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91_HB4622
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1 AN ACT to amend the Criminal Code of 1961 by changing
2 Section 26-4.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by
6 changing Section 26-4 as follows:
7 (720 ILCS 5/26-4) (from Ch. 38, par. 26-4)
8 Sec. 26-4. Unauthorized videotaping.
9 (a) It is unlawful for any person to videotape,
10 photograph, or film another person without that person's
11 consent in a restroom, tanning bed, or tanning salon.
12 (a-5) It is unlawful for any person to disseminate on
13 the Internet any images of another person in a restroom
14 without that other person's consent. For purposes of this
15 subsection (a-5), "Internet" includes the World Wide Web,
16 electronic mail, a news group posting, or Internet file
17 transfer.
18 (b) Exemptions. The following activities shall be
19 exempt from the provisions of this Section:
20 (1) Videotaping, photographing, and filming by law
21 enforcement officers pursuant to a criminal
22 investigation, which is otherwise lawful;
23 (2) Videotaping, photographing, and filming by
24 correctional officials for security reasons or for
25 investigation of alleged misconduct involving a person
26 committed to the Department of Corrections.
27 (c) The provisions of this Section do not apply to any
28 sound recording of an oral conversation made as the result of
29 the videotaping or filming, and to which Article 14 of this
30 Code applies.
31 (d) Sentence. A violation of subsection (a) or (a-5) is
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1 a Class A misdemeanor.
2 (Source: P.A. 87-970.)