republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/103rd/sb-2979.md

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Bill	BIPA-PROCEDURE-DAMAGES	Amends the Biometric Information Privacy Act. Defines "electronic signature" as an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to or logically associated with a record and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the record. Provides that "written release" includes an electronic signature. Provides that a private entity that more than once collects or discloses a person's biometric identifier or biometric information from the same person in violation of the Act has committed a single violation for which the aggrieved person is entitled to, at most, one recovery. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	103rd	SB 2979	Illinois SB 2979 (103rd)	bill		enacted	Ann M. Williams Bill Cunningham	3	33	4	2024-01-31	2024-08-02	openstates	ocd-bill/b460f437-ad26-4380-918b-064c42d09f19	https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=2979&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=152094&SessionID=112	9db3f3c3961df5dc682c68a5ac4f857a34f1d07055246a004530ecae7f2bd2a1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2979 (103rd) — BIPA-PROCEDURE-DAMAGES

Amends the Biometric Information Privacy Act. Defines "electronic signature" as an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to or logically associated with a record and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the record. Provides that "written release" includes an electronic signature. Provides that a private entity that more than once collects or discloses a person's biometric identifier or biometric information from the same person in violation of the Act has committed a single violation for which the aggrieved person is entitled to, at most, one recovery. Effective immediately.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Judiciary — 6–3 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 46–13 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 10–5 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 81–30 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ann M. Williams — primary (person)
• Bill Cunningham — primary (person)
• Abdelnasser Rashid — cosponsor (person)
• Adriane Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Anna Moeller — cosponsor (person)
• Bob Morgan — cosponsor (person)
• Christopher Belt — cosponsor (person)
• Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz — cosponsor (person)
• Mary Edly-Allen — cosponsor (person)
• Willie Preston — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-31 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Bill Cunningham filing
• 2024-01-31 First Reading reading-1
• 2024-01-31 Referred to Assignments
• 2024-02-06 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2024-03-13 Do Pass Judiciary; 006-003-000
• 2024-03-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 14, 2024 reading-2
• 2024-03-14 Second Reading reading-2
• 2024-03-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 20, 2024
• 2024-04-11 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
• 2024-04-11 Third Reading - Passed; 046-013-000 passage, reading-3
• 2024-04-11 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
• 2024-04-11 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Willie Preston
• 2024-04-11 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt
• 2024-04-11 Arrived in House introduction
• 2024-04-12 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Ann M. Williams
• 2024-04-12 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz
• 2024-04-12 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid
• 2024-04-12 First Reading reading-1
• 2024-04-12 Referred to Rules Committee
• 2024-04-12 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Bob Morgan
• 2024-04-24 Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee referral-committee
• 2024-05-01 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 010-005-000
• 2024-05-01 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2024-05-08 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2024-05-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2024-05-16 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 081-030-000 passage, reading-3
• 2024-05-16 Passed Both Houses
• 2024-05-16 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.
• 2024-05-16 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Anna Moeller
• 2024-06-14 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-08-02 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2024-08-02 Effective Date August 2, 2024
• 2024-08-02 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0769 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b460f437-ad26-4380-918b-064c42d09f19. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).