To protect the identities of child and adult sex crime victims, Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Iris Y. Martinez is partnering with Senate Majority Leader Kimberly A. Lightford (D-Maywood) on two proposals that were approved by the Senate Criminal Law Committee on Tuesday. The measures came to fruition after a CBS 2 story identified issues that were left unresolved under the previous Circuit Court Clerk’s administration. Currently, the Privacy of Child Victims of Criminal Sexual Offenses Act provides that the identity of any child sex offense victims be restricted. However, it does not specify how it should be done. The need to clarify this law inspired the decision to expand the same privacy protections to adult victims. Senate Bills 2339 and 2340 would require anyone wanting to access restricted information to petition the court to gain access to those documents. Both measures will now head to the full Senate for approval.