Bill Text: IL HB2828 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates the Suicide Depiction Warning Act. Requires a black box warning to be presented at the beginning of and periodically throughout the presentation of a fictional show that includes a depiction of suicide. Provides that the warning must disclose that suicide not only harms the person who dies, but also harms others.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-29 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2828 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB2828-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB2828 Introduced , by Rep. Anne Stava-Murray SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act
Creates the Suicide Depiction Warning Act. Requires a black box warning to be presented at the beginning of and periodically throughout the presentation of a fictional show that includes a depiction of suicide. Provides that the warning must disclose that suicide not only harms the person who dies, but also harms others.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning regulation.
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
Suicide Depiction Warning Act.
Section 5. Definitions. In this Act:
"Black box warning" means a video message in which the
scene presented in the video is surrounded by a solid border
that is clearly distinguishable by means of a solid color that
contrasts, or sets off, the scene presented from the remainder
of the presentation.
"Depiction" means the way that something is represented or
shown.
"Depression" means a feeling of severe despondency and
dejection.
"Suicide" means the act of killing one's self
intentionally.
Section 10. Suicide depiction warning required.
(a) At the beginning of and periodically throughout the
presentation of a fictional show that includes a depiction of
suicide, the person presenting the show shall also present a
black box warning that includes a suicide help line or other

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immediately available intervention resources for persons
dealing with depression.
(b) The black box warning shall include the actor in the
show portraying the character depicted as committing suicide.
In the black box warning, the actor shall disclose the
following that:
(1) the show is fictional; and
(2) suicide harms not only the person who dies, but
also countless others who love that person and who may also
be struggling with depression themselves.