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92_HB5628 LRB9214304RCcd 1 AN ACT in relation to interrogations. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 2. The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Act 5 is amended by adding Section 7.5 as follows: 6 (20 ILCS 3930/7.5 new) 7 Sec. 7.5. Grants for video and audio recording 8 equipment. 9 (a) The Authority, from appropriations made to it for 10 that purpose, shall make grants to local law enforcement 11 agencies for the purpose of purchasing equipment for video 12 and audio recording of interrogations. 13 (b) The Authority shall promulgate rules to implement 14 this Section. 15 Section 5. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended by 16 adding Section 10.2 as follows: 17 (50 ILCS 705/10.2 new) 18 Sec. 10.2. Training of police officers to conduct 19 videotape interrogations. From appropriations made to it for 20 that purpose, the Board shall initiate, administer, and 21 conduct training programs for permanent police officers, 22 part-time police officers, and recruits on the methods and 23 technical aspects of conducting video and audio recordings of 24 interrogations. 25 Section 10. The Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is amended by 26 adding Section 5-401.5 as follows: 27 (705 ILCS 405/5-401.5 new) -2- LRB9214304RCcd 1 Sec. 5-401.5. When statements by minor may be used. 2 (a) In this Section, a "written statement of a minor" 3 means a statement signed by the minor or a statement made by 4 the minor in his or her own handwriting or, if the minor is 5 unable to write, a statement bearing his or her mark, when 6 the mark has been witnessed by a person other than a peace 7 officer. 8 In this Section, "custodial interrogation" means any 9 interrogation during which the person being interrogated is 10 not free to leave and a question is asked that is designed to 11 elicit an incriminating response. 12 In this Section, "place of detention" means a facility 13 under the control of a law enforcement agency. 14 (b) An oral, written, or sign language statement of a 15 minor who, at the time of the commission of the offense was 16 under the age of 17 years, made as a result of a custodial 17 interrogation conducted at a police station or other place of 18 detention on or after the effective date of this Section 19 shall be presumed to be inadmissible as evidence against the 20 minor in any criminal proceeding, whether in adult or 21 juvenile court, for an act that if committed by an adult 22 would be a criminal offense unless: 23 (1) an electronic video and audio recording is made 24 of the custodial interrogation; 25 (2) prior to the custodial interrogation but during 26 the recording, the minor is given the following warnings: 27 (A) that the minor has the right to remain 28 silent and not make any statement at all, and that 29 any statement he or she makes may be used against 30 him or her at his or her trial; 31 (B) that any statement he or she makes may be 32 used as evidence against him or her in court; 33 (C) that he or she has the right to have an 34 attorney present to advise him or her prior to and -3- LRB9214304RCcd 1 during any questioning; and 2 (D) that if he or she is unable to employ an 3 attorney, he or she has the right to have an 4 attorney appointed to advise him or her prior to and 5 during any questioning; 6 (3) prior to the statement but during the recording, 7 the minor waives any rights described in paragraph (2); 8 (4) the recording is accurate and has not been 9 altered; 10 (5) all voices on the recording are identifiable; 11 and 12 (6) not later than the 20th day before the date of 13 any criminal proceeding at which the statement is to be 14 admitted as evidence against the minor, the attorney 15 representing the minor is permitted to review a true, 16 complete, and accurate copy of all recordings of the 17 minor made under this Section. 18 (c) A written statement made by a juvenile under 17 19 years of age as a result of a custodial interrogation at a 20 police station or other place of detention is presumed to be 21 inadmissible as evidence against him or her in any criminal 22 proceeding, in juvenile or adult court, for any criminal 23 offense unless it is shown on the face of the statement that: 24 (1) the minor, prior to making the statement, 25 received from the person to whom the statement is made a 26 warning that: 27 (A) he or she has the right to remain silent 28 and not make any statement at all and that any 29 statement he or she makes may be used against him or 30 her in any proceeding under this Act; 31 (B) any statement he or she makes may be used 32 as evidence against him or her in court; 33 (C) he or she has the right to have an 34 attorney present to advise him or her prior to and -4- LRB9214304RCcd 1 during any questioning; and 2 (D) if he or she is unable to employ an 3 attorney, he or she has the right to have an 4 attorney appointed to advise the minor prior to and 5 during any questioning; and 6 (2) the minor, prior to and during the making of 7 the statement, waived the rights set out in the warning 8 prescribed by item (1) of this subsection (c). 