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, parent, parole agent, aftercare specialist, probation officer, defendant, defendant’s attorney, advocate, or victim’s attorney (as defined in § 3 of the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act) in any criminal proceeding or investigation related thereto, shall be restricted to exclude the identity of any child who is a 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 child’s protection and for good cause shown, prohibit any person or agency present in court from further disclosing the child’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 minor’s identity, the court shall consider:

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Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 725 ILCS 190/3

  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Circuit clerk: means clerk of the circuit court. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.26
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Freedom of Information Act: A federal law that mandates that all the records created and kept by federal agencies in the executive branch of government must be open for public inspection and copying. The only exceptions are those records that fall into one of nine exempted categories listed in the statute. Source: OCC
  • individual: shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.36
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
  • State: when applied to different parts of the United States, may be construed to include the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14

         (1) the best interest of the child; and
         (2) whether such nondisclosure would further a
    
compelling State interest.
    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 to be provided under this Section shall exclude the identity of the child victim. The superintendent shall be restricted from revealing the identity of the victim. Nothing in this Article precludes or may be used to preclude a mandated reporter from reporting child abuse or child neglect as required under the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act.
     For the purposes of this Act, “criminal history record information” means:
         (i) chronologically maintained arrest information,
    
such as traditional arrest logs or blotters;
        (ii) the name of a person in the custody of a law
    
enforcement agency and the charges for which that person is being held;
        (iii) court records that are public, as defined in
    
paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of Section 5 of the Court Record and Document Accessibility Act;
        (iv) records that are otherwise available under
    
State or local law; or
        (v) records in which the requesting party is the
    
individual identified, except as provided under part (vii) of paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of Section 7 of the Freedom of Information Act.