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PRIVACY PROTECTION-LOCATION

What this bill does

Creates the Privacy Protections for Location Information Derived from Electronic Devices Act. Makes it unlawful for a covered entity to collect or process an individual's location information except for a permissible purpose. Provides that before collecting or processing an individual's location information for one of those permissible purposes, a covered entity shall provide the individual with a copy of the location privacy policy and obtain consent from that individual Authorizes a civil action in which if the plaintiff prevails, the court may award (1) actual damages including damages for emotional distress, or $5,000 per violation, whichever is greater; (2) punitive damages; and (3) any other relief. Provides that in addition to any relief awarded, the court shall award reasonable attorney's fees and costs to any prevailing plaintiff. Defines terms. Makes other changes.

Sponsor: Ann M. Williams Chamber: House Introduced: 2025-02-07
Stuck
P(Advance)
11.9%
Chance it ever reaches a milestone (committee, floor, etc.). Not “next step.”
P(Law)
1.6%
Chance it becomes law given where it is now (stage, momentum).
Forecast
1.9%
Low P(law) at intro — sponsor & topic only; no progress or delay.
Confidence: 88%

Calculating prediction drivers...

Pipeline Progress

Current stage: Floor Vote · Last action 547 days ago · STAGNANT

How does a bill become law in Illinois?
  1. Introduction of Bill

    A member of the Senate or the House introduces a bill, which is assigned a unique identifying number (e.g., "H.B. ___" for House bills and "S.B. ___" for Senate bills). If not enacted, it must be reintroduced in the next General Assembly with a new number.

  2. Committee Work — Hearings

    The bill goes to the appropriate committee, which holds hearings to gather expert opinions and determine the need for the legislation.

  3. Committee Work — Markup, Amendments, Report

    The committee may make amendments to the bill. If approved, a committee report endorsing the bill is issued.

  4. Floor Debate

    The bill is debated and can be further amended. The debate transcripts are accessible online for public viewing.

  5. Passage and Consideration in Second Chamber

    If the bill passes in the first chamber, it moves to the second chamber for a similar review process. If both chambers approve, it goes to the governor.

  6. Gubernatorial Action

    The governor can sign the bill into law, veto it, or take no action (resulting in an automatic law after 60 days). The type of veto can be total or amendatory. Once signed, the bill becomes a Public Act and is assigned a Public Act number.

Sponsor Context

Campaign finance

This is SBE campaign receipts to the people on this bill, not Moneyball and not earmarked to the bill.

Money is campaign receipts to matched candidate committees, not earmarked to this bill. Window 2025-01-01 – 2026-09-13.

$608,145.02 Across sponsors / voters
3 Members with trails
25 Overlapping donors

Sponsor and voter funding

Member Role Receipts Total received Top donors
Ann M. Williams Chief sponsor 187 $242,353.87 Chicago Land Operators Joint Labor-Management PAC ($12,000.00); Base Power Inc ($10,000.00); Accel Entertainment Gaming, LLC ($7,500.00)
Kelly M. Cassidy Sponsor 272 $183,769.33 Chicago Land Operators Joint Labor-Management PAC ($14,500.00); Illinois PAC for Education (IPACE) ($10,000.00); SEIU HealthCare IL IN PAC ($9,000.00)
Barbara Hernandez Sponsor 149 $182,021.82 Superior Ambulance ($9,736.00); Realtor PAC ($8,500.00); IPACE ($7,500.00)

Overlapping donors

Donors who gave to more than one sponsor or voter on this bill. Still not earmarked to the bill.

