"Don't you have an expectation when you pay $30 to find true love that it won't turn out to be a sex offender?" asked Democratic Rep. John Bradley, according to STLToday, during a hearing in Illinois for the Internet Disclosure and Safety Awareness Act. The Illinois House Judiciary Committee shot down the bill (HB 563) this week which was introduced in February by Bradley. It would have required online dating sites offering services to citizens of the state to disclose whether or not they perform background checks on their members, and aimed to provide a feeling of safety among those users, armed with the knowledge that the other members were not criminals or sex offenders.

This isn't the first time Bradley has introduced the bill, either—it was introduced last year and passed the House, but fell flat in the Senate. He had hoped that the bill's reintroduction this year would finally require dating service providers to disclose whether they provide background checks...

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