Bill Text: IL HB4162 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates the Official Speaker of the House of Representatives Portrait Act. Specifies that portraits of the Speakers of the House of Representatives of Illinois, painted or otherwise created as visual images, displayed in the State Capitol shall be the official State portraits of the Speakers of the House of Representatives of Illinois. Prohibits the use of State funds to finance or pay for a portrait or other image of any person who has served as Speaker of the House of Representatives of Illinois and who has been convicted of a felony relating to or arising out of or in connection with his or her service as an elected official.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2025-10-15 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB4162 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB4162-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026HB4162 Introduced , by Rep. Martin McLaughlin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act
Creates the Official Speaker of the House of Representatives Portrait Act. Specifies that portraits of the Speakers of the House of Representatives of Illinois, painted or otherwise created as visual images, displayed in the State Capitol shall be the official State portraits of the Speakers of the House of Representatives of Illinois. Prohibits the use of State funds to finance or pay for a portrait or other image of any person who has served as Speaker of the House of Representatives of Illinois and who has been convicted of a felony relating to or arising out of or in connection with his or her service as an elected official.
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A BILL FOR
HB4162 LRB104 15768 JDS 28956 b
AN ACT concerning government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
Official Speaker of the House of Representatives Portrait Act.
Section 5. Official State portraits of the Speaker of the
House of Representatives. The portraits of the Speakers of the
House of Representatives of Illinois, painted or otherwise
created as visual images, displayed in the State Capitol shall
be the official State portraits of the Speakers of the House of
Representatives of Illinois.
Section 10. State funding prohibited for felons. No
portrait or other image of any person who has served as Speaker
of the House of Representatives of Illinois and who has been
convicted of a felony relating to or arising out of or in
connection with his or her service as an elected official
shall be financed or paid for by the State or any State entity
or with State funds.