9 (d) Every electronic video and audio recording of any 10 statement made by a minor during a custodial interrogation at 11 a police station or other place of detention must be 12 preserved until such time as the minor's adjudication for any 13 offense relating to the statement is final and all direct and 14 habeas corpus appeals are exhausted, or the prosecution of 15 such offenses is barred by law. 16 (e) If the minor is a deaf person, the minor's statements 17 under subsection (b) of this Section are presumed to be 18 inadmissible against the minor unless the warnings in 19 subsection (b) are interpreted to the deaf person by an 20 interpreter who is qualified and certified by the Registry of 21 Interpreters for the Deaf. 22 (f) If the minor can prove, by a preponderance of the 23 evidence, that he or she was subjected to a custodial 24 interrogation at a police station or other place of detention 25 prior to the custodial interrogation at a police station or 26 other place of detention and after the effective date of this 27 Section that was the subject of the electronic video and 28 audio recording, and if that prior custodial interrogation at 29 a police station or other place of detention relating to the 30 same offense was not recorded as required by this Section, 31 then any statements made by the minor during or following 32 that non-recorded custodial interrogation at a police station 33 or other place of detention, even if otherwise in compliance 34 with this Section, are presumed to be inadmissible in any -5- LRB9214304RCcd 1 criminal proceeding against the minor except for the purposes 2 of impeachment. 3 (g) Nothing in this Section precludes the admission (i) 4 of a statement made by the minor in open court in any 5 criminal proceeding, before a grand jury, or at a preliminary 6 hearing, (ii) of a statement that is res gestae of the arrest 7 or of the offense, (iii) of a statement made during a 8 custodial interrogation that was not recorded as required by 9 this Section because video or audio recording, or both, was 10 not feasible, (iv) of a voluntary statement, whether or not 11 the result of a custodial interrogation, that has a bearing 12 on the credibility of the accused as a witness, (v) of a 13 statement made under exigent circumstances, (vi) of a 14 spontaneous statement that is not made in response to a 15 question, (vii) of a statement made after questioning that is 16 routinely asked during the processing of the arrest of the 17 suspect, (viii) of a statement made during a custodial 18 interrogation by a suspect who agrees, prior to making the 19 statement, to respond to the interrogator's questions only if 20 either a video or audio recording, or both, is not made of 21 the statement, provided that an electronic video and audio 22 recording is made of the statement of agreeing to respond to 23 the interrogator's question, only if a recording is not made 24 of the statement, (ix) of a statement made during a custodial 25 interrogation that is conducted out-of-state, (x) of a 26 statement made by a suspect who is being interrogated 27 simultaneously with other suspects concerning the same 28 offense, but only to the extent that no electric recording 29 equipment (video or audio) is available because it is being 30 utilized for the interrogations of the other suspects for the 31 same offense, or (xi) of any other statement that may be 32 admissible under law. The State shall bear the burden of 33 proving, by a preponderance of the evidence, that one of the 34 exceptions described in this subsection (g) is applicable. -6- LRB9214304RCcd 1 Nothing in this Section precludes the admission of a 2 statement, otherwise inadmissible under this Section, that is 3 used only for impeachment and not as substantive evidence. 4 (h) The presumption of inadmissibility of a statement 5 made by a suspect at a custodial interrogation may be 6 overcome by clear and convincing evidence that the statement 7 was voluntarily given and is reliable. 8 (i) In addition to the requirements of subsection (b), 9 no oral, written, or sign language statement of a minor who 10 at the time of the commission of the offense was under 13 11 years of age made as a result of a custodial interrogation 12 conducted at a police station or other place of detention on 13 or after the effective date of this Section shall be 14 admissible as evidence against the minor in any proceeding 15 for an act that if committed by an adult would be a criminal 16 offense unless he or she is represented by counsel during the 17 entire custodial interrogation. 18 Section 15. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by 19 changing Section 14-3 as follows: 20 (720 ILCS 5/14-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 14-3) 21 Sec. 14-3. Exemptions. The following activities shall 22 be exempt from the provisions of this Article: 23 (a) Listening to radio, wireless and television 24 communications of any sort where the same are publicly made; 25 (b) Hearing conversation when heard by employees of any 26 common carrier by wire incidental to the normal course of 27 their employment in the operation, maintenance or repair of 28 the equipment of such common carrier by wire so long as no 29 information obtained thereby is used or divulged by the 30 hearer; 31 (c) Any broadcast by radio, television or otherwise 32 whether it be a broadcast or recorded for the purpose of -7- LRB9214304RCcd 1 later broadcasts of any function where the public is in 2 attendance and