All Roll Calls
Yes: 7 • No: 4
IllinoisHB3689104th General Assembly (2025–2026)House
HIGHER ED-PREVENT SEX VIOLENCE
Sponsored By: Mary Beth Canty (Democratic)
In Committee
Summary
Amends the Preventing Sexual Violence in Higher Education Act. Makes changes concerning definitions. Requires a higher education institution's comprehensive policy to include digital sexual harassment and doxing. Makes changes concerning the components of the comprehensive policy and the notification of a survivor's rights and options, including providing a summary of the higher education institution's process for protecting survivors from retaliation. Provides that a confidential advisor is separate from the advisor specific to a complaint resolution procedure, and makes other changes concerning advisors. Makes changes concerning complaint resolution procedures, including prohibiting a higher education institution from distributing any evidence that includes a private or intentionally digitally altered sexual image by physical or electronic means and requiring a higher education institution to enact and implement a policy and process for early resolution of any retaliatory report, claim, counterclaim, or complaint made to the higher education institution by a respondent or any other individual against a survivor. Makes changes concerning training. Provides that a survivor has a cause of action against any higher education institution that fails to exercise due diligence in responding to sexual violence, domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, doxing, digital sexual harassment, or any other sex-based harassment that the higher education institution knew or should have known about. Sets forth the relief a prevailing survivor is entitled to. Effective immediately.
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Bill Overview
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Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Mary Beth Canty
Democratic • House
Cosponsors
Janet Yang Rohr
Democratic • House
Kelly M. Cassidy
Democratic • House
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 3/19/2025
Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee;
Yes: 7 • No: 4
Actions Timeline
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
4/11/2025HouseRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
4/11/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Janet Yang Rohr
4/9/2025HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Higher Education Committee
4/8/2025HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
4/8/2025HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Mary Beth Canty
4/8/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
4/4/2025HouseHeld on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
3/26/2025HouseSecond Reading - Short Debate
3/26/2025HousePlaced on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
3/20/2025HouseDo Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 007-004-000
3/19/2025HouseAssigned to Higher Education Committee
3/11/2025HouseReferred to Rules Committee
2/18/2025HouseFirst Reading
2/18/2025HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Mary Beth Canty
2/7/2025House
Bill Text
House Amendment 1
Introduced
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