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+type: "Bill"
+title: "ELECTRONIC MAIL-RESTRICTION"
+description: "Amends the Electronic Mail Act. Requires an initiator of an unsolicited e-mail advertisement to establish a toll-free telephone number or return e-mail address that the recipient of the advertisement may call or e-mail to notify the sender not to e-mail any further unsolicited e-mail advertisements. Prohibits an initiator of an unsolicited e-mail advertisement from selling or transferring the e-mail address of a person who given notice that he or she does not want to receive any further unsolicited e-mail advertisements. Provides that each unsolicited e-mail advertisement's subject line shall include \"ADV:\" as the first 4 characters and each adult-oriented unsolicited e-mail advertisement's subject line shall include \"ADV:ADLT\" as the first 8 characters."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "93rd"
+identifier: "HB 2972"
+citation: "Illinois HB 2972 (93rd)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 46
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2003-02-24"
+last_action: "2003-07-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e61195c2-d087-4fbf-ab5b-a03af1c448e2"
+source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2972&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=5526&SessionID=3&GA=93"
+source_hash: "ec33ed6923aa0e6a7e6abe7b2f89464fba7f27036589020075a9bc13a4304c78"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
+---
+
+# Illinois HB 2972 (93rd) — ELECTRONIC MAIL-RESTRICTION
+
+Amends the Electronic Mail Act. Requires an initiator of an unsolicited e-mail advertisement to establish a toll-free telephone number or return e-mail address that the recipient of the advertisement may call or e-mail to notify the sender not to e-mail any further unsolicited e-mail advertisements. Prohibits an initiator of an unsolicited e-mail advertisement from selling or transferring the e-mail address of a person who given notice that he or she does not want to receive any further unsolicited e-mail advertisements. Provides that each unsolicited e-mail advertisement's subject line shall include "ADV:" as the first 4 characters and each adult-oriented unsolicited e-mail advertisement's subject line shall include "ADV:ADLT" as the first 8 characters.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB2972&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=5526&DocNum=2972&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB2972eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=5526&DocNum=2972&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB2972enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=5526&DocNum=2972&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper
+- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kathleen L. Wojcik — cosponsor (person)
+- Kevin Joyce — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2003-02-24** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Kevin Joyce `filing`
+- **2003-02-25** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2003-02-25** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2003-02-26** Assigned to Computer Technology Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2003-03-04** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
+- **2003-03-06** Do Pass / Short Debate Computer Technology Committee; 007-000-001 `committee-passage`
+- **2003-03-06** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2003-03-06** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen May
+- **2003-03-06** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elaine Nekritz
+- **2003-03-18** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2003-03-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2003-03-19** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
+- **2003-03-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robin Kelly
+- **2003-03-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
+- **2003-03-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
+- **2003-03-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ricca Slone
+- **2003-03-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael K. Smith
+- **2003-03-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Gary Forby
+- **2003-03-21** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2003-03-21** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
+- **2003-03-21** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
+- **2003-03-21** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
+- **2003-03-21** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Richard T. Bradley
+- **2003-03-21** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios
+- **2003-03-24** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
+- **2003-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 25, 2003 `reading-1`
+- **2003-03-25** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Susan Garrett
+- **2003-03-25** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Edward D. Maloney
+- **2003-03-26** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson
+- **2003-03-26** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Susan Garrett
+- **2003-03-27** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
+- **2003-03-27** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2003-03-27** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2003-04-03** Assigned to State Government `referral-committee`
+- **2003-05-01** Do Pass State Government; 005-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2003-05-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2003
+- **2003-05-06** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2003-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 7, 2003
+- **2003-05-13** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Kathleen L. Wojcik
+- **2003-05-13** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
+- **2003-05-13** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2003-05-13** Passed Both Houses
+- **2003-06-11** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2003-07-14** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2003-07-14** Effective Date January 1, 2004
+- **2003-07-14** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0199 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e61195c2-d087-4fbf-ab5b-a03af1c448e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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