Donor Members Total
Chicago Land Operators Joint Labor-Management PAC Ann M. Williams, Kelly M. Cassidy $26,500.00
Superior Ambulance Ann M. Williams, Barbara Hernandez $15,230.45
Illinois Trial Lawyers Association PAC Ann M. Williams, Kelly M. Cassidy, Barbara Hernandez $13,000.00
Realtor PAC Ann M. Williams, Barbara Hernandez $11,000.00
Sports Betting Alliance Ann M. Williams, Barbara Hernandez $10,000.00
Illinois State Medical Society PAC Ann M. Williams, Kelly M. Cassidy, Barbara Hernandez $9,500.00
SEIU HealthCare IL IN PAC Ann M. Williams, Kelly M. Cassidy $9,250.00
Comcast Financial Agency Corporation Ann M. Williams, Kelly M. Cassidy $9,000.00
Illinois Laborers' Legislative Committee Ann M. Williams, Kelly M. Cassidy $7,500.00
Wine and Spirits Distributors of Illinois PAC Ann M. Williams, Kelly M. Cassidy $6,000.00
Ameren Illinois Ann M. Williams, Barbara Hernandez $6,000.00
Teamsters Volunteers in Politics Ann M. Williams, Kelly M. Cassidy, Barbara Hernandez $5,500.00
Illinois Hospital Association PAC Ann M. Williams, Barbara Hernandez $5,400.00
Carpentry Advancement PAC Fund Ann M. Williams, Kelly M. Cassidy $5,000.00
PhRMA Ann M. Williams, Barbara Hernandez $5,000.00
Associated Fire Fighters of IL PAC Fund Ann M. Williams, Barbara Hernandez $4,000.00
AFSCME Council 31 PAC Kelly M. Cassidy, Barbara Hernandez $4,000.00
Cozen O'Connor Ann M. Williams, Kelly M. Cassidy, Barbara Hernandez $3,000.00
Illinois Federation of Teachers COPE Ann M. Williams, Kelly M. Cassidy $2,500.00
NextEra Energy Resources Ann M. Williams, Barbara Hernandez $2,500.00
Jack Wuest Kelly M. Cassidy, Barbara Hernandez $2,500.00
The Roosevelt Group Ann M. Williams, Barbara Hernandez $2,000.00
Fidelity Consulting Group Ann M. Williams, Barbara Hernandez $2,000.00
Honeywell International PAC Ann M. Williams, Barbara Hernandez $2,000.00
IUOE Local 399 Political Education Fund Ann M. Williams, Barbara Hernandez $2,000.00

Top donors across these members

Donor Occupation Employer Receipts Total
Chicago Land Operators Joint Labor-Management PAC — — 10 $26,500.00
Superior Ambulance — — 4 $15,230.45
Illinois Trial Lawyers Association PAC — — 7 $13,000.00
Realtor PAC — — 4 $11,000.00
Sports Betting Alliance — — 2 $10,000.00
Base Power Inc — — 2 $10,000.00
Illinois PAC for Education (IPACE) — — 3 $10,000.00
Illinois State Medical Society PAC — — 7 $9,500.00
SEIU HealthCare IL IN PAC — — 3 $9,250.00
Comcast Financial Agency Corporation — — 4 $9,000.00
Leo Smith N/A N/A 3 $8,530.00
Patrick Salvi Attorney Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard 2 $7,500.00
Accel Entertainment Gaming, LLC — — 2 $7,500.00
Illinois Laborers' Legislative Committee — — 5 $7,500.00
IPACE — — 2 $7,500.00
Chicagoland Operators Joint Labor Mgmt Committee — — 2 $7,500.00
Michael Sacks CEO Grosvenor Capital Management 1 $7,300.00
Wine and Spirits Distributors of Illinois PAC — — 2 $6,000.00
Ameren Illinois — — 4 $6,000.00
Teamsters Volunteers in Politics — — 5 $5,500.00
Pipefitters Association Local 597 — — 2 $5,500.00
Illinois Hospital Association PAC — — 3 $5,400.00
ABBVIE Political Action Committee — — 3 $5,000.00
Marquis Energy - Illinois LLC — — 1 $5,000.00
Constellation Energy Generation — — 2 $5,000.00

Witness slips

8 slips filed. Proponent / opponent / no position as filed with the committee.

Name Organization Representing Position Hearing committee Hearing date
Emily Miller Office of Illinois Governor JB Pritzker Office of Illinois Governor JB Pritzker Proponent Judiciary - Civil 2025-03-20
Rindala Alajaji Electronic Frontier Foundation Electronic Frontier Foundation Proponent Judiciary - Civil 2025-03-20
Tim McLean Illinois Trial Lawyers Association Illinois Trial Lawyers Association Proponent Judiciary - Civil 2025-03-19
Joe Handley Illinois Broadband & Cable Association Illinois Broadband & Cable Association Opponent Judiciary - Civil 2025-03-20
Keith Wheeler Illinois Chamber of Commerce Illinois Chamber of Commerce Opponent Judiciary - Civil 2025-03-20
Tyler Diers TechNet TechNet Opponent Judiciary - Civil 2025-03-20
Rob Karr Illinois Retail Merchants Association Illinois Retail Merchants Association Opponent Judiciary - Civil 2025-03-19
Tyler Diers TechNet TechNet Opponent Judiciary - Civil 2025-03-19

Roll-call votes

Total votes and outcome per event. Deciding vote = margin of 1; those voters on the winning side could have changed the outcome by flipping.

Date Chamber Type Description Yea Nay Present NV Outcome Margin Deciding voters
H Committee Judiciary - Civil 13 7 0 0 Passed 6 —

Action History

11 actions recorded. Last action: 2025-04-11 — Rule 19(a) / Re-referred toRules Committee. Each action's meaning and outcome signal are classified automatically.

