Bill Title: Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that a public body may charge the actual cost (rather than up to $10) for each hour spent by personnel in searching for and retrieving a requesting record or in examining the record for necessary redactions. Specifies that no fees shall be charged for the first 2 hours (rather than the first 8 hours) spent by personnel searching for or retrieving a requested record. Deletes a provision that limits the applicability of these cost recovery provisions to commercial requests.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2026-03-27 - House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4444 Detail]

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Bill Drafts

Revision	Date	Format	Source	View
Introduced	2026-01-15	HTML/Text	Link	View

Amendments

Amendment	Date	Disposition	Format	Source	View
House Amendment 001	2026-02-18	Proposed	HTML/Text	Link	View

Supplemental Documents

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No supplemental documents for Illinois HB4444 currently on file.