SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois House has adjourned without taking up new proposed eavesdropping rules.
Earlier this year, the Illinois Supreme Court struck down the state’s eavesdropping law as unconstitutional, which leaves drafting new rules to lawmakers. The Senate approved the plan 50-6 Friday. It includes guidelines for law enforcement, like requiring authorization through a state’s attorney’s office to record or listen with the help of a device for investigating certain crimes.
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