HB5877 Summary: Judicial Privacy Act

• Establishes procedures for judges and justices to request redaction of personal information (home address, phone numbers, email, financial account numbers, children's identities) from public records maintained by government agencies and non-governmental entities.

• Requires government agencies to remove personal information within 5 business days of receiving a written request and exempts such information from Freedom of Information Act disclosure without judicial officer consent.

• Obligates persons, businesses, and associations to remove judicial officers' personal information from the Internet within 72 hours of receiving a written request and prohibits transferring such information to other entities.

• Makes it a Class 3 felony to knowingly post a judicial officer's personal information online if it poses an imminent and serious threat to the officer's health and safety and results in bodily injury or death.

• Amends the Freedom of Information Act, Election Code, Illinois Identification Card Act, and Vehicle Code to allow judicial officers to use work addresses instead of home addresses on identification documents and election filings.