Illinois 96th Regular Session Status: Passed House 1 D cosponsors

HB 2537 — CRIM CD-NUDE IMAGES-CONSENT

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 96th Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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Summary

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that it is a Class A misdemeanor for a person to upload on the Internet an electronic nude image of another person without the written consent of the person whose nude image was uploaded and with the intent to injure the reputation of the other person or with the intent to cause emotional distress to the other person. Provides that it is a Class A misdemeanor for a person to disseminate a video recording of another person without the written consent of the person whose nude image was disseminated and with the intent to injure the reputation of the other person or with the intent to cause emotional distress to the other person. Exempts: (1) the dissemination of a nude image of an infant or toddler that is not child pornography; or (2) the depiction of a nude image in a museum or place of worship that is not obscenity or child pornography.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

2 added · 30 removed

Plain-language change summary

In the latest version of Bill HB 2537, the text adds specific references about the legal consequences of sharing someone's nude images online without their consent. It clarifies that doing so can be a Class A misdemeanor, especially if it's done to harm that person's reputation or cause emotional distress. This change is important as it strengthens protections against non-consensual sharing of private images and helps to address issues related to privacy and emotional harm in digital spaces.

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*LRB09603358RLC18546b* HB2537 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois and 2010 HB2537 Introduced 2/20/2009, by Rep.
HB2537 Engrossed LRB096 03358 RLC 18546 b AN ACT concerning criminal law.
LaShawn K.
Ford SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
ILCS 5/11-20.4 new Amends the Criminal Code of 1961.
Provides that it is a Class A misdemeanor for a person to upload on the Internet an electronic nude image of another person without the written consent of the person whose nude image was uploaded and with the intent to injure the reputation of the other person or with the intent to cause emotional distress to the other person.
Provides that it is a Class A misdemeanor for a person to disseminate a video recording of another person without the written consent of the person whose nude image was disseminated and with the intent to injure the reputation of the other person or with the intent to cause emotional distress to the other person.
Exempts:
(1) the dissemination of a nude image of an infant or toddler that is not child pornography;
or (2) the depiction of a nude image in a museum or place of worship that is not obscenity or child pornography.
LRB096 03358 RLC 18546 b CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY A BILL FOR HB2537 LRB096 03358 RLC 18546 b AN ACT concerning criminal law.
HB2537 - 2 - LRB096 03358 RLC 18546 b (1) the dissemination of a nude image of an infant or toddler that is not child pornography under Section 11-20.1;
HB2537 Engrossed - 2 - LRB096 03358 RLC 18546 b (1) the dissemination of a nude image of an infant or toddler that is not child pornography under Section 11-20.1;
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Action History

  1. Session Sine Die

  2. Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

  3. Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion Filed Non-Concur Rep. LaShawn K. Ford; Motion #2

  4. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion Filed Non-Concur Rep. LaShawn K. Ford; Motion #2

  5. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Non-Concur Rep. LaShawn K. Ford; Motion #2

  6. Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000

  7. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000

  8. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000

  9. Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee

  10. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee

  11. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee

  12. Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion Filed Concur Rep. LaShawn K. Ford

  13. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion Filed Concur Rep. LaShawn K. Ford

  14. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. LaShawn K. Ford

  15. Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1, 2, 3

  16. Arrived in House

  17. Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000

  18. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading

  19. Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted; Lightford

  20. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Lightford

  21. Recalled to Second Reading

  22. Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommend Do Adopt Criminal Law; 006-000-000

  23. Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Assignments Refers to Criminal Law

  24. Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Assignments

  25. Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford

  26. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Criminal Law; 006-000-000

  27. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Criminal Law

  28. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2009

  29. Second Reading

  30. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments

  31. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford

  32. Sponsor Removed Sen. Don Harmon

  33. Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 5, 2009

  34. Do Pass as Amended Criminal Law; 008-000-000

  35. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted

  36. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Criminal Law

  37. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments

  38. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford

  39. Held in Criminal Law

  40. Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford

  41. Assigned to Criminal Law

  42. Referred to Assignments

  43. First Reading

  44. Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon

  45. Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton

  46. Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 26, 2009

  47. Arrive in Senate

  48. Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000

  49. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate

  50. Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate

  51. Second Reading - Short Debate

  52. Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate

  53. Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 007-000-000

  54. Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee

  55. Referred to Rules Committee

  56. First Reading

  57. Filed with the Clerk by Rep. LaShawn K. Ford

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0 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 182 not signed on

Sponsors (0)

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Co-sponsors (1)

Not signed on (182)

