Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB5452 Compare Versions

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1	1	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5452 Introduced , by Rep. Mary Beth Canty SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 110 ILCS 155/10110 ILCS 155/15110 ILCS 155/20110 ILCS 155/25110 ILCS 155/30735 ILCS 110/5735 ILCS 110/10735 ILCS 110/15 Amends the Preventing Sexual Violence in Higher Education Act. Provides that all higher education institutions shall include in the comprehensive policy concerning sexual violence, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking, information about how the higher education institution protects individuals who report from retaliation. Provides that the higher education institutions procedure for responding to a report shall also include protecting the survivor from retaliation, including a policy and process for early dismissal of any retaliatory claim by a respondent against a survivor, including, but not limited to, claims of defamation, harassment, bullying, and any other violation of policy claims where the actions alleged by the respondent are related to the survivor's report. Makes related changes in provisions concerning student notification of rights and options, confidential advisors, complaint resolution procedures, and campus training. Amends the Citizen Participation Act. Provides that a court shall not permit any person to pursue a defamation action to silence or retaliate against, a person reporting gender-based violence, including cases where the alleged perpetrator is publicly named. Provides that the exception to motions under this Act are when the acts are not genuinely aimed at procuring favorable government action, result, or outcome or when the plaintiff presents clear and convincing evidence that the reporting of gender-based violence constituted speaking with actual malice. Makes related changes. LRB103 37795 RJT 67924 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5452 Introduced , by Rep. Mary Beth Canty SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 110 ILCS 155/10110 ILCS 155/15110 ILCS 155/20110 ILCS 155/25110 ILCS 155/30735 ILCS 110/5735 ILCS 110/10735 ILCS 110/15 110 ILCS 155/10 110 ILCS 155/15 110 ILCS 155/20 110 ILCS 155/25 110 ILCS 155/30 735 ILCS 110/5 735 ILCS 110/10 735 ILCS 110/15 Amends the Preventing Sexual Violence in Higher Education Act. Provides that all higher education institutions shall include in the comprehensive policy concerning sexual violence, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking, information about how the higher education institution protects individuals who report from retaliation. Provides that the higher education institutions procedure for responding to a report shall also include protecting the survivor from retaliation, including a policy and process for early dismissal of any retaliatory claim by a respondent against a survivor, including, but not limited to, claims of defamation, harassment, bullying, and any other violation of policy claims where the actions alleged by the respondent are related to the survivor's report. Makes related changes in provisions concerning student notification of rights and options, confidential advisors, complaint resolution procedures, and campus training. Amends the Citizen Participation Act. Provides that a court shall not permit any person to pursue a defamation action to silence or retaliate against, a person reporting gender-based violence, including cases where the alleged perpetrator is publicly named. Provides that the exception to motions under this Act are when the acts are not genuinely aimed at procuring favorable government action, result, or outcome or when the plaintiff presents clear and convincing evidence that the reporting of gender-based violence constituted speaking with actual malice. Makes related changes. LRB103 37795 RJT 67924 b LRB103 37795 RJT 67924 b A BILL FOR
2	2	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5452 Introduced , by Rep. Mary Beth Canty SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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12	12	Amends the Preventing Sexual Violence in Higher Education Act. Provides that all higher education institutions shall include in the comprehensive policy concerning sexual violence, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking, information about how the higher education institution protects individuals who report from retaliation. Provides that the higher education institutions procedure for responding to a report shall also include protecting the survivor from retaliation, including a policy and process for early dismissal of any retaliatory claim by a respondent against a survivor, including, but not limited to, claims of defamation, harassment, bullying, and any other violation of policy claims where the actions alleged by the respondent are related to the survivor's report. Makes related changes in provisions concerning student notification of rights and options, confidential advisors, complaint resolution procedures, and campus training. Amends the Citizen Participation Act. Provides that a court shall not permit any person to pursue a defamation action to silence or retaliate against, a person reporting gender-based violence, including cases where the alleged perpetrator is publicly named. Provides that the exception to motions under this Act are when the acts are not genuinely aimed at procuring favorable government action, result, or outcome or when the plaintiff presents clear and convincing evidence that the reporting of gender-based violence constituted speaking with actual malice. Makes related changes.
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18	18	1 AN ACT concerning gender violence.
