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Bill	INTERNET DATING SAFETY ACT	Creates the Internet Dating Safety Act. Requires Internet dating services offering services to Illinois members to provide a safety awareness notification to all Illinois members. Provides that if an Internet dating service does not conduct criminal background screenings on its members, the service shall disclose, clearly and conspicuously, to all Illinois members that the Internet dating service does not conduct criminal background screenings. Provides that an Internet service provider does not violate the Act solely as a result of serving as an intermediary for the transmission of electronic messages between members of an Internet dating service. Provides that the Attorney General, pursuant to the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, shall adopt rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of the Act. Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that it is an unlawful practice under the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act for an Internet dating service to fail to provide notice or falsely indicate that it has performed criminal background screenings in accordance with the Internet Dating Safety Act. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	SB 2545	Illinois SB 2545 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	68	3	2011-12-13	2012-08-24	openstates	ocd-bill/75019f2d-b483-4878-b0b4-38da4a4c870d	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2545&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=62704&SessionID=84&GA=97	6fc02bfb21daf89d6124ef3c652847a8ed4e390012c893df873e2e5bb35c48bf	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2545 (97th) — INTERNET DATING SAFETY ACT

Creates the Internet Dating Safety Act. Requires Internet dating services offering services to Illinois members to provide a safety awareness notification to all Illinois members. Provides that if an Internet dating service does not conduct criminal background screenings on its members, the service shall disclose, clearly and conspicuously, to all Illinois members that the Internet dating service does not conduct criminal background screenings. Provides that an Internet service provider does not violate the Act solely as a result of serving as an intermediary for the transmission of electronic messages between members of an Internet dating service. Provides that the Attorney General, pursuant to the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, shall adopt rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of the Act. Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that it is an unlawful practice under the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act for an Internet dating service to fail to provide notice or falsely indicate that it has performed criminal background screenings in accordance with the Internet Dating Safety Act. 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 — 108–10 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 42–9 (pass) · upper
• Concurrence, Amendment 2 — 40–14 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Carol A. Sente — cosponsor (person)
• Daniel V. Beiser — cosponsor (person)
• Emily McAsey — cosponsor (person)
• Fred Crespo — cosponsor (person)
• Ira I. Silverstein — primary (person)
• Jehan A. Gordon — cosponsor (person)
• Jerry F. Costello, II — cosponsor (person)
• Lawrence M. Walsh, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-12-13 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein filing
• 2011-12-13 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-12-13 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-01-24 Assigned to Commerce referral-committee
• 2012-02-24 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein amendment-introduction
• 2012-02-24 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-02-27 Re-referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-02-27 Re-assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2012-02-27 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
• 2012-02-29 Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein amendment-introduction
• 2012-02-29 Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-03-06 Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
• 2012-03-06 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2012-03-06 Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2012-03-07 Do Pass as Amended Judiciary; 006-002-001 committee-passage
• 2012-03-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 8, 2012
• 2012-03-07 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein amendment-introduction
• 2012-03-07 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-03-21 Second Reading reading-2
• 2012-03-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 22, 2012
• 2012-03-22 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
• 2012-03-27 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary; 009-000-000
• 2012-03-28 Recalled to Second Reading reading-2
• 2012-03-28 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Table Amendment - Prevailed
• 2012-03-28 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled amendment-failure
• 2012-03-28 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted; Silverstein amendment-passage
• 2012-03-28 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
• 2012-03-28 Third Reading - Passed; 042-009-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-03-28 Arrived in House introduction
• 2012-03-28 Chief House Sponsor Rep. John E. Bradley
• 2012-03-28 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2012-03-28 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-03-28 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2012-04-16 Assigned to Consumer Protection Committee referral-committee
• 2012-04-17 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Michelle Mussman
• 2012-04-30 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Michelle Mussman amendment-introduction
• 2012-04-30 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2012-05-01 Do Pass / Short Debate Consumer Protection Committee; 012-005-000 committee-passage
• 2012-05-02 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-05-02 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 amendment-failure
• 2012-05-10 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Michelle Mussman amendment-introduction
• 2012-05-10 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2012-05-11 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Consumer Protection Committee
• 2012-05-17 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Consumer Protection Committee; 012-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-05-18 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
• 2012-05-18 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan A. Gordon
• 2012-05-18 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Lawrence M. Walsh, Jr.
• 2012-05-18 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol A. Sente
• 2012-05-18 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Fred Crespo
• 2012-05-18 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Emily McAsey
• 2012-05-21 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2012-05-21 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2012-05-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-05-21 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry F. Costello, II
• 2012-05-22 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-010-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-05-22 Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 2
• 2012-05-22 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 2 - May 23, 2012
• 2012-05-23 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Ira I. Silverstein filing
• 2012-05-23 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-05-25 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2012-05-28 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Judiciary; 006-003-000
• 2012-05-29 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Senate Concurs 040-014-000
• 2012-05-29 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
• 2012-05-29 Passed Both Houses
• 2012-06-27 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2012-08-24 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2012-08-24 Effective Date August 24, 2012
• 2012-08-24 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-1056 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/75019f2d-b483-4878-b0b4-38da4a4c870d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).