SB2240 Summary

• Extends the sunset date for subsection (q) of the eavesdropping exemption in the Criminal Code from January 1, 2018 to January 1, 2023, allowing law enforcement to continue recording conversations with State's Attorney approval.

• Permits law enforcement officers or persons acting under their direction to record conversations with prior written or verbal approval of the State's Attorney when investigating qualified offenses including drug trafficking, murder, sexual assault, kidnapping, and trafficking in persons.

• Requires State's Attorney approval to be based on reasonable cause that inculpatory conversations concerning a qualified offense will occur, limited to 24 consecutive hours and specific individuals.

• Restricts admissibility of recordings to prosecutions of the qualified offense, forcible felonies directly related to the investigation, or other forcible felonies occurring during the approved recording period only if the officer or cooperating person suffered great bodily injury or death.

• Takes effect immediately upon becoming law.