19	19	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
20	20	3 represented in the General Assembly:
21	21	4 Section 5. The Preventing Sexual Violence in Higher
22	22	5 Education Act is amended by changing Sections 10, 15, 20, 25,
23	23	6 and 30 as follows:
24	24	7 (110 ILCS 155/10)
25	25	8 Sec. 10. Comprehensive policy. On or before August 1,
26	26	9 2016, all higher education institutions shall adopt a
27	27	10 comprehensive policy concerning sexual violence, domestic
28	28	11 violence, dating violence, and stalking consistent with
29	29	12 governing federal and State law. The higher education
30	30	13 institution's comprehensive policy shall include, at a
31	31	14 minimum, all of the following components:
32	32	15 (1) A definition of consent that, at a minimum,
33	33	16 recognizes that (i) consent is a freely given agreement to
34	34	17 sexual activity, (ii) a person's lack of verbal or
35	35	18 physical resistance or submission resulting from the use
36	36	19 or threat of force does not constitute consent, (iii) a
37	37	20 person's manner of dress does not constitute consent, (iv)
38	38	21 a person's consent to past sexual activity does not
39	39	22 constitute consent to future sexual activity, (v) a
40	40	23 person's consent to engage in sexual activity with one
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51	51	735 ILCS 110/5
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53	53	735 ILCS 110/15
54	54	Amends the Preventing Sexual Violence in Higher Education Act. Provides that all higher education institutions shall include in the comprehensive policy concerning sexual violence, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking, information about how the higher education institution protects individuals who report from retaliation. Provides that the higher education institutions procedure for responding to a report shall also include protecting the survivor from retaliation, including a policy and process for early dismissal of any retaliatory claim by a respondent against a survivor, including, but not limited to, claims of defamation, harassment, bullying, and any other violation of policy claims where the actions alleged by the respondent are related to the survivor's report. Makes related changes in provisions concerning student notification of rights and options, confidential advisors, complaint resolution procedures, and campus training. Amends the Citizen Participation Act. Provides that a court shall not permit any person to pursue a defamation action to silence or retaliate against, a person reporting gender-based violence, including cases where the alleged perpetrator is publicly named. Provides that the exception to motions under this Act are when the acts are not genuinely aimed at procuring favorable government action, result, or outcome or when the plaintiff presents clear and convincing evidence that the reporting of gender-based violence constituted speaking with actual malice. Makes related changes.
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89	89	1 person does not constitute consent to engage in sexual
90	90	2 activity with another, (vi) a person can withdraw consent
91	91	3 at any time, and (vii) a person cannot consent to sexual
92	92	4 activity if that person is unable to understand the nature
93	93	5 of the activity or give knowing consent due to
94	94	6 circumstances, including without limitation the following:
95	95	7 (A) the person is incapacitated due to the use or
96	96	8 influence of alcohol or drugs;
97	97	9 (B) the person is asleep or unconscious;
98	98	10 (C) the person is under age; or
99	99	11 (D) the person is incapacitated due to a mental
100	100	12 disability.
101	101	13 Nothing in this Section prevents a higher education
102	102	14 institution from defining consent in a more demanding
103	103	15 manner.
104	104	16 (2) Procedures that students of the higher education
105	105	17 institution may follow if they choose to report an alleged
106	106	18 violation of the comprehensive policy, regardless of where
107	107	19 the incident of sexual violence, domestic violence, dating
108	108	20 violence, or stalking occurred, including all of the
109	109	21 following:
110	110	22 (A) Name and contact information for the Title IX
111	111	23 coordinator, campus law enforcement or security, local
112	112	24 law enforcement, and the community-based sexual
113	113	25 assault crisis center.
114	114	26 (B) The name, title, and contact information for
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125	125	1 confidential advisors and other confidential resources
126	126	2 and a description of what confidential reporting
127	127	3 means.
128	128	4 (C) Information regarding the various individuals,
129	129	5 departments, or organizations to whom a student may
130	130	6 report a violation of the comprehensive policy,
131	131	7 specifying for each individual and entity (i) the
132	132	8 extent of the individual's or entity's reporting
133	133	9 obligation, (ii) the extent of the individual's or
134	134	10 entity's ability to protect the student's privacy, and
135	135	11 (iii) the extent of the individual's or entity's
136	136	12 ability to have confidential communications with the
137	137	13 student.
138	138	14 (D) An option for students to electronically
139	139	15 report.
140	140	16 (E) An option for students to anonymously report.
141	141	17 (F) An option for students to confidentially
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143	143	19 (G) An option for reports by third parties and
144	144	20 bystanders.
145	145	21 (H) Information about how the higher education
146	146	22 institution protects individuals who report from
147	147	23 retaliation.
148	148	24 (3) The higher education institution's procedure for
149	149	25 responding to a report of an alleged incident of sexual
150	150	26 violence, domestic violence, dating violence, or stalking,
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161	161	1 including without limitation (i) assisting and
162	162	2 interviewing the survivor, (ii) identifying and locating
163	163	3 witnesses, (iii) contacting and interviewing the
164	164	4 respondent, (iv) contacting and cooperating with law
165	165	5 enforcement, when applicable, and (v) providing
166	166	6 information regarding the importance of preserving
167	167	7 physical evidence of the sexual violence and the
168	168	8 availability of a medical forensic examination at no
169	169	9 charge to the survivor, and (vi) protecting the survivor
170	170	10 from retaliation, including a policy and process for early
171	171	11 dismissal of any retaliatory claim by a respondent against
172	172	12 a survivor, including, but not limited to, claims of
173	173	13 defamation, harassment, bullying, and any other claimed
174	174	14 violation of the policy where the actions alleged by the
175	175	15 respondent are related to the survivor's report.
