Illinois House Bill 2957 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on December 3 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Amends the Lobbyist Registration Act. Expands the definition of "lobbying" to include communications with government employees and attempts to persuade local government officials. Pre-empts home rule authorities from defining the act of lobbying in a manner inconsistent with the State's definition. Prohibits family members of legislators and persons with whom a legislator or State employee maintains a close economic relationship from lobbying for compensation. Provides that a violation of the prohibition is a Class A misdemeanor with a fine equal to 5 times the total compensation earned in violation of the prohibition.

IMPROPER LOBBYIST RELATIONS

Rep. Scott Drury [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-12-03	House	Session Sine Die
2013-03-22	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2013-03-14	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
2013-03-14	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Scott Drury
2013-03-11	House	Assigned to Judiciary
2013-02-26	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2013-02-26	House	First Reading
2013-02-26	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Scott Drury

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
25	170	10	Amended Code	Citation Text
25	170	2	Amended Code	Citation Text
25	170	3	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2957&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=85&GA=98
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/98/HB/09800HB2957.htm
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/98/HB/09800HB2957ham001.htm