republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/98th/sb-2937.md

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Bill	DRONE SURVEIL-LAW ENFORCEMENT	Amends the Freedom from Drone Surveillance Act. Provides that except as provided in the Act, a law enforcement agency may not acquire information from or direct the acquisition of information through the use of a drone owned by a private third party. Provides that in the event that law enforcement acquires information from or directs the acquisition of information through the use of a privately owned drone under the Act, any information so acquired is subject to the retention and disclosure requirements of the Act. Provides that nothing in the Act prohibits private third parties from voluntarily submitting information acquired by a privately owned drone to law enforcement. Provides that in the event that law enforcement acquires information from the voluntary submission of that information whether under a request or on a private drone owner's initiative, the information is subject to the retention and disclosure requirements of the Act.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	SB 2937	Illinois SB 2937 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	31	2	2014-02-04	2014-08-01	openstates	ocd-bill/af45aaa0-dd3e-4e54-b3c3-d0975f81251f	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2937&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=79049&SessionID=85&GA=98	19595f2bbbeab3afa4ee8332f09920f070f4749d3cfa60ab67562300d648f8da	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2937 (98th) — DRONE SURVEIL-LAW ENFORCEMENT

Amends the Freedom from Drone Surveillance Act. Provides that except as provided in the Act, a law enforcement agency may not acquire information from or direct the acquisition of information through the use of a drone owned by a private third party. Provides that in the event that law enforcement acquires information from or directs the acquisition of information through the use of a privately owned drone under the Act, any information so acquired is subject to the retention and disclosure requirements of the Act. Provides that nothing in the Act prohibits private third parties from voluntarily submitting information acquired by a privately owned drone to law enforcement. Provides that in the event that law enforcement acquires information from the voluntary submission of that information whether under a request or on a private drone owner's initiative, the information is subject to the retention and disclosure requirements of the Act.

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 — 55–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 103–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Daniel Biss — primary (person)
• Mary E. Flowers — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-02-04 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Daniel Biss filing
• 2014-02-04 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-02-04 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2014-02-19 Assigned to Criminal Law referral-committee
• 2014-02-26 Postponed - Criminal Law
• 2014-03-03 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Daniel Biss amendment-introduction
• 2014-03-03 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2014-03-04 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Criminal Law
• 2014-03-05 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2014-03-05 Do Pass as Amended Criminal Law; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-03-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 5, 2014
• 2014-03-05 Second Reading reading-2
• 2014-03-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 6, 2014
• 2014-03-05 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Connelly
• 2014-03-06 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-03-06 Arrived in House introduction
• 2014-03-06 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Ann Williams
• 2014-03-06 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-03-06 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-04-23 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2014-04-30 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary; 015-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-04-30 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-04-30 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
• 2014-05-06 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2014-05-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-05-09 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 103-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-05-09 Passed Both Houses
• 2014-06-06 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-08-01 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2014-08-01 Effective Date January 1, 2015
• 2014-08-01 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0831 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/af45aaa0-dd3e-4e54-b3c3-d0975f81251f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).