Bill Amendment: IL SB3071 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly

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Bill Title: ABLE ACCOUNT PROG-DISTRIBUTION

Status: 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB3071 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SB3071-House_Amendment_002.html

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Rep. Gregory Harris

Filed: 1/12/2021

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3071
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3071 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 5. The Illinois Governmental Ethics Act is amended
by changing Sections 1-109, 1-110, 2-101, 3A-50 4A-102, 4A-103,
4A-107, and 4A-108 and by adding Sections 1-102.5, 1-104.3,
1-104.4, 1-104.5, 1-105.2, 1-105.3, 1-105.5, 1-105.6, 1-105.7,
1-112.5, 1-113.6, and 1-113.7 as follows:
(5 ILCS 420/1-102.5 new)
Sec. 1-102.5. Asset. "Asset" means, for the purposes of
Sections 4A-102 and 4A-103, an item that is owned and has
monetary value. For the purposes of Sections 4A-102 and 4A-103,
assets include, but are not limited to: stocks, bonds, sector
mutual funds, sector exchange traded funds, commodity futures,
investment real estate, beneficial interests in trusts,
business interests, and partnership interests. For the

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purposes of Sections 4A-102 and 4A-103, assets do not include:
personal residences; personal vehicles; savings or checking
accounts; bonds, notes, or securities issued by any branch of
federal, state, or local government; Medicare benefits;
inheritances or bequests, other than beneficial interests in
trusts; diversified funds; annuities; pensions (including
government pensions); retirement accounts; college savings
plans that are qualified tuition plans; qualified
tax-advantaged savings programs that allow individuals to save
for disability-related expenses; or tangible personal
property.
(5 ILCS 420/1-104.3 new)
Sec. 1-104.3. Creditor. "Creditor" means, for the purposes
of Sections 4A-102 and 4A-103, an individual, organization, or
other business entity to whom money or its equivalent is owed,
no matter whether that obligation is secured or unsecured,
except that if a filer makes a loan to members of his or her
family, then that filer does not, by making such a loan, become
a creditor of that individual for the purposes of Sections
4A-102 and 4A-103 of this Act.
(5 ILCS 420/1-104.4 new)
Sec. 1-104.4. Debt. "Debt" means, for the purposes of
Sections 4A-102 and 4A-103, any money or monetary obligation
owed at any time during the preceding calendar year to an

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individual, company, or other organization, other than a loan
that is from a financial institution, government agency, or
business entity and that is granted on terms made available to
the general public. For the purposes of Sections 4A-102 and
4A-103, "debt" includes, but is not limited to: personal loans
from friends or business associates, business loans made
outside the lender's regular course of business, and loans made
at below market rates. For the purposes of Sections 4A-102 and
4A-103, "debt" does not include: (i) debts to or from financial
institutions or government entities, such as mortgages,
student loans, credit card debts, or loans secured by
automobiles, household furniture, or appliances, as long as
those loans were made on terms available to the general public
and do not exceed the purchase price of the items securing
them; (ii) debts to or from a political committee registered
with the Illinois State Board of Elections or political
committees, principal campaign committees, or authorized
committees registered with the Federal Election Commission; or
(iii) a loan from a member of the filer's family not known by
the filer to be registered to lobby under the Lobbyist
Registration Act.
(5 ILCS 420/1-104.5 new)
Sec. 1-104.5. Diversified funds. "Diversified funds" means
investment products, such as mutual funds, exchange traded
funds, or unit investment trusts, that invest in a wide variety

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of securities across multiple sectors or asset classes.
"Diversified funds" does not include sector funds.
(5 ILCS 420/1-105.2 new)
Sec. 1-105.2. Economic relationship. "Economic
relationship" means, for the purposes of Sections 4A-102 and
4A-103, any joint or shared ownership interests in businesses
and creditor-debtor relationships with third parties, other
than commercial lending institutions, where: (a) the filer is
entitled to receive (i) more than 7.5% of the total
distributable income, or (ii) an amount in excess of the salary
of the Governor; or (b) the filer together with his or her
spouse or minor children is entitled to receive (i) more than
15%, in the aggregate, of the total distributable income, or
(ii) an amount in excess of 2 times the salary of the Governor.
(5 ILCS 420/1-105.3 new)
Sec. 1-105.3. Family. "Family" means, for the purposes of
Sections 4A-102 and 4A-103, a filer's spouse, children,
step-children, parents, step-parents, siblings, step-siblings,
half-siblings, sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, grandparents,
and grandchildren, as well as the parents and grandparents of
the filer's spouse, and any person living with the filer.
(5 ILCS 420/1-105.5 new)
Sec. 1-105.5. Filer. "Filer" means, for the purposes of

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Section 4A-102 and 4A-103, a person required to file a
statement of economic interests pursuant to this Act.
(5 ILCS 420/1-105.6 new)
Sec. 1-105.6. Income. "Income" means, for the purposes of
Sections 4A-102 and 4A-103, pension income and any income from
whatever source derived, required to be reported on the filer's
federal income tax return, including, but not limited to:
compensation received for services rendered or to be rendered
(as required to be reported on any Internal Revenue Service
forms, including, but not limited to, Forms W-2, 1099, or K-1);
earnings or capital gains from the sale of assets; profit;
interest or dividend income from all assets; revenue from
leases and rentals, royalties, prizes, awards, or barter;
forgiveness of debt; and earnings derived from annuities or
trusts other than testamentary trusts. "Income" does not
include compensation earned for service in the position that
necessitates the filing of the statement of economic interests,
or investment or interest returns on items excluded from the
definition of "asset", or income from the sale of a personal
residence or personal vehicle.
(5 ILCS 420/1-105.7 new)
Sec. 1-105.7. Investment real estate. "Investment real
estate" means any real property, other than a filer's personal
residences, purchased to produce a profit, whether from income

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or resale. Investment real estate may be described by the city
and state where the real estate is located.
(5 ILCS 420/1-109) (from Ch. 127, par. 601-109)
Sec. 1-109. "Lobbying" means engaging in activities that
require registration under the Lobbyist Registration
Act promoting or opposing in any manner the passage by the
General Assembly of any legislative matter affecting the
interests of any individual, association or corporation as
distinct from those of the people of the State as a whole.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 3401.)
(5 ILCS 420/1-110) (from Ch. 127, par. 601-110)
Sec. 1-110. "Lobbyist" means an individual who is required
to be registered to engage in lobbying activities pursuant to
the Lobbyist Registration Act any person required to be
registered under "An Act concerning lobbying and providing a
penalty for violation thereof", approved July 10, 1957, as
amended.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 3401.)
(5 ILCS 420/1-112.5 new)
Sec. 1-112.5. Personal residence. "Personal residence"
means, for the purposes of Sections 4A-102 and 4A-103, a
filer's primary home residence and any residential real
property held by the filer and used by the filer for

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residential rather than commercial or income generating
purposes.
(5 ILCS 420/1-113.6 new)
Sec. 1-113.6. Sector funds. "Sector funds" means mutual
funds or exchange traded funds invested in a particular
industry or business.
(5 ILCS 420/1-113.7 new)
Sec. 1-113.7. Spouse. "Spouse" means a party to a marriage,
a party to a civil union, or a registered domestic partner.
(5 ILCS 420/2-101) (from Ch. 127, par. 602-101)
Sec. 2-101. Government official lobbying.
(a) No legislator may engage in promoting or opposing in
any manner the passage by General Assembly of any legislative
matter affecting the interests of any individual, association,
or corporation as distinct from those of the people of the
State as a whole lobbying, as that term is defined in Section
1-109, if he or she accepts compensation specifically
attributable to such lobbying, other than that provided by law
for members of the General Assembly. Nothing in this Section
prohibits a legislator from lobbying without compensation.
No legislator or executive branch constitutional officer
shall engage in compensated lobbying of the governing body of a
municipality, county, or township, or an official thereof, on

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behalf of any lobbyist or lobbying entity that is registered to
lobby the General Assembly or the executive branch of the State
of Illinois.
(b) No elected or appointed county executive or legislative
official shall engage in compensated lobbying of the governing
body of a county, municipality, township, the General Assembly,
a State executive branch office or agency, or an official
thereof, on behalf of any lobbyist or lobbying entity that is
registered to lobby the county in which the official is elected
or appointed.
(c) No elected or appointed municipal executive or
legislative official shall engage in compensated lobbying of
the governing body of a county, municipality, township, the
General Assembly, a State executive branch office or agency, or
an official thereof, on behalf of any lobbyist or lobbying
entity that is registered to lobby the municipality in which
the official is elected or appointed.
(d) No elected or appointed township executive or
legislative official shall engage in compensated lobbying of
the governing body of a county, municipality, township, the
General Assembly, a State executive branch office or agency, or
an official thereof, on behalf of any lobbyist or lobbying
entity that is registered to lobby the township in which the
official is elected or appointed.
(e) A violation of this Section shall constitute a Class A
misdemeanor.

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(Source: P.A. 77-2830.)
(5 ILCS 420/3A-50 new)
Sec. 3A-50. Appointee political activity.
(a) No person who is appointed to an affected office shall:
(i) serve as an officer of a candidate political committee; or
(ii) be a candidate who is designated as the candidate to be
supported by a candidate political committee.
(b) A person appointed to an affected office who is either
an officer of a candidate political committee or a candidate
who is designated as the candidate to be supported by a
candidate political committee shall within 30 days after
confirmation by the Senate: (i) resign as an officer of the
candidate political committee; (ii) have his or her name
removed as the candidate to be supported by a candidate
political committee; (iii) notify the State Board of Elections
of the person's intent to convert the candidate political
committee to a limited activity committee under Section 9-1.8
of the Election Code and complete the transition to a limited
activity committee within 60 days after confirmation; or (iv)
dissolve the candidate political committee. A person appointed
to an affected office who is in violation of this subsection
(b) on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st
General Assembly must come into compliance within 30 days after
the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General
Assembly.

