Bill Text: IL HB3952 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Provides that any communication providing information concerning an individual's voting history must disclose the name and mailing address of the political committee, organization, corporation, or other person that purchased such information from the State Board of Elections.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3952 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-HB3952-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 HB3952 Introduced , by Rep. Joe Sosnowski SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
10 ILCS 5/9-9.5
Amends the Election Code. Provides that any communication providing information concerning an individual's voting history must disclose the name and mailing address of the political committee, organization, corporation, or other person that purchased such information from the State Board of Elections.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning elections.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section
9-9.5 as follows:
(10 ILCS 5/9-9.5)
Sec. 9-9.5. Disclosures in political communications.
(a) Any political committee, organized under the Election
Code, that makes an expenditure for a pamphlet, circular,
handbill, Internet or telephone communication, radio,
television, or print advertisement, or other communication
directed at voters and mentioning the name of a candidate in
the next upcoming election shall ensure that the name of the
political committee paying for any part of the communication,
including, but not limited to, its preparation and
distribution, is identified clearly within the communication
as the payor. This subsection does not apply to items that are
too small to contain the required disclosure. This subsection
does not apply to an expenditure for the preparation,
distribution, or publication of any communication directed at
constituents of a member of the General Assembly if the
expenditure is made by a political committee in accordance with
subsection (c) of Section 9-8.10. Nothing in this subsection

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shall require disclosure on any telephone communication using
random sampling or other scientific survey methods to gauge
public opinion for or against any candidate or question of
public policy.
Whenever any vendor or other person provides any of the
services listed in this subsection, other than any telephone
communication using random sampling or other scientific survey
methods to gauge public opinion for or against any candidate or
question of public policy, the vendor or person shall keep and
maintain records showing the name and address of the person who
purchased or requested the services and the amount paid for the
services. The records required by this subsection shall be kept
for a period of one year after the date upon which payment was
received for the services.
(b) Any political committee, organized under this Code,
that makes an expenditure for a pamphlet, circular, handbill,
Internet or telephone communication, radio, television, or
print advertisement, or other communication directed at voters
and (i) mentioning the name of a candidate in the next upcoming
election, without that candidate's permission, or (ii)
advocating for or against a public policy position shall ensure
that the name of the political committee paying for any part of
the communication, including, but not limited to, its
preparation and distribution, is identified clearly within the
communication. Nothing in this subsection shall require
disclosure on any telephone communication using random

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sampling or other scientific survey methods to gauge public
opinion for or against any candidate or question of public
policy.
(c) A political committee organized under this Code shall
not make an expenditure for any unsolicited telephone call to
the line of a residential telephone customer in this State
using any method to block or otherwise circumvent that
customer's use of a caller identification service.
(d) In addition to any other disclosure requirements, any
communication providing information concerning an individual's
voting history must disclose the name and mailing address of
the political committee, organization, corporation, or other
person that purchased such information from the State Board of
Elections.
(Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 7-29-13; 98-691, eff. 7-1-14.)