5 ILCS 347/1
Short title
Short title. This Act may be cited as the Public Official Safety and Privacy Act. (Source: P.A. 104-443, eff. 1-1-26.)
Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 347 — Public Official Safety and Privacy Act.
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Purpose
Purpose. The purpose of this Act is to improve the safety and security of Illinois public officials to ensure they are able to administer their public duties without fear of personal reprisal from individuals affected by the decisions they make in the course of carrying out their public functions. This Act is not inten…
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Definitions
Definitions. As used in this Act: "Constitutional officers" means the officers established by Section 1 of Article V of the Illinois Constitution. "Governmental agency" includes all agencies, authorities, boards, commissions, departments, institutions, offices, and any other bodies politic and corporate of the State cr…
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Publicly posting or displaying a public official's personal information by governmental agencies
Publicly posting or displaying a public official's personal information by governmental agencies. (a) Governmental agencies shall not publicly post or display publicly available content that includes a public official's personal information, provided that the governmental agency has received a written request in accord…
5 ILCS 347/20
Publicly posting a public official's personal information on the Internet by persons, businesses, and associations
Publicly posting a public official's personal information on the Internet by persons, businesses, and associations. (a) Prohibited Conduct. (1) All persons, businesses, and associations shall refrain from publicly posting or displaying on the Internet publicly available content that includes a public official's persona…
5 ILCS 347/25
Procedure for completing a written request
Procedure for completing a written request. (a) No governmental agency, person, business, or association shall be found to have violated any provision of this Act if the public official fails to submit a written request calling for the protection of the public official's personal information. (b) A written request shal…
5 ILCS 347/30
Unlawful publication of personal information
Unlawful publication of personal information. It is unlawful for any person to knowingly publicly post on the Internet the personal information of a public official or of the public official's immediate family if the person knows or reasonably should know that publicly posting the personal information poses an imminent…
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Exceptions for employees of governmental agencies
Exceptions for employees of governmental agencies. Provided that the employee of a governmental agency has complied with the conditions set forth in Sections 20 and 25 of this Act, it is not a violation of Section 30 if an employee of a governmental agency publishes personal information, in good faith, on the website o…
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Construction
Construction. (a) This Act and any rules adopted to implement this Act shall be construed broadly to favor the protection of the personal information of public officials. (b) Nothing in this Act is intended to limit the remedies available under any other law, including the Civil Liability for Doxing Act. (Source: P.A.…
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No acceleration or delay
No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes made by this Act or (ii) pr…
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Severability
Severability. The provisions of this Act are severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes. (Source: P.A. 104-443, eff. 1-1-26.)
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Effective date
Effective date. This Act takes effect January 1, 2026.(Source: P.A. 104-443, eff. 1-1-26.)