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(c) As used in this Section:
"Affected office" means any office in which the appointee
receives any form of compensation, other than the reimbursement
of expenses, and whose appointment requires advise and consent
of the Senate.
"Candidate political committee" has the meaning given to
that term in Section 9-1.8 of the Election Code in which the
person subject to confirmation by the Senate is designated as
the candidate to be supported by the candidate political
committee under Section 9-2 of the Code.
(5 ILCS 420/4A-102) (from Ch. 127, par. 604A-102)
Sec. 4A-102. The statement of economic interests required
by this Article shall include the economic interests of the
person making the statement as provided in this Section.
(a) The interest (if constructively controlled by the
person making the statement) of a spouse or any other party,
shall be considered to be the same as the interest of the
person making the statement. Campaign receipts shall not be
included in this statement. The following interests shall be
listed by all persons required to file:
(1) each asset that has a value of more than $5,000 as
of the end of the preceding calendar year and is: (i) held
in the filer's name, (ii) held jointly by the filer with
his or her spouse, or (iii) held jointly by the filer with
his or her minor child or children. For a beneficial

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interest in a trust, the value is based on the total value
of the assets either subject to the beneficial interest, or
from which income is to be derived for the benefit of the
beneficial interest, regardless of whether any
distributions have been made for the benefit of the
beneficial interest;
(2) excluding the income from the position that
requires the filing of a statement of economic interests
under this Act, each source of income in excess of $1,200
during the preceding calendar year (as required to be
reported on the filer's federal income tax return covering
the preceding calendar year) for the filer and his or her
spouse and, if the sale or transfer of an asset produced
more than $5,000 in capital gains during the preceding
calendar year, the transaction date on which that asset was
sold or transferred;
(3) each creditor of a debt in excess of $5,000 that,
during the preceding calendar year, was: (i) owed by the
filer, (ii) owed jointly by the filer with his or her
spouse or (iii) owed jointly by the filer with his or her
minor child or children;
(4) the name of each unit of government of which the
filer or his or her spouse was an employee, contractor, or
office holder during the preceding calendar year other than
the unit or units of government in relation to which the
person is required to file and the title of the position or

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nature of the contractual services;
(5) each person known to the filer to be registered as
a lobbyist with any unit of government in the State of
Illinois: (i) with whom the filer maintains an economic
relationship, or (ii) who is a member of the filer's
family; and
67) each source and type of gift or gifts, or
honorarium or honoraria, valued singly or in the aggregate
in excess of $500 that was received during the preceding
calendar year, excluding any gift or gifts from a member of
the filer's family that was not known to the filer to be
registered as a lobbyist with any unit of government in the
State of Illinois.
For the purposes of this Section, the unit of local
government in relation to which a person is required to file
under item (e) of Section 4A-101.5 shall be the unit of local
government that contributes to the pension fund of which such
person is a member of the board.
(b) Beginning December 1, 2025, and for every 5 years
thereafter, the Secretary of State shall adjust the amounts
specified under this Section that prompt disclosure under this
Act for purposes of inflation as determined by the Consumer
Price Index for All Urban Consumers as issued by the United
States Department of Labor and rounded to the nearest $100. The
Secretary shall publish this information on the official
website of the Secretary of State, and make changes to the

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statement of economic interest form to be completed for the
following year.
(c) The Secretary of State shall develop and make publicly
available on his or her website written guidance relating to
the completion and filing of the statement of economic
interests upon which a filer may reasonably and in good faith
rely.
The interest (if constructively controlled by the person making
the statement) of a spouse or any other party, shall be
considered to be the same as the interest of the person making
the statement. Campaign receipts shall not be included in this
statement.
(a) The following interests shall be listed by all
persons required to file:
(1) The name, address and type of practice of any
professional organization or individual professional
practice in which the person making the statement was
an officer, director, associate, partner or
proprietor, or served in any advisory capacity, from
which income in excess of $1200 was derived during the
preceding calendar year;
(2) The nature of professional services (other
than services rendered to the unit or units of
government in relation to which the person is required
to file) and the nature of the entity to which they
were rendered if fees exceeding $5,000 were received

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during the preceding calendar year from the entity for
professional services rendered by the person making
the statement.
(3) The identity (including the address or legal
description of real estate) of any capital asset from
which a capital gain of $5,000 or more was realized in
the preceding calendar year.
(4) The name of any unit of government which has
employed the person making the statement during the
preceding calendar year other than the unit or units of
government in relation to which the person is required
to file.
(5) The name of any entity from which a gift or
gifts, or honorarium or honoraria, valued singly or in
the aggregate in excess of $500, was received during
the preceding calendar year.
(b) The following interests shall also be listed by
persons listed in items (a) through (f), item (l), item
(n), and item (p) of Section 4A-101:
(1) The name and instrument of ownership in any
entity doing business in the State of Illinois, in
which an ownership interest held by the person at the
date of filing is in excess of $5,000 fair market value
or from which dividends of in excess of $1,200 were
derived during the preceding calendar year. (In the
case of real estate, location thereof shall be listed

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by street address, or if none, then by legal
description). No time or demand deposit in a financial
institution, nor any debt instrument need be listed;
(2) Except for professional service entities, the
name of any entity and any position held therein from
which income of in excess of $1,200 was derived during
the preceding calendar year, if the entity does
business in the State of Illinois. No time or demand
deposit in a financial institution, nor any debt
instrument need be listed.
(3) The identity of any compensated lobbyist with
whom the person making the statement maintains a close
economic association, including the name of the
lobbyist and specifying the legislative matter or
matters which are the object of the lobbying activity,
and describing the general type of economic activity of
the client or principal on whose behalf that person is
lobbying.
(c) The following interests shall also be listed by
persons listed in items (a) through (c) and item (e) of
Section 4A-101.5:
(1) The name and instrument of ownership in any
entity doing business with a unit of local government
in relation to which the person is required to file if
the ownership interest of the person filing is greater
than $5,000 fair market value as of the date of filing

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or if dividends in excess of $1,200 were received from
the entity during the preceding calendar year. (In the
case of real estate, location thereof shall be listed
by street address, or if none, then by legal
description). No time or demand deposit in a financial
institution, nor any debt instrument need be listed.
(2) Except for professional service entities, the
name of any entity and any position held therein from
which income in excess of $1,200 was derived during the
preceding calendar year if the entity does business
with a unit of local government in relation to which
the person is required to file. No time or demand
deposit in a financial institution, nor any debt
instrument need be listed.
(3) The name of any entity and the nature of the
governmental action requested by any entity which has
applied to a unit of local government in relation to
which the person must file for any license, franchise
or permit for annexation, zoning or rezoning of real
estate during the preceding calendar year if the
ownership interest of the person filing is in excess of
$5,000 fair market value at the time of filing or if
income or dividends in excess of $1,200 were received
by the person filing from the entity during the
preceding calendar year.
For the purposes of this Section, the unit of local

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government in relation to which a person required to file under
item (e) of Section 4A-101.5 shall be the unit of local
government that contributes to the pension fund of which such
person is a member of the board.
(Source: P.A. 101-221, eff. 8-9-19.)
(5 ILCS 420/4A-103) (from Ch. 127, par. 604A-103)
Sec. 4A-103. The statement of economic interests required
by this Article to be filed with the Secretary of State or
county clerk shall be filled in by typewriting or hand
printing, shall be verified, dated, and signed by the person
making the statement and shall contain substantially the
following:
STATEMENT OF ECONOMIC INTERESTS
INSTRUCTIONS:
You may find the following documents helpful to you in
completing this form:
(1) federal income tax returns, including any related
schedules, attachments, and forms; and
(2) investment and brokerage statements.
To complete this form, you do not need to disclose specific
amounts or values or report interests relating either to
political committees registered with the Illinois State Board
of Elections or to political committees, principal campaign

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committees, or authorized committees registered with the
Federal Election Commission.
The information you disclose will be available to the
public.
You must answer all 6 questions. Certain questions will ask
you to report any applicable assets or debts held in, or
payable to, your name; held jointly by, or payable to, you with
your spouse; or held jointly by, or payable to, you with your
minor child. If you have any concerns about whether an interest
should be reported, please consult your department's ethics
officer, if applicable.
Please ensure that the information you provide is complete
and accurate. If you need more space than the form allows,
please attach additional pages for your response. If you are
subject to the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, your
ethics officer must review your statement of economic interests
before you file it. Failure to complete the statement in good
faith and within the prescribed deadline may subject you to
fines, imprisonment, or both.
BASIC INFORMATION:
Name:........................................................
Job title:...................................................
Office, department, or agency that requires you to file this
form:........................................................
Other offices, departments, or agencies that require you to

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file a Statement of Economic Interests form: ................
Full mailing address:........................................
Preferred e-mail address (optional):.........................
QUESTIONS:
1. If you have any single asset that was worth more than
$5,000 as of the end of the preceding calendar year and is held
in, or payable to, your name, held jointly by, or payable to,
you with your spouse, or held jointly by, or payable to, you
with your minor child, list such assets below. In the case of
investment real estate, list the city and state where the
investment real estate is located. If you do not have any such
assets, list "none" below.
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2. Excluding the position for which you are required to
file this form, list the source of any income in excess of
$1,200 required to be reported during the preceding calendar
year. If you sold an asset that produced more than $5,000 in
capital gains in the preceding calendar year, list the name of
the asset and the transaction date on which the sale or
transfer took place. If you had no such sources of income or
assets, list "none" below.

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Source of Income / Name of Date Sold (if applicable)
Asset
............................... ...............................
............................... ...............................
............................... ...............................
3. Excluding debts incurred on terms available to the
general public, such as mortgages, student loans, and credit
card debts, if you owed any single debt in the preceding
calendar year exceeding $5,000, list the creditor of the debt
below. If you had no such debts, list "none" below.
List the creditor for all applicable debts owed by you,
owed jointly by you with your spouse, or owed jointly by you
with your minor child. In addition to the types of debts listed
above, you do not need to report any debts to or from financial
institutions or government agencies, such as debts secured by
automobiles, household furniture or appliances, as long as the
debt was made on terms available to the general public, debts
to members of your family, or debts to or from a political
committee registered with the Illinois State Board of Elections
or any political committee, principal campaign committee, or
authorized committee registered with the Federal Election
Commission.
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4. List the name of each unit of government of which you or
your spouse were an employee, contractor, or office holder
during the preceding calendar year other than the unit or units
of government in relation to which the person is required to
file and the title of the position or nature of the contractual
services.
Name of Unit of Government Title or Nature of Services
............................... ...............................
............................... ...............................
............................... ...............................
5. If you maintain an economic relationship with a lobbyist
or if a member of your family is known to you to be a lobbyist
registered with any unit of government in the State of
Illinois, list the name of the lobbyist below and identify the
nature of your relationship with the lobbyist. If you do not
have an economic relationship with a lobbyist or a family
member known to you to be a lobbyist registered with any unit
of government in the State of Illinois, list "none" below.
Name of Lobbyist Relationship to Filer
............................... ...............................
............................... ...............................
............................... ...............................
6. List the name of each person, organization, or entity

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that was the source of a gift or gifts, or honorarium or
honoraria, valued singly or in the aggregate in excess of $500
received during the preceding calendar year and the type of
gift or gifts, or honorarium or honoraria, excluding any gift
or gifts from a member of your family that was not known to be a
lobbyist registered with any unit of government in the State of
Illinois. If you had no such gifts, list "none" below.
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VERIFICATION:
"I declare that this statement of economic interests
(including any attachments) has been examined by me and to the
best of my knowledge and belief is a true, correct and complete
statement of my economic interests as required by the Illinois
Governmental Ethics Act. I understand that the penalty for
willfully filing a false or incomplete statement is a fine not
to exceed $2,500 or imprisonment in a penal institution other
than the penitentiary not to exceed one year, or both fine and
imprisonment."
Printed Name of Filer:.......................................
Date:........................................................
Signature:...................................................
If this statement of economic interests requires ethics officer

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review prior to filing, the applicable ethics officer must
complete the following:
CERTIFICATION OF ETHICS OFFICER REVIEW:
"In accordance with law, as Ethics Officer, I reviewed this
statement of economic interests prior to its filing."
Printed Name of Ethics Officer:..............................
Date:........................................................
Signature:...................................................
Preferred e-mail address (optional):.........................
STATEMENT OF ECONOMIC INTEREST
(TYPE OR HAND PRINT)
.............................................................
(name)
.............................................................
(each office or position of employment for which this statement
is filed)
.............................................................
(full mailing address)
GENERAL DIRECTIONS:
The interest (if constructively controlled by the person
making the statement) of a spouse or any other party, shall be
considered to be the same as the interest of the person making
the statement.
Campaign receipts shall not be included in this statement.