176	176	16 (4) A statement of the higher education institution's
177	177	17 obligation to provide survivors with concise information,
178	178	18 written in plain language, concerning the survivor's
179	179	19 rights and options, upon receiving a report of an alleged
180	180	20 violation of the comprehensive policy, as described in
181	181	21 Section 15 of this Act.
182	182	22 (5) The name, address, and telephone number of the
183	183	23 medical facility nearest to each campus of the higher
184	184	24 education institution where a survivor may have a medical
185	185	25 forensic examination completed at no cost to the survivor,
186	186	26 pursuant to the Sexual Assault Survivors Emergency
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197	197	1 Treatment Act.
198	198	2 (6) The name, telephone number, address, and website
199	199	3 URL, if available, of community-based, State, and national
200	200	4 sexual assault crisis centers.
201	201	5 (7) A statement notifying survivors of the interim
202	202	6 protective measures and accommodations reasonably
203	203	7 available from the higher education institution that a
204	204	8 survivor may request in response to an alleged violation
205	205	9 of the comprehensive policy, including without limitation
206	206	10 changes to academic, living, dining, transportation, and
207	207	11 working situations, obtaining and enforcing campus no
208	208	12 contact orders, and honoring an order of protection or no
209	209	13 contact order entered by a State civil or criminal court.
210	210	14 (8) The higher education institution's complaint
211	211	15 resolution procedures if a student alleges violation of
212	212	16 the comprehensive violence policy, including, at a
213	213	17 minimum, the guidelines set forth in Section 25 of this
214	214	18 Act.
215	215	19 (9) A statement of the range of sanctions the higher
216	216	20 education institution may impose following the
217	217	21 implementation of its complaint resolution procedures in
218	218	22 response to an alleged violation of the comprehensive
219	219	23 policy. Sanctions may include, but are not limited to,
220	220	24 suspension, expulsion, or removal of the student found,
221	221	25 after complaint resolution procedures, to be in violation
222	222	26 of the comprehensive policy of the higher education
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234	234	2 (10) A statement of the higher education institution's
235	235	3 obligation to include an amnesty provision that provides
236	236	4 immunity to any student who reports, in good faith, an
237	237	5 alleged violation of the higher education institution's
238	238	6 comprehensive policy to a responsible employee, as defined
239	239	7 by federal law, so that the reporting student will not
240	240	8 receive a disciplinary sanction by the institution for a
241	241	9 student conduct violation, such as underage drinking or
242	242	10 possession or use of a controlled substance, that is
243	243	11 revealed in the course of such a report, unless the
244	244	12 institution determines that the violation was egregious,
245	245	13 including without limitation an action that places the
246	246	14 health or safety of any other person at risk.
247	247	15 (11) A statement of the higher education institution's
248	248	16 prohibition on retaliation against those who, in good
249	249	17 faith, report or disclose an alleged violation of the
250	250	18 comprehensive policy, file a complaint, or otherwise
251	251	19 participate in the complaint resolution procedure and
252	252	20 available sanctions for individuals who engage in
253	253	21 retaliatory conduct.
254	254	22 (Source: P.A. 99-426, eff. 8-21-15; 99-741, eff. 8-5-16;
255	255	23 100-1087, eff. 1-1-19.)
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257	257	25 Sec. 15. Student notification of rights and options.
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268	268	1 (a) On or before August 1, 2016, upon being notified of an
269	269	2 alleged violation of the comprehensive policy by or on behalf
270	270	3 of a student, each higher education institution shall, at a
271	271	4 minimum, provide the survivor, when identified, with a concise
272	272	5 notification, written in plain language, of the survivor's
273	273	6 rights and options, including without limitation:
274	274	7 (1) the survivor's right to report or not report the
275	275	8 alleged incident to the higher education institution, law
276	276	9 enforcement, or both, including information about the
277	277	10 survivor's right to privacy and which reporting methods
278	278	11 are confidential;
279	279	12 (2) the contact information for the higher education
280	280	13 institution's Title IX coordinator or coordinators,
281	281	14 confidential advisors, a community-based sexual assault
282	282	15 crisis center, campus law enforcement, and local law
283	283	16 enforcement;
284	284	17 (3) the survivor's right to request and receive
285	285	18 assistance from campus authorities in notifying law
286	286	19 enforcement;
287	287	20 (4) the survivor's ability to request interim
288	288	21 protective measures and accommodations for survivors,
289	289	22 including without limitation changes to academic, living,
290	290	23 dining, working, and transportation situations, obtaining
291	291	24 and enforcing a campus-issued order of protection or no
292	292	25 contact order, if such protective measures and
293	293	26 accommodations are reasonably available, and an order of
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304	304	1 protection or no contact order in State court;
305	305	2 (5) the higher education institution's ability to
306	306	3 provide assistance, upon the survivor's request, in
307	307	4 accessing and navigating campus and local health and
308	308	5 mental health services, counseling, and advocacy services;
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310	310	7 (6) a summary of the higher education institution's
311	311	8 complaint resolution procedures, under Section 25 of this
312	312	9 Act, if the survivor reports a violation of the
313	313	10 comprehensive policy.
