IL HB3051

Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure to require electronic recordings of custodial interrogations for murder, homicide, second degree murder, involuntary manslaughter, reckless homicide, and aggravated DUI resulting in death.

Statements made during custodial interrogation at police stations or places of detention are presumed inadmissible unless an electronic recording is made that is substantially accurate and not intentionally altered.

Allows electronic recordings of accused persons for any offense to be admissible as evidence if made during custodial interrogation for specified violent crimes and the recording is substantially accurate and unaltered.

Establishes exceptions permitting admission of unrecorded statements when electronic recording was not feasible, statements made in open court, spontaneous statements, and statements made when interrogators were unaware a death occurred.

Requires preservation of electronic recordings until the defendant's conviction is final and all direct and habeas corpus appeals are exhausted; recordings must be kept confidential and exempt from public disclosure.