Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB2369 Compare Versions

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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2369 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Jason Plummer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act Creates the Secure Telecommunications Act of 2025. Provides that all critical telecommunications infrastructure located within or serving the State shall be constructed so as not to include any equipment manufactured by a federally banned corporation or any equipment banned at the federal level. Provides that all critical telecommunications infrastructure located within or serving the State shall be constructed so as not to include any equipment manufactured in or by a foreign adversary, a state-owned enterprise of a foreign adversary, or a company domiciled within a foreign adversary. Provides that the Illinois Commerce Commission shall establish a registration system for telecommunications providers. Provides for a registration fee. Sets forth requirements for registration of telecommunications providers. Provides for a civil penalty of not less than $10,000 and not more than $100,000 for any telecommunications provider who violates the Act or knowingly submits a false registration form. Provides that any telecommunications provider that fails to comply with a portion of the Act is prohibited from receiving any State or local funds, including funds from the Illinois Telecommunications Universal Service Fund, for the development or support of new or existing critical telecommunications infrastructure and is also prohibited from receiving any federal funds subject to distribution by State or local governments for the development or support of new or existing critical telecommunications infrastructure. Effective July 1, 2025. LRB104 04931 AAS 14958 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2369 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Jason Plummer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act New Act Creates the Secure Telecommunications Act of 2025. Provides that all critical telecommunications infrastructure located within or serving the State shall be constructed so as not to include any equipment manufactured by a federally banned corporation or any equipment banned at the federal level. Provides that all critical telecommunications infrastructure located within or serving the State shall be constructed so as not to include any equipment manufactured in or by a foreign adversary, a state-owned enterprise of a foreign adversary, or a company domiciled within a foreign adversary. Provides that the Illinois Commerce Commission shall establish a registration system for telecommunications providers. Provides for a registration fee. Sets forth requirements for registration of telecommunications providers. Provides for a civil penalty of not less than $10,000 and not more than $100,000 for any telecommunications provider who violates the Act or knowingly submits a false registration form. Provides that any telecommunications provider that fails to comply with a portion of the Act is prohibited from receiving any State or local funds, including funds from the Illinois Telecommunications Universal Service Fund, for the development or support of new or existing critical telecommunications infrastructure and is also prohibited from receiving any federal funds subject to distribution by State or local governments for the development or support of new or existing critical telecommunications infrastructure. Effective July 1, 2025. LRB104 04931 AAS 14958 b LRB104 04931 AAS 14958 b A BILL FOR
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5	5	Creates the Secure Telecommunications Act of 2025. Provides that all critical telecommunications infrastructure located within or serving the State shall be constructed so as not to include any equipment manufactured by a federally banned corporation or any equipment banned at the federal level. Provides that all critical telecommunications infrastructure located within or serving the State shall be constructed so as not to include any equipment manufactured in or by a foreign adversary, a state-owned enterprise of a foreign adversary, or a company domiciled within a foreign adversary. Provides that the Illinois Commerce Commission shall establish a registration system for telecommunications providers. Provides for a registration fee. Sets forth requirements for registration of telecommunications providers. Provides for a civil penalty of not less than $10,000 and not more than $100,000 for any telecommunications provider who violates the Act or knowingly submits a false registration form. Provides that any telecommunications provider that fails to comply with a portion of the Act is prohibited from receiving any State or local funds, including funds from the Illinois Telecommunications Universal Service Fund, for the development or support of new or existing critical telecommunications infrastructure and is also prohibited from receiving any federal funds subject to distribution by State or local governments for the development or support of new or existing critical telecommunications infrastructure. Effective July 1, 2025.
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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning regulation.
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 Secure
15	15	5 Telecommunications Act of 2025.
16	16	6 Section 5. Purpose. The purpose of this Act is to secure
17	17	7 the State's telecommunications grid and protect national
18	18	8 security by eliminating communications hardware and software
19	19	9 from Illinois' telecommunications grid that comes from
20	20	10 countries of concern and sanctioned entities.
