Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB3030 Compare Versions

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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3030 Introduced , by Rep. Janet Yang Rohr SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act Creates the Removal of Unlawful Publications of Obscene and Harmful Depictions On Social Media Platforms Act. Provides that, following a report to a social media platform that an obscene depiction or otherwise harmful depiction by computer has been unlawfully published on the social media platform, the subject report must be promptly investigated for credibility, and if deemed credible, the subject image must be promptly removed by the operator of the social media platform within 24 hours of the submission of the report. Provides that, upon a finding of credibility by the social media platform that a report that an obscene depiction or otherwise harmful depiction by computer has been unlawfully published on the social media platform, the report, accompanied with any and all identifying information of the publisher of the unlawfully published obscene depiction or otherwise harmful depiction by computer media image, must be reported to the Office of the Attorney General. Provides that, whenever it appears to the Attorney General, upon report, complaint or otherwise by a social media platform or other person or entity, that any person, within or outside the State, has unlawfully published an obscene depiction or otherwise harmful depiction by computer, on a social media platform, the Attorney General may bring an action or proceeding, in the name and on behalf of the People of the State of Illinois, to: (1) enjoin any violation of the Act; (2) obtain restitution of any moneys or property obtained directly or indirectly by any such violation; (3) obtain disgorgement of any profits or gains obtained directly or indirectly by any such violation; (4) obtain damages caused directly or indirectly by any such violation; (5) obtain civil penalties not exceeding $25,000 per violation; and (6) obtain any such other and further relief as the court may deem proper, including preliminary relief. Defines terms. Effective immediately. LRB104 09701 RLC 19767 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3030 Introduced , by Rep. Janet Yang Rohr SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act New Act Creates the Removal of Unlawful Publications of Obscene and Harmful Depictions On Social Media Platforms Act. Provides that, following a report to a social media platform that an obscene depiction or otherwise harmful depiction by computer has been unlawfully published on the social media platform, the subject report must be promptly investigated for credibility, and if deemed credible, the subject image must be promptly removed by the operator of the social media platform within 24 hours of the submission of the report. Provides that, upon a finding of credibility by the social media platform that a report that an obscene depiction or otherwise harmful depiction by computer has been unlawfully published on the social media platform, the report, accompanied with any and all identifying information of the publisher of the unlawfully published obscene depiction or otherwise harmful depiction by computer media image, must be reported to the Office of the Attorney General. Provides that, whenever it appears to the Attorney General, upon report, complaint or otherwise by a social media platform or other person or entity, that any person, within or outside the State, has unlawfully published an obscene depiction or otherwise harmful depiction by computer, on a social media platform, the Attorney General may bring an action or proceeding, in the name and on behalf of the People of the State of Illinois, to: (1) enjoin any violation of the Act; (2) obtain restitution of any moneys or property obtained directly or indirectly by any such violation; (3) obtain disgorgement of any profits or gains obtained directly or indirectly by any such violation; (4) obtain damages caused directly or indirectly by any such violation; (5) obtain civil penalties not exceeding $25,000 per violation; and (6) obtain any such other and further relief as the court may deem proper, including preliminary relief. Defines terms. Effective immediately. LRB104 09701 RLC 19767 b LRB104 09701 RLC 19767 b A BILL FOR
2	2	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3030 Introduced , by Rep. Janet Yang Rohr SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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5	5	Creates the Removal of Unlawful Publications of Obscene and Harmful Depictions On Social Media Platforms Act. Provides that, following a report to a social media platform that an obscene depiction or otherwise harmful depiction by computer has been unlawfully published on the social media platform, the subject report must be promptly investigated for credibility, and if deemed credible, the subject image must be promptly removed by the operator of the social media platform within 24 hours of the submission of the report. Provides that, upon a finding of credibility by the social media platform that a report that an obscene depiction or otherwise harmful depiction by computer has been unlawfully published on the social media platform, the report, accompanied with any and all identifying information of the publisher of the unlawfully published obscene depiction or otherwise harmful depiction by computer media image, must be reported to the Office of the Attorney General. Provides that, whenever it appears to the Attorney General, upon report, complaint or otherwise by a social media platform or other person or entity, that any person, within or outside the State, has unlawfully published an obscene depiction or otherwise harmful depiction by computer, on a social media platform, the Attorney General may bring an action or proceeding, in the name and on behalf of the People of the State of Illinois, to: (1) enjoin any violation of the Act; (2) obtain restitution of any moneys or property obtained directly or indirectly by any such violation; (3) obtain disgorgement of any profits or gains obtained directly or indirectly by any such violation; (4) obtain damages caused directly or indirectly by any such violation; (5) obtain civil penalties not exceeding $25,000 per violation; and (6) obtain any such other and further relief as the court may deem proper, including preliminary relief. Defines terms. Effective immediately.
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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning social media.
12	12	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
13	13	3 represented in the General Assembly:
14	14	4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
15	15	5 Removal of Unlawful Publications of Obscene and Harmful
16	16	6 Depictions On Social Media Platforms Act.
17	17	7 Section 5. Definitions. In this Act:
18	18	8 "Depiction by computer" means a computer program or data
19	19	9 that, after being processed by a computer either alone or in
20	20	10 conjunction with one or more computer programs, results in a
21	21	11 visual depiction on a computer monitor, screen, or display.
