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<title>Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB 4505         </title>
<shortdesc>LEGAL NOTICES-DIGITAL MEDIA</shortdesc>
<sponsor>
<sponsorhead1>House Sponsors</sponsorhead1><sponsors>Rep. Travis Weaver-Joe C. Sosnowski</sponsors>
</sponsor>
<lastaction>
<statusdate>1/7/2025</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Session Sine Die</action>
</lastaction>
<synopsis>
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<reference>715 ILCS 5/3.1</reference><aliasreference>from Ch. 100, par. 3.1</aliasreference><reference>715 ILCS 5/5</reference><aliasreference>from Ch. 100, par. 5</aliasreference><reference>715 ILCS 10/1</reference><aliasreference>from Ch. 100, par. 10</aliasreference><reference>715 ILCS 10/2</reference><aliasreference>from Ch. 100, par. 10.1</aliasreference><SynopsisText>     Amends the Notice By Publication Act and the Newspaper Legal Notice Act. Provides, in both of the Acts, that the term "newspaper" also includes any digital publication that: (1) is posted on a public-facing website, web application, or digital application, including, but not limited to, a social network, ad network, or search engine, that has 3,000 or more unique monthly United States visitors or users with at least 50% of those visitors from the geographic area for which the notice is required to be published during the immediately preceding 12 months; (2) regularly gathers, prepares, collects, photographs, records, writes, edits, reports, investigates, or publishes news or information that concerns local, national, or international events or other matter of public interest for dissemination to the public; and (3) is paid for by subscribers to the digital publication.</SynopsisText></synopsis>
<actions>
<statusdate>1/18/2024</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Travis Weaver</action>
<statusdate>1/31/2024</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>First Reading</action>
<statusdate>1/31/2024</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Referred to Rules Committee</action>
<statusdate>2/28/2024</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee</action>
<statusdate>3/6/2024</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Joe C. Sosnowski</action>
<statusdate>3/8/2024</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Travis Weaver</action>
<statusdate>3/8/2024</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee</action>
<statusdate>3/12/2024</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Civil Committee</action>
<statusdate>3/13/2024</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>To Commercial &amp; Property Subcommittee</action>
<statusdate>4/5/2024</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee</action>
<statusdate>4/5/2024</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee</action>
<statusdate>1/7/2025</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Session Sine Die</action>
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