Sen. Mary Edly-Allen

Filed: 10/20/2023

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 382

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 382 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Civil Remedies for Nonconsensual
5Dissemination of Private Sexual Images Act is amended by
6changing Sections 5 and 15 as follows:
 
7    (740 ILCS 190/5)
8    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 103-294)
9    Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
10    (1) "Child" means an unemancipated individual who is less
11than 18 years of age.
12    (2) "Consent" means affirmative, conscious, and voluntary
13authorization by an individual with legal capacity to give
14authorization.
15    (3) "Depicted individual" means an individual whose body
16is shown, in whole or in part, in a private sexual image.

 

 

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1    (4) "Dissemination" or "disseminate" means publication or
2distribution to another person with intent to disclose.
3    (5) "Harm" means physical harm, economic harm, or
4emotional distress whether or not accompanied by physical or
5economic harm.
6    (6) "Identifiable" means recognizable by a person other
7than the depicted individual:
8        (A) from a private sexual image itself; or
9        (B) from a private sexual image and identifying
10    characteristic displayed in connection with the image.
11    (7) "Identifying characteristic" means information that
12may be used to identify a depicted individual.
13    (8) "Individual" means a human being.
14    (9) "Parent" means an individual recognized as a parent
15under laws of this State.
16    (10) "Private" means:
17        (A) created or obtained under circumstances in which a
18    depicted individual had a reasonable expectation of
19    privacy; or
20        (B) made accessible through theft, bribery, extortion,
21    fraud, voyeurism, or exceeding authorized access to an
22    account, message, file, device, resource, or property.
23    (11) "Person" means an individual, business or nonprofit
24entity, public corporation, government or governmental
25subdivision, agency, or other legal entity.
26    (12) "Sexual conduct" includes:

 

 

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1        (A) masturbation;
2        (B) genital sex, anal sex, oral sex, or sexual
3    activity; or
4        (C) sexual penetration of or with an object.
5    (13) "Sexual activity" means any:
6        (A) knowing touching or fondling by the depicted
7    individual or another person, either directly or through
8    clothing, of the sex organs, anus, or breast of the
9    depicted individual or another person for the purpose of
10    sexual gratification or arousal;
11        (B) transfer or transmission of semen upon any part of
12    the clothed or unclothed body of the depicted individual,
13    for the purpose of sexual gratification or arousal of the
14    depicted individual or another person;
15        (C) act of urination within a sexual context;
16        (D) bondage, fetish, sadism, or masochism;
17        (E) sadomasochistic abuse in any sexual context; or
18        (F) animal-related sexual activity.
19    (14) "Sexual image" means a photograph, film, videotape,
20digital recording, or other similar medium that shows:
21        (A) the fully unclothed, partially unclothed, or
22    transparently clothed genitals, pubic area, anus, or
23    female post-pubescent nipple, partially or fully exposed,
24    of a depicted individual; or
25        (B) a depicted individual engaging in or being
26    subjected to sexual conduct or activity.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 101-556, eff. 1-1-20.)
 
2    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 103-294)
3    Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
4    (1) "Child" means an unemancipated individual who is less
5than 18 years of age.
6    (2) "Consent" means affirmative, conscious, and voluntary
7authorization by an individual with legal capacity to give
8authorization.
9    (3) "Depicted individual" means an individual whose face
10or body is shown, in whole or in part, in a private sexual
11image or digitally altered sexual image.
12    (3.5) "Digitally altered sexual image" means any visual
13media, including any photograph, film, videotape digital
14recording, or other similar medium, that is created or
15substantially altered so that it would falsely appear to a
16reasonable person to be an authentic depiction of the
17appearance or conduct, or the absence of the appearance or
18conduct, of an individual depicted in the media.
19    (4) "Dissemination" or "disseminate" means publication or
20distribution to another person with intent to disclose.
21    (5) "Harm" means physical harm, economic harm, or
22emotional distress whether or not accompanied by physical or
23economic harm.
24    (6) "Identifiable" means recognizable by a person other
25than the depicted individual:

 

 

