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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Voting Records

Chamber	Vote	Date	Yea	Nay	NV	Abs	Total	Result	Source	View
House	Third Reading in House	2024-05-16	81	30	1	0	112	Passed	Link	View
Senate	Third Reading in Senate	2024-04-11	46	13	0	0	59	Passed	Link	View

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