Bill
HB 3339
Expands expressway camera and ALPR use for human-trafficking cases, lets prosecutors pursue offenses on funded roads, adds FOIA exemptions, and sunsets in 2028.
Status / Timeline
- Enacted as Public Act 104‑0018. Governor approved June 30, 2025; effective June 30, 2025.
- Sunset/repeal: the Act is repealed on July 1, 2028 (temporary program).
- Multiple House and Senate amendments were adopted during passage (see Key Amendments).
Purpose / Intent
The bill expands the use of expressway camera systems and automated license plate reader (ALPR) data for specified law‑enforcement purposes, adds human‑trafficking offenses to certain prosecutorial authorities tied to those camera systems, and creates new confidentiality/exemption rules for camera and ALPR records under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
Key provisions
- FOIA exemptions
- Adds to the list of statutory FOIA exemptions: (1) images from cameras operating under the Expressway Camera Act; and (2) all ALPR information used and collected by the Illinois State Police (ISP). These records are exempt from public inspection and copying.
- Expressway Camera Act changes
- Expands the definition of "forcible felony" (as used in the Act) to explicitly include trafficking in persons and involuntary servitude (in addition to other specified offenses).
- Adds Lee, Ogle, and Whiteside counties to the program that funds increased camera coverage along expressways and the State highway system.
- Limits retention of exported camera images in law‑enforcement databases: any images exported into a law‑enforcement database must be deleted within 120 days unless they are relevant to an ongoing investigation or pending criminal trial.
- Clarifies prosecutorial authority: specified offenses (forcible felonies, gunrunning, firearms‑trafficking) committed on an expressway monitored by a camera system funded by the Road Fund or the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority and investigated by ISP officers may be prosecuted by either the Attorney General or the State’s Attorney where the offense occurred.
- Provides that the Act’s provisions supersede certain confidentiality provisions in the Toll Highway Act regarding personally identifiable information obtained through electronic toll collection systems.
- Other technical/clarifying amendments
- House amendment clarifies that references to offenses include those “as defined in the Criminal Code of 2012 or substantially similar federal or other state criminal laws.”
- The bill states it does not supersede Section 2‑130 of the Illinois Vehicle Code (as amended).
Who is affected / potential impacts
- Law enforcement: Illinois State Police, local/state prosecutors, and other agencies using expressway cameras or ALPR systems will gain clearer authority to access and use camera/ALPR data for investigations tied to the program.
- Public/FOIA requesters: images from the covered cameras and ISP ALPR data are exempt from FOIA, reducing public access to those records.
- Residents/drivers: increased expressway camera coverage (including new counties) and specified retention/deletion rules affect privacy and data‑retention practices.
- Tolling authorities: the Act alters the interaction between expressway camera provisions and existing toll‑data confidentiality rules.
Duration / Sunset
- The Act is temporary and includes a repeal date of July 1, 2028.
Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.
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