republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/98th/sb-2808.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "LOCATION SURVEILLANCE"
description: "Creates the Freedom From Location Surveillance Act. Provides that a law enforcement agency shall not obtain current or future location information pertaining to a person or his or her effects without first obtaining a court order based on probable cause to believe that the person whose location information is sought has committed, is committing, or is about to commit a crime or the effect is evidence of a crime, or if the location information is authorized under an arrest warrant issued under the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 to aid in the apprehension or the arrest of the person named in the arrest warrant. An order issued under a finding of probable cause must be limited to a period of 60 days, renewable by the judge upon a showing of good cause for subsequent periods of 60 days. Provides exemptions. Provides that if the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that a law enforcement agency obtained current or future location information pertaining to a person or his or her effects in violation of the Act, then the information shall be presumed to be inadmissible in any judicial or administrative proceeding. Provides that the State may overcome this presumption by proving the applicability of a judicially recognized exception to the exclusionary rule of the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution or Article I, Section 6 of the Illinois Constitution, or by a preponderance of the evidence that the law enforcement officer was acting in good faith and reasonably believed that one or more of the exceptions existed at the time the location information was obtained. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "SB 2808"
citation: "Illinois SB 2808 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 49
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2014-01-30"
last_action: "2014-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34962af1-c56c-4624-88ba-c7bcd97efe3f"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2808&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=78729&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "c3caecc37a4ea3299f73166aa35ed8d86bbbd7ecdc52a7b0b4634ec8291c32fc"
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 SB 2808 (98th) — LOCATION SURVEILLANCE

Creates the Freedom From Location Surveillance Act. Provides that a law enforcement agency shall not obtain current or future location information pertaining to a person or his or her effects without first obtaining a court order based on probable cause to believe that the person whose location information is sought has committed, is committing, or is about to commit a crime or the effect is evidence of a crime, or if the location information is authorized under an arrest warrant issued under the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 to aid in the apprehension or the arrest of the person named in the arrest warrant. An order issued under a finding of probable cause must be limited to a period of 60 days, renewable by the judge upon a showing of good cause for subsequent periods of 60 days. Provides exemptions. Provides that if the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that a law enforcement agency obtained current or future location information pertaining to a person or his or her effects in violation of the Act, then the information shall be presumed to be inadmissible in any judicial or administrative proceeding. Provides that the State may overcome this presumption by proving the applicability of a judicially recognized exception to the exclusionary rule of the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution or Article I, Section 6 of the Illinois Constitution, or by a preponderance of the evidence that the law enforcement officer was acting in good faith and reasonably believed that one or more of the exceptions existed at the time the location information was obtained. 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=09800SB2808&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=78729&DocNum=2808&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB2808eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=78729&DocNum=2808&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB2808enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=78729&DocNum=2808&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence — **57–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Daniel Biss — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-01-30** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Daniel Biss `filing`
- **2014-01-30** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-01-30** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-11** Assigned to Criminal Law `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-19** Do Pass Criminal Law; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-02-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 20, 2014
- **2014-02-20** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-02-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 25, 2014
- **2014-04-01** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Daniel Biss `amendment-introduction`
- **2014-04-01** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-07** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Criminal Law
- **2014-04-08** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Criminal Law; 008-000-000
- **2014-04-08** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-04-08** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Biss `amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2014-04-08** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Connelly
- **2014-04-08** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Chapin Rose
- **2014-04-08** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
- **2014-04-08** Third Reading - Passed; 052-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-04-09** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2014-04-09** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Ann Williams
- **2014-04-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-04-09** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-28** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-30** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Ann Williams `amendment-introduction`
- **2014-04-30** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-05** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary
- **2014-05-07** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-07** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary; 015-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-05-07** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-05-09** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David Harris
- **2014-05-13** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2014-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-05-14** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Morrison
- **2014-05-14** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Wheeler
- **2014-05-15** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robyn Gabel
- **2014-05-19** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-05-20** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1
- **2014-05-20** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - May 21, 2014
- **2014-05-20** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Daniel Biss `filing`
- **2014-05-20** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-26** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Criminal Law `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-27** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Criminal Law; 007-000-000
- **2014-05-30** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 057-000-000
- **2014-05-30** Passed Both Houses
- **2014-06-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-08-26** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2014-08-26** Effective Date August 26, 2014
- **2014-08-26** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-1104 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/34962af1-c56c-4624-88ba-c7bcd97efe3f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).