republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/94th/hb-2697.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIM CD-ID INFO-NO COPY"
description: "Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that a person who is not a party to a transaction that involves the use of a financial transaction device may not secretly or surreptitiously photograph, or otherwise capture or record, electronically or by any other means, or distribute, disseminate, or transmit, electronically or by any other means, personal identifying information from the transaction without the consent of the person whose information is photographed, or otherwise captured, recorded, distributed, disseminated, or transmitted. Provides that a violation is a Class A misdemeanor. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 2697"
citation: "Illinois HB 2697 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-22"
last_action: "2005-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cebce350-848e-452e-a98c-9692ceb34cec"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2697&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=18710&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "a2dd5da2ed0927977dd509ab6cf46bafae0ad8e728f0cddbbfb2c33531b702e2"
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 2697 (94th) — CRIM CD-ID INFO-NO COPY

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that a person who is not a party to a transaction that involves the use of a financial transaction device may not secretly or surreptitiously photograph, or otherwise capture or record, electronically or by any other means, or distribute, disseminate, or transmit, electronically or by any other means, personal identifying information from the transaction without the consent of the person whose information is photographed, or otherwise captured, recorded, distributed, disseminated, or transmitted. Provides that a violation is a Class A misdemeanor. 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=09400HB2697&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=18710&DocNum=2697&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB2697eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=18710&DocNum=2697&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB2697enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=18710&DocNum=2697&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **53–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sandra M. Pihos — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-02-22** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Ruth Munson `filing`
- **2005-02-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-22** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-23** Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-24** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
- **2005-02-24** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ruth Munson
- **2005-03-03** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-03-03** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-04-05** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-04-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-04-07** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- **2005-04-07** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2005-04-07** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carolyn H. Krause
- **2005-04-07** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-04-07** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Renee Kosel
- **2005-04-07** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
- **2005-04-07** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Roger Jenisch
- **2005-04-08** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2005-04-08** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 11, 2005 `reading-1`
- **2005-04-12** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Carole Pankau
- **2005-04-13** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-13** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-21** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-21** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Carole Pankau `amendment-introduction`
- **2005-04-21** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-03** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Executive
- **2005-05-04** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled in Executive; Pankau `amendment-failure`
- **2005-05-05** Do Pass Executive; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-05-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2005
- **2005-05-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 11, 2005
- **2005-05-16** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2005-05-16** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- **2005-05-16** Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-16** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-06-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-06-16** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-06-16** Effective Date June 16, 2005
- **2005-06-16** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0038 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cebce350-848e-452e-a98c-9692ceb34cec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).