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1 | AN ACT concerning business.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Human | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Trafficking and Child Exploitation Prevention Act. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Section 5. Duty of the seller. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | (a) A person may not manufacture, sell, offer for sale, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | lease, or distribute a product that makes content accessible on | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | the Internet unless: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | (1) the product contains digital blocking capability | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | that attempts to render websites displaying obscene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | material, as defined in the Criminal Code of 2012, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | inaccessible by default; and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | (2) if sold to a minor, the digital blocking capability | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | is active and attempting to make websites displaying | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | obscene material inaccessible by default. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | (b) A person who manufactures, sells, offers for sale, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | leases, or distributes a product that
makes content accessible | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | on the Internet shall: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | (1) make reasonable and ongoing efforts to ensure that | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | the digital content blocking capability functions | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | properly; | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | (2) establish a reporting mechanism, such as a website |
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1 | or call center, to allow a consumer to report unblocked | ||||||
2 | websites that are displaying obscene material or report | ||||||
3 | blocked websites are not displaying obscene material; | ||||||
4 | (3) make reasonable and ongoing efforts to ensure that | ||||||
5 | websites displaying child pornography and revenge | ||||||
6 | pornography are inaccessible on the product by default; | ||||||
7 | (4) make reasonable and ongoing efforts to prohibit the | ||||||
8 | product from accessing any hub that facilitates | ||||||
9 | prostitution by default; | ||||||
10 | (5) make reasonable and ongoing efforts to render | ||||||
11 | websites that are known to facilitate human trafficking, in | ||||||
12 | violation of the Criminal Code of 2012, inaccessible by | ||||||
13 | default; and | ||||||
14 | (6) report child pornography received through the | ||||||
15 | reporting mechanism to the Cyber Tipline at the National | ||||||
16 | Center For Missing and Exploited Children in accordance | ||||||
17 | with 18 U.S.C. 2258A. | ||||||
18 | Section 10. Deactivation of blocking capability. | ||||||
19 | (a) Any digital blocking capability must be deactivated | ||||||
20 | after a consumer: | ||||||
21 | (1) requests that the capability be disabled; | ||||||
22 | (2) presents identification to verify that the | ||||||
23 | consumer is 18 years of age or older; | ||||||
24 | (3) acknowledges a warning regarding the potential | ||||||
25 | danger of deactivating the digital blocking capability; |
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1 | and | ||||||
2 | (4) pays a one-time $20 digital access fee to be | ||||||
3 | remitted to the State. | ||||||
4 | (b) The digital access fee in paragraph (4) of subsection | ||||||
5 | (a) of this Section is not content based, but charged and | ||||||
6 | remitted to the State to help the State bear the costs of | ||||||
7 | upholding community standards of decency and of combating | ||||||
8 | sex-related crimes. | ||||||
9 | (c) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prevent a | ||||||
10 | seller from charging and retaining as profit a reasonable | ||||||
11 | separate fee to deactivate the digital blocking capability in | ||||||
12 | addition to the fee imposed under paragraph (4) of subsection | ||||||
13 | (a) of this Section. | ||||||
14 | Section 15. Collection and distribution of fees. | ||||||
15 | (a) Each quarter, a person that receives a digital access | ||||||
16 | fee or an opt-in fee under paragraph (4) subsection (a) of | ||||||
17 | Section 10 shall do both of the following: | ||||||
18 | (1) Remit all fee proceeds to the Department of Revenue | ||||||
19 | in the manner prescribed by the Department of Revenue. | ||||||
20 | (2) File a report with the Department of Revenue | ||||||
21 | containing the information prescribed by the Department of | ||||||
22 | Revenue. | ||||||
23 | (b) The Department of Revenue shall deposit the funds | ||||||
24 | remitted under this Section as follows: | ||||||
25 | (1) 60% shall be deposited into the Specialized |
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1 | Services for Survivors of Human Trafficking Fund; | ||||||
2 | (2) 40% shall be deposited into the Alcoholism and | ||||||
3 | Substance Abuse Fund; | ||||||
4 | (c) The money deposited to those funds may be used only: | ||||||
5 | (1) for the purposes authorized for the Specialized | ||||||
6 | Service for Survivors of Human Trafficking Fund and the | ||||||
7 | Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Fund; | ||||||
8 | (2) by the Attorney General, for grants to government | ||||||
9 | and non-government entities and individuals that are | ||||||
10 | working to uphold community standards of decency, to | ||||||
11 | strengthen families and to develop, expand, or strengthen | ||||||
12 | programs for victims of human child exploitation, | ||||||
13 | providing grants to fund: | ||||||
14 | (i) rape kit testing; | ||||||
15 | (ii) physical and mental health services; | ||||||
16 | (iii) temporary and permanent housing placement; | ||||||
17 | (iv) employment, placement, education, training; | ||||||
18 | (v) prevention of human trafficking, domestic | ||||||
19 | violence,
prostitution, divorce child abuse, and rape | ||||||
20 | by training first responders and by increasing public | ||||||
21 | awareness; | ||||||
22 | (vi) independent school districts; | ||||||
23 | (vii) victims' compensation; | ||||||
24 | (viii) family counseling; | ||||||
25 | (xi) shelters and Dream Centers; | ||||||
26 | (x) creative art projects designed to promote |