314	314	11 (7) a summary of the higher education institution's
315	315	12 process for protecting survivors from retaliation,
316	316	13 including the policy and process under Section 25 of this
317	317	14 Act for early dismissal of retaliatory claims by the
318	318	15 respondent against the survivor.
319	319	16 (b) Within 12 hours after receiving an electronic report,
320	320	17 the higher education institution shall respond to the
321	321	18 electronic reporter and, at a minimum, provide the information
322	322	19 described in subdivisions (1) through (6) of subsection (a) of
323	323	20 this Section and a list of available resources. The higher
324	324	21 education institution may choose the manner in which it
325	325	22 responds including, but not limited to, through verbal or
326	326	23 electronic communication. Nothing in this subsection (b)
327	327	24 limits a higher education institution's obligations under
328	328	25 subsection (a) of this Section.
329	329	26 (Source: P.A. 99-426, eff. 8-21-15.)
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340	340	1 (110 ILCS 155/20)
341	341	2 Sec. 20. Confidential advisor.
342	342	3 (a) Each higher education institution shall provide
343	343	4 students with access to confidential advisors to provide
344	344	5 emergency and ongoing support to survivors of sexual violence.
345	345	6 (b) The confidential advisors may not be individuals on
346	346	7 campus who are designated as responsible employees under Title
347	347	8 IX of the federal Education Amendments of 1972. Nothing in
348	348	9 this Section precludes a higher education institution from
349	349	10 partnering with a community-based sexual assault crisis center
350	350	11 to provide confidential advisors.
351	351	12 (c) All confidential advisors shall receive 40 hours of
352	352	13 training on sexual violence, if they have not already
353	353	14 completed this 40-hour training, before being designated a
354	354	15 confidential advisor and shall attend a minimum of 6 hours of
355	355	16 ongoing education training annually on issues related to
356	356	17 sexual violence to remain a confidential advisor. Confidential
357	357	18 advisors shall also receive periodic training on the campus
358	358	19 administrative processes, interim protective measures and
359	359	20 accommodations, and complaint resolution procedures.
360	360	21 (d) In the course of working with a survivor, each
361	361	22 confidential advisor shall, at a minimum, do all of the
362	362	23 following:
363	363	24 (1) Inform the survivor of the survivor's choice of
364	364	25 possible next steps regarding the survivor's reporting
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375	375	1 options and possible outcomes, including without
376	376	2 limitation reporting pursuant to the higher education
377	377	3 institution's comprehensive policy and notifying local law
378	378	4 enforcement.
379	379	5 (2) Notify the survivor of resources and services for
380	380	6 survivors of sexual violence, including, but not limited
381	381	7 to, student services available on campus and through
382	382	8 community-based resources, including without limitation
383	383	9 sexual assault crisis centers, medical treatment
384	384	10 facilities, counseling services, legal resources, medical
385	385	11 forensic services, and mental health services.
386	386	12 (3) Inform the survivor of the survivor's rights and
387	387	13 the higher education institution's responsibilities
388	388	14 regarding orders of protection, no contact orders, or
389	389	15 similar lawful orders issued by the higher education
390	390	16 institution or a criminal or civil court.
391	391	17 (4) Provide confidential services to and have
392	392	18 privileged, confidential communications with survivors of
393	393	19 sexual violence in accordance with Section 8-804 of the
394	394	20 Code of Civil Procedure.
395	395	21 (5) Upon the survivor's request and as appropriate,
396	396	22 liaise with campus officials, community-based sexual
397	397	23 assault crisis centers, or local law enforcement and, if
398	398	24 requested, assist the survivor with contacting and
399	399	25 reporting to campus officials, campus law enforcement, or
400	400	26 local law enforcement.
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411	411	1 (6) Upon the survivor's request, liaise with the
412	412	2 necessary campus authorities to secure interim protective
413	413	3 measures and accommodations for the survivor.
414	414	4 (7) Upon the survivor's request, liaise with the
415	415	5 necessary campus authorities to assist the survivor in
416	416	6 responding to and advocating against any retaliation by
417	417	7 the respondent or an agent of the higher education
418	418	8 institution, including assistance with the policy and
419	419	9 process for early dismissal of retaliatory claims by the
420	420	10 respondent against the survivor.