2025-02-07 Introduction & Filing
Filed with the Clerk byRep. Ann M. Williams House Rule 6(b)
Bill officially submitted to the House Clerk during the session.
2025-02-18 Introduction & Filing
First Reading Senate Rule 5-1(d)/5-2; House Rule 37(d)/38
Formal introduction — title read into the official record. Required procedural step; bill now exists in the system.
2025-02-18 Committee Assignment
Referred toRules Committee Senate Rule 3-8(a); House Rule 18(a)
Sent to a committee (usually Rules in the House, Assignments in the Senate). The gatekeeping step — Rules/Assignments decides which substantive committee hears the bill.
2025-03-11 Committee Assignment
Assigned toJudiciary - Civil Committee Senate Rule 3-8(a); House Rule 18(b)
Sent to a substantive committee (e.g., Transportation, Revenue). This is where the bill gets a real hearing and evaluation.
2025-03-20 Committee Action Positive
Do Pass / Short DebateJudiciary - Civil Committee; 013-007-000 Senate Rule 3-11(a)(1); House Rule 22(a)(1), 52(b)
Committee recommends passage and places it on the Short Debate calendar (limited floor discussion time). Strong positive signal — committee believes bill has broad support.
2025-03-21 Floor Process Positive
Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate Senate Rule 4-4(7-8)/5-2; House Rule 31(8-9)/38/52
Bill placed on the Second Reading calendar. Positive — bill is queued for floor action.
2025-03-24 Co-Sponsorship Mild +
Added Co-SponsorRep. Kelly M. Cassidy Senate Rule 5-1(a); House Rule 37(a)
A legislator adds their name as co-sponsor, signaling public support for the bill.
2025-03-26 Floor Process Positive
Second Reading - Short Debate Senate Rule 3-12(a)/5-4(a); House Rule 24(a)/40(b)/52(a)(1)
Bill reaches the floor amendment stage on Short Debate calendar. Major milestone — bill has passed committee and is on the floor.
2025-03-26 Floor Process
Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate Senate Rule 4-4(7-8)/5-2; House Rule 31(8-9)/38/52
Bill was ready for Second Reading but was paused/held by the sponsor. Usually indicates the sponsor is still negotiating amendments or gathering votes. NOT a negative signal — the sponsor controls the pace.
2025-03-26 Co-Sponsorship Mild +
Added Co-SponsorRep. Barbara Hernandez Senate Rule 5-1(a); House Rule 37(a)
A legislator adds their name as co-sponsor, signaling public support for the bill.
2025-04-11 Deadlines & Re-referrals Mild −
Rule 19(a) / Re-referred toRules Committee House Rule 19(a); Senate analog: Rule 3-9(a)
MISSED COMMITTEE DEADLINE — bill did not get a committee vote before the deadline and is re-referred to Rules/Assignments. The bill is NOT dead but faces an uphill battle to be reassigned. Most bills that hit Rule 19(a) do not advance.

All actions (table)

Date Chamber Action Category Signal
2025-02-07 House Filed with the Clerk byRep. Ann M. Williams House Rule 6(b) Introduction & Filing —
2025-02-18 House First Reading Senate Rule 5-1(d)/5-2; House Rule 37(d)/38 Introduction & Filing —
2025-02-18 House Referred toRules Committee Senate Rule 3-8(a); House Rule 18(a) Committee Assignment —
2025-03-11 House Assigned toJudiciary - Civil Committee Senate Rule 3-8(a); House Rule 18(b) Committee Assignment —
2025-03-20 House Do Pass / Short DebateJudiciary - Civil Committee; 013-007-000 Senate Rule 3-11(a)(1); House Rule 22(a)(1), 52(b) Committee Action Positive
2025-03-21 House Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate Senate Rule 4-4(7-8)/5-2; House Rule 31(8-9)/38/52 Floor Process Positive
2025-03-24 House Added Co-SponsorRep. Kelly M. Cassidy Senate Rule 5-1(a); House Rule 37(a) Co-Sponsorship Mild +
2025-03-26 House Second Reading - Short Debate Senate Rule 3-12(a)/5-4(a); House Rule 24(a)/40(b)/52(a)(1) Floor Process Positive
2025-03-26 House Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate Senate Rule 4-4(7-8)/5-2; House Rule 31(8-9)/38/52 Floor Process —
2025-03-26 House Added Co-SponsorRep. Barbara Hernandez Senate Rule 5-1(a); House Rule 37(a) Co-Sponsorship Mild +
2025-04-11 House Rule 19(a) / Re-referred toRules Committee House Rule 19(a); Senate analog: Rule 3-9(a) Deadlines & Re-referrals Mild −