-1065 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/39919ea4-8731-4c4d-8614-f3d3208670f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).