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423	423	13 Sec. 25. Complaint resolution procedures.
424	424	14 (a) On or before August 1, 2016, each campus of a higher
425	425	15 education institution shall adopt one procedure to resolve
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428	428	18 (b) For each campus, a higher education institution's
429	429	19 complaint resolution procedures for allegations of student
430	430	20 violation of the comprehensive policy shall provide, at a
431	431	21 minimum, all of the following:
432	432	22 (1) Complainants alleging student violation of the
433	433	23 comprehensive policy shall have the opportunity to request
434	434	24 that the complaint resolution procedure begin promptly and
435	435	25 proceed in a timely manner.
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446	446	1 (2) The higher education institution shall determine
447	447	2 the individuals who will resolve complaints of alleged
448	448	3 student violations of the comprehensive policy.
449	449	4 (3) All individuals whose duties include resolution of
450	450	5 complaints of student violations of the comprehensive
451	451	6 policy shall receive a minimum of 8 to 10 hours of annual
452	452	7 training on issues related to sexual violence, domestic
453	453	8 violence, dating violence, and stalking and how to conduct
454	454	9 the higher education institution's complaint resolution
455	455	10 procedures, in addition to the annual training required
456	456	11 for employees as provided in subsection (c) of Section 30
457	457	12 of this Act.
458	458	13 (4) The higher education institution shall have a
459	459	14 sufficient number of individuals trained to resolve
460	460	15 complaints so that (i) a substitution can occur in the
461	461	16 case of a conflict of interest or recusal and (ii) an
462	462	17 individual or individuals with no prior involvement in the
463	463	18 initial determination or finding hear any appeal brought
464	464	19 by a party.
465	465	20 (5) The individual or individuals resolving a
466	466	21 complaint shall use a preponderance of the evidence
467	467	22 standard to determine whether the alleged violation of the
468	468	23 comprehensive policy occurred.
469	469	24 (6) The complainant and respondent shall (i) receive
470	470	25 notice of the individual or individuals with authority to
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482	482	1 before the individual or individuals initiate contact with
483	483	2 either party and (ii) have the opportunity to request a
484	484	3 substitution if the participation of an individual with
485	485	4 authority to make a finding or impose a sanction poses a
486	486	5 conflict of interest.
487	487	6 (7) The higher education institution shall have a
488	488	7 procedure to determine interim protective measures and
489	489	8 accommodations available pending the resolution of the
490	490	9 complaint.
491	491	10 (8) Any proceeding, meeting, or hearing held to
492	492	11 resolve complaints of alleged student violations of the
493	493	12 comprehensive policy shall protect the privacy of the
494	494	13 participating parties and witnesses.
495	495	14 (9) The complainant, regardless of this person's level
496	496	15 of involvement in the complaint resolution procedure, and
497	497	16 the respondent shall have the opportunity to provide or
498	498	17 present evidence and witnesses on their behalf during the
499	499	18 complaint resolution procedure.
500	500	19 (10) The complainant and the respondent may not
501	501	20 directly cross examine one another, but may, at the
502	502	21 discretion and direction of the individual or individuals
503	503	22 resolving the complaint, suggest questions to be posed by
504	504	23 the individual or individuals resolving the complaint and
505	505	24 respond to the other party.
506	506	25 (11) Both parties may request and must be allowed to
507	507	26 have an advisor of their choice accompany them to any
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518	518	1 meeting or proceeding related to an alleged violation of
519	519	2 the comprehensive policy, provided that the involvement of
520	520	3 the advisor does not result in undue delay of the meeting
521	521	4 or proceeding. The advisor must comply with any rules in
522	522	5 the higher education institution's complaint resolution
523	523	6 procedure regarding the advisor's role. If the advisor
524	524	7 violates the rules or engages in behavior or advocacy that
525	525	8 harasses, abuses, or intimidates either party, a witness,
526	526	9 or an individual resolving the complaint, that advisor may
527	527	10 be prohibited from further participation.
528	528	11 (12) The complainant and the respondent may not be
529	529	12 compelled to testify, if the complaint resolution
530	530	13 procedure involves a hearing, in the presence of the other
531	531	14 party. If a party invokes this right, the higher education
532	532	15 institution shall provide a procedure by which each party
533	533	16 can, at a minimum, hear the other party's testimony.
534	534	17 (13) The complainant and the respondent are entitled
535	535	18 to simultaneous, written notification of the results of
536	536	19 the complaint resolution procedure, including information
537	537	20 regarding appeal rights, within 7 days of a decision or
538	538	21 sooner if required by State or federal law.
