Bill Title: Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Expands the definition of "sexual abuse" to include (i) an employee's actions that result in the sending or showing of sexually explicit images to an individual via computer, cellular phone, electronic mail, portable electronic device, or other media with or without contact with the individual or (ii) an employee's posting of sexually explicit images of an individual online or elsewhere whether or not there is contact with the individual. Defines "sexually explicit images" to include, but not be limited to, any material which depicts nudity, sexual conduct, or sado-masochistic abuse, or which contains explicit and detailed verbal descriptions or narrative accounts of sexual excitement, sexual conduct, or sado-masochistic abuse.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-3)

Status: (Passed) 2015-08-07 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0323 [SB1947 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

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Voting Records

Chamber	Vote	Date	Yea	Nay	NV	Abs	Total	Result	Source	View
House	Third Reading in House	2015-05-29	115	0	1	0	116	Passed	Link	View
Senate	Third Reading in Senate	2015-04-22	57	0	2	0	59	Passed	Link	View

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