Bill Text: IL HB4373 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Secretary of State Act. Provides that the Office of the Secretary of State shall install and maintain electronic monitoring devices at each entrance to the State Capitol Complex and shall install and maintain safety call boxes around the State Capitol Complex. Defines terms.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-05 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4373 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB4373-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4373 Introduced , by Rep. John M. Cabello SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
15 ILCS 305/5.1 new
Amends the Secretary of State Act. Provides that the Office of the Secretary of State shall install and maintain electronic monitoring devices at each entrance to the State Capitol Complex and shall install and maintain safety call boxes around the State Capitol Complex. Defines terms.
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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 1. This Act shall be referred to as the Capitol
Security and Safety Act.
Section 5. The Secretary of State Act is amended by adding
Section 5.1 as follows:
(15 ILCS 305/5.1 new)
Sec. 5.1. Installation of security devices in State
Capitol Complex.
(a) The Office of the Secretary of State shall install and
maintain electronic monitoring devices at each entrance to the
State Capitol Complex and shall install and maintain safety
call boxes around the State Capitol Complex.
(b) As used in this Section:
"Electronic monitoring device" means a surveillance
instrument with a fixed position video camera, an audio
recording device, or both that broadcasts or records activity
or sounds.
"Safety call box" means a well lit, publicly accessible
call box that houses a telecommunication device that may be
used by an individual who feels unsafe and who wishes to

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