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If additional space is needed, please attach supplemental
listing.
1. List the name and instrument of ownership in any entity
doing business in the State of Illinois, in which the ownership
interest held by the person at the date of filing is in excess
of $5,000 fair market value or from which dividends in excess
of $1,200 were derived during the preceding calendar year. (In
the case of real estate, location thereof shall be listed by
street address, or if none, then by legal description.) No time
or demand deposit in a financial institution, nor any debt
instrument need be listed.
Business Entity Instrument of Ownership
............................... ...............................
............................... ...............................
............................... ...............................
............................... ...............................
2. List the name, address and type of practice of any
professional organization in which the person making the
statement was an officer, director, associate, partner or
proprietor or served in any advisory capacity, from which
income in excess of $1,200 was derived during the preceding
calendar year.
Name Address Type of Practice
.................... .................... .....................
.................... .................... .....................
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3. List the nature of professional services rendered (other
than to the State of Illinois) to each entity from which income
exceeding $5,000 was received for professional services
rendered during the preceding calendar year by the person
making the statement.
.............................................................
.............................................................
4. List the identity (including the address or legal
description of real estate) of any capital asset from which a
capital gain of $5,000 or more was realized during the
preceding calendar year.
.............................................................
.............................................................
5. List the identity of any compensated lobbyist with whom
the person making the statement maintains a close economic
association, including the name of the lobbyist and specifying
the legislative matter or matters which are the object of the
lobbying activity, and describing the general type of economic
activity of the client or principal on whose behalf that person
is lobbying.
Lobbyist Legislative Matter Client or Principal
.................... .................... .....................
.................... .................... .....................
6. List the name of any entity doing business in the State
of Illinois from which income in excess of $1,200 was derived
during the preceding calendar year other than for professional

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services and the title or description of any position held in
that entity. (In the case of real estate, location thereof
shall be listed by street address, or if none, then by legal
description). No time or demand deposit in a financial
institution nor any debt instrument need be listed.
Entity Position Held
............................... ...............................
............................... ...............................
............................... ...............................
7. List the name of any unit of government which employed
the person making the statement during the preceding calendar
year other than the unit or units of government in relation to
which the person is required to file.
.............................................................
.............................................................
8. List the name of any entity from which a gift or gifts,
or honorarium or honoraria, valued singly or in the aggregate
in excess of $500, was received during the preceding calendar
year.
.............................................................
VERIFICATION:
"I declare that this statement of economic interests
(including any accompanying schedules and statements) has been
examined by me and to the best of my knowledge and belief is a
true, correct and complete statement of my economic interests
as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. I

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understand that the penalty for willfully filing a false or
incomplete statement shall be a fine not to exceed $1,000 or
imprisonment in a penal institution other than the penitentiary
not to exceed one year, or both fine and imprisonment."
................ ..........................................
(date of filing) (signature of person making the statement)
(Source: P.A. 95-173, eff. 1-1-08.)
(5 ILCS 420/4A-107) (from Ch. 127, par. 604A-107)
Sec. 4A-107. Any person required to file a statement of
economic interests under this Article who willfully files a
false or incomplete statement shall be guilty of a Class A
misdemeanor; provided, a filer's statement made in reasonable,
good faith reliance on the guidance provided by the Secretary
of State pursuant Section 4A-102 or his or her ethics officer
shall not constitute a willful false or incomplete statement.
Except when the fees and penalties for late filing have
been waived under Section 4A-105, failure to file a statement
within the time prescribed shall result in ineligibility for,
or forfeiture of, office or position of employment, as the case
may be; provided, however, that if the notice of failure to
file a statement of economic interests provided in Section
4A-105 of this Act is not given by the Secretary of State or
the county clerk, as the case may be, no forfeiture shall
result if a statement is filed within 30 days of actual notice
of the failure to file. The Secretary of State shall provide

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the Attorney General with the names of persons who failed to
file a statement. The county clerk shall provide the State's
Attorney of the county of the entity for which the filing of
statement of economic interest is required with the name of
persons who failed to file a statement.
The Attorney General, with respect to offices or positions
described in items (a) through (f) and items (j), (l), (n), and
(p) of Section 4A-101 of this Act, or the State's Attorney of
the county of the entity for which the filing of statements of
economic interests is required, with respect to offices or
positions described in items (a) through (e) of Section
4A-101.5, shall bring an action in quo warranto against any
person who has failed to file by either May 31 or June 30 of any
given year and for whom the fees and penalties for late filing
have not been waived under Section 4A-105.
(Source: P.A. 101-221, eff. 8-9-19.)
(5 ILCS 420/4A-108)
Sec. 4A-108. Internet-based systems of filing.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or any
other law, the Secretary of State and county clerks are
authorized to institute an Internet-based system for the filing
of statements of economic interests in their offices. With
respect to county clerk systems, the determination to institute
such a system shall be in the sole discretion of the county
clerk and shall meet the requirements set out in this Section.

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With respect to a Secretary of State system, the determination
to institute such a system shall be in the sole discretion of
the Secretary of State and shall meet the requirements set out
in this Section and those Sections of the State Officials and
Employees Ethics Act requiring ethics officer review prior to
filing. The system shall be capable of allowing an ethics
officer to approve a statement of economic interests and shall
include a means to amend a statement of economic interests.
When this Section does not modify or remove the requirements
set forth elsewhere in this Article, those requirements shall
apply to any system of Internet-based filing authorized by this
Section. When this Section does modify or remove the
requirements set forth elsewhere in this Article, the
provisions of this Section shall apply to any system of
Internet-based filing authorized by this Section.
(b) In any system of Internet-based filing of statements of
economic interests instituted by the Secretary of State or a
county clerk:
(1) Any filing of an Internet-based statement of
economic interests shall be the equivalent of the filing of
a verified, written statement of economic interests as
required by Section 4A-101 or 4A-101.5 and the equivalent
of the filing of a verified, dated, and signed statement of
economic interests as required by Section 4A-103 4A-104.
(2) The Secretary of State and county clerks who
institute a system of Internet-based filing of statements

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of economic interests shall establish a password-protected
website to receive the filings of such statements. A
website established under this Section shall set forth and
provide a means of responding to the items set forth in
Section 4A-103 4A-102 that are required of a person who
files a statement of economic interests with that officer.
A website established under this Section shall set forth
and provide a means of generating a printable receipt page
acknowledging filing.
(3) The times for the filing of statements of economic
interests set forth in Section 4A-105 shall be followed in
any system of Internet-based filing of statements of
economic interests; provided that a candidate for elective
office who is required to file a statement of economic
interests in relation to his or her candidacy pursuant to
Section 4A-105(a) shall receive a written or printed
receipt for his or her filing.
A candidate filing for Governor, Lieutenant Governor,
Attorney General, Secretary of State, Treasurer,
Comptroller, State Senate, or State House of
Representatives, Supreme Court Justice, appellate court
judge, circuit court judge, or judicial retention shall not
use the Internet to file his or her statement of economic
interests, but shall file his or her statement of economic
interests in a written or printed form and shall receive a
written or printed receipt for his or her filing. Annually,

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the duly appointed ethics officer for each legislative
caucus shall certify to the Secretary of State whether his
or her caucus members will file their statements of
economic interests electronically or in a written or
printed format for that year. If the ethics officer for a
caucus certifies that the statements of economic interests
shall be written or printed, then members of the General
Assembly of that caucus shall not use the Internet to file
his or her statement of economic interests, but shall file
his or her statement of economic interests in a written or
printed form and shall receive a written or printed receipt
for his or her filing. If no certification is made by an
ethics officer for a legislative caucus, or if a member of
the General Assembly is not affiliated with a legislative
caucus, then the affected member or members of the General
Assembly may file their statements of economic interests
using the Internet.
(4) In the first year of the implementation of a system
of Internet-based filing of statements of economic
interests, each person required to file such a statement is
to be notified in writing of his or her obligation to file
his or her statement of economic interests by way of the
Internet-based system. If access to the website web site
requires a code or password, this information shall be
included in the notice prescribed by this paragraph.
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economic interests has supplied the Secretary of State or a
county clerk, as applicable, with an email address for the
purpose of receiving notices under this Article by email, a
notice sent by email to the supplied email address shall be
the equivalent of a notice sent by first class mail, as set
forth in Section 4A-106 or 4A-106.5. A person who has
supplied such an email address shall notify the Secretary
of State or county clerk, as applicable, when his or her
email address changes or if he or she no longer wishes to
receive notices by email.
(6) If any person who is required to file a statement
of economic interests and who has chosen to receive notices
by email fails to file his or her statement by May 10, then
the Secretary of State or county clerk, as applicable,
shall send an additional email notice on that date,
informing the person that he or she has not filed and
describing the penalties for late filing and failing to
file. This notice shall be in addition to other notices
provided for in this Article.
(7) The Secretary of State and each county clerk who
institutes a system of Internet-based filing of statements
of economic interests may also institute an Internet-based
process for the filing of the list of names and addresses
of persons required to file statements of economic
interests by the chief administrative officers that must
file such information with the Secretary of State or county

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clerk, as applicable, pursuant to Section 4A-106 or
4A-106.5. Whenever the Secretary of State or a county clerk
institutes such a system under this paragraph, every chief
administrative officer must use the system to file this
information.
(8) The Secretary of State and any county clerk who
institutes a system of Internet-based filing of statements
of economic interests shall post the contents of such
statements filed with him or her available for inspection
and copying on a publicly accessible website. Such postings
shall not include the addresses or signatures of the
filers.
(Source: P.A. 100-1041, eff. 1-1-19; 101-221, eff. 8-9-19;
revised 9-12-19.)
(5 ILCS 420/4A-104 rep.)
Section 10. The Illinois Governmental Ethics Act is amended
by repealing Section 4A-104 on January 1, 2022.
Section 15. The State Officials and Employees Ethics Act is
amended by changing Sections 5-40, 5-45, 25-5, 25-10, and 25-15
as follows:
(5 ILCS 430/5-40)
Sec. 5-40. Fundraising in Sangamon County. Except as
provided in this Section, any executive branch constitutional

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officer, any candidate for an executive branch constitutional
office, any member of the General Assembly, any candidate for
the General Assembly, any political caucus of the General
Assembly, or any political committee on behalf of any of the
foregoing may not hold a political fundraising function in
Sangamon County or a virtual fundraising function on any day
the legislature is in session or the day immediately prior to
or immediately after such day; except that executive branch
constitutional officers, candidates for an executive branch
constitutional office, members of the General Assembly, and
candidates candidate for the General Assembly may have a
virtual fundraising function on the day before or after a day
the legislature is in session if the officer, member, or
candidate is not in Sangamon County (i) during the period
beginning February 1 and ending on the later of the actual
adjournment dates of either house of the spring session and
(ii) during fall veto session. For purposes of this Section,
the legislature is not considered to be in session on a day
that is solely a perfunctory session day or on a day when only
a committee is meeting.
During the period beginning June 1 and ending on the first
day of fall veto session each year, this Section does not apply
to (i) a member of the General Assembly whose legislative or
representative district is entirely within Sangamon County or
(ii) a candidate for the General Assembly from that legislative
or representative district.

