---
type: "Bill"
title: "INTERNET PRIVACY COMMISSION"
description: "INTERNET PRIVACY COMMISSION"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "90th"
identifier: "HB 2696"
citation: "Illinois HB 2696 (90th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 46
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1998-02-03T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1998-07-24T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f49374c-38aa-4fe7-a11a-bb88f9ab57c6"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/90gatoc.html"
source_hash: "7a50e414a11c5759fddd6b0291d87ed1f325a5d1d19e0b3a26678f8563f87828"
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 2696 (90th) — INTERNET PRIVACY COMMISSION

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB2696** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/hbgroups/hb/900HB2696LV.html)

## Sponsors

- COULSON — cosponsor (person)
- DAVIS,STEVE — cosponsor (person)
- ERWIN — cosponsor (person)
- FANTIN — cosponsor (person)
- FEIGENHOLTZ — cosponsor (person)
- FLOWERS — cosponsor (person)
- GASH — cosponsor (person)
- HOLBROOK — cosponsor (person)
- LOPEZ — cosponsor (person)
- MOLARO — cosponsor (person)
- MULLIGAN — cosponsor (person)
- SCHOENBERG — cosponsor (person)
- SMITH,MICHAEL — cosponsor (person)
- WOOD — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **1998-02-03T00:00:00-06:00** FILED WITH CLERK `introduction`
- **1998-02-03T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1998-02-03T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1998-02-04T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR FEIGENHOLTZ
- **1998-02-25T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE STATE GOV ADM `referral-committee`
- **1998-02-26T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR COULSON
- **1998-02-26T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MULLIGAN
- **1998-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE FILED
- **1998-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** COMMITTEE STATE GOV ADM
- **1998-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 012-000-000 HSGE
- **1998-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1998-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED BLACK
- **1998-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1998-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1998-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **1998-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR ERWIN
- **1998-03-26T00:00:00-06:00** FISCAL NOTE REQUEST-WITHDRAWN BLACK
- **1998-03-26T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR RONEN
- **1998-03-26T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR GASH
- **1998-03-26T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR WOOD
- **1998-03-26T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1998-03-26T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR LOPEZ
- **1998-03-26T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SMITH,MICHAEL
- **1998-03-26T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR HOLBROOK
- **1998-03-26T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BOLAND
- **1998-03-26T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR DAVIS,STEVE
- **1998-03-26T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR FLOWERS
- **1998-03-26T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 114-000-001 `reading-3`
- **1998-03-26T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR FANTIN
- **1998-03-31T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **1998-03-31T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 98-04-01
- **1998-04-02T00:00:00-06:00** CHIEF SPONSOR MOLARO
- **1998-04-08T00:00:00-05:00** FISCAL NOTE FILED
- **1998-04-21T00:00:00-05:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1998-04-21T00:00:00-05:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1998-04-28T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE `referral-committee`
- **1998-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS 013-000-000 SEXC
- **1998-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 98-05-07
- **1998-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1998-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 98-05-12
- **1998-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 058-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1998-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1998-06-11T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1998-07-24T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1998-07-24T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 98-07-24
- **1998-07-24T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0638

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2f49374c-38aa-4fe7-a11a-bb88f9ab57c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).