Illinois House Bill 5278 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Failed on December 3 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that when slander, libel, or publication of matter violating the right of privacy is committed anonymously, under a false or fictitious name, or without identifying the speaker, author, or publisher sufficiently to permit an action to be commenced against the person, the period of limitations shall not run during the time period in which the person entitled to bring the action undertakes to discover the identity of one who may be responsible in damages via a pre-suit action. Provides that in no event may an action be commenced more than 3 years after the commission of the slander, libel, or publication of matter violating the right of privacy.

CIV PRO-ANONYMOUS DEFAMATION

Rep. Scott Drury [D]

Sen. Elgie Sims [D]

Sen. Kwame Raoul [D]

2014-04-02 - House - Third Reading in House (Y: 113 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-12-03	House	Session Sine Die
2014-04-08	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2014-04-08	Senate	First Reading
2014-04-07	Senate	Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Kwame Raoul
2014-04-02	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 3, 2014
2014-04-02	Senate	Arrive in Senate
2014-04-02	House	Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000
2014-03-26	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
2014-03-24	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
2014-03-24	House	House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted
2014-03-24	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
2014-03-20	House	House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary; 016-000-000
2014-03-13	House	House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary
2014-03-06	House	House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
2014-03-06	House	House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Scott Drury
2014-03-05	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
2014-03-05	House	Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary; 016-000-000
2014-02-26	House	Remains in Judiciary
2014-02-26	House	Motion Do Pass - Lost Judiciary; 008-007-000
2014-02-18	House	Assigned to Judiciary
2014-02-07	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2014-02-07	House	First Reading
2014-02-06	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Scott Drury

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
735	5	13-201	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5278&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=85&GA=98
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/98/HB/09800HB5278.htm
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/98/HB/09800HB5278ham001.htm
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/98/HB/09800HB5278eng.htm
Roll Call	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/votehistory/98/house/09800HB5278_04022014_015000T.pdf