Illinois House Bill 4481 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: Introduced on February 4 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-08-24 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark Batinick
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Election Code. Prohibits a political committee from making certain expenditures to provide a defense in any criminal case or a defense in a civil case pertaining to misconduct by a person in his or her capacity as a public official, sexual harassment claims, or discrimination claims. Requires that a person found to have used campaign contributions in violation of the Code shall return contributions to the contributor or pay to the State if the contributor cannot be identified or reimbursed. Requires the political committee to include information on the contributions returned to the contributor or paid to the State in the committee's quarterly report to the State Board of Elections.

ELEC CD-USE OF FUNDS

Rep. Deanne Mazzochi [R]	Sen. Andrew Chesney [R]	Rep. Grant Wehrli [R]	Rep. Amy Grant [R]
Rep. Mark Batinick [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-08-24	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark Batinick
2020-06-23	House	Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2020-02-18	House	Assigned to Executive Committee
2020-02-14	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Amy Grant
2020-02-14	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Grant Wehrli
2020-02-14	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Andrew S. Chesney
2020-02-04	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2020-02-04	House	First Reading
2020-02-04	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Deanne M. Mazzochi

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
10	5	9-33	New Code	See Bill Text
10	5	9-8.10	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4481&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=108&GA=101
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/HB/10100HB4481.htm