HB4445ham001 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Daniel Didech

Filed: 3/26/2024

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4445

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4445 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Victims' Economic Security and Safety Act is amended by adding Section 33 as follows:

(820 ILCS 180/33 new)

Sec. 33. Employees' personal use of employer-provided electronic devices. An employer shall not take any disciplinary action against an employee, including, but not limited to, counseling, reprimand, suspension, or termination, for using or attempting to use employer-issued equipment to record an act or threat of violence committed against the employee or a family or household member of the employee, nor shall an employer deprive an employee of employer-issued equipment solely because the employee used or attempted to use the equipment to record an act or threat of violence committed against the employee or a family or household member of the employee. Nothing in this Section prohibits an employer from complying with an investigation, court order or subpoena for a device, information, data, or documents.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.".