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Rep. Daniel Didech
Filed: 3/11/2025
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1278
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1278 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The Victims' Economic Security and Safety Act |
| 5 | | is amended by adding Section 33 as follows:
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| 6 | | (820 ILCS 180/33 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 33. Employees' personal use of employer-provided |
| 8 | | electronic devices. |
| 9 | | (a) An employer shall not fail to hire, refuse to hire, |
| 10 | | discharge, constructively discharge, harass, discriminate with |
| 11 | | respect to compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of |
| 12 | | employment, or retaliate against an employee in any form or |
| 13 | | manner because the employee used employer-issued equipment to |
| 14 | | record domestic violence, sexual violence, gender violence, or |
| 15 | | any other crime of violence committed against the employee or |
| 16 | | a family or household member of the employee. |
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| 1 | | (b) An employer shall not deprive an employee of |
| 2 | | employer-issued equipment solely because the employee used or |
| 3 | | attempted to use the employer-issued equipment to record |
| 4 | | domestic violence, sexual violence, gender violence, or any |
| 5 | | other crime of violence committed against the employee or a |
| 6 | | family or household member of the employee. |
| 7 | | (c) An employer shall grant an employee access to any |
| 8 | | photographs, voice or video recordings, sound recordings, or |
| 9 | | any other digital documents or communications stored on an |
| 10 | | employer-issued device relating to domestic violence, sexual |
| 11 | | violence, gender violence, or any other crime of violence |
| 12 | | committed against the employee or a family or household member |
| 13 | | of the employee. |
| 14 | | (d) Nothing in this Section prohibits an employer from |
| 15 | | complying with an investigation, court order, or subpoena for |
| 16 | | a device, information, data, or documents. |
| 17 | | (e) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to relieve |
| 18 | | an employee of obligations to comply with an employer's |
| 19 | | reasonable employment policies or to perform the essential |
| 20 | | functions of employment.". |