Illinois House Bill 5499 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-3)
Status: Failed on January 8 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Creates the Offices of Executive Employee Advocacy and the Office of Legislative Employee Advocacy. Provides for the appointment of a Director to head each respective Office of Employee Advocacy. Provides for the qualifications and compensation of the Director. Provides that each respective Office of Employee Advocacy shall provide all employees over which it has jurisdiction with legal assistance, representation, and support concerning any complaint, investigation, or proceeding initiated under specified provisions of the Act, and operate a hotline through which covered employees may contact the Office concerning such matters. Allows the Director to employ and determine the compensation of staff as he or she determines necessary to carry out the functions of the Office. Provides that Executive Inspectors General and the Legislative Inspector General shall have the duty to appoint Directors of Employee Advocacy.

ETHICS-EMPLOYEE ADVOCACY

Sen. Sara Feigenholtz [D]	Rep. Kelly Cassidy [D]	Rep. Will Guzzardi [D]	Rep. Steven Andersson [R]
Rep. Juliana Stratton [D]	Rep. Robyn Gabel [D]	Rep. Ann Williams [D]	Rep. Litesa Wallace [D]
Sen. Laura Fine [D]	Rep. Allen Skillicorn [R]	Rep. Gregory Harris [D]	Rep. Anna Moeller [D]
Rep. Deborah Conroy [D]	Rep. Grant Wehrli [R]	Rep. Michael Zalewski [D]	Sen. John Connor [D]
Rep. Katie Stuart [D]	Rep. Sam Yingling [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-08	House	Session Sine Die
2018-04-13	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2018-03-08	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sam Yingling
2018-03-08	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
2018-03-08	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John Connor
2018-02-21	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Zalewski
2018-02-21	House	Assigned to Executive Committee
2018-02-20	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Grant Wehrli
2018-02-20	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deb Conroy
2018-02-20	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anna Moeller
2018-02-20	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Gregory Harris
2018-02-16	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Allen Skillicorn
2018-02-16	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Fine
2018-02-16	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Litesa E. Wallace
2018-02-16	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ann M. Williams
2018-02-16	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robyn Gabel
2018-02-16	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Juliana Stratton
2018-02-16	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Steven A. Andersson
2018-02-16	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi
2018-02-16	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
2018-02-16	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2018-02-16	House	First Reading
2018-02-16	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
5	430	20-100	New Code	See Bill Text
5	430	20-20	Amended Code	Citation Text
5	430	25-100	New Code	See Bill Text
5	430	25-20	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5499&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=91&GA=100
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/HB/10000HB5499.htm