539	539	22 (14) The complainant and the respondent shall, at a
540	540	23 minimum, have the right to timely appeal the complaint
541	541	24 resolution procedure's findings or imposed sanctions if
542	542	25 the party alleges (i) a procedural error occurred, (ii)
543	543	26 new information exists that would substantially change the
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554	554	1 outcome of the finding, or (iii) the sanction is
555	555	2 disproportionate with the violation. The individual or
556	556	3 individuals reviewing the findings or imposed sanctions
557	557	4 shall not have participated previously in the complaint
558	558	5 resolution procedure and shall not have a conflict of
559	559	6 interest with either party. The complainant and the
560	560	7 respondent shall receive the appeal decision in writing
561	561	8 within 7 days after the conclusion of the review of
562	562	9 findings or sanctions or sooner if required by federal or
563	563	10 State law.
564	564	11 (15) The higher education institution shall not
565	565	12 disclose the identity of the survivor or the respondent,
566	566	13 except as necessary to resolve the complaint or to
567	567	14 implement interim protective measures and accommodations
568	568	15 or when provided by State or federal law.
569	569	16 (16) The higher education institution shall enact and
570	570	17 implement a policy and process for early dismissal of any
571	571	18 retaliatory claim by a respondent against a survivor,
572	572	19 including, but not limited to, claims of defamation,
573	573	20 harassment, bullying, and any other policy violation where
574	574	21 the actions alleged are related to the survivor's report
575	575	22 of sexual violence, domestic violence, dating violence, or
576	576	23 stalking. Any report, claim, counter-claim, or complaint
577	577	24 by the respondent that the survivor has violated the
578	578	25 higher education institution's policies shall be reviewed
579	579	26 by an agent of the institution with decision-making
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590	590	1 authority to determine if it is retaliatory. If the agent
591	591	2 determines by a preponderance of the evidence that such
592	592	3 claim is (i) retaliatory, (ii) based on the survivor's
593	593	4 report, (iii) related to the survivor speaking, writing,
594	594	5 or sharing information about the respondent's actions that
595	595	6 led to the report, or (iv) based on the survivor naming the
596	596	7 respondent as the person who caused them harm, then the
597	597	8 report, claim, counter-claim, or complaint against the
598	598	9 survivor shall be dismissed. The review must be completed
599	599	10 within 45 days of the report, claim, counter-claim, or
600	600	11 complaint being submitted to the institution, and written
601	601	12 notice of the determination must be provided to the
602	602	13 survivor and the respondent no later than 10 days after
603	603	14 completion of the review.
604	604	15 (Source: P.A. 99-426, eff. 8-21-15.)
605	605	16 (110 ILCS 155/30)
606	606	17 Sec. 30. Campus training, education, and awareness.
607	607	18 (a) On or before August 1, 2016, a higher education
608	608	19 institution shall prominently publish, timely update, and have
609	609	20 easily available on its Internet website all of the following
610	610	21 information:
611	611	22 (1) The higher education institution's comprehensive
612	612	23 policy, as well as options and resources available to
613	613	24 survivors.
614	614	25 (2) The higher education institution's student
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625	625	1 notification of rights and options described in Section 15
626	626	2 of this Act.
627	627	3 (3) The name and contact information for all of the
628	628	4 higher education institution's Title IX coordinators.
629	629	5 (4) An explanation of the role of (i) Title IX
630	630	6 coordinators, including deputy or assistant Title IX
631	631	7 coordinators, under Title IX of the federal Education
632	632	8 Amendments of 1972, (ii) responsible employees under Title
633	633	9 IX of the federal Education Amendments of 1972, (iii)
634	634	10 campus security authorities under the federal Jeanne Clery
635	635	11 Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime
636	636	12 Statistics Act, and (iv) mandated reporters under the
637	637	13 Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act and the reporting
638	638	14 obligations of each, as well as the level of
639	639	15 confidentiality each is allowed to provide to reporting
640	640	16 students under relevant federal and State law.
641	641	17 (5) The name, title, and contact information for all
642	642	18 confidential advisors, counseling services, and
643	643	19 confidential resources that can provide a confidential
644	644	20 response to a report and a description of what
645	645	21 confidential reporting means.
646	646	22 (6) The telephone number and website URL for
647	647	23 community-based, State, and national hotlines providing
648	648	24 information to sexual violence survivors.
649	649	25 (b) Beginning with the 2016-2017 academic year, each
650	650	26 higher education institution shall provide sexual violence
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661	661	1 primary prevention and awareness programming for all students
662	662	2 who attend one or more classes on campus, which shall include,
663	663	3 at a minimum, annual training as described in this subsection
664	664	4 (b). Nothing in this Section shall be construed to limit the
665	665	5 higher education institution's ability to conduct additional
666	666	6 ongoing sexual violence primary prevention and awareness
667	667	7 programming.