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(Source: P.A. 96-555, eff. 8-18-09.)
(5 ILCS 430/5-45)
Sec. 5-45. Procurement; revolving door prohibition.
(a) No former officer, member, or State employee, or spouse
or immediate family member living with such person, shall,
within a period of one year immediately after termination of
State employment, knowingly accept employment or receive
compensation or fees for services from a person or entity if
the officer, member, or State employee, during the year
immediately preceding termination of State employment,
participated personally and substantially in the award of State
contracts, or the issuance of State contract change orders,
with a cumulative value of $25,000 or more to the person or
entity, or its parent or subsidiary.
(a-5) No officer, member, or spouse or immediate family
member living with such person shall, during the officer or
member's term in office or within a period of 2 years
immediately leaving office, hold an ownership interest, other
than a passive interest in a publicly traded company, in any
gaming license under the Illinois Gambling Act, the Video
Gaming Act, the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975, or the
Sports Wagering Act. Any member of the General Assembly or
spouse or immediate family member living with such person who
has an ownership interest, other than a passive interest in a
publicly traded company, in any gaming license under the

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Illinois Gambling Act, the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975,
the Video Gaming Act, or the Sports Wagering Act at the time of
the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General
Assembly shall divest himself or herself of such ownership
within one year after the effective date of this amendatory Act
of the 101st General Assembly. No State employee who works for
the Illinois Gaming Board or Illinois Racing Board or spouse or
immediate family member living with such person shall, during
State employment or within a period of 2 years immediately
after termination of State employment, hold an ownership
interest, other than a passive interest in a publicly traded
company, in any gaming license under the Illinois Gambling Act,
the Video Gaming Act, the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975, or
the Sports Wagering Act.
(a-10) This subsection (a-10) applies on and after June 25,
2021. No officer, member, or spouse or immediate family member
living with such person, shall, during the officer or member's
term in office or within a period of 2 years immediately after
leaving office, hold an ownership interest, other than a
passive interest in a publicly traded company, in any cannabis
business establishment which is licensed under the Cannabis
Regulation and Tax Act. Any member of the General Assembly or
spouse or immediate family member living with such person who
has an ownership interest, other than a passive interest in a
publicly traded company, in any cannabis business
establishment which is licensed under the Cannabis Regulation

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and Tax Act at the time of the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly shall divest
himself or herself of such ownership within one year after the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General
Assembly.
No State employee who works for any State agency that
regulates cannabis business establishment license holders who
participated personally and substantially in the award of
licenses under the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act or a spouse
or immediate family member living with such person shall,
during State employment or within a period of 2 years
immediately after termination of State employment, hold an
ownership interest, other than a passive interest in a publicly
traded company, in any cannabis license under the Cannabis
Regulation and Tax Act.
(b) No former officer of the executive branch or State
employee of the executive branch with regulatory or licensing
authority, or spouse or immediate family member living with
such person, shall, within a period of one year immediately
after termination of State employment, knowingly accept
employment or receive compensation or fees for services from a
person or entity if the officer or State employee, during the
year immediately preceding termination of State employment,
participated personally and substantially in making a
regulatory or licensing decision that directly applied to the
person or entity, or its parent or subsidiary.

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(b-5) Beginning January 1, 2022, no former officer of the
executive branch shall, within a period of 6 months immediately
after leaving office or for the remainder of that officer's
term engage in activities at the State level that require
registration under the Lobbyist Registration Act.
(b-7) Beginning January 1, 2022, no former member shall,
within a period of 6 months immediately after leaving office or
for the remainder of the General Assembly to which that member
was elected engage in activities at the State level that
require registration under the Lobbyist Registration Act.
(c) Within 6 months after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, each executive
branch constitutional officer and legislative leader, the
Auditor General, and the Joint Committee on Legislative Support
Services shall adopt a policy delineating which State positions
under his or her jurisdiction and control, by the nature of
their duties, may have the authority to participate personally
and substantially in the award of State contracts or in
regulatory or licensing decisions. The Governor shall adopt
such a policy for all State employees of the executive branch
not under the jurisdiction and control of any other executive
branch constitutional officer.
The policies required under subsection (c) of this Section
shall be filed with the appropriate ethics commission
established under this Act or, for the Auditor General, with
the Office of the Auditor General.

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(d) Each Inspector General shall have the authority to
determine that additional State positions under his or her
jurisdiction, not otherwise subject to the policies required by
subsection (c) of this Section, are nonetheless subject to the
notification requirement of subsection (f) below due to their
involvement in the award of State contracts or in regulatory or
licensing decisions.
(e) The Joint Committee on Legislative Support Services,
the Auditor General, and each of the executive branch
constitutional officers and legislative leaders subject to
subsection (c) of this Section shall provide written
notification to all employees in positions subject to the
policies required by subsection (c) or a determination made
under subsection (d): (1) upon hiring, promotion, or transfer
into the relevant position; and (2) at the time the employee's
duties are changed in such a way as to qualify that employee.
An employee receiving notification must certify in writing that
the person was advised of the prohibition and the requirement
to notify the appropriate Inspector General in subsection (f).
(f) Any State employee in a position subject to the
policies required by subsection (c) or to a determination under
subsection (d), but who does not fall within the prohibition of
subsection (h) below, who is offered non-State employment
during State employment or within a period of one year
immediately after termination of State employment shall, prior
to accepting such non-State employment, notify the appropriate

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Inspector General. Within 10 calendar days after receiving
notification from an employee in a position subject to the
policies required by subsection (c), such Inspector General
shall make a determination as to whether the State employee is
restricted from accepting such employment by subsection (a) or
(b). In making a determination, in addition to any other
relevant information, an Inspector General shall assess the
effect of the prospective employment or relationship upon
decisions referred to in subsections (a) and (b), based on the
totality of the participation by the former officer, member, or
State employee in those decisions. A determination by an
Inspector General must be in writing, signed and dated by the
Inspector General, and delivered to the subject of the
determination within 10 calendar days or the person is deemed
eligible for the employment opportunity. For purposes of this
subsection, "appropriate Inspector General" means (i) for
members and employees of the legislative branch, the
Legislative Inspector General; (ii) for the Auditor General and
employees of the Office of the Auditor General, the Inspector
General provided for in Section 30-5 of this Act; and (iii) for
executive branch officers and employees, the Inspector General
having jurisdiction over the officer or employee. Notice of any
determination of an Inspector General and of any such appeal
shall be given to the ultimate jurisdictional authority, the
Attorney General, and the Executive Ethics Commission.
(g) An Inspector General's determination regarding

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restrictions under subsection (a) or (b) may be appealed to the
appropriate Ethics Commission by the person subject to the
decision or the Attorney General no later than the 10th
calendar day after the date of the determination.
On appeal, the Ethics Commission or Auditor General shall
seek, accept, and consider written public comments regarding a
determination. In deciding whether to uphold an Inspector
General's determination, the appropriate Ethics Commission or
Auditor General shall assess, in addition to any other relevant
information, the effect of the prospective employment or
relationship upon the decisions referred to in subsections (a)
and (b), based on the totality of the participation by the
former officer, member, or State employee in those decisions.
The Ethics Commission shall decide whether to uphold an
Inspector General's determination within 10 calendar days or
the person is deemed eligible for the employment opportunity.
(h) The following officers, members, or State employees
shall not, within a period of one year immediately after
termination of office or State employment, knowingly accept
employment or receive compensation or fees for services from a
person or entity if the person or entity or its parent or
subsidiary, during the year immediately preceding termination
of State employment, was a party to a State contract or
contracts with a cumulative value of $25,000 or more involving
the officer, member, or State employee's State agency, or was
the subject of a regulatory or licensing decision involving the

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officer, member, or State employee's State agency, regardless
of whether he or she participated personally and substantially
in the award of the State contract or contracts or the making
of the regulatory or licensing decision in question:
(1) members or officers;
(2) members of a commission or board created by the
Illinois Constitution;
(3) persons whose appointment to office is subject to
the advice and consent of the Senate;
(4) the head of a department, commission, board,
division, bureau, authority, or other administrative unit
within the government of this State;
(5) chief procurement officers, State purchasing
officers, and their designees whose duties are directly
related to State procurement;
(6) chiefs of staff, deputy chiefs of staff, associate
chiefs of staff, assistant chiefs of staff, and deputy
governors;
(7) employees of the Illinois Racing Board; and
(8) employees of the Illinois Gaming Board.
(i) For the purposes of this Section, with respect to
officers or employees of a regional transit board, as defined
in this Act, the phrase "person or entity" does not include:
(i) the United States government, (ii) the State, (iii)
municipalities, as defined under Article VII, Section 1 of the
Illinois Constitution, (iv) units of local government, as

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defined under Article VII, Section 1 of the Illinois
Constitution, or (v) school districts.
(Source: P.A. 101-31, eff. 6-28-19; 101-593, eff. 12-4-19.)
Section 20. The Election Code is amended by changing
Sections 1A-14, 9-1.8, and 9-8.5 and by adding Section 9-3.5 as
follows:
(10 ILCS 5/1A-14) (from Ch. 46, par. 1A-14)
Sec. 1A-14. Political activity by members of the State
Board of Elections.
(a) No member of the State Board of Elections may become a
candidate for nomination for, or election to, or accept
appointment to or hold any other remunerative public office or
public employment or any office in a political party. No member
of the State Board of Elections shall: (i) contribute, either
financially or in services or goods or any other way, to any
political committee; (ii) serve as an officer of any political
committee; or (iii) be a candidate who is designated as the
candidate to be supported by a candidate political committee.
(b) A member of the State Board of Elections who is either
an officer of a political committee or a candidate who is
designated as the candidate to be supported by a candidate
political committee shall within 30 days after confirmation by
the Senate: (i) resign as an officer of the political
committee; (ii) have his or her name removed as the candidate

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to be supported by a political committee; (iii) notify the
Board of the member's intent to convert the political committee
to a limited activity committee under Section 9-1.8, and
complete the transition to a limited activity committee within
60 days after confirmation; or (iv) dissolve the committee. A
member of the State Board of Elections who is in violation of
this subsection (b) on the effective date of this amendatory
Act of the 101st General Assembly must come into compliance
within 30 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act
of the 101st General Assembly.
(c) Violation of any prohibition in this Section shall
disqualify a member of the Board and a vacancy is thereby
created. A vacancy also exists upon the occurrence of any of
the events enumerated in Section 25-2 of this Act as in the
case of an elective office.
(d) As used in this Section, "political committee" includes
both the meaning provided in Section 9-1.8 of this Code and the
meaning provided in 52 U.S.C. 30101.
(Source: P.A. 80-1178.)
(10 ILCS 5/9-1.8) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.8)
Sec. 9-1.8. Political committees.
(a) "Political committee" includes a candidate political
committee, a political party committee, a political action
committee, a ballot initiative committee, and an independent
expenditure committee.

