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Public Act 91-0910
HB3465 Enrolled LRB9107678RCks
AN ACT to amend the Criminal Code of 1961 by changing
Section 26-4.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by
changing Section 26-4 as follows:
(720 ILCS 5/26-4) (from Ch. 38, par. 26-4)
Sec. 26-4. Unauthorized videotaping.
(a) It is unlawful for any person to knowingly
videotape, photograph, or film another person without that
person's consent in a restroom, tanning bed, or tanning
salon, locker room, changing room, or hotel bedroom.
(a-5) It is unlawful for any person to knowingly and
secretly videotape, photograph, or film another person in the
other person's residence without that person's consent.
(b) Exemptions. The following activities shall be
exempt from the provisions of this Section:
(1) Videotaping, photographing, and filming by law
enforcement officers pursuant to a criminal
investigation, which is otherwise lawful;
(2) Videotaping, photographing, and filming by
correctional officials for security reasons or for
investigation of alleged misconduct involving a person
committed to the Department of Corrections.
(c) The provisions of this Section do not apply to any
sound recording of an oral conversation made as the result of
the videotaping or filming, and to which Article 14 of this
Code applies.
(d) Sentence.
(1) A violation of subsection (a) or (a-5) is a
Class A misdemeanor.
(2) A person who, by any means, knowingly
disseminates or permits the dissemination to another
person of a videotape, photograph, or film in violation
of subsection (a) or (a-5) is guilty of a Class 4 felony.
(Source: P.A. 87-970.)
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