{ "batch": "192-illinois-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "articles": [ { "id": "learn_r192_illinois_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_il_statutes_index", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Official index of Illinois's state code, hosted by the Illinois General Assembly", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Illinois's official statute code is the Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS), maintained and published by the Illinois General Assembly at ilga.gov, with its chapter index under Legislation > Illinois Compiled Statutes.", "body": "Illinois's official statute code is the Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS), maintained and published by the Illinois General Assembly at ilga.gov, with its chapter index under Legislation > Illinois Compiled Statutes.\n\nWhat Illinois General Assembly (Legislative Information System) actually says:\n\n“Updating the database of the Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS) is an ongoing process. Recent laws may not yet be included in the ILCS database, but they are found on this site as Public Acts soon after they become law.”\n\nNote: ANCHOR RECORD. The index page's own heading is 'Illinois Compiled Statutes' followed by the by-Act navigation label 'Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS)'; the intro sentence quoted is the page's first body paragraph. URL of record: the classic index https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs.asp; the current-site equivalent I actually read (via Wayback capture 2026-09-10) is https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/ILCS/Chapters. ilga.gov was unreachable by direct fetch from this environment (every direct webfetch returned a transport error), so page text was read from web.archive.org snapshots of the same URLs.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs.asp", "last_verified": "2026-09-12", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Illinois General Assembly (Legislative Information System)", "evidence_quote": "Updating the database of the Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS) is an ongoing process. Recent laws may not yet be included in the ILCS database, but they are found on this site as Public Acts soon after they become law.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "192-illinois-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS)", "topic": "Official index of Illinois's state code, hosted by the Illinois General Assembly", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "State of Illinois; the index is the state's own publication", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-il" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "safety.legal" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap", "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-il" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r192_illinois_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_il_eavesdropping_allparty_consent", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] 720 ILCS 5/14-2 Eavesdropping: Consent rule for recording or transmitting a private conversation a participant is party to", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Illinois is an ALL-PARTY consent state for recording conversations: even a person who is a party to a private conversation commits eavesdropping if they record or transmit it 'in a surreptitious manner' without the consent of all other parties, and a non-party needs the consent of all parties.", "body": "Illinois is an ALL-PARTY consent state for recording conversations: even a person who is a party to a private conversation commits eavesdropping if they record or transmit it 'in a surreptitious manner' without the consent of all other parties, and a non-party needs the consent of all parties.\n\nWhat Illinois General Assembly - Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS) actually says:\n\n“(2) Uses an eavesdropping device, in a surreptitious manner, for the purpose of transmitting or recording all or any part of any private conversation to which he or she is a party unless he or she does so with the consent of all other parties to the private conversation;”\n\nNote: This is the single provision most likely to differ from Florida and Idaho: Illinois is ALL-PARTY consent, not one-party. Penalty: eavesdropping is a Class 4 felony (first offence) under 720 ILCS 5/14-4(a). For a two-person shoot: the operative word is 'surreptitious' - the statute only reaches recording made by stealth; with one party present, the consent of 'all other parties' (the other performer) is needed for any audio of a private conversation to be recorded or transmitted. Read via Wayback capture (2026-07-06) of the ilga.gov page; direct ilga.gov fetch failed.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/ilcs/documents/072000050K14-2.htm", "last_verified": "2026-09-12", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Illinois General Assembly - Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS)", "evidence_quote": "(2) Uses an eavesdropping device, in a surreptitious manner, for the purpose of transmitting or recording all or any part of any private conversation to which he or she is a party unless he or she does so with the consent of all other parties to the private conversation;", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "192-illinois-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "720 ILCS 5/14-2 Eavesdropping", "topic": "Consent rule for recording or transmitting a private conversation a participant is party to", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "720 ILCS 5/14-2(a)(2); Illinois Criminal Code of 2012", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-il" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "safety.legal", "safety.privacy" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap", "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-il" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r192_illinois_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_il_eavesdropping_private_conversation", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] 720 ILCS 5/14-1(d) Eavesdropping definitions: Definition of 'private conversation' that triggers the all-party consent rule", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] The eavesdropping law only attaches to a 'private conversation', defined as an oral communication between two or more people when at least one party intended it to be private under circumstances reasonably justifying that expectation - so a conversation of two consenting performers who know and agree the scene is being filmed and streamed is not a private conversation for eavesdropping purposes.", "body": "The eavesdropping law only attaches to a 'private conversation', defined as an oral communication between two or more people when at least one party intended it to be private under circumstances reasonably justifying that expectation - so a conversation of two consenting performers who know and agree the scene is being filmed and streamed is not a private conversation for eavesdropping purposes.\n\nWhat Illinois General Assembly - Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS) actually says:\n\n“For the purposes of this Article, \"private conversation\" means any oral communication between 2 or more persons, whether in person or transmitted between the parties by wire or other means, when one or more of the parties intended the communication to be of a private nature under circumstances reasonably justifying that expectation.”\n\nNote: Consent requirement: all-party for private conversations. The 2014 recodification (P.A. 98-1142) replaced the older, much broader definition that reached every conversation; the current text requires an actually-privately-intended communication. A two-person shoot where both performers know the audio is being recorded for distribution under contract has no private intention, so the all-party rule is satisfied as a practical matter - but written mutual consent/notice is the clean way to make that intention unambiguous. Read via Wayback capture (2025-11-25).", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/ilcs/documents/072000050K14-1.htm", "last_verified": "2026-09-12", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Illinois General Assembly - Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS)", "evidence_quote": "For the purposes of this Article, \"private conversation\" means any oral communication between 2 or more persons, whether in person or transmitted between the parties by wire or other means, when one or more of the parties intended the communication to be of a private nature under circumstances reasonably justifying that expectation.