22	22	12 "Harm" means physical harm, economic harm, reputational
23	23	13 injury, or emotional distress whether or not accompanied by
24	24	14 physical or economic harm.
25	25	15 "Obscene depiction" means a visual representation of any
26	26	16 kind, including an image, video, or computer-generated image
27	27	17 or video, whether made, produced, or altered by electronic,
28	28	18 mechanical, or other means, that:
29	29	19 (1) the average person, applying contemporary adult
30	30	20 community standards, would find that, taken as a whole,
31	31	21 appeals to the prurient interest; and
32	32	22 (2) taken as a whole, lacks serious literary,
33	33	23 artistic, political, or scientific value.
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37	37	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3030 Introduced , by Rep. Janet Yang Rohr SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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40	40	Creates the Removal of Unlawful Publications of Obscene and Harmful Depictions On Social Media Platforms Act. Provides that, following a report to a social media platform that an obscene depiction or otherwise harmful depiction by computer has been unlawfully published on the social media platform, the subject report must be promptly investigated for credibility, and if deemed credible, the subject image must be promptly removed by the operator of the social media platform within 24 hours of the submission of the report. Provides that, upon a finding of credibility by the social media platform that a report that an obscene depiction or otherwise harmful depiction by computer has been unlawfully published on the social media platform, the report, accompanied with any and all identifying information of the publisher of the unlawfully published obscene depiction or otherwise harmful depiction by computer media image, must be reported to the Office of the Attorney General. Provides that, whenever it appears to the Attorney General, upon report, complaint or otherwise by a social media platform or other person or entity, that any person, within or outside the State, has unlawfully published an obscene depiction or otherwise harmful depiction by computer, on a social media platform, the Attorney General may bring an action or proceeding, in the name and on behalf of the People of the State of Illinois, to: (1) enjoin any violation of the Act; (2) obtain restitution of any moneys or property obtained directly or indirectly by any such violation; (3) obtain disgorgement of any profits or gains obtained directly or indirectly by any such violation; (4) obtain damages caused directly or indirectly by any such violation; (5) obtain civil penalties not exceeding $25,000 per violation; and (6) obtain any such other and further relief as the court may deem proper, including preliminary relief. Defines terms. Effective immediately.
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68	68	1 "Social media platform" means a public or semi-public
69	69	2 Internet-based service or application that has users in
70	70	3 Illinois and that meets both of the following criteria:
71	71	4 (1) A substantial function of the service or
72	72	5 application is to connect users in order to allow users to
73	73	6 interact socially with each other within the service or
74	74	7 application. A service or application that provides email
75	75	8 or direct messaging services shall not be considered to
76	76	9 meet this criterion on the basis of that function alone.
77	77	10 (2) The service or application allows users to do all
78	78	11 of the following:
79	79	12 (A) construct a public or semi-public profile for
80	80	13 purposes of signing into and using the service or
81	81	14 application;
82	82	15 (B) populate a list of other users with whom an
83	83	16 individual shares a social connection within the
84	84	17 system; and
85	85	18 (C) create or post content viewable or audible by
86	86	19 other users, including, but not limited to, live
87	87	20 streams, on message boards, in chat rooms, or through
88	88	21 a landing page or main feed that presents the user with
89	89	22 content generated by other users.
90	90	23 Section 10. Requirement of social media platforms to
91	91	24 promptly remove unlawful publications of obscene images.
92	92	25 (a) Following a report to a social media platform that an
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103	103	1 obscene depiction or otherwise harmful depiction by computer,
104	104	2 has been unlawfully published on the social media platform,
105	105	3 the subject report must be promptly investigated for
106	106	4 credibility, and, if deemed credible, the subject image must
107	107	5 be promptly removed by the operator of the social media
108	108	6 platform within 24 hours of the submission of the report.
109	109	7 (b) Upon a finding of credibility by the social media
110	110	8 platform that a report that an obscene depiction or otherwise
111	111	9 harmful depiction by computer has been unlawfully published on
112	112	10 the social media platform, the report, accompanied with any
113	113	11 and all identifying information of the publisher of the
114	114	12 unlawfully published obscene depiction or otherwise harmful
115	115	13 depiction by computer media image, must be reported to the
116	116	14 Office of the Attorney General.
117	117	15 Section 15. Enforcement. Whenever it appears to the
118	118	16 Attorney General, upon report, complaint or otherwise by a
119	119	17 social media platform or other person or entity, that any
120	120	18 person, within or outside the State, has unlawfully published
121	121	19 an obscene depiction or otherwise harmful depiction by
122	122	20 computer, on a social media platform, the Attorney General may
123	123	21 bring an action or proceeding in the name and on behalf of the
124	124	22 People of the State of Illinois to:
125	125	23 (1) enjoin any violation of this Act;
126	126	24 (2) obtain restitution of any moneys or property
127	127	25 obtained directly or indirectly by any such violation;
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138	138	1 (3) obtain disgorgement of any profits or gains
139	139	2 obtained directly or indirectly by any such violation;
140	140	3 (4) obtain damages caused directly or indirectly by
141	141	4 any such violation;
142	142	5 (5) obtain civil penalties not exceeding $25,000 per
143	143	6 violation; and
144	144	7 (6) obtain any such other and further relief as the
145	145	8 court may deem proper, including preliminary relief.
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