HB1097 Summary

• Extends the sunset date for subsection (q) of Section 14-3 from January 1, 2023 to January 1, 2025, allowing law enforcement to record conversations with State's Attorney approval for investigations of drug trafficking, murder, sexual assault, kidnapping, and trafficking in persons.

• Extends the repeal date for Article 33G from June 11, 2022 to June 11, 2024.

• Authorizes law enforcement officers to record private conversations when approved in writing or verbally by the State's Attorney, limited to 24 consecutive hours and specific individuals suspected of committing qualified offenses.

• Requires State's Attorneys to annually report to the General Assembly the number of requests and approvals for conversation recordings, beginning March 1, 2015.

• Restricts admissibility of recordings to prosecutions of the specific qualified offense approved, forcible felonies committed during the investigation, or when the law enforcement officer suffers great bodily injury or death.