IL HB4081

Amends Section 14-3 of the Criminal Code of 1961 to add new exemptions to eavesdropping prohibitions, including recording conversations during drug offense investigations with prior verbal approval from the State's Attorney.

Allows law enforcement to record conversations with a suspect's consent when the State's Attorney determines reasonable cause exists that a drug offense will be committed, limited to 24 consecutive hours per approval.

Requires law enforcement to provide the State's Attorney with identifying information about specified individuals believed to commit drug offenses, including name, nickname, physical description, or other supporting information.

Restricts admissibility of recorded communications to prosecutions of drug offenses, forcible felonies committed during drug investigations, or other forcible felonies where the officer suffered great bodily injury or was killed.

Automatically expires January 1, 2015, but any conversations lawfully intercepted while the provision was in effect remain admissible in court after the expiration date.