Illinois · House Bill 5848 · 103rd General Assembly

SCH CD-BULLYING-DEEPFAKE

HB 5848 Sponsored by Janet Yang Rohr Died in committee

  1. Introduced May 14, 2024
  2. In committee May 15, 2024
  3. Died  
  4. Passed the Senate  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning bullying and cyber-bullying, provides that, beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, the term "cyber-bullying" includes bullying through the distribution by electronic means or the posting of a digital replica of an individual who is engaged in an activity in which the depicted individual did not engage in, including, but not limited to, sexually explicit digitized depictions of the individual. Defines "artificial intelligence", "digital replica", and "generative artificial intelligence".

Every action

14 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

Show the 6 earlier steps
  1. HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Janet Yang Rohr
  2. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason
  3. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Maura Hirschauer
  4. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias
  5. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Anne Stava-Murray
  6. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Vella
  1. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Kimberly Du Buclet
  2. HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz
  3. HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Gregg Johnson
  4. HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernández
  5. HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert "Bob" Rita
  6. HouseFirst Reading
  7. CommitteeReferred to Rules Committee · House Rules
  8. HouseSession Sine Die

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 10 cosponsors: 10 Democrats.

All 10 cosponsors

From Illinois's official records (www.ilga.gov), checked Nov 13, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.