Bill Text: IL SB2251 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Provides that the disclosure requirements for political communications shall also apply to any political committee, organized under the Code, making a political communication utilizing any social media platform.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die [SB2251 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SB2251-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning elections.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 9-9.5 as follows:
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| 6 | (10 ILCS 5/9-9.5)
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| 7 | Sec. 9-9.5. Disclosures in political communications. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | (a)
Any political committee, organized under the Election | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Code, that
makes an expenditure for a pamphlet, circular, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | handbill, Internet or telephone communication, radio, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | television,
or print advertisement,
or other communication, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | including, but not limited to, utilizing any social media | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | platform, directed at voters and
mentioning the name of a | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | candidate in the next upcoming election shall ensure
that the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | name of the political committee paying for any part of the
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| 16 | communication, including, but not limited to, its preparation | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | and distribution,
is
identified clearly within the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | communication as the payor. This subsection does
not apply to | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | items that are too small to contain the required disclosure.
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| 20 | This subsection does not apply to an expenditure for the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | preparation, distribution, or publication of any communication | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | directed at constituents of a member of the General Assembly if | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | the expenditure is made by a political committee in accordance | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | with subsection (c) of Section 9-8.10. Nothing in this | ||||||
| 2 | subsection shall require disclosure on any telephone | ||||||
| 3 | communication using random sampling or other scientific survey | ||||||
| 4 | methods to gauge public opinion for or against any candidate or | ||||||
| 5 | question of public policy.
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| 6 | Whenever any vendor or other person provides any of the | ||||||
| 7 | services listed in this subsection, other than any telephone | ||||||
| 8 | communication using random sampling or other scientific survey | ||||||
| 9 | methods to gauge public opinion for or against any candidate or | ||||||
| 10 | question of public policy, the vendor or person shall keep and | ||||||
| 11 | maintain records showing the name and address of the person who | ||||||
| 12 | purchased or requested the services and the amount paid for the | ||||||
| 13 | services. The records required by this subsection shall be kept | ||||||
| 14 | for a period of one year after the date upon which payment was | ||||||
| 15 | received for the services.
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| 16 | (b) Any political committee, organized under this Code,
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| 17 | that makes an expenditure for a pamphlet, circular, handbill,
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| 18 | Internet or telephone communication, radio, television, or
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| 19 | print advertisement, or other communication, including, but | ||||||
| 20 | not limited to, utilizing any social media platform, directed | ||||||
| 21 | at voters
and (i) mentioning the name of a candidate in the | ||||||
| 22 | next upcoming
election, without that candidate's permission, | ||||||
| 23 | or
(ii)
advocating for or against a public policy position | ||||||
| 24 | shall ensure
that the name of the political committee paying | ||||||
| 25 | for any part of
the communication, including, but not limited | ||||||
| 26 | to, its
preparation and distribution, is identified clearly | ||||||
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| 1 | within the
communication. Nothing in this subsection shall | ||||||
| 2 | require disclosure on
any telephone communication using random | ||||||
| 3 | sampling or other
scientific survey methods to gauge public | ||||||
| 4 | opinion for or
against any candidate or question of public | ||||||
| 5 | policy. | ||||||
| 6 | (c) A political committee organized under this Code shall
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| 7 | not make an expenditure for any unsolicited telephone call to
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| 8 | the line of a residential telephone customer in this State
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| 9 | using any method to block or otherwise circumvent that
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| 10 | customer's use of a caller identification service.
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| 11 | (Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 7-29-13; 98-691, eff. 7-1-14.)
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