21	21	11 Section 10. Definitions. In this Act:
22	22	12 "Critical telecommunications infrastructure" means all
23	23	13 physical broadband infrastructure and equipment that supports
24	24	14 the transmission of information of a user's choosing,
25	25	15 regardless of the transmission medium or technology employed,
26	26	16 that connects to a network that permits the end user to engage
27	27	17 in communications, including, but not limited to, service
28	28	18 provided directly to the public or to such classes of users as
29	29	19 to be effectively available directly to the public.
30	30	20 "Federally banned corporation" means any company or
31	31	21 designated equipment currently banned or at any point on or
32	32	22 after the effective date of this Act banned at the federal
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36	36	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2369 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Jason Plummer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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39	39	Creates the Secure Telecommunications Act of 2025. Provides that all critical telecommunications infrastructure located within or serving the State shall be constructed so as not to include any equipment manufactured by a federally banned corporation or any equipment banned at the federal level. Provides that all critical telecommunications infrastructure located within or serving the State shall be constructed so as not to include any equipment manufactured in or by a foreign adversary, a state-owned enterprise of a foreign adversary, or a company domiciled within a foreign adversary. Provides that the Illinois Commerce Commission shall establish a registration system for telecommunications providers. Provides for a registration fee. Sets forth requirements for registration of telecommunications providers. Provides for a civil penalty of not less than $10,000 and not more than $100,000 for any telecommunications provider who violates the Act or knowingly submits a false registration form. Provides that any telecommunications provider that fails to comply with a portion of the Act is prohibited from receiving any State or local funds, including funds from the Illinois Telecommunications Universal Service Fund, for the development or support of new or existing critical telecommunications infrastructure and is also prohibited from receiving any federal funds subject to distribution by State or local governments for the development or support of new or existing critical telecommunications infrastructure. Effective July 1, 2025.
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67	67	1 level. These bans shall include bans resulting from, but not
68	68	2 limited to, actions taken by the following federal agencies or
69	69	3 under the following Acts:
70	70	4 (1) the Federal Communications Commission, including,
71	71	5 but not limited to, any equipment or service deemed to
72	72	6 pose a threat to national security identified on the
73	73	7 Covered List developed pursuant to 47 CFR 1.50002, as it
74	74	8 existed on the effective date of this Act and as is
75	75	9 published by the Public Safety and Homeland Security
76	76	10 Bureau of the Federal Communications Commission pursuant
77	77	11 to the federal Secure and Trust Communications Networks
78	78	12 Act of 2019, 47 U.S.C. 1601 et seq., as that Act existed on
79	79	13 the effective date of this Act;
80	80	14 (2) the U.S. Commerce Department;
81	81	15 (3) the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security
82	82	16 Agency;
83	83	17 (4) the Federal Acquisition Security Council; and
84	84	18 (5) Section 889 of the John S. McCain National Defense
85	85	19 Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2019 (P.L.
86	86	20 115-232).
87	87	21 "Foreign adversary" means the People's Republic of China,
88	88	22 the Russian Federation, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the
89	89	23 Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the Republic of Cuba,
90	90	24 the Venezuelan regime of Nicolas Maduro, or the Syrian Arab
91	91	25 Republic, including any agent of or any other entity under
92	92	26 significant control of such foreign country of concern, or any
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103	103	1 other entity deemed a foreign adversary by the Governor in
104	104	2 consultation with the Illinois Commerce Commission.
105	105	3 "Telecommunications provider" means any corporation,
106	106	4 public or private, which operates any system which supports
107	107	5 the transmission of information of a user's choosing,
108	108	6 regardless of the transmission medium or technology employed,
109	109	7 that connects to a network that permits the end user to engage
110	110	8 in communications, including, but not limited to, service
111	111	9 provided directly to the public or to such classes of users as
112	112	10 to be effectively available directly to the public.
113	113	11 Section 15. Prohibitions.
