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type: "Bill"
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title: "HARASSING ELECTRONIC COMM"
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description: "Amends the Harassing and Obscene Communications Act. Creates the Cyberbullying Law. Provides that the offense of harassment through electronic communications also includes the use of electronic communication for making a harassing statement for the purpose of alarming, tormenting, or terrorizing a specific person on at least 2 separate occasions; or creating and maintaining an Internet website or webpage, which is accessible to one or more third parties for a period of at least 24 hours, and which contains harassing statements made for the purpose of alarming, tormenting, or terrorizing a specific person. Establishes penalties. Effective immediately."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
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legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
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session: "95th"
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identifier: "SB 2426"
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citation: "Illinois SB 2426 (95th)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 45
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2008-02-15"
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last_action: "2008-08-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b0d2afa-c3b5-4c0d-92eb-bd22547a4f0a"
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source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2426&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=36448&SessionID=51&GA=95"
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source_hash: "9db42717c90e2237351f28d503265cb13d6372cb3e5c37844a4f0994251a3737"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
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---
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# Illinois SB 2426 (95th) — HARASSING ELECTRONIC COMM
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Amends the Harassing and Obscene Communications Act. Creates the Cyberbullying Law. Provides that the offense of harassment through electronic communications also includes the use of electronic communication for making a harassing statement for the purpose of alarming, tormenting, or terrorizing a specific person on at least 2 separate occasions; or creating and maintaining an Internet website or webpage, which is accessible to one or more third parties for a period of at least 24 hours, and which contains harassing statements made for the purpose of alarming, tormenting, or terrorizing a specific person. Establishes penalties. Effective immediately.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB2426&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=36448&DocNum=2426&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB2426eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=36448&DocNum=2426&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB2426enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=36448&DocNum=2426&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **108–1** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **53–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ira I. Silverstein — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2008-02-15** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein `filing`
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- **2008-02-15** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2008-02-15** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2008-02-27** Assigned to Judiciary Criminal Law `referral-committee`
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- **2008-03-06** Postponed - Judiciary Criminal Law
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- **2008-03-12** Do Pass Judiciary Criminal Law; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2008-03-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 13, 2008
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- **2008-04-01** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein `amendment-introduction`
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- **2008-04-01** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2008-04-02** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary Criminal Law
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- **2008-04-03** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary Criminal Law; 010-000-000
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- **2008-04-10** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein `amendment-introduction`
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- **2008-04-10** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2008-04-11** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein `amendment-introduction`
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- **2008-04-11** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2008-04-15** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Rules Refers to Judiciary Criminal Law
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- **2008-04-16** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary Criminal Law; 010-000-000
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- **2008-04-16** Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2008-04-16** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Table Amendment - Prevailed Silverstein
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- **2008-04-16** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled `amendment-failure`
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- **2008-04-16** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted; Silverstein `amendment-passage`
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- **2008-04-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 17, 2008
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- **2008-04-16** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
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- **2008-04-17** Third Reading - Passed; 053-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2008-04-17** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) `amendment-failure`
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- **2008-04-17** Arrived in House `introduction`
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- **2008-04-17** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2008-04-17** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Patrick J Verschoore
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- **2008-04-24** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2008-04-24** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2008-05-06** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert F. Flider
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- **2008-05-06** Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2008-05-09** Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 23, 2008
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- **2008-05-15** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 011-002-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2008-05-15** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2008-05-19** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert S. Molaro
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- **2008-05-19** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael K. Smith
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- **2008-05-19** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2008-05-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2008-05-22** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2008-05-22** Passed Both Houses
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- **2008-06-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2008-08-18** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
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- **2008-08-18** Effective Date January 1, 2009
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- **2008-08-18** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0849 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8b0d2afa-c3b5-4c0d-92eb-bd22547a4f0a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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