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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "DRONE SURVEIL-LAW ENFORCEMENT"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "SB 2937"
citation: "Illinois SB 2937 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2014-02-04"
last_action: "2014-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af45aaa0-dd3e-4e54-b3c3-d0975f81251f"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2937&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=79049&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "19595f2bbbeab3afa4ee8332f09920f070f4749d3cfa60ab67562300d648f8da"
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 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](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB2937&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=79049&DocNum=2937&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB2937eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=79049&DocNum=2937&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB2937enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=79049&DocNum=2937&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/af45aaa0-dd3e-4e54-b3c3-d0975f81251f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).