Illinois House Bill 493 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Failed on January 8 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Prohibits a former legislator, during the 2-year period immediately after the termination of his or her term of office, from: (1) engaging in lobbying, if he or she accepts compensation specifically attributable to such lobbying; or (2) accepting employment with a lobbying entity. Provides that the restrictions imposed by this amendatory Act do not apply to a former legislator from lobbying without compensation. Contains a penalty provision for violating this lobbying restriction.

ETHICS-LEGISLATOR LOBBYING BAN

Rep. Steven Andersson [R]

Rep. Allen Skillicorn [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-08	House	Session Sine Die
2017-03-31	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2017-02-10	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Allen Skillicorn
2017-02-02	House	Assigned to Executive Committee
2017-01-20	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2017-01-20	House	First Reading
2017-01-20	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Steven A. Andersson

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
5	420	2-102	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=493&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=91&GA=100
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/HB/10000HB0493.htm