182 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Third Reading

Passed 56 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 9000
Unaffiliated 46003
Republican 1000
Total 56003
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (59)
Member Party Vote
Hultgren — Yea
Lauzen — Yea
Demuzio — Yea
Link — Yea
Jacobs — Yea
Maloney — Yea
McCarter — Yea
Meeks — Yea
Noland — Yea
Munoz — Yea
Jones, J. — Yea
Pankau — Yea
Brady — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Schoenberg — Yea
Silverstein — Yea
Steans — Yea
Trotter — Yea
Viverito — Not Voting
Wilhelmi — Yea
Cullerton — Yea
Burzynski — Yea
Clayborne — Yea
Cronin — Yea
Crotty — Yea
Dahl — Yea
DeLeo — Yea
Dillard — Yea
Duffy — Yea
Forby — Yea
Frerichs — Yea
Garrett — Yea
Haine — Yea
Hendon — Yea
Hutchinson — Yea
Kotowski — Yea
Radogno — Yea
Raoul — Yea
Righter — Yea
Risinger — Yea
Rutherford — Yea
Sandoval — Yea
Luechtefeld — Not Voting
Althoff — Yea
Martinez — Yea
Bivins — Yea
Bomke — Yea
Bond — Yea
Millner — Not Voting
David Koehler Democrat Yea
Don Harmon Democrat Yea
Emil Jones, III Democrat Yea
Eva-Dina Delgado Democrat Yea
Kimberly A. Lightford Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Laura M. Murphy Democrat Yea
Linda Holmes Democrat Yea
Mattie Hunter Democrat Yea
Dave Syverson Republican Yea

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Third Reading

Passed 114 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 11000
Unaffiliated 100003
Republican 3001
Total 114004
% of votes cast 97%0%0%3%
How each member voted (118)
Member Party Vote
Nekritz — Yea
Davis, Monique — Yea
Lang — Yea
Leitch — Yea
Reitz — Yea
Mathias — Yea
Mautino — Yea
McAuliffe — Yea
McCarthy — Yea
Mell — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Lyons — Yea
Moffitt — Yea
Senger — Yea
Sommer — Yea
Thapedi — Yea
Tryon — Yea
Turner — Yea
Bradley — Yea
McGuire — Yea
Brady — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Burke — Yea
Mitchell, Bill — Yea
Mitchell, Jerry — Yea
Gordon, Jehan — Yea
Cavaletto — Yea
Coladipietro — Yea
Dugan — Yea
Dunkin — Yea
Durkin — Yea
Eddy — Yea
Farnham — Yea
Flider — Yea
Flowers — Yea
Fortner — Yea
Franks — Yea
Fritchey — Yea
Froehlich — Yea
Golar — Yea
Graham — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Hannig — Yea
Harris — Yea
Mulligan — Not Voting
Watson — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Myers — Yea
Phelps — Yea
Pihos — Yea
Howard — Yea
Gordon, Careen — Not Voting
Verschoore — Yea
Wait — Yea
Washington — Yea
Winters — Yea
Yarbrough — Yea
Zalewski — Yea
Cole — Yea
Colvin — Yea
Connelly — Yea
Cross — Yea
Cultra — Yea
Currie — Yea
D'Amico — Yea
Hamos — Yea
Hatcher — Yea
Holbrook — Yea
Jackson — Yea
Jakobsson — Yea
Kosel — Not Voting
Osmond — Yea
Osterman — Yea
Poe — Yea
Pritchard — Yea
Ramey — Yea
Reboletti — Yea
Reis — Yea
Riley — Yea
Ryg — Yea
Sacia — Yea
Saviano — Yea
Schmitz — Yea
Soto — Yea
Madigan — Yea
Acevedo — Yea
Arroyo — Yea
Bassi — Yea
Beaubien — Yea
Beiser — Yea
Bellock — Yea
Berrios — Yea
Biggins — Yea
Black — Yea
Boland — Yea
May — Yea
Bost — Yea
Brauer — Yea
Brosnahan — Yea
Burns — Yea
McAsey — Yea
Coulson — Yea
Chapa LaVia — Yea
Anthony DeLuca Democrat Yea
Fred Crespo Democrat Yea
Jay Hoffman Democrat Yea
La Shawn K. Ford Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Mark L. Walker Democrat Yea
Nicholas K. Smith Democrat Yea
Patrick J. Joyce Democrat Yea
Robert "Bob" Rita Democrat Yea
Sara Feigenholtz Democrat Yea
William "Will" Davis Democrat Yea
Brad Stephens Republican Yea
Chapin Rose Republican Not Voting
Chris Miller Republican Yea
Jil Tracy Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 2537 do?
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that it is a Class A misdemeanor for a person to upload on the Internet an electronic nude image of another person without the written consent of the person whose nude image was uploaded and with the intent to injure the reputation of the other person or with the intent to cause emotional distress to the other person. Provides that it is a Class A misdemeanor for a person to disseminate a video recording of another person without the written consent of the person whose nude image was disseminated and with the intent to injure the reputation of the other person or with the intent to cause emotional distress to the other person. Exempts: (1) the dissemination of a nude image of an infant or toddler that is not child pornography; or (2) the depiction of a nude image in a museum or place of worship that is not obscenity or child pornography.
Who sponsors HB 2537?
HB 2537 is sponsored by La Shawn K. Ford (Democrat).
What is the current status of HB 2537?
This bill died with 96th Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track HB 2537?
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