HB3280 Summary

• Creates the Internet Service Provider Anti-Child Pornography Law as a new Article in the Public Utilities Act, regulated by the Illinois Commerce Commission.

• Requires all ISPs serving Illinois customers to implement software that compares file hash values against a continuously updated registry of child pornography files maintained by a nationwide law enforcement agency.

• Software must block transmission of files matching the registry by displaying a warning screen, while allowing files that do not match to proceed to the customer.

• Provides immunity from liability to ISPs that make good-faith efforts to comply with the law's requirements.

• Authorizes the Illinois Commerce Commission to adopt rules necessary for administering and enforcing the anti-child pornography law.