668	668	8 Each higher education institution's annual training shall,
669	669	9 at a minimum, provide each student who attends one or more
670	670	10 classes on campus information regarding the higher education
671	671	11 institution's comprehensive policy, including without
672	672	12 limitation the following:
673	673	13 (1) the institution's definitions of consent,
674	674	14 inability to consent, and retaliation as they relate to
675	675	15 sexual violence;
676	676	16 (2) reporting to the higher education institution,
677	677	17 campus law enforcement, and local law enforcement;
678	678	18 (3) reporting to the confidential advisor or other
679	679	19 confidential resources;
680	680	20 (4) available survivor services; and
681	681	21 (5) strategies for bystander intervention and risk
682	682	22 reduction.
683	683	23 At the beginning of each academic year, each higher
684	684	24 education institution shall provide each student of the higher
685	685	25 education institution with an electronic copy or hard copy of
686	686	26 its comprehensive policy, procedures, and related protocols.
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697	697	1 (c) Beginning in the 2016-2017 academic year, a higher
698	698	2 education institution shall provide annual survivor-centered
699	699	3 and trauma-informed response training to any employee of the
700	700	4 higher education institution who is involved in (i) the
701	701	5 receipt of a student report of an alleged incident of sexual
702	702	6 violence, domestic violence, dating violence, or stalking,
703	703	7 (ii) the referral or provision of services to a survivor, or
704	704	8 (iii) any campus complaint resolution procedure that results
705	705	9 from an alleged incident of sexual violence, domestic
706	706	10 violence, dating violence, or stalking. Employees falling
707	707	11 under this description include without limitation the Title IX
708	708	12 coordinator, members of the higher education institution's
709	709	13 campus law enforcement, and campus security. An enrolled
710	710	14 student at or a contracted service provider of the higher
711	711	15 education institution with the employee responsibilities
712	712	16 outlined in clauses (i) through (iii) of this paragraph shall
713	713	17 also receive annual survivor-centered and trauma-informed
714	714	18 response training.
715	715	19 The higher education institution shall design the training
716	716	20 to improve the trainee's ability to understand (i) the higher
717	717	21 education institution's comprehensive policy, including the
718	718	22 anti-retaliation policy and procedure provisions; (ii) the
719	719	23 relevant federal and State law concerning survivors of sexual
720	720	24 violence, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking at
721	721	25 higher education institutions; (iii) the roles of the higher
722	722	26 education institution, medical providers, law enforcement, and
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733	733	1 community agencies in ensuring a coordinated response to a
734	734	2 reported incident of sexual violence; (iv) the effects of
735	735	3 trauma on a survivor; (v) the types of conduct that constitute
736	736	4 sexual violence, domestic violence, dating violence, and
737	737	5 stalking, including same-sex violence; and (vi) consent and
738	738	6 the role drugs and alcohol use can have on the ability to
739	739	7 consent. The training shall also seek to improve the trainee's
740	740	8 ability to respond with cultural sensitivity; provide services
741	741	9 to or assist in locating services for a survivor, as
742	742	10 appropriate; and communicate sensitively and compassionately
743	743	11 with a survivor of sexual violence, domestic violence, dating
744	744	12 violence, or stalking.
745	745	13 (Source: P.A. 99-426, eff. 8-21-15.)
746	746	14 Section 10. The Citizen Participation Act is amended by
747	747	15 changing Sections 5, 10, and 15 as follows:
748	748	16 (735 ILCS 110/5)
749	749	17 Sec. 5. Public policy. Pursuant to the fundamental
750	750	18 philosophy of the American constitutional form of government,
751	751	19 it is declared to be the public policy of the State of Illinois
752	752	20 that the constitutional rights of citizens and organizations
753	753	21 to be involved and participate freely in the process of
754	754	22 government must be encouraged and safeguarded with great
755	755	23 diligence. The information, reports, opinions, claims,
756	756	24 arguments, and other expressions provided by citizens are
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767	767	1 vital to effective law enforcement, the operation of
768	768	2 government, the making of public policy and decisions, and the
769	769	3 continuation of representative democracy. The laws, courts,
770	770	4 and other agencies of this State must provide the utmost
771	771	5 protection for the free exercise of these rights of petition,
772	772	6 speech, association, and government participation.
773	773	7 Civil actions for money damages have been filed against
774	774	8 citizens and organizations of this State as a result of their
775	775	9 valid exercise of their constitutional rights to petition,
776	776	10 speak freely, associate freely, and otherwise participate in
777	777	11 and communicate with government. There has been a disturbing
778	778	12 increase in lawsuits termed "Strategic Lawsuits Against Public
779	779	13 Participation" in government or "SLAPPs" as they are popularly
780	780	14 called.
781	781	15 The threat of SLAPPs significantly chills and diminishes
782	782	16 citizen participation in government, voluntary public service,
783	783	17 and the exercise of these important constitutional rights.
784	784	18 This abuse of the judicial process can and has been used as a
785	785	19 means of intimidating, harassing, or punishing citizens and
786	786	20 organizations for involving themselves in public affairs.