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "192-illinois-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "720 ILCS 5/14-1(d) Eavesdropping definitions", "topic": "Definition of 'private conversation' that triggers the all-party consent rule", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "720 ILCS 5/14-1(d); Illinois Criminal Code of 2012", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-il" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "safety.legal", "safety.privacy" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap", "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-il" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r192_illinois_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_il_eavesdropping_penalty", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Penalty class for Illinois's eavesdropping offence", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Eavesdropping in Illinois is a Class 4 felony for a first offence and a Class 3 felony for a second or subsequent offence.", "body": "Eavesdropping in Illinois is a Class 4 felony for a first offence and a Class 3 felony for a second or subsequent offence.\n\nWhat Illinois General Assembly - Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS) actually says:\n\n“(a) Eavesdropping, for a first offense, is a Class 4 felony and, for a second or subsequent offense, is a Class 3 felony.”\n\nNote: Subsection (b) raises the class for eavesdropping law-enforcement or judicial officials in performance of duty. Read via Wayback capture (2026-02-07).", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/ilcs/documents/072000050K14-4.htm", "last_verified": "2026-09-12", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Illinois General Assembly - Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS)", "evidence_quote": "(a) Eavesdropping, for a first offense, is a Class 4 felony and, for a second or subsequent offense, is a Class 3 felony.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "192-illinois-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "720 ILCS 5/14-4 Eavesdropping sentence", "topic": "Penalty class for Illinois's eavesdropping offence", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "720 ILCS 5/14-4(a); Illinois Criminal Code of 2012", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-il" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "safety.legal" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap", "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-il" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r192_illinois_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_il_video_voyeurism_private_places", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Video voyeurism: recording a person without consent in enumerated private places", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Illinois makes it a crime to knowingly video-record or live-transmit a person without that person's consent in a restroom, tanning bed, tanning salon, locker room, changing room, or hotel bedroom; consent is per-person (each recorded person must consent), and a violation is a Class 4 felony unless the victim is under 18 or the offender is a registering sex offender (then Class 3).", "body": "Illinois makes it a crime to knowingly video-record or live-transmit a person without that person's consent in a restroom, tanning bed, tanning salon, locker room, changing room, or hotel bedroom; consent is per-person (each recorded person must consent), and a violation is a Class 4 felony unless the victim is under 18 or the offender is a registering sex offender (then Class 3).\n\nWhat Illinois General Assembly - Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS) actually says:\n\n“(a) It is unlawful for any person to knowingly make a video record or transmit live video of another person without that person's consent in a restroom, tanning bed, tanning salon, locker room, changing room, or hotel bedroom.”\n\nNote: Consent requirement: the person recorded must consent; a two-person shoot inside any of the enumerated places (e.g., filming in a hotel bedroom) is lawful only with that person's explicit consent. Penalties per (d): subsections (a)/(a-5)/(a-6)/(a-10) are Class 4 felonies, (a-15)/(a-20) Class A misdemeanors, (a-25) Class 3 felony; all but (a-25) escalate to Class 3 (and (a-25) to Class 2) if the victim is under 18 or the offender is a sex-offender registrant. Subsection (a-5)/(a-6) separately cover a person's residence. Read via Wayback capture (2026-03-28).", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/ilcs/documents/072000050K26-4.htm", "last_verified": "2026-09-12", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Illinois General Assembly - Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS)", "evidence_quote": "(a) It is unlawful for any person to knowingly make a video record or transmit live video of another person without that person's consent in a restroom, tanning bed, tanning salon, locker room, changing room, or hotel bedroom.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "192-illinois-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "720 ILCS 5/26-4 Unauthorized video recording and live video transmission", "topic": "Video voyeurism: recording a person without consent in enumerated private places", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "720 ILCS 5/26-4(a), (d)(2), (d)(4); Illinois Criminal Code of 2012", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-il" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "safety.legal", "safety.privacy" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap", "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-il" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r192_illinois_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_il_video_voyeurism_intimate_parts", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Voyeur capture of intimate parts of another person without consent", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Illinois separately criminalises knowingly recording or live-transmitting another person's intimate parts for the purpose of viewing their body or undergarments without that person's consent, whatever the location; 'intimate parts' includes fully, partially, or transparently clothed genitals, pubic area, anus, and (for a female) a partially or fully exposed nipple.", "body": "Illinois separately criminalises knowingly recording or live-transmitting another person's intimate parts for the purpose of viewing their body or undergarments without that person's consent, whatever the location; 'intimate parts' includes fully, partially, or transparently clothed genitals, pubic area, anus, and (for a female) a partially or fully exposed nipple.\n\nWhat Illinois General Assembly - Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS) actually says:\n\n“(a-10) It is unlawful for any person to knowingly make a video record or transmit live video of another person's intimate parts for the purpose of viewing the body of or the undergarments worn by that other person without that person's consent. For the purposes of this subsection (a-10), \"intimate parts\" means the fully unclothed, partially unclothed, or transparently clothed genitals, pubic area, anus, or if the person is female, a partially or fully exposed nipple, including exposure through transparent clothing.”\n\nNote: The mens rea is 'for the purpose of viewing the body of or the undergarments worn by that other person' - aimed at upskirting/covert capture; a consented-to scene with the subject's knowing agreement does not meet it. Consent requirement: the person whose intimate parts are shown must consent. Two-person shoot: keep the co-performer's consent documented; this subsection is about covert, non-consensual capture, not about both parties knowingly on set. Penalty: Class 4 felony ((d)(2)). Read via Wayback capture (2026-03-28).", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/ilcs/documents/072000050K26-4.htm", "last_verified": "2026-09-12", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Illinois General Assembly - Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS)", "evidence_quote": "(a-10) It is unlawful for any person to knowingly make a video record or transmit live video of another person's intimate parts for the purpose of viewing the body of or the undergarments worn by that other person without that person's consent. For the purposes of this subsection (a-10), \"intimate parts\" means the fully unclothed, partially unclothed, or transparently clothed genitals, pubic area, anus, or if the person is female, a partially or fully exposed nipple, including exposure through transparent clothing.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "192-illinois-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "720 ILCS 5/26-4(a-10) Unauthorized video recording - intimate parts", "topic": "Voyeur capture of intimate parts of another person without consent", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "720 ILCS 5/26-4(a-10); Illinois Criminal Code of 2012", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-il" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "safety.legal", "safety.privacy" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap", "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-il" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r192_illinois_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_il_video_voyeurism_dissemination", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Distributing a video that was itself made in violation of 26-4", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Illinois makes it a separate offence, a Class 3 felony, to knowingly disseminate or allow dissemination of a video record or live video that the distributor knows was made or transmitted in violation of subsections (a), (a-5), (a-6), (a-10), (a-15), or (a-20) of 26-4.", "body": "Illinois makes it a separate offence, a Class 3 felony, to knowingly disseminate or allow dissemination of a video record or live video that the distributor knows was made or transmitted in violation of subsections (a), (a-5), (a-6), (a-10), (a-15), or (a-20) of 26-4.\n\nWhat Illinois General Assembly - Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS) actually says:\n\n“(a-25) It is unlawful for any person to, by any means, knowingly disseminate, or permit to be disseminated, a video record or live video that he or she knows to have been made or transmitted in violation of (a), (a-5), (a-6), (a-10), (a-15), or (a-20).”\n\nNote: For a two-person shoot this matters at distribution time: if the recording itself was lawful (consent obtained), (a-25) cannot attach because the video was not 'made or transmitted in violation of' the listed subsections. Penalty: Class 3 felony ((d)(3)), Class 2 if victim under 18 or offender is a registrant. Read via Wayback capture (2026-03-28).", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/ilcs/documents/072000050K26-4.htm", "last_verified": "2026-09-12", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Illinois General Assembly - Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS)", "evidence_quote": "(a-25) It is unlawful for any person to, by any means, knowingly disseminate, or permit to be disseminated, a video record or live video that he or she knows to have been made or transmitted in violation of (a), (a-5), (a-6), (a-10), (a-15), or (a-20).", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "192-illinois-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "720 ILCS 5/26-4(a-25) Unauthorized video recording - dissemination", "topic": "Distributing a video that was itself made in violation of 26-4", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "720 ILCS 5/26-4(a-25), (d)(3); Illinois Criminal Code of 2012", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-il" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "safety.legal", "safety.harm" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap", "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-il" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r192_illinois_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_il_video_voyeurism_audio_article14", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Audio captured alongside video is governed by the eavesdropping Article, not by 26-4", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Illinois expressly routes the audio track of any video recording to Article 14 (Eavesdropping): 26-4 does not apply to a sound recording that results from making a video, so the audio of a filmed scene must satisfy the Article 14 all-party (for private conversations) consent rule.", "body": "Illinois expressly routes the audio track of any video recording to Article 14 (Eavesdropping): 26-4 does not apply to a sound recording that results from making a video, so the audio of a filmed scene must satisfy the Article 14 all-party (for private conversations) consent rule.\n\nWhat Illinois General Assembly - Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS) actually says:\n\n“(c) The provisions of this Section do not apply to any sound recording or transmission of an oral conversation made as the result of the making of a video record or transmission of live video, and to which Article 14 of this Code applies.”\n\nNote: Practical rule for a two-person shoot: the picture is 26-4 (needs the filmed person's consent), the sound is Article 14 - so for a private conversation the consent of all parties is required; because the performers are both present and aware of the recording, making YouTube-style notice-of-recording standard practice keeps both heads satisfied. Read via Wayback capture (2026-03-28).", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/ilcs/documents/072000050K26-4.htm", "last_verified": "2026-09-12", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Illinois General Assembly - Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS)", "evidence_quote": "(c) The provisions of this Section do not apply to any sound recording or transmission of an oral conversation made as the result of the making of a video record or transmission of live video, and to which Article 14 of this Code applies.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "192-illinois-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "720 ILCS 5/26-4(c) cross-reference to Article 14", "topic": "Audio captured alongside video is governed by the eavesdropping Article, not by 26-4", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "720 ILCS 5/26-4(c); Illinois Criminal Code of 2012", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-il" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "safety.legal", "safety.privacy" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap", "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-il" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r192_illinois_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_il_nc_image_elements", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Elements of Illinois's revenge-porn offence for real (non-synthetic) images", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Illinois's criminal revenge-porn offence, non-consensual dissemination of private sexual images, requires that the person identifiable in the image is engaged in a sexual act or has intimate parts exposed, that the disseminator obtained the image in circumstances where a reasonable person would know it was to remain private, and that the disseminator knew or should have known the subject did not consent to dissemination.", "body": "Illinois's criminal revenge-porn offence, non-consensual dissemination of private sexual images, requires that the person identifiable in the image is engaged in a sexual act or has intimate parts exposed, that the disseminator obtained the image in circumstances where a reasonable person would know it was to remain private, and that the disseminator knew or should have known the subject did not consent to dissemination.\n\nWhat Illinois General Assembly - Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS) actually says:\n\n“(b) A person commits non-consensual dissemination of private sexual images when he or she: (1) intentionally disseminates an image of another person: (A) (blank); and (B) who is identifiable from the image itself, or whose personal identifying information is displayed or disseminated in connection with the image, or whose identity is known to the person who disseminated the image; and (C) who is engaged in a sexual act or whose intimate parts are exposed, in whole or in part; and (2) obtains the image under circumstances in which a reasonable person would know or understand that the image was to remain private; and (3) knows or should have known that the person in the image has not consented to the dissemination.”\n\nNote: Two-person shoot analysis: a consensual commercial shoot removes both the 'obtains under circumstances... remain private' element (the image was made for distribution, not privacy) and the non-consent element; publishing a contracted scene with written consent does not satisfy (b)(2)-(3). The text I read (Wayback capture 2026-06-26 of ilga.gov, source note P.A. 103-825) contains no explicit synthetic/deepfake language - synthetic depictions are covered by the separate Section 11-23.7 (record il.nc-digitized.definition). Note (A) of the elements reads verbatim '(blank)' in the current ILCS database.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/ilcs/documents/072000050K11-23.5.htm", "last_verified": "2026-09-12", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Illinois General Assembly - Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS)", "evidence_quote": "(b) A person commits non-consensual dissemination of private sexual images when he or she: (1) intentionally disseminates an image of another person: (A) (blank); and (B) who is identifiable from the image itself, or whose personal identifying information is displayed or disseminated in connection with the image, or whose identity is known to the person who disseminated the image; and (C) who is engaged in a sexual act or whose intimate parts are exposed, in whole or in part; and (2) obtains the image under circumstances in which a reasonable person would know or understand that the image was to remain private; and (3) knows or should have known that the person in the image has not consented to the dissemination.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "192-illinois-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "720 ILCS 5/11-23.5 Non-consensual dissemination of private sexual images", "topic": "Elements of Illinois's revenge-porn offence for real (non-synthetic) images", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "720 ILCS 5/11-23.5(b); Illinois Criminal Code of 2012", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-il" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "safety.harm", "safety.legal" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap", "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-il" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r192_illinois_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_il_nc_image_commercial_exposure_exemption", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Exemption for voluntarily exposed public or commercial imagery", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Illinois exempts from the non-consensual dissemination offence the intentional dissemination of an identifiable person's sexual images 'when the images involve voluntary exposure in public or commercial settings' - the carve-out that protects distribution of knowingly produced commercial imagery.", "body": "Illinois exempts from the non-consensual dissemination offence the intentional dissemination of an identifiable person's sexual images 'when the images involve voluntary exposure in public or commercial settings' - the carve-out that protects distribution of knowingly produced commercial imagery.\n\nWhat Illinois General Assembly - Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS) actually says:\n\n“(3) The intentional dissemination of an image of another identifiable person who is engaged in a sexual act or whose intimate parts are exposed when the images involve voluntary exposure in public or commercial settings.”\n\nNote: Same exemption (c)(3) is repeated verbatim in 11-23.7(c)(3) for digitized depictions. Note: the exemption is a defence to the non-consensual-dissemination charge; it is not itself a permission to film. The identical carve-out under 11-23.7 makes a paid, knowingly produced scene the least likely target. Read via Wayback capture (2026-06-26).", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/ilcs/documents/072000050K11-23.5.htm", "last_verified": "2026-09-12", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Illinois General Assembly - Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS)", "evidence_quote": "(3) The intentional dissemination of an image of another identifiable person who is engaged in a sexual act or whose intimate parts are exposed when the images involve voluntary exposure in public or commercial settings.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "192-illinois-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "720 ILCS 5/11-23.5(c)(3) exemption", "topic": "Exemption for voluntarily exposed public or commercial imagery", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "720 ILCS 5/11-23.5(c)(3); Illinois Criminal Code of 2012", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-il" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "rules.content", "safety.harm" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap", "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-il" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r192_illinois_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_il_nc_image_penalty", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] 720 ILCS 5/11-23.5(f) sentence: Penalty class for non-consensual dissemination of private sexual images", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Non-consensual dissemination of private sexual images (720 ILCS 5/11-23.5) is a Class 4 felony.", "body": "Non-consensual dissemination of private sexual images (720 ILCS 5/11-23.5) is a Class 4 felony.\n\nWhat Illinois General Assembly - Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS) actually says:\n\n“(f) Sentence. Non-consensual dissemination of private sexual images is a Class 4 felony.”\n\nNote: Also relevant: (e) makes a conviction subject to forfeiture under Article 124B of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Read via Wayback capture (2026-06-26).", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/ilcs/documents/072000050K11-23.5.htm", "last_verified": "2026-09-12", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Illinois General Assembly - Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS)", "evidence_quote": "(f) Sentence. Non-consensual dissemination of private sexual images is a Class 4 felony.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "192-illinois-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "720 ILCS 5/11-23.5(f) sentence", "topic": "Penalty class for non-consensual dissemination of private sexual images", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "720 ILCS 5/11-23.5(f); Illinois Criminal Code of 2012", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-il" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "safety.legal", "safety.harm" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap", "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-il" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r192_illinois_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_il_nc_digitized_definition", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] 720 ILCS 5/11-23.7 Non-consensual dissemination of sexually explicit digitized depictions: Synthetic/altered/deepfake sexual images - definitional reach", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Illinois does reach synthetic and altered depictions, but in a separate section: 11-23.7 covers 'sexually explicit digitized depictions' - any image, film, video, digital recording or other depiction/portrayal that has been created, altered, or otherwise modified to realistically depict either the depicted individual's intimate parts (including computer-generated intimate parts) or the depicted individual engaging in sexual activity in which they did not engage.", "body": "Illinois does reach synthetic and altered depictions, but in a separate section: 11-23.7 covers 'sexually explicit digitized depictions' - any image, film, video, digital recording or other depiction/portrayal that has been created, altered, or otherwise modified to realistically depict either the depicted individual's intimate parts (including computer-generated intimate parts) or the depicted individual engaging in sexual activity in which they did not engage.\n\nWhat Illinois General Assembly - Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS) actually says:\n\n“\"Sexually explicit digitized depiction\" means any image, photograph, film, video, digital recording, or other depiction or portrayal that has been created, altered, or otherwise modified to realistically depict either: (1) the intimate parts of another human being as the intimate parts of the depicted individual or computer-generated intimate parts as the intimate parts of the depicted individual; or (2) the depicted individual engaging in sexual activity in which the depicted individual did not engage.”\n\nNote: Answered the batch's question (c): the synthetic/altered coverage is NOT in 11-23.5; it lives in 11-23.7, added by the same 2024 Act (P.A. 103-825, HB4623) that also added 11-20.4 (obscene depiction of a purported child). This section catches a deepfake of a creator engaging in a sexual act in which they never engaged - i.e., it protects creators against AI replica pornography. Explicitness tag: 'explicit_partnered' because prong (2) contemplates a depicted individual in a sexual act; notes that it equally covers solo intimate-part depictions (prong (1)). Read via Wayback capture (2025-12-24).", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/ilcs/documents/072000050K11-23.7.htm", "last_verified": "2026-09-12", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Illinois General Assembly - Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS)", "evidence_quote": "\"Sexually explicit digitized depiction\" means any image, photograph, film, video, digital recording, or other depiction or portrayal that has been created, altered, or otherwise modified to realistically depict either: (1) the intimate parts of another human being as the intimate parts of the depicted individual or computer-generated intimate parts as the intimate parts of the depicted individual; or (2) the depicted individual engaging in sexual activity in which the depicted individual did not engage.", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "192-illinois-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "720 ILCS 5/11-23.7 Non-consensual dissemination of sexually explicit digitized depictions", "topic": "Synthetic/altered/deepfake sexual images - definitional reach", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "720 ILCS 5/11-23.7(a); Illinois Criminal Code of 2012, added by P.A. 103-825, eff. 1-1-25", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-il" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "safety.harm", "safety.legal" ], "explicitness": "explicit_partnered" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap", "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-il" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r192_illinois_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_il_nc_digitized_elements", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Elements of the synthetic-image dissemination offence", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] The digitized-depiction offence is committed by intentionally disseminating an identifiable person's sexually explicit digitized depiction knowing (or where the person should have known) that the depicted person did not consent to the dissemination.", "body": "The digitized-depiction offence is committed by intentionally disseminating an identifiable person's sexually explicit digitized depiction knowing (or where the person should have known) that the depicted person did not consent to the dissemination.\n\nWhat Illinois General Assembly - Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS) actually says:\n\n“(b) A person commits non-consensual dissemination of sexually explicit digitized depictions when the person: (1) intentionally disseminates a sexually explicit digitized depiction of another person who is identifiable from the image itself, or whose personal identifying information is displayed or disseminated in connection with the image, or whose identity is known to the person who disseminates the image; and (2) knows or should have known that the person in the image has not consented to the dissemination.”\n\nNote: Unlike 11-23.5, there is no 'obtained under circumstances in which a reasonable person would know the image was to remain private' element here - the synthetic offence turns on non-consent and identifiability alone. For a creator: distributing knowingly produced, contract-consented real footage of themselves cannot satisfy this; distributing someone else's altered likeness can. Exemptions in (c) mirror 11-23.5 (criminal investigation, reporting unlawful conduct, voluntary public/commercial exposure, lawful public purpose); (d) shields interactive computer services. Read via Wayback capture (2025-12-24).", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/ilcs/documents/072000050K11-23.7.htm", "last_verified": "2026-09-12", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Illinois General Assembly - Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS)", "evidence_quote": "(b) A person commits non-consensual dissemination of sexually explicit digitized depictions when the person: (1) intentionally disseminates a sexually explicit digitized depiction of another person who is identifiable from the image itself, or whose personal identifying information is displayed or disseminated in connection with the image, or whose identity is known to the person who disseminates the image; and (2) knows or should have known that the person in the image has not consented to the dissemination.", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "192-illinois-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "720 ILCS 5/11-23.7(b) elements", "topic": "Elements of the synthetic-image dissemination offence", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "720 ILCS 5/11-23.7(b); Illinois Criminal Code of 2012", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-il" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "safety.harm", "safety.legal" ], "explicitness": "explicit_partnered" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap", "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-il" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r192_illinois_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_il_nc_digitized_penalty", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] 720 ILCS 5/11-23.7(f) sentence: Penalty class for synthetic-image dissemination", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Non-consensual dissemination of sexually explicit digitized depictions (720 ILCS 5/11-23.7) is a Class 4 felony.", "body": "Non-consensual dissemination of sexually explicit digitized depictions (720 ILCS 5/11-23.7) is a Class 4 felony.\n\nWhat Illinois General Assembly - Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS) actually says:\n\n“(f) Sentence. Non-consensual dissemination of sexually explicit digitized depictions is a Class 4 felony.”\n\nNote: Same penalty and forfeiture structure ((e)) as the real-image offence in 11-23.5. Read via Wayback capture (2025-12-24).", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/ilcs/documents/072000050K11-23.7.htm", "last_verified": "2026-09-12", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Illinois General Assembly - Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS)", "evidence_quote": "(f) Sentence. Non-consensual dissemination of sexually explicit digitized depictions is a Class 4 felony.", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "192-illinois-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "720 ILCS 5/11-23.7(f) sentence", "topic": "Penalty class for synthetic-image dissemination", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "720 ILCS 5/11-23.7(f); Illinois Criminal Code of 2012", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-il" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "safety.legal", "safety.harm" ], "explicitness": "explicit_partnered" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap", "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-il" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r192_illinois_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_il_obscenity_elements", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] 720 ILCS 5/11-20(a) Obscenity: The distribution and performance offence", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Illinois's obscenity offence reaches selling, delivering, providing, publishing, exhibiting or making available obscene material, creating/buying/procuring/possessing it with intent to disseminate, and performing an obscene act or presenting an obscene exhibition of one's body 'for gain' - so a paid explicit performance can be obscenity if the material meets the Section (b) test.", "body": "Illinois's obscenity offence reaches selling, delivering, providing, publishing, exhibiting or making available obscene material, creating/buying/procuring/possessing it with intent to disseminate, and performing an obscene act or presenting an obscene exhibition of one's body 'for gain' - so a paid explicit performance can be obscenity if the material meets the Section (b) test.\n\nWhat Illinois General Assembly - Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS) actually says:\n\n“(a) Elements of the Offense. A person commits obscenity when, with knowledge of the nature or content thereof, or recklessly failing to exercise reasonable inspection which would have disclosed the nature or content thereof, he or she: (1) Sells, delivers or provides, or offers or agrees to sell, deliver or provide any obscene writing, picture, record or other representation or embodiment of the obscene; or (2) Presents or directs an obscene play, dance or other performance or participates directly in that portion thereof which makes it obscene; or (3) Publishes, exhibits or otherwise makes available anything obscene; or (4) Performs an obscene act or otherwise presents an obscene exhibition of his or her body for gain; or (5) Creates, buys, procures or possesses obscene matter or material with intent to disseminate it in violation of this Section, or of the penal laws or regulations of any other jurisdiction; or (6) Advertises or otherwise promotes the sale of material represented or held out by him or her to be obscene, whether or not it is obscene.”\n\nNote: The crux for a filmed performance is clause (4): 'Performs an obscene act or otherwise presents an obscene exhibition of his or her body for gain' - paid explicit work is squarely within the statute's literal scope, and only the Miller-derived definition in (b) (record il.obscenity.defined) and the affirmative defences in (f) (non-gain distribution to personal associates; institutional/scientific possession) separate lawful adult content from obscenity. Distribution head is (a)(1) and (a)(3). Penalty: see record il.obscenity.penalty. Read via Wayback capture (2025-11-20).", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/ilcs/documents/072000050K11-20.htm", "last_verified": "2026-09-12", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Illinois General Assembly - Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS)", "evidence_quote": "(a) Elements of the Offense. A person commits obscenity when, with knowledge of the nature or content thereof, or recklessly failing to exercise reasonable inspection which would have disclosed the nature or content thereof, he or she: (1) Sells, delivers or provides, or offers or agrees to sell, deliver or provide any obscene writing, picture, record or other representation or embodiment of the obscene; or (2) Presents or directs an obscene play, dance or other performance or participates directly in that portion thereof which makes it obscene; or (3) Publishes, exhibits or otherwise makes available anything obscene; or (4) Performs an obscene act or otherwise presents an obscene exhibition of his or her body for gain; or (5) Creates, buys, procures or possesses obscene matter or material with intent to disseminate it in violation of this Section, or of the penal laws or regulations of any other jurisdiction; or (6) Advertises or otherwise promotes the sale of material represented or held out by him or her to be obscene, whether or not it is obscene.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "192-illinois-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "720 ILCS 5/11-20(a) Obscenity", "topic": "The distribution and performance offence", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "720 ILCS 5/11-20(a); Illinois Criminal Code of 2012", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-il" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "rules.content", "safety.legal" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap", "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-il" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r192_illinois_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_il_obscenity_defined", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Miller test statutory definition of 'obscene'", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Illinois codifies the three-prong test for obscenity: material or performance is obscene if, applying contemporary adult community standards, taken as a whole it appeals to the prurient interest, depicts or describes in a patently offensive way ultimate sexual acts (whether actual or simulated), masturbation, excretory functions or lewd exhibition of the genitals, and taken as a whole lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value.", "body": "Illinois codifies the three-prong test for obscenity: material or performance is obscene if, applying contemporary adult community standards, taken as a whole it appeals to the prurient interest, depicts or describes in a patently offensive way ultimate sexual acts (whether actual or simulated), masturbation, excretory functions or lewd exhibition of the genitals, and taken as a whole lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value.\n\nWhat Illinois General Assembly - Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS) actually says:\n\n“(b) Obscene Defined. Any material or performance is obscene if: (1) the average person, applying contemporary adult community standards, would find that, taken as a whole, it appeals to the prurient interest; and (2) the average person, applying contemporary adult community standards, would find that it depicts or describes, in a patently offensive way, ultimate sexual acts or sadomasochistic sexual acts, whether normal or perverted, actual or simulated, or masturbation, excretory functions or lewd exhibition of the genitals; and (3) taken as a whole, it lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value.”\n\nNote: This is the state's statutory Miller test; key drafting feature is 'actual or simulated' and 'contemporary adult community standards'. Every explicit scene of a two-person shoot sits under this test in theory; in practice mainstream commercial adult content is litigated as not meeting prongs (1)-(3) under current Supreme Court doctrine, but that is a constitutional interpretation, not statutory text - the statute as written reaches any 'actual or simulated' ultimate sexual act. Explicitness tag noted as 'any' because the definition spans the whole ladder. Read via Wayback capture (2025-11-20).", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/ilcs/documents/072000050K11-20.htm", "last_verified": "2026-09-12", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Illinois General Assembly - Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS)", "evidence_quote": "(b) Obscene Defined. Any material or performance is obscene if: (1) the average person, applying contemporary adult community standards, would find that, taken as a whole, it appeals to the prurient interest; and (2) the average person, applying contemporary adult community standards, would find that it depicts or describes, in a patently offensive way, ultimate sexual acts or sadomasochistic sexual acts, whether normal or perverted, actual or simulated, or masturbation, excretory functions or lewd exhibition of the genitals; and (3) taken as a whole, it lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "192-illinois-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "720 ILCS 5/11-20(b) Obscenity - definition", "topic": "Miller test statutory definition of 'obscene'", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "720 ILCS 5/11-20(b); Illinois Criminal Code of 2012", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-il" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "rules.content", "safety.legal" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap", "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-il" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r192_illinois_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_il_obscenity_penalty", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Penalty class for the obscenity offence", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Obscenity in Illinois is a Class A misdemeanor; a second or subsequent Offense is a Class 4 felony.", "body": "Obscenity in Illinois is a Class A misdemeanor; a second or subsequent Offense is a Class 4 felony.\n\nWhat Illinois General Assembly - Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS) actually says:\n\n“(d) Sentence. Obscenity is a Class A misdemeanor. A second or subsequent offense is a Class 4 felony.”\n\nNote: Forfeiture (g) applies on a second/subsequent conviction, under Article 124B. Read via Wayback capture (2025-11-20).", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/ilcs/documents/072000050K11-20.htm", "last_verified": "2026-09-12", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Illinois General Assembly - Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS)", "evidence_quote": "(d) Sentence. Obscenity is a Class A misdemeanor. A second or subsequent offense is a Class 4 felony.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "192-illinois-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "720 ILCS 5/11-20(d) Obscenity - sentence", "topic": "Penalty class for the obscenity offence", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "720 ILCS 5/11-20(d); Illinois Criminal Code of 2012", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-il" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "safety.legal" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap", "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-il" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r192_illinois_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_il_public_indecency_elements", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Indecent exposure / public lewdness analogue and its 'public place' element", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Illinois's indecent-exposure analogue is public indecency: any person 17 or older who, in a public place, performs an act of sexual penetration or sexual conduct, or a lewd exposure of the body with intent to arouse or satisfy sexual desire, commits it; a 'public place' is any place where the conduct may reasonably be expected to be viewed by others.", "body": "Illinois's indecent-exposure analogue is public indecency: any person 17 or older who, in a public place, performs an act of sexual penetration or sexual conduct, or a lewd exposure of the body with intent to arouse or satisfy sexual desire, commits it; a 'public place' is any place where the conduct may reasonably be expected to be viewed by others.