Bill Text: IL HB3669 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates the Malicious False Reporting Liability Act. Provides that a person may bring an action against another person for malicious false reporting to a law enforcement agency. Provides that a person bringing an action may recover: an amount in actual and punitive damages or liquidated damages of at least $250 and not more than $1,500; the costs of the action; and reasonable attorney's fees.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3669 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB3669-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB3669 Introduced , by Rep. Sonya M. Harper SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act
Creates the Malicious False Reporting Liability Act. Provides that a person may bring an action against another person for malicious false reporting to a law enforcement agency. Provides that a person bring an action may recover: an amount in actual and punitive damages or liquidated damages of at least $250 and not more than $1,500; the costs of the action; and reasonable attorney's fees.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning civil law.
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
Malicious False Reporting Liability Act.
Section 5. Cause of action.
(a) A person may bring an action against another person
for malicious false reporting if the person is able to
establish:
(1) the other person made a false report to a law
enforcement agency knowing that the report was false; and
(2) as a result of the report, the person was
questioned, detained, or arrested by a law enforcement
officer.
(b) A person may bring an action under this Act even if the
other person:
(1) has not been prosecuted for the crime of false
reporting or false informing;
(2) has not been convicted of the crime of false
reporting or false informing; or
(3) has been acquitted of the crime of false reporting
or false informing.
(c) A separate cause of action may be brought by each

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person damaged by the other person's actions under this Act.
Section 10. Remedies.
(a) A person bringing an action under this Act may
recover:
(1) an amount in:
(A) actual and punitive damages; or
(B) liquidated damages of at least $250 and not
more than $1,500;
(2) the costs of the action; and
(3) reasonable attorney's fees.
(b) In determining the amount of damages under this
Section, the court shall consider whether the person's
actions:
(1) implicated a right protected under the
Constitution of the United States or the Illinois
Constitution;
(2) were intended to discriminate against the person;
(3) caused the person to feel harassed, humiliated, or
embarrassed;
(4) caused the person to be expelled from a place in
which the person was lawfully located; or
(5) damaged the person's:
(A) reputation or standing in the community; or
(B) financial, economic, consumer, or business
prospects or interests.