Bill Sponsors: IL HB5452 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly
Bill Title: Amends the Preventing Sexual Violence in Higher Education Act. Provides that all higher education institutions shall include in the comprehensive policy concerning sexual violence, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking, information about how the higher education institution protects individuals who report from retaliation. Provides that the higher education institutions procedure for responding to a report shall also include protecting the survivor from retaliation, including a policy and process for early dismissal of any retaliatory claim by a respondent against a survivor, including, but not limited to, claims of defamation, harassment, bullying, and any other violation of policy claims where the actions alleged by the respondent are related to the survivor's report. Makes related changes in provisions concerning student notification of rights and options, confidential advisors, complaint resolution procedures, and campus training. Amends the Citizen Participation Act. Provides that a court shall not permit any person to pursue a defamation action to silence or retaliate against, a person reporting gender-based violence, including cases where the alleged perpetrator is publicly named. Provides that the exception to motions under this Act are when the acts are not genuinely aimed at procuring favorable government action, result, or outcome or when the plaintiff presents clear and convincing evidence that the reporting of gender-based violence constituted speaking with actual malice. Makes related changes.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 22-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-19 - House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB5452 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 22-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-19 - House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB5452 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Sponsors
Name | Type | Sponsorship | District | Financial | Encyclopedia | Biography |
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Representative Mary Canty [D] | Primary | Sponsored Bills | HD-054 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Kelly Cassidy [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-014 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Diane Blair-Sherlock [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-046 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Will Guzzardi [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-039 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Laura Faver Dias [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-062 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Anne Stava-Murray [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-081 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Kambium Buckner [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-026 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Joyce Mason [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-061 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Robert Rita [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-028 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Maura Hirschauer [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-049 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Maurice West [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-067 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Tracy Katz Muhl [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-057 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Lilian Jimenez [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-004 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Norma Hernandez [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-077 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Justin Slaughter [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-027 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Hoan Huynh [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-013 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Sonya Harper [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-006 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Cyril Nichols [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-032 | N/A | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Mark Walker [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-053 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Sharon Chung [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-091 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | N/A |
Representative Gregg Johnson [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-072 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Kevin Olickal [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-016 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |