2022 Articles

This Act amends the Overdose Prevention and Harm Reduction Act. The amendment authorizes various pharmacy and physician entities and individuals to dispense drug adulterant testing supplies to any person.

The secretary of state amended the Illinois Safety Responsibility Law. Existing law requires an uninsured driver, after a car accident, to post security to satisfy any potential judgments for money damages when the accident results in bodily injury, death of a person, or more than $1,500 in property damage.

The Election Code is amended to create a task force to review current laws and make recommendations to improve access to voting for persons with disabilities.

The Illinois Labor Relations Board adopted amendments to the Representation Proceedings Part of the Illinois Public Relations Act. The amendment authorizes employees to show interest in joining or forming bargaining units through electronic signature.

On Feb. 17, 2022, the First District of the Illinois Appellate Court held that Illinois law does not allow for service by electronic mail when third parties have not yet appeared before the court.

The Illinois State Police amended Certification and Training of Electronic Criminal Surveillance Officers. The amendment reflects advancements in technologies that have made the certification process for existing levels of Electronic Criminal Surveillance Officers (ECSOs), involving physical installation of devices, unnecessary.

The Illinois General Assembly amended the Stalking No Contact Order Act. Upon filing a petition for an emergency no-contact order, only the court, petitioner, victim advocate, counsel for either party, law enforcement, and the county’s state’s attorney can access the file and petition until the order is served on a respondent.

The Department of Labor amended Health and Safety regulations to reflect updates to the Illinois Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA). New Form 300—a yearly summary log of injuries and illnesses—requires employers to keep records of all recordable occupational injuries and illnesses for that workplace.

The Consumer Coverage Disclosure Act is enacted to require an employer that provides group health insurance coverage, upon request, to furnish a list that compares its group coverage benefits with the individual health insurance coverage benefits mandated by the state.

On June 16, 2022, the Illinois Supreme Court affirmed the application of the emergency aid exception to the warrant requirement, thus admitting evidence obtained without a search warrant.

On Mar. 31, 2022, the First District of the Illinois Appellate Court reversed and remanded a trial court’s dismissal of a class action on grounds that an exception to the exhaustion doctrine applied.

This Act amends the Civil No Contact Order Act to allow any family or household member of a survivor of sexual assault to file petitions for no-contact orders.

On Feb. 25, 2022, the First District of the Illinois Appellate Court found that a protection exclusion in section 10 of the Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) does not apply to biometric information of health care workers.

On June 21, 2022, the Second District of the Illinois Appellate Court held that requiring a private company to conduct an annual fire alarm inspection was not a violation of a condominium association’s Fourth Amendment rights.

On Mar. 24, 2022, the Illinois Supreme Court affirmed the First District of the Illinois Appellate Court’s judgment and Illinois State Board of Election’s dismissal of an alderman’s complaint that his predecessor unlawfully paid personal legal fees from campaign funds.

On Oct. 21, 2021, the Illinois Supreme Court held that the fruit-of-the-poisonous-tree doctrine did not apply when a video recording was created simultaneously with an illegal audio recording because the video could not have been derived from the audio.