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(b) "Candidate political committee" means the candidate
himself or herself or any natural person, trust, partnership,
corporation, or other organization or group of persons
designated by the candidate that accepts contributions or makes
expenditures during any 12-month period in an aggregate amount
exceeding $5,000 on behalf of the candidate.
(c) "Political party committee" means the State central
committee of a political party, a county central committee of a
political party, a legislative caucus committee, or a committee
formed by a ward or township committeeperson of a political
party. For purposes of this Article, a "legislative caucus
committee" means a committee established for the purpose of
electing candidates to the General Assembly by the person
elected President of the Senate, Minority Leader of the Senate,
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Minority Leader of the
House of Representatives, or a committee established by 5 or
more members of the same caucus of the Senate or 10 or more
members of the same caucus of the House of Representatives.
(d) "Political action committee" means any natural person,
trust, partnership, committee, association, corporation, or
other organization or group of persons, other than a candidate,
political party, candidate political committee, or political
party committee, that accepts contributions or makes
expenditures during any 12-month period in an aggregate amount
exceeding $5,000 on behalf of or in opposition to a candidate
or candidates for public office. "Political action committee"

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includes any natural person, trust, partnership, committee,
association, corporation, or other organization or group of
persons, other than a candidate, political party, candidate
political committee, or political party committee, that makes
electioneering communications during any 12-month period in an
aggregate amount exceeding $5,000 related to any candidate or
candidates for public office.
(e) "Ballot initiative committee" means any natural
person, trust, partnership, committee, association,
corporation, or other organization or group of persons that
accepts contributions or makes expenditures during any
12-month period in an aggregate amount exceeding $5,000 in
support of or in opposition to any question of public policy to
be submitted to the electors. "Ballot initiative committee"
includes any natural person, trust, partnership, committee,
association, corporation, or other organization or group of
persons that makes electioneering communications during any
12-month period in an aggregate amount exceeding $5,000 related
to any question of public policy to be submitted to the voters.
The $5,000 threshold applies to any contributions or
expenditures received or made with the purpose of securing a
place on the ballot for, advocating the defeat or passage of,
or engaging in electioneering communication regarding the
question of public policy, regardless of the method of
initiation of the question of public policy and regardless of
whether petitions have been circulated or filed with the

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appropriate office or whether the question has been adopted and
certified by the governing body.
(f) "Independent expenditure committee" means any trust,
partnership, committee, association, corporation, or other
organization or group of persons formed for the exclusive
purpose of making independent expenditures during any 12-month
period in an aggregate amount exceeding $5,000 in support of or
in opposition to (i) the nomination for election, election,
retention, or defeat of any public official or candidate or
(ii) any question of public policy to be submitted to the
electors. "Independent expenditure committee" also includes
any trust, partnership, committee, association, corporation,
or other organization or group of persons that makes
electioneering communications that are not made in connection,
consultation, or concert with or at the request or suggestion
of a public official or candidate, a public official's or
candidate's designated political committee or campaign, or an
agent or agents of the public official, candidate, or political
committee or campaign during any 12-month period in an
aggregate amount exceeding $5,000 related to (i) the nomination
for election, election, retention, or defeat of any public
official or candidate or (ii) any question of public policy to
be submitted to the voters.
(g) "Limited activity committee" means a political
committee for which a person who is nominated to a position
that is subject to confirmation by the Senate, including a

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member of the State Board of Elections, is either an officer or
a candidate the committee has designated to support.
(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
(10 ILCS 5/9-3.5 new)
Sec. 9-3.5. Candidate political committee restrictions.
(a) A person who is nominated to an affected office shall
not: (i) serve as an officer of a candidate political committee
that is designated to support or oppose that person as a
candidate; or (ii) be a candidate who is designated as the
candidate to be supported by a candidate political committee.
(b) Within 30 days after appointment, the person shall: (i)
dissolve the candidate political committee; (ii) resign as an
officer of the candidate political committee; (iii) have his or
her name removed as the candidate to be supported by the
candidate political committee; or (iv) notify the Board of the
person's intent to convert the candidate political committee to
a limited activity candidate political committee.
(c) As used in this Section, "affected office" has the
meaning provided in subsection (c) of Section 3A-50 of the
Illinois Governmental Ethics Act.
(10 ILCS 5/9-8.5)
Sec. 9-8.5. Limitations on campaign contributions.
(a) It is unlawful for a political committee to accept
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(b) During an election cycle, a candidate political
committee may not accept contributions with an aggregate value
over the following: (i) $5,000 from any individual, (ii)
$10,000 from any corporation, labor organization, or
association, or (iii) $50,000 from a candidate political
committee or political action committee. A candidate political
committee may accept contributions in any amount from a
political party committee except during an election cycle in
which the candidate seeks nomination at a primary election.
During an election cycle in which the candidate seeks
nomination at a primary election, a candidate political
committee may not accept contributions from political party
committees with an aggregate value over the following: (i)
$200,000 for a candidate political committee established to
support a candidate seeking nomination to statewide office,
(ii) $125,000 for a candidate political committee established
to support a candidate seeking nomination to the Senate, the
Supreme Court or Appellate Court in the First Judicial
District, or an office elected by all voters in a county with
1,000,000 or more residents, (iii) $75,000 for a candidate
political committee established to support a candidate seeking
nomination to the House of Representatives, the Supreme Court
or Appellate Court for a Judicial District other than the First
Judicial District, an office elected by all voters of a county
of fewer than 1,000,000 residents, and municipal and county
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of Cook County, and (iv) $50,000 for a candidate political
committee established to support the nomination of a candidate
to any other office. A candidate political committee
established to elect a candidate to the General Assembly may
accept contributions from only one legislative caucus
committee. A candidate political committee may not accept
contributions from a ballot initiative committee or from an
independent expenditure committee.
(c) During an election cycle, a political party committee
may not accept contributions with an aggregate value over the
following: (i) $10,000 from any individual, (ii) $20,000 from
any corporation, labor organization, or association, or (iii)
$50,000 from a political action committee. A political party
committee may accept contributions in any amount from another
political party committee or a candidate political committee,
except as provided in subsection (c-5). Nothing in this Section
shall limit the amounts that may be transferred between a
political party committee established under subsection (a) of
Section 7-8 of this Code and an affiliated federal political
committee established under the Federal Election Code by the
same political party. A political party committee may not
accept contributions from a ballot initiative committee or from
an independent expenditure committee. A political party
committee established by a legislative caucus may not accept
contributions from another political party committee
established by a legislative caucus.

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(c-5) During the period beginning on the date candidates
may begin circulating petitions for a primary election and
ending on the day of the primary election, a political party
committee may not accept contributions with an aggregate value
over $50,000 from a candidate political committee or political
party committee. A political party committee may accept
contributions in any amount from a candidate political
committee or political party committee if the political party
committee receiving the contribution filed a statement of
nonparticipation in the primary as provided in subsection
(c-10). The Task Force on Campaign Finance Reform shall study
and make recommendations on the provisions of this subsection
to the Governor and General Assembly by September 30, 2012.
This subsection becomes inoperative on July 1, 2013 and
thereafter no longer applies.
(c-10) A political party committee that does not intend to
make contributions to candidates to be nominated at a general
primary election or consolidated primary election may file a
Statement of Nonparticipation in a Primary Election with the
Board. The Statement of Nonparticipation shall include a
verification signed by the chairperson and treasurer of the
committee that (i) the committee will not make contributions or
coordinated expenditures in support of or opposition to a
candidate or candidates to be nominated at the general primary
election or consolidated primary election (select one) to be
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accept unlimited contributions from candidate political
committees and political party committees, provided that the
political party committee does not make contributions to a
candidate or candidates to be nominated at the primary
election, and (iii) failure to abide by these requirements
shall deem the political party committee in violation of this
Article and subject the committee to a fine of no more than
150% of the total contributions or coordinated expenditures
made by the committee in violation of this Article. This
subsection becomes inoperative on July 1, 2013 and thereafter
no longer applies.
(d) During an election cycle, a political action committee
may not accept contributions with an aggregate value over the
following: (i) $10,000 from any individual, (ii) $20,000 from
any corporation, labor organization, political party
committee, or association, or (iii) $50,000 from a political
action committee or candidate political committee. A political
action committee may not accept contributions from a ballot
initiative committee or from an independent expenditure
committee.
(e) A ballot initiative committee may accept contributions
in any amount from any source, provided that the committee
files the document required by Section 9-3 of this Article and
files the disclosure reports required by the provisions of this
Article.
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contributions in any amount from any source, provided that the
committee files the document required by Section 9-3 of this
Article and files the disclosure reports required by the
provisions of this Article.
(e-10) A limited activity committee shall not accept
contributions, except that the officer or a candidate the
committee has designated to support may contribute personal
funds in order to pay for maintenance expenses. A limited
activity committee may only make expenditures that are: (i)
necessary for maintenance of the committee; (ii) for rent or
lease payments until the end of the lease in effect at the time
the officer or candidate is confirmed by the Senate; (iii)
contributions to 501(c)(3) charities; or (iv) returning
contributions to original contributors.
(f) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a political
committee from dividing the proceeds of joint fundraising
efforts; provided that no political committee may receive more
than the limit from any one contributor, and provided that an
independent expenditure committee may not conduct joint
fundraising efforts with a candidate political committee or a
political party committee.
(g) On January 1 of each odd-numbered year, the State Board
of Elections shall adjust the amounts of the contribution
limitations established in this Section for inflation as
determined by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers
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to the nearest $100. The State Board shall publish this
information on its official website.
(h) Self-funding candidates. If a public official, a
candidate, or the public official's or candidate's immediate
family contributes or loans to the public official's or
candidate's political committee or to other political
committees that transfer funds to the public official's or
candidate's political committee or makes independent
expenditures for the benefit of the public official's or
candidate's campaign during the 12 months prior to an election
in an aggregate amount of more than (i) $250,000 for statewide
office or (ii) $100,000 for all other elective offices, then
the public official or candidate shall file with the State
Board of Elections, within one day, a Notification of
Self-funding that shall detail each contribution or loan made
by the public official, the candidate, or the public official's
or candidate's immediate family. Within 2 business days after
the filing of a Notification of Self-funding, the notification
shall be posted on the Board's website and the Board shall give
official notice of the filing to each candidate for the same
office as the public official or candidate making the filing,
including the public official or candidate filing the
Notification of Self-funding. Notice shall be sent via first
class mail to the candidate and the treasurer of the
candidate's committee. Notice shall also be sent by e-mail to
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the candidate and the treasurer, as applicable, have provided
the Board with an e-mail address. Upon posting of the notice on
the Board's website, all candidates for that office, including
the public official or candidate who filed a Notification of
Self-funding, shall be permitted to accept contributions in
excess of any contribution limits imposed by subsection (b). If
a public official or candidate filed a Notification of
Self-funding during an election cycle that includes a general
primary election or consolidated primary election and that
public official or candidate is nominated, all candidates for
that office, including the nominee who filed the notification
of self-funding, shall be permitted to accept contributions in
excess of any contribution limit imposed by subsection (b) for
the subsequent election cycle. For the purposes of this
subsection, "immediate family" means the spouse, parent, or
child of a public official or candidate.
(h-5) If a natural person or independent expenditure
committee makes independent expenditures in support of or in
opposition to the campaign of a particular public official or
candidate in an aggregate amount of more than (i) $250,000 for
statewide office or (ii) $100,000 for all other elective
offices in an election cycle, as reported in a written
disclosure filed under subsection (a) of Section 9-8.6 or
subsection (e-5) of Section 9-10, then the State Board of
Elections shall, within 2 business days after the filing of the
disclosure, post the disclosure on the Board's website and give

