Illinois Senate Bill 3202 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 9 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Creates the offense of cyber extortion. Provides that a person commits cyber extortion when he or she, with the intent to unlawfully extort money, property, or anything of value from another person, knowingly creates, places, or introduces without authorization into a computer, computer system, or computer network computer software that is designed to encrypt, lock, or otherwise restrict access or use in any way by an authorized user of the computer, computer system, or computer network. Provides that a person who has suffered a specific and direct injury because of a violation of this provision may bring a civil action in circuit court. Provides that in the civil action, the court may award actual damages, reasonable attorney's fees, and court costs. Provides that a conviction for cyber extortion is not a prerequisite for bringing an action under this provision. Provides that a violation is a Class 1 felony. Defines "computer system", "extort", and "software".

CRIM CD-CYBER EXTORTION

Sen. Michael Hastings [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-09	Senate	Session Sine Die
2018-04-27	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2018-04-13	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 27, 2018
2018-03-14	Senate	To Subcommittee on CLEAR Compliance
2018-02-27	Senate	Assigned to Criminal Law
2018-02-16	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2018-02-16	Senate	First Reading
2018-02-16	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael E. Hastings

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
720	5	17-52.6	New Code	See Bill Text
720	5	17-55	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3202&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=91&GA=100
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/SB/10000SB3202.htm