787	787	21 It is in the public interest and it is the purpose of this
788	788	22 Act to strike a balance between the rights of persons to file
789	789	23 lawsuits for injury and the constitutional rights of persons
790	790	24 to petition, speak freely, associate freely, and otherwise
791	791	25 participate in government; to protect and encourage public
792	792	26 participation in government to the maximum extent permitted by
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803	803	1 law; to establish an efficient process for identification and
804	804	2 adjudication of SLAPPs; and to provide for attorney's fees and
805	805	3 costs to prevailing movants.
806	806	4 Free speech at its best identifies wrongs, seeks
807	807	5 accountability, and encourages change. Gender-based violence
808	808	6 is a pervasive societal problem, and only a small percentage
809	809	7 of incidents are reported. Survivors of gender-based violence
810	810	8 are often silenced by fear of retaliation, including the
811	811	9 threat of SLAPPs. The fear of SLAPPs deters survivors from
812	812	10 speaking out and allows a perpetrator to avoid the
813	813	11 consequences of the perpetrator's actions. The use of the
814	814	12 legal system to silence survivors has negative impacts on the
815	815	13 survivors and the public. Survivors of gender-based violence
816	816	14 face significant barriers in coming forward and there is a
817	817	15 public interest in protecting the right to free speech for
818	818	16 survivors. Survivors having the right to speak their truth
819	819	17 serves the public good. The General Assembly recognizes that
820	820	18 reporting gender-based violence is protected by the First
821	821	19 Amendment and the Citizen Participation Act.
822	822	20 (Source: P.A. 95-506, eff. 8-28-07.)
823	823	21 (735 ILCS 110/10)
824	824	22 Sec. 10. Definitions. In this Act:
825	825	23 "Government" includes a branch, department, agency,
826	826	24 instrumentality, official, employee, agent, or other person
827	827	25 acting under color of law of the United States, a state, a
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838	838	1 subdivision of a state, or another public authority including
839	839	2 the electorate.
840	840	3 "Gender-based violence" means one or more acts of
841	841	4 violence, aggression, or abuse satisfying the elements of any
842	842	5 criminal offense under the laws of this State that are
843	843	6 committed, at least in part, on the basis of a person's actual
844	844	7 or perceived sex or gender, regardless of whether the acts
845	845	8 resulted in criminal charges, prosecution, or conviction, and
846	846	9 it includes, but is not limited to, any act of domestic
847	847	10 violence, human trafficking, sexual assault, sexual abuse,
848	848	11 sexual harassment, or stalking.
849	849	12 "Person" includes any individual, corporation,
850	850	13 association, organization, partnership, 2 or more persons
851	851	14 having a joint or common interest, or other legal entity.
852	852	15 "Judicial claim" or "claim" include any lawsuit, cause of
853	853	16 action, claim, cross-claim, counterclaim, or other judicial
854	854	17 pleading or filing alleging injury.
855	855	18 "Motion" includes any motion to dismiss, for summary
856	856	19 judgment, or to strike, or any other judicial pleading filed
857	857	20 to dispose of a judicial claim.
858	858	21 "Moving party" means any person on whose behalf a motion
859	859	22 described in subsection (a) of Section 20 is filed seeking
860	860	23 dismissal of a judicial claim.
861	861	24 "Reporting gender-based violence" includes disclosures to
862	862	25 authorities, disclosures to employers, disclosures to
863	863	26 education institutions, disclosures to public entities or
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874	874	1 non-profit agencies, speaking to the press or media, speaking
875	875	2 at a public forum, publishing in print, electronically, or via
876	876	3 social media, or telling another person verbally, in writing,
877	877	4 or via electronic means.
878	878	5 "Reporting gender-based violence with actual malice" means
879	879	6 reporting with knowledge that the statement was false or with
880	880	7 reckless disregard of whether it was false or not.
881	881	8 "Responding party" means any person against whom a motion
882	882	9 described in subsection (a) of Section 20 is filed.
883	883	10 (Source: P.A. 95-506, eff. 8-28-07.)
884	884	11 (735 ILCS 110/15)
885	885	12 Sec. 15. Applicability. This Act applies to any motion to
886	886	13 dispose of a claim in a judicial proceeding on the grounds that
887	887	14 the claim is based on, relates to, or is in response to any act
888	888	15 or acts of the moving party in furtherance of the moving
889	889	16 party's rights of petition, speech, association, or to
890	890	17 otherwise participate in government.
891	891	18 The court shall not permit any person to pursue a
892	892	19 defamation action to silence, or retaliate against, a person
893	893	20 reporting gender-based violence, including cases where the
894	894	21 alleged perpetrator is publicly named.
895	895	22 Acts in furtherance of the constitutional rights to
896	896	23 petition, speech, association, and participation in government
897	897	24 are immune from liability, regardless of intent or purpose,
898	898	25 except when not genuinely aimed at procuring favorable
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