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1 | AN ACT concerning civil law. | ||||||
2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly: | ||||||
4 | Section 5. The Civil Remedies for Nonconsensual | ||||||
5 | Dissemination of Private Sexual Images Act is amended by | ||||||
6 | changing Sections 5 and 15 as follows: | ||||||
7 | (740 ILCS 190/5) | ||||||
8 | (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 103-294 ) | ||||||
9 | Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act: | ||||||
10 | (1) "Child" means an unemancipated individual who is less | ||||||
11 | than 18 years of age. | ||||||
12 | (2) "Consent" means affirmative, conscious, and voluntary | ||||||
13 | authorization by an individual with legal capacity to give | ||||||
14 | authorization. | ||||||
15 | (3) "Depicted individual" means an individual whose body | ||||||
16 | is shown, in whole or in part, in a private sexual image. | ||||||
17 | (4) "Dissemination" or "disseminate" means publication or | ||||||
18 | distribution to another person with intent to disclose. | ||||||
19 | (5) "Harm" means physical harm, economic harm, or | ||||||
20 | emotional distress whether or not accompanied by physical or | ||||||
21 | economic harm. | ||||||
22 | (6) "Identifiable" means recognizable by a person other | ||||||
23 | than the depicted individual: |
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1 | (A) from a private sexual image itself; or | ||||||
2 | (B) from a private sexual image and identifying | ||||||
3 | characteristic displayed in connection with the image. | ||||||
4 | (7) "Identifying characteristic" means information that | ||||||
5 | may be used to identify a depicted individual. | ||||||
6 | (8) "Individual" means a human being. | ||||||
7 | (9) "Parent" means an individual recognized as a parent | ||||||
8 | under laws of this State. | ||||||
9 | (10) "Private" means: | ||||||
10 | (A) created or obtained under circumstances in which a | ||||||
11 | depicted individual had a reasonable expectation of | ||||||
12 | privacy; or | ||||||
13 | (B) made accessible through theft, bribery, extortion, | ||||||
14 | fraud, voyeurism, or exceeding authorized access to an | ||||||
15 | account, message, file, device, resource, or property. | ||||||
16 | (11) "Person" means an individual, business or nonprofit | ||||||
17 | entity, public corporation, government or governmental | ||||||
18 | subdivision, agency, or other legal entity. | ||||||
19 | (12) "Sexual conduct" includes: | ||||||
20 | (A) masturbation; | ||||||
21 | (B) genital sex, anal sex, oral sex, or sexual | ||||||
22 | activity; or | ||||||
23 | (C) sexual penetration of or with an object. | ||||||
24 | (13) "Sexual activity" means any: | ||||||
25 | (A) knowing touching or fondling by the depicted | ||||||
26 | individual or another person, either directly or through |
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1 | clothing, of the sex organs, anus, or breast of the | ||||||
2 | depicted individual or another person for the purpose of | ||||||
3 | sexual gratification or arousal; | ||||||
4 | (B) transfer or transmission of semen upon any part of | ||||||
5 | the clothed or unclothed body of the depicted individual, | ||||||
6 | for the purpose of sexual gratification or arousal of the | ||||||
7 | depicted individual or another person; | ||||||
8 | (C) act of urination within a sexual context; | ||||||
9 | (D) bondage, fetish, sadism, or masochism; | ||||||
10 | (E) sadomasochistic abuse in any sexual context; or | ||||||
11 | (F) animal-related sexual activity. | ||||||
12 | (14) "Sexual image" means a photograph, film, videotape, | ||||||
13 | digital recording, or other similar medium that shows: | ||||||
14 | (A) the fully unclothed, partially unclothed, or | ||||||
15 | transparently clothed genitals, pubic area, anus, or | ||||||
16 | female post-pubescent nipple, partially or fully exposed, | ||||||
17 | of a depicted individual; or | ||||||
18 | (B) a depicted individual engaging in or being | ||||||
19 | subjected to sexual conduct or activity. | ||||||
20 | (Source: P.A. 101-556, eff. 1-1-20 .) | ||||||
21 | (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 103-294 ) | ||||||