the conversations are overheard incidental to 3 the main purpose for which such broadcasts are then being 4 made; 5 (d) Recording or listening with the aid of any device to 6 any emergency communication made in the normal course of 7 operations by any federal, state or local law enforcement 8 agency or institutions dealing in emergency services, 9 including, but not limited to, hospitals, clinics, ambulance 10 services, fire fighting agencies, any public utility, 11 emergency repair facility, civilian defense establishment or 12 military installation; 13 (e) Recording the proceedings of any meeting required to 14 be open by the Open Meetings Act, as amended; 15 (f) Recording or listening with the aid of any device to 16 incoming telephone calls of phone lines publicly listed or 17 advertised as consumer "hotlines" by manufacturers or 18 retailers of food and drug products. Such recordings must be 19 destroyed, erased or turned over to local law enforcement 20 authorities within 24 hours from the time of such recording 21 and shall not be otherwise disseminated. Failure on the part 22 of the individual or business operating any such recording or 23 listening device to comply with the requirements of this 24 subsection shall eliminate any civil or criminal immunity 25 conferred upon that individual or business by the operation 26 of this Section; 27 (g) With prior notification to the State's Attorney of 28 the county in which it is to occur, recording or listening 29 with the aid of any device to any conversation where a law 30 enforcement officer, or any person acting at the direction of 31 law enforcement, is a party to the conversation and has 32 consented to it being intercepted or recorded under 33 circumstances where the use of the device is necessary for 34 the protection of the law enforcement officer or any person -8- LRB9214304RCcd 1 acting at the direction of law enforcement, in the course of 2 an investigation of a forcible felony, a felony violation of 3 the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, a felony violation of 4 the Cannabis Control Act, or any "streetgang related" or 5 "gang-related" felony as those terms are defined in the 6 Illinois Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act. Any 7 recording or evidence derived as the result of this exemption 8 shall be inadmissible in any proceeding, criminal, civil or 9 administrative, except (i) where a party to the conversation 10 suffers great bodily injury or is killed during such 11 conversation, or (ii) when used as direct impeachment of a 12 witness concerning matters contained in the interception or 13 recording. The Director of the Department of State Police 14 shall issue regulations as are necessary concerning the use 15 of devices, retention of tape recordings, and reports 16 regarding their use; 17 (h) Recordings made simultaneously with a video 18 recording of an oral conversation between a peace officer, 19 who has identified his or her office, and a person stopped 20 for an investigation of an offense under the Illinois Vehicle 21 Code; 22 (i) Recording of a conversation made by or at the 23 request of a person, not a law enforcement officer or agent 24 of a law enforcement officer, who is a party to the 25 conversation, under reasonable suspicion that another party 26 to the conversation is committing, is about to commit, or has 27 committed a criminal offense against the person or a member 28 of his or her immediate household, and there is reason to 29 believe that evidence of the criminal offense may be obtained 30 by the recording; and 31 (j) The use of a telephone monitoring device by either 32 (1) a corporation or other business entity engaged in 33 marketing or opinion research or (2) a corporation or other 34 business entity engaged in telephone solicitation, as defined -9- LRB9214304RCcd 1 in this subsection, to record or listen to oral telephone 2 solicitation conversations or marketing or opinion research 3 conversations by an employee of the corporation or other 4 business entity when: 5 (i) the monitoring is used for the purpose of 6 service quality control of marketing or opinion research 7 or telephone solicitation, the education or training of 8 employees or contractors engaged in marketing or opinion 9 research or telephone solicitation, or internal research 10 related to marketing or opinion research or telephone 11 solicitation; and 12 (ii) the monitoring is used with the consent of at 13 least one person who is an active party to the marketing 14 or opinion research conversation or telephone 15 solicitation conversation being monitored. 16 No communication or conversation or any part, portion, or 17 aspect of the communication or conversation made, acquired, 18 or obtained, directly or indirectly, under this exemption 19 (j), may be, directly or indirectly, furnished to any law 20 enforcement officer, agency, or official for any purpose or 21 used in any inquiry or investigation, or used, directly or 22 indirectly, in any administrative, judicial, or other 23 proceeding, or divulged to any third party. 