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1        (A) from a private sexual image itself; or
2        (B) from a private sexual image and identifying
3    characteristic displayed in connection with the image.
4    (7) "Identifying characteristic" means information that
5may be used to identify a depicted individual.
6    (8) "Individual" means a human being.
7    (9) "Parent" means an individual recognized as a parent
8under laws of this State.
9    (10) "Private" means:
10        (A) created or obtained under circumstances in which a
11    depicted individual had a reasonable expectation of
12    privacy; or
13        (B) made accessible through theft, bribery, extortion,
14    fraud, voyeurism, or exceeding authorized access to an
15    account, message, file, device, resource, or property.
16    (11) "Person" means an individual, business or nonprofit
17entity, public corporation, government or governmental
18subdivision, agency, or other legal entity.
19    (12) "Sexual conduct" includes:
20        (A) masturbation;
21        (B) genital sex, anal sex, oral sex, or sexual
22    activity; or
23        (C) sexual penetration of or with an object.
24    (13) "Sexual activity" means any:
25        (A) knowing touching or fondling by the depicted
26    individual or another person, either directly or through

 

 

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1    clothing, of the sex organs, anus, or breast of the
2    depicted individual or another person for the purpose of
3    sexual gratification or arousal;
4        (B) transfer or transmission of semen upon any part of
5    the clothed or unclothed body of the depicted individual,
6    for the purpose of sexual gratification or arousal of the
7    depicted individual or another person;
8        (C) act of urination within a sexual context;
9        (D) bondage, fetish, sadism, or masochism;
10        (E) sadomasochistic abuse in any sexual context; or
11        (F) animal-related sexual activity.
12    (14) "Sexual image" means a photograph, film, videotape,
13digital recording, or other similar medium that shows or
14falsely appears to show:
15        (A) the fully unclothed, partially unclothed, or
16    transparently clothed genitals, pubic area, anus, or
17    female post-pubescent nipple, partially or fully exposed,
18    of a depicted individual; or
19        (B) a depicted individual engaging in or being
20    subjected to sexual conduct or activity.
21(Source: P.A. 103-294, eff. 1-1-24.)
 
22    (740 ILCS 190/15)
23    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 103-294)
24    Sec. 15. Exceptions to liability.
25    (a) A person is not liable under this Act if the person

 

 

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1proves that the dissemination of or a threat to disseminate a
2private sexual image was:
3        (1) made in good faith:
4            (A) by law enforcement;
5            (B) in a legal proceeding; or
6            (C) for medical education or treatment;
7        (2) made in good faith in the reporting or
8    investigation of:
9            (A) unlawful conduct; or
10            (B) unsolicited and unwelcome conduct; or
11        (3) related to a matter of public concern.
12    (b) Subject to subsection (c), a defendant who is a
13parent, legal guardian, or individual with legal custody of a
14child is not liable under this Act for a dissemination or
15threatened dissemination of an intimate private sexual image
16of the child.
17    (c) If a defendant asserts an exception to liability under
18subsection (b), the exception does not apply if the plaintiff
19proves the disclosure was:
20        (1) prohibited by a law other than this Act; or
21        (2) made for the purpose of sexual arousal, sexual
22    gratification, humiliation, degradation, or monetary or
23    commercial gain.
24    (d) The dissemination of or a threat to disseminate a
25private sexual image is not a matter of public concern solely
26because the depicted individual is a public figure.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 101-556, eff. 1-1-20.)
 
2    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 103-294)
3    Sec. 15. Exceptions to liability.
4    (a) A person is not liable under this Act if the person
5proves that the dissemination of or a threat to disseminate a
6private sexual image or digitally altered sexual image was:
7        (1) made in good faith:
8            (A) by law enforcement;
9            (B) in a legal proceeding; or
10            (C) for medical education or treatment;
11        (2) made in good faith in the reporting or
12    investigation of:
13            (A) unlawful conduct; or
14            (B) unsolicited and unwelcome conduct; or
15        (3) related to a matter of public concern.
16    (b) Subject to subsection (c), a defendant who is a
17parent, legal guardian, or individual with legal custody of a
18child is not liable under this Act for a dissemination or
19threatened dissemination of an intimate private sexual image
20of the child.
21    (c) If a defendant asserts an exception to liability under
22subsection (b), the exception does not apply if the plaintiff
23proves the disclosure was:
24        (1) prohibited by a law other than this Act; or
25        (2) made for the purpose of sexual arousal, sexual

 

 

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1    gratification, humiliation, degradation, or monetary or
2    commercial gain.
3    (d) The dissemination of or a threat to disseminate a
4private sexual image is not a matter of public concern solely
5because the depicted individual is a public figure or the
6image is accompanied by a political message.
7(Source: P.A. 103-294, eff. 1-1-24.)
 
8    Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes
9changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text
10that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section
11represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does
12not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes
13made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other
14Public Act.".