22 | Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act: | ||||||
23 | (1) "Child" means an unemancipated individual who is less | ||||||
24 | than 18 years of age. | ||||||
25 | (2) "Consent" means affirmative, conscious, and voluntary |
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1 | authorization by an individual with legal capacity to give | ||||||
2 | authorization. | ||||||
3 | (3) "Depicted individual" means an individual whose face | ||||||
4 | or body is shown, in whole or in part, in a private sexual | ||||||
5 | image or digitally altered sexual image . | ||||||
6 | (3.5) "Digitally altered sexual image" means any visual | ||||||
7 | media, including any photograph, film, videotape digital | ||||||
8 | recording, or other similar medium, that is created or | ||||||
9 | substantially altered so that it would falsely appear to a | ||||||
10 | reasonable person to be an authentic depiction of the | ||||||
11 | appearance or conduct, or the absence of the appearance or | ||||||
12 | conduct, of an individual depicted in the media. | ||||||
13 | (4) "Dissemination" or "disseminate" means publication or | ||||||
14 | distribution to another person with intent to disclose. | ||||||
15 | (5) "Harm" means physical harm, economic harm, or | ||||||
16 | emotional distress whether or not accompanied by physical or | ||||||
17 | economic harm. | ||||||
18 | (6) "Identifiable" means recognizable by a person other | ||||||
19 | than the depicted individual: | ||||||
20 | (A) from a private sexual image itself; or | ||||||
21 | (B) from a private sexual image and identifying | ||||||
22 | characteristic displayed in connection with the image. | ||||||
23 | (7) "Identifying characteristic" means information that | ||||||
24 | may be used to identify a depicted individual. | ||||||
25 | (8) "Individual" means a human being. | ||||||
26 | (9) "Parent" means an individual recognized as a parent |
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1 | under laws of this State. | ||||||
2 | (10) "Private" means: | ||||||
3 | (A) created or obtained under circumstances in which a | ||||||
4 | depicted individual had a reasonable expectation of | ||||||
5 | privacy; or | ||||||
6 | (B) made accessible through theft, bribery, extortion, | ||||||
7 | fraud, voyeurism, or exceeding authorized access to an | ||||||
8 | account, message, file, device, resource, or property. | ||||||
9 | (11) "Person" means an individual, business or nonprofit | ||||||
10 | entity, public corporation, government or governmental | ||||||
11 | subdivision, agency, or other legal entity. | ||||||
12 | (12) "Sexual conduct" includes: | ||||||
13 | (A) masturbation; | ||||||
14 | (B) genital sex, anal sex, oral sex, or sexual | ||||||
15 | activity; or | ||||||
16 | (C) sexual penetration of or with an object. | ||||||
17 | (13) "Sexual activity" means any: | ||||||
18 | (A) knowing touching or fondling by the depicted | ||||||
19 | individual or another person, either directly or through | ||||||
20 | clothing, of the sex organs, anus, or breast of the | ||||||
21 | depicted individual or another person for the purpose of | ||||||
22 | sexual gratification or arousal; | ||||||
23 | (B) transfer or transmission of semen upon any part of | ||||||
24 | the clothed or unclothed body of the depicted individual, | ||||||
25 | for the purpose of sexual gratification or arousal of the | ||||||
26 | depicted individual or another person; |
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1 | (C) act of urination within a sexual context; | ||||||
2 | (D) bondage, fetish, sadism, or masochism; | ||||||
3 | (E) sadomasochistic abuse in any sexual context; or | ||||||
4 | (F) animal-related sexual activity. | ||||||
5 | (14) "Sexual image" means a photograph, film, videotape, | ||||||
6 | digital recording, or other similar medium that shows or | ||||||
7 | falsely appears to show: | ||||||
8 | (A) the fully unclothed, partially unclothed, or | ||||||
9 | transparently clothed genitals, pubic area, anus, or | ||||||
10 | female post-pubescent nipple, partially or fully exposed, | ||||||
11 | of a depicted individual; or | ||||||
12 | (B) a depicted individual engaging in or being | ||||||
13 | subjected to sexual conduct or activity. | ||||||
