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| 1 | AN ACT concerning business. | ||||||
| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly: | ||||||
| 4 | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | ||||||
| 5 | Self-Administered Sexual Assault Evidence Collection Kit Ban | ||||||
| 6 | Act. | ||||||
| 7 | Section 5. Definition. As used in this Act, | ||||||
| 8 | "self-administered sexual assault evidence collection kit" | ||||||
| 9 | means materials advertised or marketed as a means for a | ||||||
| 10 | person, other than a medical professional, to collect physical | ||||||
| 11 | evidence of a sexual assault. | ||||||
| 12 | Section 10. Prohibition on the sale of self-administered | ||||||
| 13 | sexual assault evidence collection kits. It is unlawful for | ||||||
| 14 | any person to sell, market, promote, advertise, or otherwise | ||||||
| 15 | distribute a self-administered sexual assault evidence | ||||||
| 16 | collection kit to a consumer in this State. | ||||||
| 17 | Section 15. Private right of action. A person aggrieved by | ||||||
| 18 | a violation of this Act by a seller of a self-administered | ||||||
| 19 | sexual assault evidence collection kit may file suit in | ||||||
| 20 | circuit court in the county where the alleged offense occurred | ||||||
| 21 | or where any person who is a party to the action resides. An | ||||||
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| 1 | action may be brought by one or more persons for and on behalf | ||||||
| 2 | of themselves and other persons similarly situated. A person | ||||||
| 3 | aggrieved by a violation of this Act is entitled to collect: | ||||||
| 4 | (1) compensatory damages in the amount of any payments | ||||||
| 5 | made to the seller of a self-administered sexual assault | ||||||
| 6 | evidence collection kit; | ||||||
| 7 | (2) punitive damages, not to exceed $1,000 for each | ||||||
| 8 | violation of this Act; and | ||||||
| 9 | (3) attorney's fees and costs. | ||||||
| 10 | Section 20. Enforcement. | ||||||
| 11 | (a) The Attorney General or the State's Attorney of the | ||||||
| 12 | county where the purchaser of a self-administered sexual | ||||||
| 13 | assault evidence collection kit resides may file a complaint | ||||||
| 14 | in the circuit court in the county where the alleged offense | ||||||
| 15 | occurred for: | ||||||
| 16 | (1) injunctive relief to restrain violations of this | ||||||
| 17 | Act; | ||||||
| 18 | (2) a civil penalty, not to exceed $1,500 for each | ||||||
| 19 | violation of this Act; and | ||||||
| 20 | (3) any other relief as may be required. | ||||||
| 21 | (b) Upon the commencement of any action under this Section | ||||||
| 22 | by a State's Attorney, the State's Attorney shall mail a copy | ||||||
| 23 | of the complaint or other initial pleading to the Attorney | ||||||
| 24 | General, and upon the entry of any judgment or order in the | ||||||
| 25 | action, shall mail a copy of the judgment or order to the | ||||||
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| 1 | Attorney General. | ||||||
| 2 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | ||||||
| 3 | 1, 2026. | ||||||