Shown verbatim: the complete text as captured from the official PDF posted by the Illinois General Assembly, fetched 2026-09-25. Page and line markers are part of the official record; nothing is edited or removed. This is the current version. The official bill page.
HB1278 Enrolled LRB104 03137 SPS 13158 b
1 AN ACT concerning employment.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Victims' Economic Security and Safety Act
5 is amended by adding Section 33 as follows:
6 (820 ILCS 180/33 new)
7 Sec. 33. Employees' personal use of employer-provided
8 electronic devices.
9 (a) An employer shall not fail to hire, refuse to hire,
10 discharge, constructively discharge, harass, discriminate with
11 respect to compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of
12 employment, or retaliate against an employee in any form or
13 manner because the employee used employer-issued equipment to
14 record domestic violence, sexual violence, gender violence, or
15 any other crime of violence committed against the employee or
16 a family or household member of the employee.
17 (b) An employer shall not deprive an employee of
18 employer-issued equipment solely because the employee used or
19 attempted to use the employer-issued equipment to record
20 domestic violence, sexual violence, gender violence, or any
21 other crime of violence committed against the employee or a
22 family or household member of the employee.
23 (c) An employer shall grant an employee access to any
HB1278 Enrolled -2- LRB104 03137 SPS 13158 b
1 photographs, voice or video recordings, sound recordings, or
2 any other digital documents or communications stored on an
3 employer-issued device relating to domestic violence, sexual
4 violence, gender violence, or any other crime of violence
5 committed against the employee or a family or household member
6 of the employee.
7 (d) Nothing in this Section prohibits an employer from
8 complying with an investigation, court order, or subpoena for
9 a device, information, data, or documents.
10 (e) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to relieve
11 an employee of obligations to comply with an employer's
12 reasonable employment policies or to perform the essential
13 functions of employment.Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record.