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official notice of the disclosure to each candidate for the
same office as the public official or candidate for whose
benefit or detriment the natural person or independent
expenditure committee made independent expenditures. Upon
posting of the notice on the Board's website, all candidates
for that office in that election, including the public official
or candidate for whose benefit or detriment the natural person
or independent expenditure committee made independent
expenditures, shall be permitted to accept contributions in
excess of any contribution limits imposed by subsection (b).
(h-10) If the State Board of Elections receives
notification or determines that a natural person or persons, an
independent expenditure committee or committees, or
combination thereof has made independent expenditures in
support of or in opposition to the campaign of a particular
public official or candidate in an aggregate amount of more
than (i) $250,000 for statewide office or (ii) $100,000 for all
other elective offices in an election cycle, then the Board
shall, within 2 business days after discovering the independent
expenditures that, in the aggregate, exceed the threshold set
forth in (i) and (ii) of this subsection, post notice of this
fact on the Board's website and give official notice to each
candidate for the same office as the public official or
candidate for whose benefit or detriment the independent
expenditures were made. Notice shall be sent via first class
mail to the candidate and the treasurer of the candidate's

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committee. Notice shall also be sent by e-mail to the candidate
and the treasurer of the candidate's committee if the candidate
and the treasurer, as applicable, have provided the Board with
an e-mail address. Upon posting of the notice on the Board's
website, all candidates of that office in that election,
including the public official or candidate for whose benefit or
detriment the independent expenditures were made, may accept
contributions in excess of any contribution limits imposed by
subsection (b).
(i) For the purposes of this Section, a corporation, labor
organization, association, or a political action committee
established by a corporation, labor organization, or
association may act as a conduit in facilitating the delivery
to a political action committee of contributions made through
dues, levies, or similar assessments and the political action
committee may report the contributions in the aggregate,
provided that: (i) contributions made through dues, levies, or
similar assessments paid by any natural person, corporation,
labor organization, or association in a calendar year may not
exceed the limits set forth in this Section; (ii) the
corporation, labor organization, association, or a political
action committee established by a corporation, labor
organization, or association facilitating the delivery of
contributions maintains a list of natural persons,
corporations, labor organizations, and associations that paid
the dues, levies, or similar assessments from which the

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contributions comprising the aggregate amount derive; and
(iii) contributions made through dues, levies, or similar
assessments paid by any natural person, corporation, labor
organization, or association that exceed $500 in a quarterly
reporting period shall be itemized on the committee's quarterly
report and may not be reported in the aggregate. A political
action committee facilitating the delivery of contributions or
receiving contributions shall disclose the amount of
contributions made through dues delivered or received and the
name of the corporation, labor organization, association, or
political action committee delivering the contributions, if
applicable. On January 1 of each odd-numbered year, the State
Board of Elections shall adjust the amounts of the contribution
limitations established in this subsection for inflation as
determined by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers
as issued by the United States Department of Labor and rounded
to the nearest $100. The State Board shall publish this
information on its official website.
(j) A political committee that receives a contribution or
transfer in violation of this Section shall dispose of the
contribution or transfer by returning the contribution or
transfer, or an amount equal to the contribution or transfer,
to the contributor or transferor or donating the contribution
or transfer, or an amount equal to the contribution or
transfer, to a charity. A contribution or transfer received in
violation of this Section that is not disposed of as provided

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in this subsection within 30 days after the Board sends
notification to the political committee of the excess
contribution by certified mail shall escheat to the General
Revenue Fund and the political committee shall be deemed in
violation of this Section and subject to a civil penalty not to
exceed 150% of the total amount of the contribution.
(k) For the purposes of this Section, "statewide office"
means the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General,
Secretary of State, Comptroller, and Treasurer.
(l) This Section is repealed if and when the United States
Supreme Court invalidates contribution limits on committees
formed to assist candidates, political parties, corporations,
associations, or labor organizations established by or
pursuant to federal law.
(Source: P.A. 97-766, eff. 7-6-12; 98-115, eff. 7-29-13.)
Section 25. The General Assembly Compensation Act is
amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
(25 ILCS 115/1) (from Ch. 63, par. 14)
Sec. 1. Each member of the General Assembly shall receive
an annual salary of $28,000 or as set by the Compensation
Review Board, whichever is greater. The following named
officers, committee chairmen and committee minority spokesmen
shall receive additional amounts per year for their services as
such officers, committee chairmen and committee minority

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spokesmen respectively, as set by the Compensation Review Board
or, as follows, whichever is greater: Beginning the second
Wednesday in January 1989, the Speaker and the minority leader
of the House of Representatives and the President and the
minority leader of the Senate, $16,000 each; the majority
leader in the House of Representatives $13,500; 5 assistant
majority leaders and 5 assistant minority leaders in the
Senate, $12,000 each; 6 assistant majority leaders and 6
assistant minority leaders in the House of Representatives,
$10,500 each; 2 Deputy Majority leaders in the House of
Representatives $11,500 each; and 2 Deputy Minority leaders in
the House of Representatives, $11,500 each; the majority caucus
chairman and minority caucus chairman in the Senate, $12,000
each; and beginning the second Wednesday in January, 1989, the
majority conference chairman and the minority conference
chairman in the House of Representatives, $10,500 each;
beginning the second Wednesday in January, 1989, the chairman
and minority spokesman of each standing committee of the
Senate, except the Rules Committee, the Committee on
Committees, and the Committee on Assignment of Bills, $6,000
each; and beginning the second Wednesday in January, 1989, the
chairman and minority spokesman of each standing and select
committee of the House of Representatives, $6,000 each; and
beginning fiscal year 2020, the majority leader in the Senate,
an amount equal to the majority leader in the House. A member
who serves in more than one position as an officer, committee

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chairman, or committee minority spokesman shall receive only
one additional amount based on the position paying the highest
additional amount. The compensation provided for in this
Section to be paid per year to members of the General Assembly,
including the additional sums payable per year to officers of
the General Assembly shall be paid in 12 equal monthly
installments until December 31, 2021. Beginning January 1, 2022
the compensation provided for in this Section to be paid per
year to members of the General Assembly, including additional
sums payable per year to officers of the General Assembly,
shall be paid bi-monthly. Members who resign before completing
the entire term in office shall be compensated on a prorated
basis. Members completing the term of a vacancy shall be
compensated on a prorated basis. The first such installment is
payable on January 31, 1977. All subsequent equal monthly
installments are payable on the last working day of the month.
A member who has held office any part of a month is entitled to
compensation for an entire month.
Mileage shall be paid at the rate of 20 cents per mile
before January 9, 1985, and at the mileage allowance rate in
effect under regulations promulgated pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
5707(b)(2) beginning January 9, 1985, for the number of actual
highway miles necessarily and conveniently traveled by the most
feasible route to be present upon convening of the sessions of
the General Assembly by such member in each and every trip
during each session in going to and returning from the seat of

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government, to be computed by the Comptroller. A member
traveling by public transportation for such purposes, however,
shall be paid his actual cost of that transportation instead of
on the mileage rate if his cost of public transportation
exceeds the amount to which he would be entitled on a mileage
basis. No member may be paid, whether on a mileage basis or for
actual costs of public transportation, for more than one such
trip for each week the General Assembly is actually in session.
Each member shall also receive an allowance of $36 per day for
lodging and meals while in attendance at sessions of the
General Assembly before January 9, 1985; beginning January 9,
1985, such food and lodging allowance shall be equal to the
amount per day permitted to be deducted for such expenses under
the Internal Revenue Code; however, beginning May 31, 1995, no
allowance for food and lodging while in attendance at sessions
is authorized for periods of time after the last day in May of
each calendar year, except (i) if the General Assembly is
convened in special session by either the Governor or the
presiding officers of both houses, as provided by subsection
(b) of Section 5 of Article IV of the Illinois Constitution or
(ii) if the General Assembly is convened to consider bills
vetoed, item vetoed, reduced, or returned with specific
recommendations for change by the Governor as provided in
Section 9 of Article IV of the Illinois Constitution. For
fiscal year 2011 and for session days in fiscal years 2012,
2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 only (i) the

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allowance for lodging and meals is $111 per day and (ii)
mileage for automobile travel shall be reimbursed at a rate of
$0.39 per mile.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
beginning in fiscal year 2012, travel reimbursement for General
Assembly members on non-session days shall be calculated using
the guidelines set forth by the Legislative Travel Control
Board, except that fiscal year 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016,
2017, 2018, and 2019 mileage reimbursement is set at a rate of
$0.39 per mile.
If a member dies having received only a portion of the
amount payable as compensation, the unpaid balance shall be
paid to the surviving spouse of such member, or, if there be
none, to the estate of such member.
(Source: P.A. 100-25, eff. 7-26-17; 100-587, eff. 6-4-18;
101-10, eff. 6-5-19; revised 7-17-19.)
Section 30. The Lobbyist Registration Act is amended by
changing Sections 2, 3, 4.5, 4.7, 5, 6, 8, and 11.2 as follows:
(25 ILCS 170/2) (from Ch. 63, par. 172)
Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the
context otherwise requires:
(a) "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership,
committee, association, corporation, or any other organization
or group of persons.

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(b) "Expenditure" means a payment, distribution, loan,
advance, deposit, or gift of money or anything of value, and
includes a contract, promise, or agreement, whether or not
legally enforceable, to make an expenditure, for the ultimate
purpose of influencing executive, legislative, or
administrative action, other than compensation as defined in
subsection (d).
(c) "Official" means:
(1) the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of
State, Attorney General, State Treasurer, and State
Comptroller;
(2) Chiefs of Staff for officials described in item
(1), the Deputy Governor, the Deputy Secretary of State,
the Deputy Attorney General, the Deputy Treasurer, and the
Deputy Comptroller;
(3) Cabinet members of any elected constitutional
officer, including Directors, Assistant Directors and
Chief Legal Counsel or General Counsel;
(4) Members of the General Assembly; and
(5) Members of any board, commission, authority, or
task force of the State authorized or created by State law
or by executive order of the Governor; .
(6) Mayors, presidents, aldermen, commissioners, and
trustees of a city, village, or town;
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officials;

