104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB5418

 

Introduced 2/13/2026, by Rep. Justin Slaughter

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
New Act

    Creates the Unauthorized Use of Email Act. Provides that, if a public employer is made aware that the public employer's email system was used in an unauthorized manner, the public employer shall release a statement of admonishment to all of its employees affected by the unauthorized use.


LRB104 18663 SPS 32106 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB5418LRB104 18663 SPS 32106 b

1    AN ACT concerning government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5Unauthorized Use of Email Act.
 
6    Section 5. Definition. As used in this Act, "public
7employer" means the State, an agency or department thereof,
8unit of local government, school district, instrumentality or
9political subdivision.
 
10    Section 10. Unauthorized use of email. If a public
11employer is made aware that the public employer's email system
12was used in an unauthorized manner, the public employer shall
13release a statement of admonishment to all of its employees
14affected by the unauthorized use.