Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB1716 Compare Versions

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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1716 Introduced 2/5/2025, by Sen. Michael E. Hastings SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 720 ILCS 5/11-23.5 Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that non-consensual dissemination of private sexual images is a Class 3 felony if the person who commits the offense of non-consensual dissemination of private sexual images uses an end-to-end encryption messaging system or device to transmit or disseminate the image to the victim or to another person. Defines "end-to-end encryption messaging system or device". Effective immediately. LRB104 07853 RLC 17899 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1716 Introduced 2/5/2025, by Sen. Michael E. Hastings SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 720 ILCS 5/11-23.5 720 ILCS 5/11-23.5 Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that non-consensual dissemination of private sexual images is a Class 3 felony if the person who commits the offense of non-consensual dissemination of private sexual images uses an end-to-end encryption messaging system or device to transmit or disseminate the image to the victim or to another person. Defines "end-to-end encryption messaging system or device". Effective immediately. LRB104 07853 RLC 17899 b LRB104 07853 RLC 17899 b A BILL FOR
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5	5	Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that non-consensual dissemination of private sexual images is a Class 3 felony if the person who commits the offense of non-consensual dissemination of private sexual images uses an end-to-end encryption messaging system or device to transmit or disseminate the image to the victim or to another person. Defines "end-to-end encryption messaging system or device". Effective immediately.
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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by
15	15	5 changing Section 11-23.5 as follows:
16	16	6 (720 ILCS 5/11-23.5)
17	17	7 Sec. 11-23.5. Non-consensual dissemination of private
18	18	8 sexual images.
19	19	9 (a) Definitions. For the purposes of this Section:
20	20	10 "Computer", "computer program", and "data" have the
21	21	11 meanings ascribed to them in Section 17-0.5 of this Code.
22	22	12 "End-to-end encryption messaging system or device"
23	23	13 means a method of data transmission in which only the
24	24	14 sender and the intended recipient can access the content
25	25	15 of the communication. "End-to-end encryption messaging
26	26	16 system or device" includes, but is not limited to,
27	27	17 encrypted messaging services, encrypted email, and other
28	28	18 forms of secure communication where data is encrypted
29	29	19 during transmission and can only be decrypted by the
30	30	20 intended recipient.
31	31	21 "Image" includes a photograph, film, videotape,
32	32	22 digital recording, or other depiction or portrayal of an
33	33	23 object, including a human body.
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40	40	Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that non-consensual dissemination of private sexual images is a Class 3 felony if the person who commits the offense of non-consensual dissemination of private sexual images uses an end-to-end encryption messaging system or device to transmit or disseminate the image to the victim or to another person. Defines "end-to-end encryption messaging system or device". Effective immediately.
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68	68	1 "Intimate parts" means the fully unclothed, partially
69	69	2 unclothed or transparently clothed genitals, pubic area,
70	70	3 anus, or if the person is female, a partially or fully
71	71	4 exposed nipple, including exposure through transparent
72	72	5 clothing.
73	73	6 "Personal identifying information" has the meaning
74	74	7 ascribed to the term in Section 16-0.1.
75	75	8 "Sexual act" means sexual penetration, masturbation,
76	76	9 or sexual activity.
77	77	10 "Sexual activity" means any:
78	78	11 (1) knowing touching or fondling by the victim or
79	79	12 another person or animal, either directly or through
80	80	13 clothing, of the sex organs, anus, or breast of the
81	81	14 victim or another person or animal for the purpose of
82	82	15 sexual gratification or arousal; or
83	83	16 (2) any transfer or transmission of semen upon any
84	84	17 part of the clothed or unclothed body of the victim,
85	85	18 for the purpose of sexual gratification or arousal of
86	86	19 the victim or another; or
87	87	20 (3) an act of urination within a sexual context;
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89	89	22 (4) any bondage, fetter, or sadism masochism; or
90	90	23 (5) sadomasochism abuse in any sexual context.
91	91	24 (b) A person commits non-consensual dissemination of
92	92	25 private sexual images when he or she:
93	93	26 (1) intentionally disseminates an image of another
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104	104	1 person:
105	105	2 (A) (blank); and
106	106	3 (B) who is identifiable from the image itself, or
107	107	4 whose personal identifying information is displayed or
108	108	5 disseminated in connection with the image, or whose
109	109	6 identity is known to the person who disseminated the
110	110	7 image; and
111	111	8 (C) who is engaged in a sexual act or whose
112	112	9 intimate parts are exposed, in whole or in part; and
113	113	10 (2) obtains the image under circumstances in which a
114	114	11 reasonable person would know or understand that the image
115	115	12 was to remain private; and
116	116	13 (3) knows or should have known that the person in the
117	117	14 image has not consented to the dissemination.
118	118	15 (c) The following activities are exempt from the
119	119	16 provisions of this Section:
120	120	17 (1) The intentional dissemination of an image of
121	121	18 another identifiable person who is engaged in a sexual act
122	122	19 or whose intimate parts are exposed when the dissemination
123	123	20 is made for the purpose of a criminal investigation that
124	124	21 is otherwise lawful.
125	125	22 (2) The intentional dissemination of an image of
126	126	23 another identifiable person who is engaged in a sexual act
127	127	24 or whose intimate parts are exposed when the dissemination
128	128	25 is for the purpose of, or in connection with, the
129	129	26 reporting of unlawful conduct.
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140	140	1 (3) The intentional dissemination of an image of
141	141	2 another identifiable person who is engaged in a sexual act
142	142	3 or whose intimate parts are exposed when the images
143	143	4 involve voluntary exposure in public or commercial
144	144	5 settings.
145	145	6 (4) The intentional dissemination of an image of
146	146	7 another identifiable person who is engaged in a sexual act
147	147	8 or whose intimate parts are exposed when the dissemination
148	148	9 serves a lawful public purpose.
149	149	10 (d) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to impose
150	150	11 liability upon the following entities solely as a result of
151	151	12 content or information provided by another person:
152	152	13 (1) an interactive computer service, as defined in 47
153	153	14 U.S.C. 230(f)(2);
154	154	15 (2) a provider of public mobile services or private
155	155	16 radio services, as defined in Section 13-214 of the Public
156	156	17 Utilities Act; or
157	157	18 (3) a telecommunications network or broadband
158	158	19 provider.
159	159	20 (e) A person convicted under this Section is subject to
160	160	21 the forfeiture provisions in Article 124B of the Code of
161	161	22 Criminal Procedure of 1963.
162	162	23 (f) Sentence. Non-consensual dissemination of private
163	163	24 sexual images is a Class 4 felony. Non-consensual
164	164	25 dissemination of private sexual images is a Class 3 felony if
165	165	26 the person who commits the offense of non-consensual
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176	176	1 dissemination of private sexual images uses an end-to-end
177	177	2 encryption messaging system or device to transmit or
178	178	3 disseminate the image to the victim or to another person.
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