Illinois House Bill 4644

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 36-0)
Status: Introduced on January 31 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-04-05 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Election Code. Provides that a person shall not distribute, or enter into an agreement with another person to distribute, materially deceptive media if: (1) the person knows the media falsely represents a depicted individual; (2) the distribution occurs within 90 days before an election; (3) the person intends the distribution to harm the reputation or electoral prospects of a candidate in an election and the distribution is reasonably likely to cause that result; and (4) the person intends the distribution to change the voting behavior of electors in an election by deceiving the electors into incorrectly believing that the depicted individual in fact engaged in the speech or conduct depicted, and the distribution is reasonably likely to cause that result. Sets forth exceptions to the provision and penalties for violations of the provision. Effective immediately.

ELEC CD-DECEPTIVE MATERIAL

Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid [D]	Rep. Maurice West [D]	Rep. Dagmara Avelar [D]	Rep. Will Guzzardi [D]
Rep. Kevin Olickal [D]	Rep. Sharon Chung [D]	Rep. Aaron Ortiz [D]	Rep. Nabeela Syed [D]
Rep. Sonya Harper [D]	Rep. Hoan Huynh [D]	Rep. Mary Canty [D]	Rep. Stephanie Kifowit [D]
Rep. Diane Blair-Sherlock [D]	Rep. Rita Mayfield [D]	Rep. Anna Moeller [D]	Rep. Marcus Evans [D]
Rep. Laura Faver Dias [D]	Rep. Jenn Ladisch Douglass [D]	Rep. Robert Rita [D]	Rep. Camille Lilly [D]
Rep. Barbara Hernandez [D]	Rep. Kelly Cassidy [D]	Rep. Norma Hernandez [D]	Rep. Lilian Jimenez [D]
Rep. Anne Stava-Murray [D]	Rep. Maura Hirschauer [D]	Rep. Yolanda Morris [D]	Rep. Janet Yang Rohr [D]
Rep. William Davis [D]	Rep. Justin Slaughter [D]	Rep. Michelle Mussman [D]	Rep. Kambium Buckner [D]
Rep. Jaime Andrade [D]	Rep. Kimberly Du Buclet [D]	Rep. Harry Benton [D]	Rep. Lindsey LaPointe [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-04-05	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2024-03-12	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lindsey LaPointe
2024-03-07	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Benton
2024-03-07	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kimberly Du Buclet
2024-03-07	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.
2024-03-07	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kam Buckner
2024-03-07	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
2024-03-07	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Justin Slaughter
2024-03-07	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William "Will" Davis
2024-03-06	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Janet Yang Rohr
2024-03-06	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Yolonda Morris
2024-03-06	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maura Hirschauer
2024-03-06	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anne Stava-Murray
2024-03-06	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lilian Jiménez
2024-03-06	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Norma Hernandez
2024-03-06	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
2024-03-06	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernández
2024-03-06	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
2024-03-06	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert "Bob" Rita
2024-03-06	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jenn Ladisch Douglass
2024-03-06	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias
2024-03-06	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
2024-03-06	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anna Moeller
2024-03-06	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
2024-03-06	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Diane Blair-Sherlock
2024-03-06	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
2024-03-06	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Beth Canty
2024-03-06	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Hoan Huynh
2024-03-06	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper
2024-03-06	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nabeela Syed
2024-03-06	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Aarón M. Ortíz
2024-03-06	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sharon Chung
2024-03-06	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal
2024-03-06	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi
2024-03-06	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dagmara Avelar
2024-02-14	House	Assigned to Ethics & Elections
2024-02-06	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2024-02-06	House	First Reading
2024-02-01	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II
2024-01-31	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
10	5	29-21	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4644&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=112&GA=103
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/HB/10300HB4644.htm