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type: "Bill"
title: "CRIM CD-EAVESDROPPING EXEMPT"
description: "Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Exempts from an eavesdropping violation any recordings made simultaneously with a video recording of any conversations occurring upon a peace officer responding to a scene in the investigation of any criminal offense under Illinois law. Also exempts from an eavesdropping violation, recording or listening with the aid of any device to any conversation where a law enforcement officer, or any person acting at the direction of law enforcement, is a party to the conversation and has consented to it being intercepted or recorded under circumstances where the use of the device is necessary for the protection of the law enforcement officer or any person acting at the direction of law enforcement, in the course of an investigation of a felony weapons violation with prior notification to the State's Attorney of the county in which the recording or listening to the conversation is to occur."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "SB 2427"
citation: "Illinois SB 2427 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2006-01-18"
last_action: "2007-01-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1275796e-5196-44c7-96d5-468c9c26bdb8"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2427&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=23241&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "0e9a209a90cd4e76fc45b03cfa4eaf9ae148937b24bc6e5bfe9cc86c6e9aa143"
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 2427 (94th) — CRIM CD-EAVESDROPPING EXEMPT
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Exempts from an eavesdropping violation any recordings made simultaneously with a video recording of any conversations occurring upon a peace officer responding to a scene in the investigation of any criminal offense under Illinois law. Also exempts from an eavesdropping violation, recording or listening with the aid of any device to any conversation where a law enforcement officer, or any person acting at the direction of law enforcement, is a party to the conversation and has consented to it being intercepted or recorded under circumstances where the use of the device is necessary for the protection of the law enforcement officer or any person acting at the direction of law enforcement, in the course of an investigation of a felony weapons violation with prior notification to the State's Attorney of the county in which the recording or listening to the conversation is to occur.
## 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=09400SB2427&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=23241&DocNum=2427&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB2427eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=23241&DocNum=2427&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB2427enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=23241&DocNum=2427&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1120** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence — **570** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **570** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Harry R. Ramey, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- John J. Millner — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2006-01-18** Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Millner `filing`
- **2006-01-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-01-18** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2006-02-08** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2006-02-15** Do Pass Judiciary; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2006-02-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 16, 2006
- **2006-02-15** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kwame Raoul
- **2006-02-16** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2006-02-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 22, 2006
- **2006-02-22** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-02-22** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2006-02-22** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-02-23** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Randall M. Hultgren
- **2006-02-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-02-23** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-02-24** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry R. Ramey, Jr.
- **2006-11-14** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Chapin Rose
- **2006-11-14** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) January 9, 2007
- **2006-11-14** Assigned to Registration and Regulation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-11-14** Motion to Suspend Rule 25 - Prevailed
- **2006-11-15** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Registration and Regulation Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2006-11-15** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Registration and Regulation Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2006-11-15** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Registration and Regulation Committee; 021-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2006-11-15** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2006-11-15** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2006-11-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2006-11-16** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-11-21** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01
- **2006-11-21** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01-November 28, 2006
- **2006-11-21** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. John J. Millner `filing`
- **2006-11-21** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2006-11-28** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2006-11-28** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Judiciary; 008-000-000
- **2006-11-29** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 057-000-000
- **2006-11-29** Passed Both Houses
- **2006-12-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2007-01-19** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2007-01-19** Effective Date January 19, 2007
- **2007-01-19** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-1087 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1275796e-5196-44c7-96d5-468c9c26bdb8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).