Illinois Senate Bill 2538 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Failed on January 13 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Creates the Civil Remedies for Nonconsensual Dissemination of Altered Sexual Images Act. Provides that a depicted individual has a cause of action against a person who: creates and intentionally discloses sexually explicit material and the person knows or reasonably should have known the depicted individual in the material did not consent to its creation or disclosure; or intentionally discloses sexually explicit material that the person did not create and the person knows the depicted individual in that material did not consent to the creation of the sexually explicit material. Provides exceptions. Provides that a disclaimer in the sexually explicit material that communicates that the inclusion of the depicted individual was unauthorized or the depicted individual did not participate in the creation or development of the material is not a defense. Provides remedies. Provides that an action shall be commenced no later than 3 years from the date the unauthorized creation, development, or disclosure was discovered or should have been discovered.

DISSEMINATION ALTERED IMAGES

Sen. Michael Hastings [D]

Sen. Melinda Bush [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-01-13	Senate	Session Sine Die
2020-05-15	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2020
2020-05-07	Senate	Rule 2-10 Third Reading/Passage Deadline Established As May 29, 2020
2020-05-07	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 22, 2020
2020-04-30	Senate	Rule 2-10 Third Reading/Passage Deadline Established As May 22, 2020
2020-04-30	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 15, 2020
2020-04-23	Senate	Rule 2-10 Third Reading/Passage Deadline Established As May 15, 2020
2020-04-23	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 7, 2020
2020-04-16	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 30, 2020
2020-04-12	Senate	Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
2020-03-25	Senate	Rule 2-10 Third Reading/Passage Deadline Established As May 7, 2020
2020-03-25	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 24, 2020
2020-03-18	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 2, 2020
2020-03-05	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
2020-03-05	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael E. Hastings
2020-02-27	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Melinda Bush
2020-02-25	Senate	Postponed - Judiciary
2020-02-18	Senate	Postponed - Judiciary
2020-02-04	Senate	Assigned to Judiciary
2020-01-28	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2020-01-28	Senate	First Reading
2020-01-28	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael E. Hastings

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2538&GAID=15&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=108&GA=101
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/SB/10100SB2538.htm
Amendment	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/SB/10100SB2538sam001.htm