Illinois Senate Bill 3159 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Failed on January 9 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Provides that a commissioner of the Legislative Ethics Commission who is a member of the General Assembly must recuse himself or herself from participating in any matter relating to any investigation or proceeding in which he or she is the subject, is a witness, or is a complainant (currently, is only the subject of). Requires a temporary vacancy and appointment if a commissioner who is a member of the General Assembly is required to recuse himself or herself from participating in a matter. Provides that the jurisdiction of the Commission is limited to matters arising under the Act and the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act (currently, only arising under the Act). Requires the Commission to designate an Acting Legislative Inspector General for a vacant Legislative Inspector General Office no later than the 30th day after the occurrence of the vacancy. Provides that if an ultimate jurisdictional authority fails to respond to an investigation summary report within 20 days, on the 21st day, the Legislative Inspector General may proceed under the Act as if a response had been received. Provides that if an ultimate jurisdictional authority is the subject of an investigation summary report, the Legislative Inspector General shall submit the summary report and supporting documents to the Attorney General. Provides that any complaint based on an investigation of information provided to the Office of the Legislative Inspector General or the Legislative Ethics Commission during the period from December 1, 2014 through November 3, 2017 must be filed with the Commission no later than May 17, 2019.

LEGISLATIVE ETHICS

Sen. Bill Brady [R]

Sen. Michael Connelly [R]

Sen. Chris Nybo [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-09	Senate	Session Sine Die
2018-09-04	Senate	Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. William E. Brady
2018-05-03	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2018-05-03	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2018-04-27	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 3, 2018
2018-04-19	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Chris Nybo
2018-04-13	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 27, 2018
2018-04-10	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 To Subcommittee on Special Issues (EX)
2018-04-10	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive
2018-04-06	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
2018-04-06	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Karen McConnaughay
2018-03-01	Senate	To Subcommittee on Special Issues (EX)
2018-02-27	Senate	Assigned to Executive
2018-02-16	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2018-02-16	Senate	First Reading
2018-02-16	Senate	Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Connelly
2018-02-16	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Karen McConnaughay

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
5	430	25-10	Amended Code	Citation Text
5	430	25-5	Amended Code	Citation Text
5	430	25-50	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3159&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=91&GA=100
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/SB/10000SB3159.htm
Amendment	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/SB/10000SB3159sam001.htm