IL SB1826

Amends the Electronic Commerce Security Act to allow municipalities to accept (but not require) documents with electronic signatures during permitting, licensing, and regulatory functions, including technical submissions from design professionals.

Modifies the Illinois Architecture Practice Act to permit licensed architects to use original handwritten signatures, scanned copies of documents with original signatures, or computer-generated signatures on technical submissions, replacing the prior requirement for handwritten signatures only.

Updates the Professional Engineering Practice Act to allow professional engineers to provide original handwritten signatures, scanned copies bearing original signatures, or computer-generated signatures on technical submissions, eliminating the prohibition on computer-generated signatures.

Amends the Illinois Professional Land Surveyor Act to permit land surveyors to use original handwritten signatures, scanned document copies with original signatures, or computer-generated signatures, and adds provisions protecting surveyors from liability for unauthorized subsequent changes to sealed documents.