An amendment to a bill headed for Gov. Quinn's desk would make recording conversations with law enforcement a class-3 felony -- and allows police to perform warrantless audio-visual/electronic surveillance on suspects in serious crimes for 24 hours with permission of a state's attorney instead of a judge. [via, via]

UPDATE: The ACLU praised some aspects of the bill while panning others, noting that it does not explicitly ban recording of police -- however the language of the bill is vague enough on what a "private conversation" is that you can bet it'll be used by officers to stop recordings.

AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1342