Bill Title: Amends the Open Meetings Act. Specifies that at each regular or special meeting which is open to the public, any person shall have the opportunity to address public officials with comments or questions, subject to reasonable constraints. Provides that any answers to questions asked during the open meeting shall be provided by the public body within 45 days. Provides that if a court determines that a public body willfully and intentionally failed to comply with the Act, or otherwise acted in bad faith, the court shall, in addition to any other relief authorized, also impose upon the public body a civil penalty of not less than $2,500, but no more than $5,000, for each violation. Provides that the court shall (currently, may) assess against any party, except a State's Attorney, reasonable attorney's fees and other litigation costs reasonably incurred by any other party who prevails (currently, substantially prevails) in an action brought under the Act.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB3326 Detail]

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Bill Drafts

Revision	Date	Format	Source	View
Introduced	2017-02-09	HTML/Text	Link	View

Amendments

Amendment	Date	Disposition	Format	Source	View
House Amendment 001	2017-03-21	Proposed	HTML/Text	Link	View

Supplemental Documents

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No supplemental documents for Illinois HB3326 currently on file.