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Bill	ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION	Amends the Criminal Code of 1961 and the Harassing and Obscene Communications Act. Provides that "electronic communication" includes transmissions through an electronic device including, but not limited to, a telephone, cellular phone, computer, or pager, which communication includes, but is not limited to, e-mail, instant message, text message, or voice mail (rather than transmissions by a computer through the Internet to another computer). Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 2935	Illinois HB 2935 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	35	2	2011-02-22	2011-08-11	openstates	ocd-bill/d5dbefe3-24b5-4a13-8474-d863b5cd9705	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2935&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=60268&SessionID=84&GA=97	cbd8dba365708128dc6fc5c72b8574e0c1e5d680cbab284d21a8d512f1a4a994	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2935 (97th) — ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961 and the Harassing and Obscene Communications Act. Provides that "electronic communication" includes transmissions through an electronic device including, but not limited to, a telephone, cellular phone, computer, or pager, which communication includes, but is not limited to, e-mail, instant message, text message, or voice mail (rather than transmissions by a computer through the Internet to another computer). 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

• Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 110–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Emily McAsey — primary (person)
• Ira I. Silverstein — cosponsor (person)
• Mattie Hunter — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-22 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Emily McAsey filing
• 2011-02-23 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
• 2011-02-23 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-02-23 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-02-28 Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-10 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-03-10 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-03-15 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Marlow H. Colvin
• 2011-03-17 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-04-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Esther Golar
• 2011-04-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2011-04-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
• 2011-04-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol A. Sente
• 2011-04-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2011-04-06 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-04-07 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2011-04-07 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 8, 2011 reading-1
• 2011-04-08 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson
• 2011-04-11 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-11 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-04-27 Assigned to Criminal Law referral-committee
• 2011-05-06 Postponed - Criminal Law
• 2011-05-11 Do Pass Criminal Law; 005-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-05-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 12, 2011
• 2011-05-13 Second Reading reading-2
• 2011-05-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 16, 2011
• 2011-05-17 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
• 2011-05-17 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
• 2011-05-17 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-05-17 Passed Both Houses
• 2011-06-15 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2011-08-11 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2011-08-11 Effective Date August 11, 2011
• 2011-08-11 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0303 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d5dbefe3-24b5-4a13-8474-d863b5cd9705. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).