24 When recording or listening authorized by this subsection 25 (j) on telephone lines used for marketing or opinion research 26 or telephone solicitation purposes results in recording or 27 listening to a conversation that does not relate to marketing 28 or opinion research or telephone solicitation; the person 29 recording or listening shall, immediately upon determining 30 that the conversation does not relate to marketing or opinion 31 research or telephone solicitation, terminate the recording 32 or listening and destroy any such recording as soon as is 33 practicable. 34 Business entities that use a telephone monitoring or -10- LRB9214304RCcd 1 telephone recording system pursuant to this exemption (j) 2 shall provide current and prospective employees with notice 3 that the monitoring or recordings may occur during the course 4 of their employment. The notice shall include prominent 5 signage notification within the workplace. 6 Business entities that use a telephone monitoring or 7 telephone recording system pursuant to this exemption (j) 8 shall provide their employees or agents with access to 9 personal-only telephone lines which may be pay telephones, 10 that are not subject to telephone monitoring or telephone 11 recording. 12 For the purposes of this subsection (j), "telephone 13 solicitation" means a communication through the use of a 14 telephone by live operators: 15 (i) soliciting the sale of goods or services; 16 (ii) receiving orders for the sale of goods or 17 services; 18 (iii) assisting in the use of goods or services; or 19 (iv) engaging in the solicitation, administration, 20 or collection of bank or retail credit accounts. 21 For the purposes of this subsection (j), "marketing or 22 opinion research" means a marketing or opinion research 23 interview conducted by a live telephone interviewer engaged 24 by a corporation or other business entity whose principal 25 business is the design, conduct, and analysis of polls and 26 surveys measuring the opinions, attitudes, and responses of 27 respondents toward products and services, or social or 28 political issues, or both. 29 (k) Electronic recordings, including but not limited to, 30 motion picture, videotape, or other visual and audio 31 recording, made of a custodial interrogation of an individual 32 at a police station by a law enforcement officer under 33 Section 5-401.5 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 or Section 34 103-2.1 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. -11- LRB9214304RCcd 1 (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.) 2 Section 20. The Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is 3 amended by adding Section 103-2.1 as follows: 4 (725 ILCS 5/103-2.1 new) 5 Sec. 103-2.1. When statements by accused may be used. 6 (a) In this Section, a "written statement of an accused" 7 means a statement signed by the accused or a statement made 8 by the accused in his or her own handwriting or, if the 9 accused is unable to write, a statement bearing his or her 10 mark, when the mark has been witnessed by a person other than 11 a peace officer. 12 In this Section, "custodial interrogation" means any 13 interrogation during which the person being interrogated is 14 not free to leave and a question is asked that is designed to 15 elicit an incriminating response. 16 In this Section, "place of detention" means a facility 17 under the control of a law enforcement agency. 18 (b) An oral, written, or sign language statement of an 19 accused made as a result of a custodial interrogation at a 20 police station or other place of detention shall be presumed 21 to be inadmissible as evidence against the accused in any 22 criminal proceeding, unless: 23 (1) an electronic video and audio recording is made 24 of the custodial interrogation; 25 (2) prior to the custodial interrogation but during 26 the recording the accused is given the following 27 warnings: 28 (A) that the accused has the right to remain 29 silent and not make any statement at all, and that 30 any statement the accused makes may be used against 31 the accused at his or her trial; 32 (B) that any statement the accused makes may be -12- LRB9214304RCcd 1 used as evidence against the accused in court; 2 (C) that the accused has the right to have an 3 attorney present to advise him or her prior to and 4 during any questioning; and 5 (D) that if the accused is unable to employ an 6 attorney, he or she has the right to have an 7 attorney appointed to advise him or her prior to and 8 during any questioning; 9 (3) prior to the statement but during the recording, 10 the accused waives the rights described in paragraph (2); 11 (4) the recording is accurate and has not been 12 altered; 13 (5) all voices on the recording are identifiable; 14 and 15 (6) not later than the 20th day before the date of 16 any proceeding at which the statement is to be offered as 17 evidence against the defendant, the attorney representing 18 the defendant is permitted to review a true, complete, 19 and accurate copy of all recordings of the defendant made 20 under this Section. 