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]

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Name	Type	Contact	Phone	District	Sponsorship	State Profile	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator William Cunningham [D]	Primary	N/A	217-782-5145	SD-018	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Adriane Johnson [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	217-782-8181	SD-030	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Mary Edly-Allen [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	217-782-7353	SD-031	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Willie Preston [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	217-782-1607	SD-016	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Christopher Belt [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	217-782-5399	SD-057	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Ann Williams [D]	Primary	Email	217-782-2458	HD-011	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	217-782-4194	HD-017	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Bob Morgan [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	217-782-0902	HD-058	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Abdelnasser Rashid [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	217-782-5280	HD-021	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jaime Andrade [D]	Cosponsor	Email	217-782-8117	HD-040	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Anna Moeller [D]	Cosponsor	Email	217-782-8020	HD-043	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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