\n\nWhat Illinois General Assembly - Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS) actually says:\n\n“(a) Any person of the age of 17 years and upwards who performs any of the following acts in a public place commits a public indecency: (1) An act of sexual penetration or sexual conduct; or (2) A lewd exposure of the body done with intent to arouse or to satisfy the sexual desire of the person. Breast-feeding of infants is not an act of public indecency. (b) \"Public place\" for purposes of this Section means any place where the conduct may reasonably be expected to be viewed by others.”\n\nNote: This is Illinois's public-lewdness/indecent-exposure statute (no separate standalone 'indecent exposure' section exists in Article 11 - searched the Article 11 index; 11-30 is the one). Two-person shoot: a closed studio with controlled access, blinds/doors closed, and no reasonably foreseeable viewer is not a 'public place' ((b)), so expublic indecency cannot attach to the on-camera acts themselves; recording for an audience does not make the set a public place merely because it may later be watched - (b) speaks of where 'the conduct' may be viewed. Read via Wayback capture (2025-09-10).", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/ilcs/documents/072000050K11-30.htm", "last_verified": "2026-09-12", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Illinois General Assembly - Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS)", "evidence_quote": "(a) Any person of the age of 17 years and upwards who performs any of the following acts in a public place commits a public indecency: (1) An act of sexual penetration or sexual conduct; or (2) A lewd exposure of the body done with intent to arouse or to satisfy the sexual desire of the person. Breast-feeding of infants is not an act of public indecency. (b) \"Public place\" for purposes of this Section means any place where the conduct may reasonably be expected to be viewed by others.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "192-illinois-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "720 ILCS 5/11-30 Public indecency", "topic": "Indecent exposure / public lewdness analogue and its 'public place' element", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "720 ILCS 5/11-30(a)-(b); Illinois Criminal Code of 2012", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-il" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "rules.content", "safety.legal" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap", "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-il" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r192_illinois_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_il_public_indecency_penalty", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Penalty class for public indecency", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Public indecency in Illinois is normally a Class A misdemeanor, escalating to a Class 4 felony on a third/subsequent violation, and is a Class 4 felony for a person 18 or older within 500 feet of elementary or secondary school grounds while children are present.", "body": "Public indecency in Illinois is normally a Class A misdemeanor, escalating to a Class 4 felony on a third/subsequent violation, and is a Class 4 felony for a person 18 or older within 500 feet of elementary or secondary school grounds while children are present.\n\nWhat Illinois General Assembly - Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS) actually says:\n\n“(c) Sentence. Public indecency is a Class A misdemeanor. A person convicted of a third or subsequent violation for public indecency is guilty of a Class 4 felony. Public indecency is a Class 4 felony if committed by a person 18 years of age or older who is on or within 500 feet of elementary or secondary school grounds when children are present on the grounds.”\n\nNote: Read via Wayback capture (2025-09-10).", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/ilcs/documents/072000050K11-30.htm", "last_verified": "2026-09-12", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Illinois General Assembly - Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS)", "evidence_quote": "(c) Sentence. Public indecency is a Class A misdemeanor. A person convicted of a third or subsequent violation for public indecency is guilty of a Class 4 felony. Public indecency is a Class 4 felony if committed by a person 18 years of age or older who is on or within 500 feet of elementary or secondary school grounds when children are present on the grounds.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "192-illinois-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "720 ILCS 5/11-30(c) Public indecency - sentence", "topic": "Penalty class for public indecency", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "720 ILCS 5/11-30(c); Illinois Criminal Code of 2012", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-il" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "safety.legal" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "thin_body", "source_unverifiable:fetch_failed:budget" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r192_illinois_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_il_publicity_recognition", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Statutory recognition of the publicity right", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Illinois's Right of Publicity Act (765 ILCS 1075/10) recognises every individual's right of publicity as 'the right to control and to choose whether and how to use an individual's identity for commercial purposes'.", "body": "Illinois's Right of Publicity Act (765 ILCS 1075/10) recognises every individual's right of publicity as 'the right to control and to choose whether and how to use an individual's identity for commercial purposes'.\n\nWhat Illinois General Assembly - Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS) actually says:\n\n“Sec. 10. Recognition of right of publicity. The right to control and to choose whether and how to use an individual's identity for commercial purposes is recognized as each individual's right of publicity.”\n\nNote: This is the commercial-appropriation head for this batch (f). 'Identity' is defined in Section 5 to include name, signature, photograph, image, likeness, or voice; the right runs during life and for 50 years after death (Sections 25, 30(c)). Read via Wayback capture (2025-08-09).", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/ilcs/documents/076510750K10.htm", "last_verified": "2026-09-12", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Illinois General Assembly - Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS)", "evidence_quote": "Sec. 10. Recognition of right of publicity. The right to control and to choose whether and how to use an individual's identity for commercial purposes is recognized as each individual's right of publicity.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "192-illinois-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "765 ILCS 1075/10 Right of Publicity Act", "topic": "Statutory recognition of the publicity right", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "765 ILCS 1075/10; Illinois Right of Publicity Act", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-il" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "safety.legal" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap", "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-il" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r192_illinois_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_il_publicity_consent", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] 765 ILCS 1075/30(a) Right of Publicity Act: Written consent required for commercial use of identity", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Illinois makes it unlawful to use an individual's identity for commercial purposes during the individual's lifetime without previous written consent from the person/persons in whom the right vests (Section 20) or their authorised representative.", "body": "Illinois makes it unlawful to use an individual's identity for commercial purposes during the individual's lifetime without previous written consent from the person/persons in whom the right vests (Section 20) or their authorised representative.