14 | (Source: P.A. 103-294, eff. 1-1-24.) | ||||||
15 | (740 ILCS 190/15) | ||||||
16 | (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 103-294 ) | ||||||
17 | Sec. 15. Exceptions to liability. | ||||||
18 | (a) A person is not liable under this Act if the person | ||||||
19 | proves that the dissemination of or a threat to disseminate a | ||||||
20 | private sexual image was: | ||||||
21 | (1) made in good faith: | ||||||
22 | (A) by law enforcement; | ||||||
23 | (B) in a legal proceeding; or | ||||||
24 | (C) for medical education or treatment; | ||||||
25 | (2) made in good faith in the reporting or |
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1 | investigation of: | ||||||
2 | (A) unlawful conduct; or | ||||||
3 | (B) unsolicited and unwelcome conduct; or | ||||||
4 | (3) related to a matter of public concern. | ||||||
5 | (b) Subject to subsection (c), a defendant who is a | ||||||
6 | parent, legal guardian, or individual with legal custody of a | ||||||
7 | child is not liable under this Act for a dissemination or | ||||||
8 | threatened dissemination of an intimate private sexual image | ||||||
9 | of the child. | ||||||
10 | (c) If a defendant asserts an exception to liability under | ||||||
11 | subsection (b), the exception does not apply if the plaintiff | ||||||
12 | proves the disclosure was: | ||||||
13 | (1) prohibited by a law other than this Act; or | ||||||
14 | (2) made for the purpose of sexual arousal, sexual | ||||||
15 | gratification, humiliation, degradation, or monetary or | ||||||
16 | commercial gain. | ||||||
17 | (d) The dissemination of or a threat to disseminate a | ||||||
18 | private sexual image is not a matter of public concern solely | ||||||
19 | because the depicted individual is a public figure. | ||||||
20 | (Source: P.A. 101-556, eff. 1-1-20 .) | ||||||
21 | (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 103-294 ) | ||||||
22 | Sec. 15. Exceptions to liability. | ||||||
23 | (a) A person is not liable under this Act if the person | ||||||
24 | proves that the dissemination of or a threat to disseminate a | ||||||
25 | private sexual image or digitally altered sexual image was: |
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1 | (1) made in good faith: | ||||||
2 | (A) by law enforcement; | ||||||
3 | (B) in a legal proceeding; or | ||||||
4 | (C) for medical education or treatment; | ||||||
5 | (2) made in good faith in the reporting or | ||||||
6 | investigation of: | ||||||
7 | (A) unlawful conduct; or | ||||||
8 | (B) unsolicited and unwelcome conduct; or | ||||||
9 | (3) related to a matter of public concern. | ||||||
10 | (b) Subject to subsection (c), a defendant who is a | ||||||
11 | parent, legal guardian, or individual with legal custody of a | ||||||
12 | child is not liable under this Act for a dissemination or | ||||||
13 | threatened dissemination of an intimate private sexual image | ||||||
14 | of the child. | ||||||
15 | (c) If a defendant asserts an exception to liability under | ||||||
16 | subsection (b), the exception does not apply if the plaintiff | ||||||
17 | proves the disclosure was: | ||||||
18 | (1) prohibited by a law other than this Act; or | ||||||
19 | (2) made for the purpose of sexual arousal, sexual | ||||||
20 | gratification, humiliation, degradation, or monetary or | ||||||
21 | commercial gain. | ||||||
22 | (d) The dissemination of or a threat to disseminate a | ||||||
23 | private sexual image is not a matter of public concern solely | ||||||
24 | because the depicted individual is a public figure or the | ||||||
25 | image is accompanied by a political message. | ||||||
26 | (Source: P.A. 103-294, eff. 1-1-24.) |
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1 | Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes | ||||||
2 | changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text | ||||||
3 | that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section | ||||||
4 | represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does | ||||||
5 | not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes | ||||||
6 | made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other | ||||||
7 | Public Act. | ||||||
8 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
9 | becoming law. |