Illinois Compiled Statutes
Chapter 725 - CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
725 ILCS 191/ - Privacy of Adult Victims of Criminal Sexual Offenses Act.

(725 ILCS 191/1)
Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Privacy of Adult Victims of Criminal Sexual Offenses Act.

(Source: P.A. 102-652, eff. 1-1-22.)

(725 ILCS 191/5)
Sec. 5. Definitions.
"Adult victim" means any person 18 years of age or older.
"Criminal history record information" means:
(Source: P.A. 102-652, eff. 1-1-22.)

(725 ILCS 191/10)
Sec. 10. Victim privacy. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, inspection and copying of law enforcement records maintained by any law enforcement agency or all circuit court records maintained by any circuit clerk relating to any investigation or proceeding pertaining to a criminal sexual offense, by any person, except a judge, State's Attorney, Assistant State's Attorney, Attorney General, Assistant Attorney General, psychologist, psychiatrist, social worker, doctor, parole agent, aftercare specialist, probation officer, defendant, defendant's attorney, advocate, or victim's attorney (as
defined in Section 3 of the Illinois Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act) in any criminal proceeding or investigation related thereto shall be restricted to exclude the identity of any adult victim of such criminal sexual offense or alleged criminal sexual offense unless a court order is issued authorizing the removal of such restriction as provided under this Section of a particular case record or particular records of cases maintained by any circuit court clerk.
A court may, for the adult victim's protection and for good cause shown, prohibit any person or agency present in court from further disclosing the adult victim's identity. A court may prohibit such disclosure only after giving notice and a hearing to all affected parties. In determining whether to prohibit disclosure of the adult victim's identity, the court shall consider:
(Source: P.A. 102-652, eff. 1-1-22; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22.)

(725 ILCS 191/15)
Sec. 15. Criminal sexual offense and school districts. When a criminal sexual offense is committed or alleged to have been committed by a school district employee or any individual contractually employed by a school district, a copy of the criminal history record information relating to the investigation of the offense or alleged offense shall be transmitted to the superintendent of schools of the district immediately upon request or if the law enforcement agency knows that a school district employee or any individual contractually employed by a school district has committed or is alleged to have committed a criminal sexual offense, the superintendent of schools of the district shall be immediately provided a copy of the criminal history record information. The copy of the criminal history record information that is to be provided under this Section shall exclude the identity of the adult victim. The superintendent shall be restricted from revealing the identity of the adult victim.

(Source: P.A. 102-652, eff. 1-1-22.)