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type: "Bill"
title: "EDUC-SOCIAL NETWORK PASSWORD"
description: "Creates the Privacy in the School Setting Act. Defines \"school\" as an institution of higher learning as defined in the Higher Education Student Assistance Act, a public elementary or secondary school or school district, or a nonpublic school recognized by the State Board of Education. Provides that it is unlawful for a school to request or require a student or prospective student or his or her parent or guardian to provide a password or other related account information in order to gain access to the student's or prospective student's account or profile on a social networking website or to demand access in any manner to a student's or prospective student's account or profile on a social networking website. Provides that a school or an agent of a school who violates the Act is guilty of a petty offense."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "HB 64"
citation: "Illinois HB 64 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-01-03"
last_action: "2013-08-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3630e19f-7bed-489f-921b-fec169f8208b"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=64&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=68344&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "62df231f9ca33c7025a9da393762799f30d0ae48999bb237a19e32d03a7522be"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---
# Illinois HB 64 (98th) — EDUC-SOCIAL NETWORK PASSWORD
Creates the Privacy in the School Setting Act. Defines "school" as an institution of higher learning as defined in the Higher Education Student Assistance Act, a public elementary or secondary school or school district, or a nonpublic school recognized by the State Board of Education. Provides that it is unlawful for a school to request or require a student or prospective student or his or her parent or guardian to provide a password or other related account information in order to gain access to the student's or prospective student's account or profile on a social networking website or to demand access in any manner to a student's or prospective student's account or profile on a social networking website. Provides that a school or an agent of a school who violates the Act is guilty of a petty offense.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB0064&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=68344&DocNum=64&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB0064eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=68344&DocNum=64&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB0064enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=68344&DocNum=64&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **6054** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **505** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- La Shawn K. Ford — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2013-01-03** Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford `filing`
- **2013-01-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-01-09** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-01-30** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-19** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford `amendment-introduction`
- **2013-02-19** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-20** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee
- **2013-02-27** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2013-02-27** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2013-02-27** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2013-03-05** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford `amendment-introduction`
- **2013-03-05** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-07** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-07** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2013-03-07** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2013-03-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2013-03-07** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Derrick Smith
- **2013-03-07** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
- **2013-03-07** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
- **2013-03-07** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
- **2013-03-07** Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Mike Fortner
- **2013-03-07** Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Monique D. Davis
- **2013-03-07** Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Mary E. Flowers
- **2013-03-08** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 060-054-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2013-03-08** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
- **2013-03-09** Third Reading - Passed; 050-005-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2013-03-12** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2013-03-12** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 13, 2013 `reading-1`
- **2013-03-13** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2013-03-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-14** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-03** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-17** Do Pass Education; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2013-04-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 18, 2013
- **2013-04-24** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 25, 2013
- **2013-05-09** Third Reading - Passed; 050-005-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2013-05-09** Passed Both Houses
- **2013-06-07** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-08-02** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2013-08-02** Effective Date January 1, 2014
- **2013-08-02** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0129 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3630e19f-7bed-489f-921b-fec169f8208b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).