Illinois House Bill 4375 (Prior Session Legislation)

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

Creates the Local Government Email Act. Provides that all emails that are in connection with the transaction of public business sent or received by a unit of local government or school district or an employee, staff member, trustee, board member, elected official, or officer of a unit of local government or school district are public records regardless if the emails are sent or received on a personal or unit-provided or district-provided email address. Requires a unit of local government or school district that provides an email address to one or more of its employees, staff members, trustees, board members, elected officials, or officers to provide an email address for all employees, staff members, trustees, board members, elected officials, and officers of the unit of local government or school district. Provides that employees, staff members, trustees, board members, elected officials, or officers shall use unit-provided or district-provided email for all communications in connection with the transaction of public business. Provides that employees, staff members, trustees, board members, elected officials, or officers shall promptly forward, print, or otherwise provide any email sent or received on his or her personal email address to his or her unit of local government or school district if the email is in connection with the transaction of public business. Provides that if an email received on a personal email was carbon copied to a unit-provided and controlled or district-provided and controlled email, a copy of the email does not need to be provided to the unit or district. Effective immediately.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMAIL ACT

Rep. Peter Breen [R]

Rep. Sam Yingling [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-08	House	Session Sine Die
2018-07-13	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sam Yingling
2018-04-13	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2018-04-03	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
2018-04-03	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Peter Breen
2018-02-12	House	Assigned to Executive Committee
2018-01-30	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2018-01-30	House	First Reading
2018-01-30	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Peter Breen

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4375&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=91&GA=100
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/HB/10000HB4375.htm
Amendment	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/HB/10000HB4375ham001.htm