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 Bill Status of HB1044  96th General Assembly


Short Description:  COMPUTER TAMPER-INTERNET SALES

House Sponsors
Rep. Karen May

Last Action
DateChamber Action
  1/11/2011HouseSession Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
720 ILCS 5/16D-3from Ch. 38, par. 16D-3


Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that it is a Class B misdemeanor for any person knowingly to sell, give, possess, use, or otherwise distribute or possess with the intent to sell, give, or distribute software that is primarily designed or produced for the purpose of interfering with the operations of any person or entity that sells, over the Internet, tickets of admission to a sporting event, theater, musical performance, or place of public entertainment or amusement of any kind by circumventing any security measures on the ticket seller's website, circumventing any access control systems of the ticket seller's website, or circumventing any controls or measures that are instituted by the ticket seller on its website to ensure an equitable ticket buying process. Provides that telecommunications carriers, commercial mobile service providers, and providers of information services, including, but not limited to, Internet service providers and hosting service providers, are not liable under the computer tampering provisions, except for willful and wanton misconduct, by virtue of the transmission, storage, or caching of electronic communications or messages of others or by virtue of the provisions of other related telecommunications, commercial mobile services, or information services used by others in violation of the computer tampering provisions.

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  2/11/2009HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Karen May
  2/11/2009HouseFirst Reading
  2/11/2009HouseReferred to Rules Committee
  2/18/2009HouseAssigned to Computer Technology Committee
  3/13/2009HouseRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
  1/11/2011HouseSession Sine Die

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