Bill Text: IL HB5758 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Victims' Economic Security and Safety Act. Provides that every employer covered under the Act shall permit an employee or an employee's family or household member who is a victim or alleged victim of domestic violence, sexual violence, gender violence, or any other crime of violence to utilize for personal use an employer-provided electronic device to document or communicate an act of domestic violence, sexual violence, gender violence, or any other crime of violence committed against the employee or the employee's family or household member. Requires employers to grant an employee or an employee's family or household member who is a victim or alleged victim of domestic violence, sexual violence, gender violence, or any other crime of violence access to any photographs, voice or video recordings, sound recordings, or any other digital documents or communications stored on an employer-provided electronic device issued to the employee whenever such photographs, voice or video recordings, sound recordings, or other digital documents or communications are needed by the employee or the employee's family or household member during a criminal action or proceeding to establish or support an allegation of domestic violence, sexual violence, gender violence, or any other crime of violence. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-11-16 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB5758 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB5758-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB5758 Introduced , by Rep. Daniel Didech SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
820 ILCS 180/33 new
Amends the Victims' Economic Security and Safety Act. Provides that every employer covered under the Act shall permit an employee or an employee's family or household member who is a victim or alleged victim of domestic violence, sexual violence, gender violence, or any other crime of violence to utilize for personal use an employer-provided electronic device to document or communicate an act of domestic violence, sexual violence, gender violence, or any other crime of violence committed against the employee or the employee's family or household member. Requires employers to grant an employee or an employee's family or household member who is a victim or alleged victim of domestic violence, sexual violence, gender violence, or any other crime of violence access to any photographs, voice or video recordings, sound recordings, or any other digital documents or communications stored on an employer-provided electronic device issued to the employee whenever such photographs, voice or video recordings, sound recordings, or other digital documents or communications are needed by the employee or the employee's family or household member during a criminal action or proceeding to establish or support an allegation of domestic violence, sexual violence, gender violence, or any other crime of violence. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning employment.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Victims' Economic Security and Safety Act
is amended by adding Section 33 as follows:
(820 ILCS 180/33 new)
Sec. 33. Employees' personal use of employer-provided
electronic devices.
(a) Every employer covered under this Act shall permit an
employee or an employee's family or household member who is a
victim or alleged victim of domestic violence, sexual
violence, gender violence, or any other crime of violence to
utilize for personal use an employer-provided electronic
device to document or communicate an act of domestic violence,
sexual violence, gender violence, or any other crime of
violence committed against the employee or the employee's
family or household member.
(b) Every employer shall grant an employee or an
employee's family or household member who is a victim or
alleged victim of domestic violence, sexual violence, gender
violence, or any other crime of violence access to any
photographs, voice or video recordings, sound recordings, or
any other digital documents or communications stored on an

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employer-provided electronic device issued to the employee
whenever such photographs, voice or video recordings, sound
recordings, or other digital documents or communications are
needed by the employee or the employee's family or household
member during a criminal action or proceeding to establish or
support an allegation of domestic violence, sexual violence,
gender violence, or any other crime of violence.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.