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1 | decency; and | ||||||
2 | (3) by the Office of the Governor for grants to support | ||||||
3 | human trafficking prosecution and projects to uphold | ||||||
4 | community standards of decency. | ||||||
5 | Section 20. Duty to maintain the quality of the digital | ||||||
6 | blocking capability. | ||||||
7 | (a) If the digital blocking capability blocks a website | ||||||
8 | that is not displaying obscene material or is not known to | ||||||
9 | facilitate human trafficking or prostitution and the block is | ||||||
10 | reported to a call center or reporting mechanism, the material | ||||||
11 | shall be unblocked within a reasonable time, but in no event | ||||||
12 | later than 5 business days after the block is first reported. | ||||||
13 | (b) A consumer or the Attorney General may seek judicial | ||||||
14 | relief to unblock filtered content and may seek attorney fees, | ||||||
15 | costs, and other forms of relief. | ||||||
16 | (c) If a person who manufactures, sells, offers for sale, | ||||||
17 | leases, or distributes a product that makes content accessible | ||||||
18 | on the Internet is unresponsive to a report of a website that | ||||||
19 | is displaying obscene material that has breached the filter, | ||||||
20 | the Attorney General or a consumer may file a civil suit. The | ||||||
21 | Attorney General or a consumer may seek damages of up to $500 | ||||||
22 | for website that was reported, but not subsequently blocked. | ||||||
23 | The prevailing party in the civil action may seek attorney's | ||||||
24 | fees, costs, and other forms of relief. | ||||||
25 | (d) It shall be an affirmative defense in civil action to a |
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1 | charge of violating this Act that the dissemination of the | ||||||
2 | content described in Section 5 was limited to institutions or | ||||||
3 | organizations having scientific, educational, or other similar | ||||||
4 | justifications for displaying the material covered by Section 5 | ||||||
5 | of this Act. | ||||||
6 | Section 25. Violation; enforcement. | ||||||
7 | (a) A person is guilty of an unlawful practice under the | ||||||
8 | Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act if he or | ||||||
9 | she: | ||||||
10 | (1) violates subsection (a) of Section 5; | ||||||
11 | (2) releases the source code or mechanism to deactivate | ||||||
12 | to a minor or non-consenting adult; | ||||||
13 | (3) deactivates the blocking capability without | ||||||
14 | complying with the steps in subsection (a) of Section 10; | ||||||
15 | (b) All remedies, penalties, and authority granted to the | ||||||
16 | Attorney General by the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business | ||||||
17 | Practices Act shall be available to him or her for the | ||||||
18 | enforcement of this Act. | ||||||
19 | Section 30. Exemptions. | ||||||
20 | (a) This Act does not apply to an occasional sale of an | ||||||
21 | internet enabled device by a person that is not regularly | ||||||
22 | engaged in the trade business of selling internet enabled | ||||||
23 | devices. | ||||||
24 | (b) This Act does not retroactively apply to products |
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1 | produced or sold before the effective date of this Act. | ||||||
2 | (c) The digital blocking capability shall not block access | ||||||
3 | to social media websites that provide a means for the website's | ||||||
4 | users to report obscene materials and have in place procedures | ||||||
5 | for evaluating those reports and removing obscene material. | ||||||
6 | (d) The digital blocking capability shall not block access | ||||||
7 | search engines. | ||||||
8 | Section 90. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business | ||||||
9 | Practices Act is amended by changing Section 2Z as follows:
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10 | (815 ILCS 505/2Z) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 262Z)
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11 | Sec. 2Z. Violations of other Acts. Any person who knowingly | ||||||
12 | violates
the Automotive Repair Act, the Automotive Collision | ||||||
13 | Repair Act,
the Home Repair and Remodeling Act,
the Dance | ||||||
14 | Studio Act,
the Physical Fitness Services Act,
the Hearing | ||||||
15 | Instrument Consumer Protection Act,
the Illinois Union Label | ||||||
16 | Act, the Installment Sales Contract Act,
the Job Referral and | ||||||
17 | Job Listing Services Consumer Protection Act,
the Travel | ||||||
18 | Promotion Consumer Protection Act,
the Credit Services | ||||||
19 | Organizations Act,
the Automatic Telephone Dialers Act,
the | ||||||
20 | Pay-Per-Call Services Consumer Protection Act,
the Telephone | ||||||
21 | Solicitations Act,
the Illinois Funeral or Burial Funds Act,
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22 | the Cemetery Oversight Act, the Cemetery Care Act,
the Safe and | ||||||
23 | Hygienic Bed Act,
the Illinois Pre-Need Cemetery Sales Act,
the | ||||||
24 | High Risk Home Loan Act, the Human Trafficking and Child |
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1 | Exploitation Act, the Payday Loan Reform Act, the Mortgage | ||||||
2 | Rescue Fraud Act, subsection (a) or (b) of Section 3-10 of the
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3 | Cigarette Tax Act, subsection
(a) or (b) of Section 3-10 of the | ||||||
4 | Cigarette Use Tax Act, the Electronic
Mail Act, the Internet | ||||||
5 | Caller Identification Act, paragraph (6)
of
subsection (k) of | ||||||
6 | Section 6-305 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, Section 11-1431, | ||||||
7 | 18d-115, 18d-120, 18d-125, 18d-135, 18d-150, or 18d-153 of the | ||||||
8 | Illinois Vehicle Code, Article 3 of the Residential Real | ||||||
9 | Property Disclosure Act, the Automatic Contract Renewal Act, | ||||||
10 | the Reverse Mortgage Act, Section 25 of the Youth Mental Health | ||||||
11 | Protection Act, the Personal Information Protection Act, or the | ||||||
12 | Student Online Personal Protection Act commits an unlawful | ||||||
13 | practice within the meaning of this Act.
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14 | (Source: P.A. 99-331, eff. 1-1-16; 99-411, eff. 1-1-16; 99-642, | ||||||
15 | eff. 7-28-16; 100-315, eff. 8-24-17; 100-416, eff. 1-1-18; | ||||||
16 | 100-863, eff. 8-14-18.)
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17 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect one year | ||||||
18 | after becoming law.
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