114	114	12 (a) All critical telecommunications infrastructure located
115	115	13 within or serving the State shall be constructed not to
116	116	14 include any equipment manufactured by a federally banned
117	117	15 corporation, nor any equipment banned at the federal level.
118	118	16 (b) All critical telecommunications infrastructure located
119	119	17 within or serving the State shall be constructed not to
120	120	18 include any equipment manufactured in or by, including any
121	121	19 equipment whose critical or necessary components are
122	122	20 manufactured in or by, a foreign adversary, a state-owned
123	123	21 enterprise of a foreign adversary, or a company domiciled
124	124	22 within a foreign adversary.
125	125	23 (c) All critical telecommunications infrastructure in
126	126	24 operation within or serving the State, to include any critical
127	127	25 telecommunications infrastructure which is not permanently
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138	138	1 disabled, shall have all equipment prohibited by subsection
139	139	2 (a) or (b) replaced with equipment that is not prohibited by
140	140	3 subsection (a) or (b).
141	141	4 (d) Any telecommunications provider that removes,
142	142	5 discontinues, or replaces any prohibited telecommunications
143	143	6 equipment or service shall not be required to obtain any
144	144	7 additional permits from any State agency or political
145	145	8 subdivision for the removal, discontinuance, or replacement of
146	146	9 such communications equipment or service as long as the State
147	147	10 agency or political subdivision is properly notified of the
148	148	11 necessary replacements and the replacement communications
149	149	12 equipment is similar to the existing communications equipment.
150	150	13 (e) The Commission shall impose against any person who
151	151	14 violates this Section a civil penalty of not less than $10,000
152	152	15 and not more than $100,000 per day of noncompliance.
153	153	16 Section 20. Illinois Commerce Commission registration and
154	154	17 enforcement.
155	155	18 (a) Any telecommunications provider providing service in
156	156	19 Illinois shall file a registration form with, and pay a
157	157	20 registration fee to, the Illinois Commerce Commission by
158	158	21 September 1, 2025, and then on January 1 every year
159	159	22 thereafter. Any communications provider shall register with
160	160	23 the Commission prior to providing service. The Commission
161	161	24 shall prescribe the registration form to be filed pursuant to
162	162	25 this Section.
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173	173	1 (b) A telecommunications provider shall provide the
174	174	2 Illinois Commerce Commission with the name, address, telephone
175	175	3 number, and email address of a person with managerial
176	176	4 responsibility for the Illinois operations.
177	177	5 (c) A telecommunications provider shall:
178	178	6 (1) submit a registration fee at the time of
179	179	7 submission of the registration form. The Illinois Commerce
180	180	8 Commission shall set the fee in an amount sufficient to
181	181	9 cover the costs of administering the registration process
182	182	10 but not to exceed $50;
183	183	11 (2) keep the information required by this Section
184	184	12 current and notify the Commission of any changes to such
185	185	13 information within 60 days after the change; and
186	186	14 (3) certify to the Commission by January 1 each year
187	187	15 that all critical telecommunications equipment and
188	188	16 infrastructure within its operation does not use or
189	189	17 provide any communications equipment or service covered
190	190	18 under Section 15.
191	191	19 (d) The Commission shall impose against any provider that
192	192	20 knowingly submits a false registration form under this Section
193	193	21 a civil penalty of not less than $10,000 and not more than
194	194	22 $100,000 per day of noncompliance.
195	195	23 (e) Any telecommunications provider that fails to comply
196	196	24 with this Section is prohibited from receiving any State or
197	197	25 local funds for the development or support of new or existing
198	198	26 critical telecommunications infrastructure, including the
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209	209	1 Illinois Telecommunications Universal Service Fund, and is
210	210	2 prohibited from receiving any federal funds subject to
211	211	3 distribution by State or local governments for the development
212	212	4 or support of new or existing critical telecommunications
213	213	5 infrastructure.
214	214	6 Section 97. Severability. The provisions of this Act are
215	215	7 severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.
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