Illinois House Bill 2836

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 16 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2023-03-10 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Creates the Right to Speak Your Truth Act. Prohibits a person accused of sexual misconduct, sexual abuse, sexual assault, and sexual harassment from using a defamation action to silence, or retaliate against, the accusing person, staff, or third party reporting the forms of sexual misconduct, sexual abuse, sexual assault, and sexual harassment. Provides that defamation claims, where an accuser is publicly named by a person, staff, or third person reporting alleged sexual misconduct, sexual abuse, sexual assault, or sexual harassment, shall be reserved for cases where cited documentation and evidence can establish within the initial court filing one or more of the following: (1) the claimed act in the reported accusation was a factual impossibility for the accused to have perpetrated; (2) the accuser has been impeached in a courtroom proceeding regarding the same alleged facts as in the present reported accusation; (3) the accuser has publicly made contrary statements involving relevant, material facts regarding the present reported incident; or (4) the accuser has publicly stated that the present reported incident did not occur.

RIGHT TO SPEAK YOUR TRUTH ACT

Rep. Mary Canty [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-10	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2023-02-28	House	Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee
2023-02-16	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2023-02-16	House	First Reading
2023-02-16	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Mary Beth Canty

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2836&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=112&GA=103
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/HB/10300HB2836.htm