Amends the Election Code. Prohibits the distribution, with malice, of campaign material that contains a picture into which a candidate for public office or another person is superimposed. Prohibits, within 60 days of an election at which a candidate for elective office will appear on the ballot, the distribution, with actual malice, of materially deceptive audio or visual media of the candidate with the intent to injure the candidate's reputation or to deceive a voter into voting for or against the candidate. Provides remedies and exceptions for violating the provisions. Amends the Circuit Court Act. Provides that proceedings in cases involving the registration or denial of registration of voters, the certification or denial of certification of candidates, the certification or denial of certification of ballot measures, and election contests shall be placed on the calendar in the order of their date of filing and shall be given precedence.
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Amends the First Responders Suicide Prevention Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Makes a technical change in the short title Section.
Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Department of Juvenile Justice.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a tax credit for property taxes.
Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Department of Employment Security Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.