\n\nWhat Illinois General Assembly - Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS) actually says:\n\n“(a) A person may not use an individual's identity for commercial purposes during the individual's lifetime without having obtained previous written consent from the appropriate person or persons specified in Section 20 of this Act or their authorized representative.”\n\nNote: For a two-person shoot this is the paperwork layer: a signed written model/consent agreement that transfers or licenses identity use is what keeps commercial distribution outside Section 30. 'Commercial purpose' (Section 5) means use in connection with selling/offering products or services, advertising/promoting them, or fundraising. Read via Wayback capture (2026-01-06).", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/ilcs/documents/076510750K30.htm", "last_verified": "2026-09-12", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Illinois General Assembly - Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS)", "evidence_quote": "(a) A person may not use an individual's identity for commercial purposes during the individual's lifetime without having obtained previous written consent from the appropriate person or persons specified in Section 20 of this Act or their authorized representative.", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "192-illinois-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "765 ILCS 1075/30(a) Right of Publicity Act", "topic": "Written consent required for commercial use of identity", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "765 ILCS 1075/30(a); Illinois Right of Publicity Act", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-il" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "safety.legal" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap", "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-il" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r192_illinois_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_il_publicity_digital_replica", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] 765 ILCS 1075/30(b) Right of Publicity Act: Ban on distributing works containing an unauthorized digital replica", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Illinois prohibits knowingly distributing, transmitting, or making available to the general public any sound recording or audiovisual work with actual knowledge that it contains an 'unauthorized digital replica' of an individual, and imposes liability on persons who materially contribute to or facilitate such a violation; conduit service providers get 17 U.S.C. 512-style safe harbours.", "body": "Illinois prohibits knowingly distributing, transmitting, or making available to the general public any sound recording or audiovisual work with actual knowledge that it contains an 'unauthorized digital replica' of an individual, and imposes liability on persons who materially contribute to or facilitate such a violation; conduit service providers get 17 U.S.C. 512-style safe harbours.\n\nWhat Illinois General Assembly - Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS) actually says:\n\n“(b) A person may not knowingly distribute, transmit, or make available to the general public a sound recording or audiovisual work with actual knowledge that the work contains an unauthorized digital replica.”\n\nNote: This is the civil AI-replica weapon for creators: a distributed audiovisual work using a synthetic replica of a creator's voice/image/likeness without consent is actionable; 'unauthorized digital replica' is defined in Section 5 (record il.publicity.digital-replica-definition). Subsection (d) adds contributory liability for facilitators (materially contributes / induces / facilitates after actual knowledge). Safe harbours in (e)-(f) track 17 U.S.C. 512. Read via Wayback capture (2026-01-06).", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/ilcs/documents/076510750K30.htm", "last_verified": "2026-09-12", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Illinois General Assembly - Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS)", "evidence_quote": "(b) A person may not knowingly distribute, transmit, or make available to the general public a sound recording or audiovisual work with actual knowledge that the work contains an unauthorized digital replica.", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "192-illinois-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "765 ILCS 1075/30(b) Right of Publicity Act", "topic": "Ban on distributing works containing an unauthorized digital replica", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "765 ILCS 1075/30(b)-(g); Illinois Right of Publicity Act", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-il" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "safety.legal", "safety.harm" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap", "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-il" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r192_illinois_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_il_publicity_digital_replica_definition", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] 765 ILCS 1075/5 Right of Publicity Act - definitions: Definition of 'digital replica'", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Illinois defines a 'digital replica' as a newly created electronic representation of an actual individual's voice, image, or likeness made by computer, algorithm, software, tool, artificial intelligence or other technology, fixed in a sound recording or audiovisual work in which the individual did not actually perform or appear, which a reasonable person would believe is that individual's voice, image, or likeness being imitated.", "body": "Illinois defines a 'digital replica' as a newly created electronic representation of an actual individual's voice, image, or likeness made by computer, algorithm, software, tool, artificial intelligence or other technology, fixed in a sound recording or audiovisual work in which the individual did not actually perform or appear, which a reasonable person would believe is that individual's voice, image, or likeness being imitated.\n\nWhat Illinois General Assembly - Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS) actually says:\n\n“\"Digital replica\" means a newly created, electronic representation of the voice, image, or likeness of an actual individual created using a computer, algorithm, software, tool, artificial intelligence, or other technology that is fixed in a sound recording or audiovisual work in which that individual did not actually perform or appear, and which a reasonable person would believe is that particular individual's voice, image, or likeness being imitated.”\n\nNote: Also in Section 5: 'Identity' means any attribute of an individual that serves to identify that individual to an ordinary, reasonable viewer or listener, including name, signature, photograph, image, likeness, or voice - the AI-amended definition list. 'Unauthorized digital replica' means use of a digital replica without consent of the persons in Section 20. Read via Wayback capture (2025-09-11).", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/ilcs/documents/076510750K5.htm", "last_verified": "2026-09-12", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Illinois General Assembly - Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS)", "evidence_quote": "\"Digital replica\" means a newly created, electronic representation of the voice, image, or likeness of an actual individual created using a computer, algorithm, software, tool, artificial intelligence, or other technology that is fixed in a sound recording or audiovisual work in which that individual did not actually perform or appear, and which a reasonable person would believe is that particular individual's voice, image, or likeness being imitated.", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "192-illinois-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes", "subject": "765 ILCS 1075/5 Right of Publicity Act - definitions", "topic": "Definition of 'digital replica'", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "765 ILCS 1075/5; Illinois Right of Publicity Act", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-il" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "safety.legal" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap", "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-il" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } } ] }