Bill Text: IL HB2548 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Creates the Self-Administered Sexual Assault Evidence Collection Kit Ban Act. Provides that it is unlawful for any person to sell, market, promote, advertise, or otherwise distribute a self-administered sexual assault evidence collection kit to a consumer in the State. Sets forth provisions concerning private rights of action and enforcement. Effective January 1, 2026.

Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-2)

Status: (Passed) 2025-08-15 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0235 [HB2548 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB2548-Enrolled.html

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AN ACT concerning business.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
Self-Administered Sexual Assault Evidence Collection Kit Ban
Act.
Section 5. Definition. As used in this Act,
"self-administered sexual assault evidence collection kit"
means materials advertised or marketed as a means for a
person, other than a medical professional, to collect physical
evidence of a sexual assault.
Section 10. Prohibition on the sale of self-administered
sexual assault evidence collection kits. It is unlawful for
any person to sell, market, promote, advertise, or otherwise
distribute a self-administered sexual assault evidence
collection kit to a consumer in this State.
Section 15. Private right of action. A person aggrieved by
a violation of this Act by a seller of a self-administered
sexual assault evidence collection kit may file suit in
circuit court in the county where the alleged offense occurred
or where any person who is a party to the action resides. An

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action may be brought by one or more persons for and on behalf
of themselves and other persons similarly situated. A person
aggrieved by a violation of this Act is entitled to collect:
(1) compensatory damages in the amount of any payments
made to the seller of a self-administered sexual assault
evidence collection kit;
(2) punitive damages, not to exceed $1,000 for each
violation of this Act; and
(3) attorney's fees and costs.
Section 20. Enforcement.
(a) The Attorney General or the State's Attorney of the
county where the purchaser of a self-administered sexual
assault evidence collection kit resides may file a complaint
in the circuit court in the county where the alleged offense
occurred for:
(1) injunctive relief to restrain violations of this
Act;
(2) a civil penalty, not to exceed $1,500 for each
violation of this Act; and
(3) any other relief as may be required.
(b) Upon the commencement of any action under this Section
by a State's Attorney, the State's Attorney shall mail a copy
of the complaint or other initial pleading to the Attorney
General, and upon the entry of any judgment or order in the
action, shall mail a copy of the judgment or order to the

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Attorney General.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
1, 2026.