IL HB3626 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 9-4)
Status: Failed on January 8 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

Amends the Open Meetings Act. Provides that any person seeking to address public officials in an open meeting shall be allowed to do so at least once per meeting, and any rule limiting a person to speaking no more than once in a given number of days shall be void. Allows the public body to reasonably limit the amount of time given to a person to address public officials during an open meeting. Provides that there shall be nothing under the rules established and recorded by the public body requiring persons seeking to address public officials to do anything more than state his or her name for the record immediately prior to addressing the public officials.

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Title

OPEN MEETINGS-RIGHT TO SPEAK

Sponsors


History

DateChamberAction
2019-01-08HouseSession Sine Die
2017-04-28HouseRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2017-04-27HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. David McSweeney
2017-04-27HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Anthony DeLuca
2017-04-27HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Martin J. Moylan
2017-04-27HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Joe Sosnowski
2017-04-27HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Wheeler
2017-04-27HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Norine K. Hammond
2017-04-27HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Lindsay Parkhurst
2017-04-27HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Sheri Jesiel
2017-04-27HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Durkin
2017-04-27HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Nick Sauer
2017-04-27HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
2017-04-27HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Juliana Stratton
2017-04-27HouseRemove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sheri Jesiel
2017-04-27HouseChief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Tony McCombie
2017-04-26HouseHeld on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
2017-04-26HouseSecond Reading - Short Debate
2017-03-09HousePlaced on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
2017-03-08HouseDo Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 006-001-000
2017-03-07HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sheri Jesiel
2017-03-01HouseAssigned to State Government Administration Committee
2017-02-10HouseReferred to Rules Committee
2017-02-10HouseFirst Reading
2017-02-10HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Steven A. Andersson

Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
51202.06Amended CodeCitation Text

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