republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/100th/hb-2371.md

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Bill	STATE EMPLOYEES-CYBERSECURITY	Amends the Data Security on State Computers Act. Requires State employees to annually undergo training by the Department of Innovation and Technology concerning cybersecurity. Allows the Department to make the training an online course. Requires the training to include detecting phishing scams, preventing spyware infections and identity theft, and preventing and responding to data breaches. Allows the Department to adopt rules to implement the program.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	100th	HB 2371	Illinois HB 2371 (100th)	bill		enacted		3	34	2	2017-02-03	2017-08-08	openstates	ocd-bill/f3b7408a-e20d-46b0-a438-9ae33d08f9e1	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2371&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=103007&SessionID=91&GA=100	3ae269f9a7c1bdc8d671fef2e5b82235dfebdaf1a43d4d748cd9740dccbd91ec	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2371 (100th) — STATE EMPLOYEES-CYBERSECURITY

Amends the Data Security on State Computers Act. Requires State employees to annually undergo training by the Department of Innovation and Technology concerning cybersecurity. Allows the Department to make the training an online course. Requires the training to include detecting phishing scams, preventing spyware infections and identity theft, and preventing and responding to data breaches. Allows the Department to adopt rules to implement the program.

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 — 107–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 54–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Emanuel Chris Welch — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-03 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch filing
• 2017-02-03 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-02-03 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2017-02-14 Assigned to Cybersecurity, Data Analytics, & IT Committee referral-committee
• 2017-02-21 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch amendment-introduction
• 2017-02-21 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2017-02-22 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Cybersecurity, Data Analytics, & IT Committee
• 2017-03-09 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Cybersecurity, Data Analytics, & IT Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2017-03-09 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Cybersecurity, Data Analytics, & IT Committee; 008-001-000 committee-passage
• 2017-03-09 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-03-10 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
• 2017-03-15 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2017-03-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-03-16 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 107-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2017-03-16 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.
• 2017-03-16 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Frances Ann Hurley
• 2017-03-16 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
• 2017-03-17 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2017-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2017-03-17 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
• 2017-03-17 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-03-17 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2017-04-25 Assigned to State Government referral-committee
• 2017-05-04 Do Pass State Government; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2017-05-04 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 5, 2017
• 2017-05-12 Second Reading reading-2
• 2017-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2017
• 2017-05-15 Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2017-05-15 Passed Both Houses
• 2017-05-29 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2017-06-13 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-08-08 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2017-08-08 Effective Date January 1, 2018
• 2017-08-08 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0040 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f3b7408a-e20d-46b0-a438-9ae33d08f9e1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).