---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCH SETTING-RIGHT TO PRIVACY"
description: "Amends the Right to Privacy in the School Setting Act. In provisions allowing a school to request or require a student (or, in addition, his or her parent or guardian with respect to post-secondary schools) to provide a password or other related account information in order to gain access to the student's account or profile on a social networking website (or, in addition, to demand access with respect to post-secondary schools) if the school has reasonable cause to believe that the student's account on a social networking website contains evidence that the student has violated a school disciplinary rule or policy, provides that a school does not have reasonable cause unless a victim or concerned party, such as a parent or guardian, has filed a complaint with the school or school personnel have observed cyber-bullying taking place. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "99th"
identifier: "HB 3527"
citation: "Illinois HB 3527 (99th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 50
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2015-02-26"
last_action: "2015-08-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d81f6a58-34ae-4853-a21b-09b919bda05b"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3527&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=89715&SessionID=88&GA=99"
source_hash: "02a4606065a84809125ec5f920541e9aea6c29bdb762d399eef2f8a52aed629d"
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 3527 (99th) — SCH SETTING-RIGHT TO PRIVACY

Amends the Right to Privacy in the School Setting Act. In provisions allowing a school to request or require a student (or, in addition, his or her parent or guardian with respect to post-secondary schools) to provide a password or other related account information in order to gain access to the student's account or profile on a social networking website (or, in addition, to demand access with respect to post-secondary schools) if the school has reasonable cause to believe that the student's account on a social networking website contains evidence that the student has violated a school disciplinary rule or policy, provides that a school does not have reasonable cause unless a victim or concerned party, such as a parent or guardian, has filed a complaint with the school or school personnel have observed cyber-bullying taking place. Effective immediately.

## 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=09900HB3527&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=89715&DocNum=3527&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB3527eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=89715&DocNum=3527&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB3527enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=89715&DocNum=3527&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **54–1** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence — **111–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mike Fortner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-26** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Mike Fortner `filing`
- **2015-02-26** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
- **2015-02-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-02-26** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-10** Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-18** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2015-03-18** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2015-03-18** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Fine
- **2015-03-24** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Mike Fortner `amendment-introduction`
- **2015-03-24** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-25** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dwight Kay
- **2015-03-26** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Civil Committee
- **2015-04-15** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary - Civil Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur Turner
- **2015-04-15** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2015-04-15** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2015-04-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2015-04-16** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2015-04-16** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2015-04-16** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 21, 2015 `reading-1`
- **2015-04-22** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Michael Connelly
- **2015-04-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-23** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-29** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-04** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael Connelly `amendment-introduction`
- **2015-05-04** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-05** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Education
- **2015-05-05** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2015-05-06** Do Pass as Amended Education; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2015-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2015
- **2015-05-06** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
- **2015-05-15** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt
- **2015-05-18** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-05-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 19, 2015
- **2015-05-18** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2015-05-19** Third Reading - Passed; 054-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2015-05-20** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2015-05-20** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- **2015-05-20** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Mike Fortner
- **2015-05-20** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-25** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Judiciary - Civil Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-27** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary - Civil Committee; 011-000-000
- **2015-05-27** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
- **2015-05-31** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 111-000-000
- **2015-05-31** House Concurs
- **2015-05-31** Passed Both Houses
- **2015-06-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-08-25** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2015-08-25** Effective Date August 25, 2015
- **2015-08-25** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0460 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d81f6a58-34ae-4853-a21b-09b919bda05b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).