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(8) Township board members and township elected
officials; and
(9) Members of any board, commission, authority, or
task force created by a local ordinance or order of a mayor
or village or town president.
(d) "Compensation" means any money, thing of value or
financial benefits received or to be received in return for
services rendered or to be rendered, for lobbying or as a
consultant as defined in subsection (e).
Monies paid to members of the General Assembly by the State
as remuneration for performance of their Constitutional and
statutory duties as members of the General Assembly shall not
constitute compensation as defined by this Act.
(e) "Lobby" and "lobbying" means any communication,
including the soliciting of others to communicate, with an
official of the executive or legislative branch of State
government as defined in subsection (c) for the ultimate
purpose of influencing any executive, legislative, or
administrative action at the State, municipal, county, or
township government level.
(f) "Influencing" means any communication, action,
reportable expenditure as prescribed in Section 6 or other
means used to promote, support, affect, modify, oppose or delay
any executive, legislative or administrative action or to
promote goodwill with officials as defined in subsection (c).
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development, consideration, amendment, adoption, approval,
promulgation, issuance, modification, rejection or
postponement by a State, municipal, county, or township
government entity of a rule, regulation, order, decision,
determination, contractual arrangement, purchasing agreement
or other quasi-legislative or quasi-judicial action or
proceeding.
(h) "Legislative action" means the development, drafting,
introduction, consideration, modification, adoption,
rejection, review, enactment, or passage or defeat of any bill,
amendment, resolution, ordinance, report, nomination,
administrative rule or other matter by either house of the
General Assembly or a committee thereof, or by a legislator, by
the legislative body of a municipality, county, or township, or
by an alderman, trustee, or township board member. Legislative
action also means the action of the Governor, mayor, or village
or township board president, or county executive in approving
or vetoing any bill, ordinance, or resolution or portion
thereof, and the action of such officials the Governor or any
agency under their jurisdiction in the development of a
legislative proposal for introduction in the legislature.
(i) "Administrative action" means the execution or
rejection of any rule, regulation, legislative rule, standard,
fee, rate, contractual arrangement, purchasing agreement or
other delegated legislative or quasi-legislative action to be
taken or withheld by any executive agency, department, board or

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commission of the State, municipal, county, or township.
(j) "Lobbyist" means any natural person who undertakes to
lobby State, municipal, county, or township government as
provided in subsection (e).
(k) "Lobbying entity" means any entity that hires, retains,
employs, or compensates a natural person to lobby State,
municipal, county, or township government as provided in
subsection (e).
(l) "Authorized agent" means the person designated by an
entity or lobbyist registered under this Act as the person
responsible for submission and retention of reports required
under this Act.
(m) "Client" means any person or entity that provides
compensation to a lobbyist to lobby State, municipal, county,
or township government as provided in subsection (e) of this
Section.
(n) "Client registrant" means a client who is required to
register under this Act.
(o) "Unit of local government" has the meaning ascribed to
it in Section 1 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution and
also includes school districts and community college
districts.
(p) "Consultant" means any natural person or entity who,
for compensation, provides advisory services, including but
not limited to, rendering opinions on or developing strategies
for lobbying or influencing, to a lobbyist or lobbying entity

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for the ultimate purpose of influencing any executive,
legislative, or administrative action. "Consultant" does not
include (i) an employee of the lobbyist or lobbying entity or
(ii) an attorney or law firm providing legal services,
including drafting legislation or advising and rendering
opinions to clients as to the construction and legal effect of
proposed or pending legislation or any executive, legislative,
or administrative action.
(Source: P.A. 101-595, eff. 12-5-19.)
(25 ILCS 170/3) (from Ch. 63, par. 173)
Sec. 3. Persons required to register.
(a) Except as provided in Section 9, any natural person
who, for compensation or otherwise, undertakes to lobby, or any
person or entity who employs or compensates another person for
the purposes of lobbying, shall register with the Secretary of
State as provided in this Act, unless that person or entity
qualifies for one or more of the following exemptions.
(1) Persons or entities who, for the purpose of
influencing any executive, legislative, or administrative
action and who do not make expenditures that are reportable
pursuant to Section 6, appear without compensation or
promise thereof only as witnesses before a legislative
committee committees of the House and Senate for the
purpose of explaining or arguing for or against the passage
of or action upon any legislation , ordinance, or

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regulation then pending before the committee those
committees, or who seek without compensation or promise
thereof the approval or veto of any legislation or
ordinance by the Governor.
(1.4) A unit of local government, State government, or
agencies, departments, commissions, boards, or task forces
thereof or a school district.
(1.5) An elected or appointed official or an employee
of a unit of local government or school district who, in
the scope of his or her public office or employment, seeks
to influence executive, legislative, or administrative
action exclusively on behalf of that unit of local
government or school district.
(2) Persons or entities who own, publish, or are
employed by a newspaper or other regularly published
periodical, or who own or are employed by a radio station,
television station, or other bona fide news medium that in
the ordinary course of business disseminates news,
editorial or other comment, or paid advertisements that
directly urge the passage or defeat of legislation. This
exemption is not applicable to such an individual insofar
as he or she receives additional compensation or expenses
from some source other than the bona fide news medium for
the purpose of influencing executive, legislative, or
administrative action. This exemption does not apply to
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associations and not-for-profit corporations engaged
primarily in endeavors other than dissemination of news.
(3) Persons or entities performing professional
services in drafting bills or in advising and rendering
opinions to clients as to the construction and effect of
proposed or pending legislation when those professional
services are not otherwise, directly or indirectly,
connected with executive, legislative, or administrative
action.
(4) Persons or entities who are employees of
departments, divisions, or agencies of State or local
government and who appear before committees of the House
and Senate for the purpose of explaining how the executive,
legislative, or administrative action passage of or action
upon any legislation then pending before those committees
will affect those departments, divisions, or agencies of
State or local government.
(5) Employees of the General Assembly, legislators,
legislative agencies, and legislative commissions who, in
the course of their official duties only, engage in
activities that otherwise qualify as lobbying. Legislators
whose activities are limited to occasional communications
with an official of a unit of local government on behalf of
their employer in the ordinary course of their non-public
employment where (1) the primary duties of the employment
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administrative action and (2) the legislator does not make
any expenditures that are reportable pursuant to Section 6.
(6) Persons or entities in possession of technical
skills and knowledge relevant to certain areas of
executive, legislative, or administrative actions, whose
skills and knowledge would be helpful to officials when
considering those actions, whose activities are limited to
making occasional appearances for or communicating on
behalf of a registrant, and who do not make expenditures
that are reportable pursuant to Section 6 even though
receiving expense reimbursement for those occasional
appearances.
(7) Any full-time employee of a bona fide church or
religious organization who represents that organization
solely for the purpose of protecting the right of the
members thereof to practice the religious doctrines of that
church or religious organization, or any such bona fide
church or religious organization.
(8) Persons or entities that receive no compensation
other than reimbursement for expenses of up to $500 per
year while engaged in lobbying State government, unless
those persons make expenditures that are reportable under
Section 6.
(9) Any attorney or group or firm of attorneys (1) in
connection with the practice of law or (2) in the course of
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judicial, quasi-judicial proceeding, or any witness
providing testimony in any administrative, or judicial, or
quasi-judicial proceeding, in which ex parte
communications are not allowed and who does not make
expenditures that are reportable pursuant to Section 6.
(9.5) Any attorney or group or firm of attorneys in the
course of representing a client in an administrative or
executive action involving a contractual or purchasing
arrangement and who does not make expenditures that are
reportable pursuant to Section 6.
(10) Persons or entities who, in the scope of their
employment as a vendor, offer or solicit an official for
the purchase of any goods or services when (1) the
solicitation is limited to either an oral inquiry or
written advertisements and informative literature; or (2)
the goods and services are subject to competitive bidding
requirements of the Illinois Procurement Code; or (3) the
goods and services are for sale at a cost not to exceed
$5,000; and (4) the persons or entities do not make
expenditures that are reportable under Section 6.
(a-5) If in the course of providing services as a
consultant, the consultant communicates with an official on
behalf of the lobbyist or lobbying entity for the ultimate
purpose of influencing any executive, legislative, or
administrative action, or makes an expenditure on behalf of or
benefitting an official, the consultant shall register as a

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lobbyist within 2 business days of engaging in the
communication with the official or making the expenditure
benefitting the official.
(b) It is a violation of this Act to engage in lobbying or
to employ any person for the purpose of lobbying who is not
registered with the Office of the Secretary of State, except
upon condition that the person register and the person does in
fact register within 2 business days after being employed or
retained for lobbying services.
(c) The Secretary shall promulgate a rule establishing a
list of the entities required to register under this Act,
including the name of each board, commission, authority, or
task force. The Secretary may require a person or entity
claiming an exemption under this Section to certify the person
or entity is not required to register under this Act. Nothing
prohibits the Secretary from rejecting a certification and
requiring a person or entity to register.
(Source: P.A. 96-555, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1358, eff. 7-28-10.)
(25 ILCS 170/4.5)
Sec. 4.5. Ethics training. Each natural person required to
register as a lobbyist under this Act must complete a program
of ethics training provided by the Secretary of State. A
natural person registered under this Act must complete the
training program before no later than 30 days after
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the Secretary of State uses the ethics training developed in
accordance with Section 5-10 of the State Officials and
Employees Ethics Act, that training must be expanded to include
appropriate information about the requirements,
responsibilities, and opportunities imposed by or arising
under this Act, including reporting requirements.
The Secretary of State shall adopt rules for the
implementation of this Section.
(Source: P.A. 96-555, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1358, eff. 7-28-10.)
(25 ILCS 170/4.7)
Sec. 4.7. Prohibition on sexual harassment.
(a) All persons have the right to work in an environment
free from sexual harassment. All persons subject to this Act
shall refrain from sexual harassment of any person.
(b) (Blank.) Until January 1, 2020, each natural person
required to register as a lobbyist under this Act must
complete, at least annually, a sexual harassment training
program provided by the Secretary of State. A natural person
registered under this Act must complete the training program no
later than 30 days after registration or renewal under this
Act. This requirement does not apply to a lobbying entity or a
client that hires a lobbyist that (i) does not have employees
of the lobbying entity or client registered as lobbyists, or
(ii) does not have an actual presence in Illinois.
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required to register as a lobbyist under this Act must
complete, at least annually, a harassment and discrimination
prevention training program provided by the Secretary of State.
A natural person registered under this Act must complete the
training program before no later than 30 days after
registration or renewal is deemed complete under this Act. This
requirement does not apply to a lobbying entity or a client
that hires a lobbyist that (i) does not have employees of the
lobbying entity or client registered as lobbyists, or (ii) does
not have an actual presence in Illinois. For the purposes of
this subsection, "unlawful discrimination" and "harassment"
mean unlawful discrimination and harassment prohibited under
Section 2-102 of the Illinois Human Rights Act.
(c) Before registration or renewal is deemed complete under
this Act No later than January 1, 2018, each natural person and
any entity required to register under this Act shall have a
written sexual harassment policy that shall include, at a
minimum: (i) a prohibition on sexual harassment; (ii) details
on how an individual can report an allegation of sexual
harassment, including options for making a confidential report
to a supervisor, ethics officer, Inspector General, or the
Department of Human Rights; (iii) a prohibition on retaliation
for reporting sexual harassment allegations, including
availability of whistleblower protections under the State
Officials and Employee Ethics Act, the Whistleblower Act, and
the Illinois Human Rights Act; and (iv) the consequences of a

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violation of the prohibition on sexual harassment and the
consequences for knowingly making a false report.
(d) For purposes of this Act, "sexual harassment" means any
unwelcome sexual advances or requests for sexual favors or any
conduct of a sexual nature when: (i) submission to such conduct
is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of
an individual's employment; (ii) submission to or rejection of
such conduct by an individual is used as the basis for
employment decisions affecting such individual; or (iii) such
conduct has the purpose or effect of substantially interfering
with an individual's work performance or creating an
intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment. For
the purposes of this definition, the phrase "working
environment" is not limited to a physical location an employee
is assigned to perform his or her duties and does not require
an employment relationship.
(e) The Secretary of State shall adopt rules for the
implementation of this Section. In order to provide for the
expeditious and timely implementation of this Section, the
Secretary of State shall adopt emergency rules under subsection
(z) of Section 5-45 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure
Act for the implementation of this Section no later than 60
days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
100th General Assembly.
(Source: P.A. 100-554, eff. 11-16-17; 101-221, eff. 8-9-19.)

