Bill Title: Creates the Empowering Public Participation Act. Provides that a law enforcement agency or an officer employed by a law enforcement agency may not knowingly and intentionally conduct a background check of a person for the sole reason of that person speaking at an open meeting of a public body, including police disciplinary boards. Provides exemptions whenever an agency or officer develops a reasonable suspicion of criminal conduct or a reasonable suspicion of a threat to security for the premises in which the meeting is to occur or for the protection of public officials and other persons attending the meeting. Provides that a violation of the prohibition is a Class C misdemeanor. Effective immediately.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9)

Status: (Passed) 2021-08-13 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0348 [HB1765 Detail]

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Bill Drafts

Revision	Date	Format	Source	View
Chaptered	2021-08-17	HTML/Text	Link	View
Enrolled	2021-06-11	HTML/Text	Link	View
Engrossed	2021-04-26	HTML/Text	Link	View
Introduced	2021-02-11	HTML/Text	Link	View

Amendments

Amendment	Date	Disposition	Format	Source	View
Senate Amendment 002	2021-05-14	Proposed	HTML/Text	Link	View
Senate Amendment 001	2021-05-11	Proposed	HTML/Text	Link	View
House Amendment 002	2021-04-20	Proposed	HTML/Text	Link	View
House Amendment 001	2021-03-16	Proposed	HTML/Text	Link	View

Supplemental Documents

Title	Description	Date	Format	Source	View
No supplemental documents for Illinois HB1765 currently on file.