Illinois House Bill 4444

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Introduced on January 15 2026 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2026-03-27 - House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that a public body may charge the actual cost (rather than up to $10) for each hour spent by personnel in searching for and retrieving a requesting record or in examining the record for necessary redactions. Specifies that no fees shall be charged for the first 2 hours (rather than the first 8 hours) spent by personnel searching for or retrieving a requested record. Deletes a provision that limits the applicability of these cost recovery provisions to commercial requests.

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT-FEE

Rep. Daniel Didech [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-03-27	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2026-03-27	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2026-03-19	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 To FOIA & OMA Subcommittee
2026-03-19	House	To FOIA & OMA Subcommittee
2026-03-18	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Executive Committee
2026-02-18	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
2026-02-18	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Daniel Didech
2026-02-11	House	Assigned to Executive Committee
2026-01-20	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2026-01-20	House	First Reading
2026-01-15	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Daniel Didech

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
5	140	6	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=4444&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=114&GA=104
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus/FullText?LegDocId=206497&DocName=10400HB4444&DocNum=4444&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=165149&GAID=18&SessionID=114&SpecSess=&Session=
Amendment	https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus/FullText?LegDocId=209118&DocName=10400HB4444ham001&DocNum=4444&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=165149&GAID=18&SessionID=114&SpecSess=&Session=