21 (c) In addition to the requirements of subsection (b) of 22 this Section, a written statement made by an accused as a 23 result of a custodial interrogation at a police station or 24 other place of detention is presumed to be inadmissible as 25 evidence against him or her in any criminal proceeding unless 26 it is shown on the face of the statement that: 27 (1) the accused, prior to making the statement, 28 received from the person to whom the statement is made a 29 warning that: 30 (A) he or she has the right to remain silent 31 and not make any statement at all and that any 32 statement he or she makes may be used against him or 33 her at his or her trial; 34 (B) any statement he or she makes may be used -13- LRB9214304RCcd 1 as evidence against him or her in court; 2 (C) He or she has the right to have an 3 attorney present to advise him or her prior to and 4 during any questioning; and 5 (D) if he or she is unable to employ an 6 attorney, he or she has the right to have an 7 attorney appointed to advise him or her prior to and 8 during any questioning; and 9 (2) the accused, prior to and during the making of 10 the statement, waived the rights set out in the warning 11 prescribed by item (1) of this subsection (c). 12 (d) Every electronic video and audio recording of any 13 statement made by an accused during a custodial interrogation 14 at a police station or other place of detention must be 15 preserved until such time as the defendant's conviction for 16 any offense relating to the statement is final and all direct 17 and habeas corpus appeals are exhausted, or the prosecution 18 of such offenses is barred by law. 19 (e) If the accused is a deaf person, the accused's 20 statements under subsection (b) of this Section are presumed 21 to be inadmissible against the accused unless the warnings in 22 subsection (b) are interpreted to the deaf person by an 23 interpreter who is qualified and certified by the Registry of 24 Interpreters for the Deaf. 25 (f) If the defendant can prove, by a preponderance of the 26 evidence, that he or she was subjected to a custodial 27 interrogation at a police station or other place of detention 28 prior to the custodial interrogation at a police station or 29 other place of detention and after the effective date of this 30 Section that was the subject of the electronic video and 31 audio recording, and if that prior custodial interrogation at 32 a police station or other place of detention relating to the 33 same offense was not recorded as required by this Section, 34 then any statements made by the defendant during or following -14- LRB9214304RCcd 1 that non-recorded custodial interrogation at a police station 2 or other place of detention, even if otherwise in compliance 3 with this Section, are presumed to be inadmissible in any 4 criminal proceeding against the defendant except for the 5 purposes of impeachment. 6 (g) Nothing in this Section precludes the admission (i) 7 of a statement made by the accused in open court at his or 8 her trial, before a grand jury, or at a preliminary hearing, 9 (ii) of a statement that is res gestae of the arrest or of 10 the offense, (iii) of a statement made during a custodial 11 interrogation that was not recorded as required by this 12 Section, because video or audio recording, or both, was not 13 feasible, (iv) of a voluntary statement, whether or not the 14 result of a custodial interrogation, that has a bearing on 15 the credibility of the accused as a witness, (v) of a 16 statement made under exigent circumstances, (vi) of a 17 spontaneous statement that is not made in response to a 18 question, (vii) of a statement made after questioning that is 19 routinely asked during the processing of the arrest of the 20 suspect, (viii) of a statement made during a custodial 21 interrogation by a suspect who agrees, prior to making the 22 statement, to respond to the interrogator's questions only if 23 either a video or an audio recording, or both, is not made of 24 the statement, provided that an electronic video and audio 25 recording is made of the statement of agreeing to respond to 26 the interrogator's question, only if a recording is not made 27 of the statement, (ix) of a statement made during a custodial 28 interrogation that is conducted out-of-state, (x) of a 29 statement made by a suspect who is being interrogated 30 simultaneously with other suspects concerning the same 31 offense, but only to the extent that no electronic recording 32 equipment (video or audio) is available because it is being 33 utilized for the interrogations of the other suspects for the 34 same offense, or (xi) of any other statement that may be -15- LRB9214304RCcd 1 admissible under law. The State shall bear the burden of 2 proving, by a preponderance of the evidence, that one of the 3 exceptions described in this subsection (g) is applicable. 4 Nothing in this Section precludes the admission of a 5 statement, otherwise inadmissible under this Section, that is 6 used only for impeachment and not as substantive evidence. 7 (h) The presumption of inadmissibility of a statement 8 made by a suspect at a custodial interrogation may be 9 overcome by clear and convincing evidence that the statement 10 was voluntarily given and is reliable. 11 Section 95. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding 12 Section 8.27 as follows: 13 (30 ILCS 805/8.27 new) 14 Sec. 8.27. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 15 and 8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required 16 for the implementation of any mandate created by this 17 amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly. 18 Section 99. Effective date. Sections 2, 5, 15, and 95 19 of this Act and this Section 99 take effect upon becoming 20 law. Sections 10 and 20 of this Act take effect 2 years 21 after becoming law.