Highway camera expansion covering 6,600 miles of road in 22 counties awaits Pritzker’s signature – Capitol News IL

The bills received the backing of ISP, the state’s attorney general and broad majorities in the legislature. But civil liberties advocates and lawmakers from each party aired concerns about potential misuse of the cameras, a lack of clarity regarding how camera placements will be chosen, and that an individual would be prohibited from accessing their own camera footage via the Freedom of Information Act.

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