Illinois House Bill 2842 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: Introduced on February 18 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-02-23 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Ugaste
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Provides that the Legislate Ethics Commission shall adopt no rule requiring the Legislative Inspector General to seek the Commission's advance approval before commencing any investigation or issuing a subpoena. Provides that any existing rule, as of the effective date of the amendatory Act, requiring the Legislative Inspectors General to seek the Commission's advance approval before commencing any investigation or issuing a subpoena is void. Removes language providing that the Legislative Inspector General needs the advance approval of the Commission to issue subpoenas. Provides that within 60 days after receipt of a summary report and response from the ultimate jurisdictional authority or agency head, the Executive and Legislative Ethics Commissions shall make available to the public the report and response or a redacted version of the report and response (currently, report required to be made public only if it resulted in a suspension of at least 3 days or termination of employment). Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.

ETHICS COMM-INVESTIGATIONS

Rep. Blaine Wilhour [R]	Rep. Ryan Spain [R]	Rep. Martin McLaughlin [R]	Rep. Mark Luft [R]
Rep. Dan Ugaste [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-23	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Ugaste
2022-02-18	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2022-02-10	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark Luft
2022-01-25	House	Assigned to Ethics & Elections Committee
2021-03-27	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2021-03-19	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Martin McLaughlin
2021-03-18	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ryan Spain
2021-03-09	House	Assigned to Ethics & Elections Committee
2021-02-19	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2021-02-19	House	First Reading
2021-02-18	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Blaine Wilhour

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
5	430	20-52	Amended Code	Citation Text
5	430	25-15	Amended Code	Citation Text
5	430	25-20	Amended Code	Citation Text
5	430	25-52	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2842&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=110&GA=102
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/10200HB2842.htm