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| Bill | 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. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 93rd | HB 2972 | Illinois HB 2972 (93rd) |
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enacted | 3 | 46 | 2 | 2003-02-24 | 2003-07-14 | openstates | ocd-bill/e61195c2-d087-4fbf-ab5b-a03af1c448e2 | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2972&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=5526&SessionID=3&GA=93 | ec33ed6923aa0e6a7e6abe7b2f89464fba7f27036589020075a9bc13a4304c78 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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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.
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; origin ocd-bill/e61195c2-d087-4fbf-ab5b-a03af1c448e2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).