Roll Call: IL SB2979 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly
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Bill Title: Amends the Biometric Information Privacy Act. Defines "electronic signature" as an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to or logically associated with a record and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the record. Provides that "written release" includes an electronic signature. Provides that a private entity that more than once collects or discloses a person's biometric identifier or biometric information from the same person in violation of the Act has committed a single violation for which the aggrieved person is entitled to, at most, one recovery. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-08-02 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0769 [SB2979 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Bill Title: Amends the Biometric Information Privacy Act. Defines "electronic signature" as an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to or logically associated with a record and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the record. Provides that "written release" includes an electronic signature. Provides that a private entity that more than once collects or discloses a person's biometric identifier or biometric information from the same person in violation of the Act has committed a single violation for which the aggrieved person is entitled to, at most, one recovery. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-08-02 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0769 [SB2979 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Vote: Third Reading in Senate
| Vote | Tally | Democrat | Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yea | 46 | 40 | 6 |
| Nay | 13 | - | 13 |
| Not Voting | - | - | - |
| Absent | - | - | - |
| TOTAL | 59 | 40 | 19 |