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(25 ILCS 170/5)
Sec. 5. Lobbyist registration and disclosure. Every
natural person and every entity required to register under this
Act shall before any service is performed which requires the
natural person or entity to register, but in any event not
later than 2 business days after being employed or retained,
file in the Office of the Secretary of State a statement in a
format prescribed by the Secretary of State containing the
following information with respect to each person or entity
employing, retaining, or benefitting from the services of the
natural person or entity required to register:
(a) The registrant's name, permanent address, e-mail
address, if any, fax number, if any, business telephone
number, and temporary address, if the registrant has a
temporary address while lobbying.
(a-5) If the registrant is an entity, the information
required under subsection (a) for each natural person
associated with the registrant who will be lobbying,
regardless of whether lobbying is a significant part of his
or her duties.
(b) The name and address of the client or clients
employing or retaining the registrant to perform such
services or on whose behalf the registrant appears. If the
client employing or retaining the registrant is a client
registrant, the statement shall also include the name and
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on whose behalf the registrant will be or anticipates
performing services.
(b-5) If the registrant employs or retains a
sub-registrant, the statement shall include the name and
address of the sub-registrant and identify the client or
clients of the registrant on whose behalf the
sub-registrant will be or is anticipated to be performing
services.
(b-7) If the registrant retains a consultant, the
statement shall include the name and address of the
consultant and identify the client or clients and each
executive and legislative branch agency for which the
consultant is to provide advisory services.
(c) For those identified under subsections (b), (b-5),
and (b-7), a A brief description of the executive,
legislative, or administrative action in reference to
which such service is to be rendered.
(c-5) Each executive and legislative branch agency of
the State and each unit of local government the registrant
expects to lobby during the registration period.
(c-6) The nature of the client's business, by
indicating all of the following categories that apply: (1)
banking and financial services, (2) manufacturing, (3)
education, (4) environment, (5) healthcare, (6) insurance,
(7) community interests, (8) labor, (9) public relations or
advertising, (10) marketing or sales, (11) hospitality,

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(12) engineering, (13) information or technology products
or services, (14) social services, (15) public utilities,
(16) racing or wagering, (17) real estate or construction,
(18) telecommunications, (19) trade or professional
association, (20) travel or tourism, (21) transportation,
(22) agriculture, and (23) other (setting forth the nature
of that other business).
(d) A confirmation that the registrant has a sexual
harassment policy as required by Section 4.7, that such
policy shall be made available to any individual within 2
business days upon written request (including electronic
requests), that any person may contact the authorized agent
of the registrant to report allegations of sexual
harassment, and that the registrant recognizes the
Inspector General has jurisdiction to review any
allegations of sexual harassment alleged against the
registrant or lobbyists hired by the registrant.
(e) (Blank.) Each unit of local government in this
State for which the registrant is or expects to be required
to register to lobby the local government during the
registration period. "Lobby" shall have the meaning
ascribed to it by the relevant unit of local government.
(f) Each elected or appointed public office in this
State to be held by the registrant at any time during the
registration period.
Every natural person and every entity required to register

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under this Act shall annually submit the registration required
by this Section on or before each January 31. The registrant
has a continuing duty to report any substantial change or
addition to the information contained in the registration. A
registrant who retains a consultant shall file an amended
registration before any consulting services are performed, but
in any event not later than 2 business days after the
consultant is retained, setting forth the information required
in subsections (b-7) and (c) of this Section. Registrants
registered as of the effective date of this amendatory Act of
the 101st General Assembly shall update their registration to
add the information required under subsections (b-5), (e), and
(f), if applicable, within 30 days after the effective date of
this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly.
The Secretary of State shall make all filed statements and
amendments to statements publicly available by means of a
searchable database that is accessible through the World Wide
Web. The Secretary of State shall provide all software
necessary to comply with this provision to all natural persons
and entities required to file. The Secretary of State shall
implement a plan to provide computer access and assistance to
natural persons and entities required to file electronically.
All natural persons and entities required to register under
this Act shall remit a single, annual, and nonrefundable $300
registration fee. Each natural person required to register
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the registrant. A registrant may, in lieu of submitting a
picture on an annual basis, authorize the Secretary of State to
use any photo identification available in any database
maintained by the Secretary of State for other purposes. Each
registration fee collected for registrations on or after
January 1, 2010 shall be deposited into the Lobbyist
Registration Administration Fund for administration and
enforcement of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 100-554, eff. 11-16-17; 101-595, eff. 12-5-19.)
(25 ILCS 170/6) (from Ch. 63, par. 176)
Sec. 6. Reports.
(a) Lobbyist reports. Except as otherwise provided in this
Section, every lobbyist registered under this Act who is solely
employed by a lobbying entity shall file an affirmation,
verified under oath pursuant to Section 1-109 of the Code of
Civil Procedure, with the Secretary of State attesting to the
accuracy of any reports filed pursuant to subsection (b) as
those reports pertain to work performed by the lobbyist. Any
lobbyist registered under this Act who is not solely employed
by a lobbying entity shall personally file reports required of
lobbying entities pursuant to subsection (b). A lobbyist may,
if authorized so to do by a lobbying entity by whom he or she is
employed or retained, file lobbying entity reports pursuant to
subsection (b) provided that the lobbying entity may delegate
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in any reporting period.
(b) Lobbying entity reports. Every lobbying entity
registered under this Act shall report expenditures related to
lobbying, including any expenditures made by a consultant in
performing services for the lobbying entity. The report shall
itemize each individual expenditure or transaction and shall
include the name of the official on whose behalf the
expenditure was made, the name of the client if the expenditure
was made on behalf of a client, the total amount of the
expenditure, a description of the expenditure, the vendor or
purveyor to whom the expenditure was made (including the
address or location of the expenditure), the date on which the
expenditure occurred and the subject matter of the lobbying
activity, if any. For those expenditures made on behalf of a
client, if the client is a client registrant, the report shall
also include the name and address of the client or clients of
the client registrant or the official or officials on whose
behalf the expenditure ultimately was made. Each expenditure
required to be reported shall include all expenses made for or
on behalf of an official or his or her immediate family member
living with the official.
(b-1) The report shall include any change or addition to
the client list information, required in Section 5 for
registration, since the last report, including the names and
addresses of all clients who retained the lobbying entity
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following: (1) lobbying regarding executive action, including
the name of any executive agency lobbied and the subject
matter; (2) lobbying regarding legislative action, including
the General Assembly and any other agencies lobbied and the
subject matter; and (3) lobbying regarding administrative
action, including the agency lobbied and the subject matter.
Registrants who made no reportable expenditures during a
reporting period shall file a report stating that no
expenditures were incurred.
(b-2) Expenditures attributable to lobbying officials
shall be listed and reported according to the following
categories:
(1) Travel and lodging on behalf of others, including,
but not limited to, all travel and living accommodations
made for or on behalf of State officials during sessions of
the General Assembly.
(2) Meals, beverages and other entertainment.
(3) Gifts (indicating which, if any, are on the basis
of personal friendship).
(4) Honoraria.
(5) Any other thing or service of value not listed
under categories (1) through (4), setting forth a
description of the expenditure. The category travel and
lodging includes, but is not limited to, all travel and
living accommodations made for or on behalf of State
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General Assembly.
(b-3) Expenditures incurred for hosting receptions,
benefits and other large gatherings held for purposes of
goodwill or otherwise to influence executive, legislative or
administrative action to which there are 25 or more State
officials invited shall be reported listing only the total
amount of the expenditure, the date of the event, and the
estimated number of officials in attendance.
(b-7) Matters excluded from reports. The following items
need not be included in the report:
(1) Reasonable and bona fide expenditures made by the
registrant who is a member of a legislative or State study
commission or committee while attending and participating
in meetings and hearings of such commission or committee.
(2) Reasonable and bona fide expenditures made by the
registrant for personal sustenance, lodging, travel,
office expenses and clerical or support staff.
(3) Salaries, fees, and other compensation paid to the
registrant for the purposes of lobbying.
(4) Any contributions required to be reported under
Article 9 of the Election Code.
(5) Expenditures made by a registrant on behalf of an
official that are returned or reimbursed prior to the
deadline for submission of the report.
(c) A registrant who terminates employment or duties which
required him to register under this Act shall give the

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Secretary of State, within 30 days after the date of such
termination, written notice of such termination and shall
include therewith a report of the expenditures described
herein, covering the period of time since the filing of his
last report to the date of termination of employment. Such
notice and report shall be final and relieve such registrant of
further reporting under this Act, unless and until he later
takes employment or assumes duties requiring him to again
register under this Act.
(d) Failure to file any such report within the time
designated or the reporting of incomplete information shall
constitute a violation of this Act.
A registrant shall preserve for a period of 2 years all
receipts and records used in preparing reports under this Act.
(e) Within 30 days after a filing deadline or as provided
by rule, the lobbyist shall notify each official on whose
behalf an expenditure has been reported. Notification shall
include the name of the registrant, the total amount of the
expenditure, a description of the expenditure, the date on
which the expenditure occurred, and the subject matter of the
lobbying activity.
(f) A report for the period beginning January 1, 2010 and
ending on June 30, 2010 shall be filed no later than July 15,
2010, and a report for the period beginning July 1, 2010 and
ending on December 31, 2010 shall be filed no later than
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filed semi-monthly as follows: (i) for the period beginning the
first day of the month through the 15th day of the month, the
report shall be filed no later than the 20th day of the month
and (ii) for the period beginning on the 16th day of the month
through the last day of the month, the report shall be filed no
later than the 5th day of the following month. A report filed
under this Act is due in the Office of the Secretary of State
no later than the close of business on the date on which it is
required to be filed.
(g) All reports filed under this Act shall be filed in a
format or on forms prescribed by the Secretary of State.
(Source: P.A. 98-459, eff. 1-1-14.)
(25 ILCS 170/8) (from Ch. 63, par. 178)
Sec. 8. Contingent fees prohibited. No person shall retain
or employ another to lobby or provide services as a consultant
with respect to any legislative, executive, or administrative
action for compensation contingent in whole or in part upon the
outcome of the action and no person shall accept any such
employment or render any such service for compensation
contingent upon the outcome of the legislative, executive, or
administrative action.
(Source: P.A. 93-889, eff. 8-9-04.)
(25 ILCS 170/11.2)
Sec. 11.2. Local regulation. No unit of local government,

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including a home rule unit, may regulate lobbying in a manner
inconsistent with this Act and all existing all existing laws
and ordinances which are inconsistent with this Act are hereby
superseded. This subsection is a limit on home rule powers
pursuant to paragraphs (h) and (i) of Section 6 of Article VII
of the Illinois Constitution. A unit of local government or
school district may adopt an ordinance or resolution regulating
lobbying activities with that unit of local government or
school district that imposes requirements similar to those
imposed by this Act.
(Source: P.A. 88-187.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect on
January 1, 2022.".