Bill Text: IL HB4591 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Lobbyist Registration Act. Provides that the Secretary of State may (1) revoke or suspend for a maximum period of one year, or bar from registration for a maximum period of one year, the registration of an individual under the Act for the failure to file specified reports or to pay a specified penalty; (2) investigate the activities of any person who is or who has allegedly been engaged in lobbying and who may be in violation of the Act; and (3) require any registrant or entity registered under the Act to produce documentary evidence that is relevant or material or to give testimony that is relevant or material to an investigation. Provides that each person required to register or file a report under the Act shall maintain the records relating to the report for a period of at least 3 years. Provides that the Secretary of State may request to examine or cause to be examined the books and records of a registrant or an individual renewing his or her registration under the Act to the extent that those books and records relate to lobbying. Provides that documents and evidence produced or collected by the Secretary of State during the course of an investigation shall be exempted from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that the Secretary of State may revoke or suspend the registration of a registrant or an individual renewing his or her registration under the Act if that individual fails to comply with a request from the Secretary of State to furnish the specified information. Makes changes in provisions concerning definitions; persons required to register; lobbyist registration and disclosure; and reports. Amends the Freedom of Information Act to make a conforming change.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-05 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4591 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB4591-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4591 Introduced , by Rep. Maurice A. West, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
5 ILCS 140/7.5
25 ILCS 170/2 from Ch. 63, par. 172
25 ILCS 170/3 from Ch. 63, par. 173
25 ILCS 170/5
25 ILCS 170/6 from Ch. 63, par. 176
25 ILCS 170/7 from Ch. 63, par. 177
25 ILCS 170/7.5 new
Amends the Lobbyist Registration Act. Provides that the Secretary of State may (1) revoke or suspend for a maximum period of one year, or bar from registration for a maximum period of one year, the registration of an individual under the Act for the failure to file specified reports or to pay a specified penalty; (2) investigate the activities of any person who is or who has allegedly been engaged in lobbying and who may be in violation of the Act; and (3) require any registrant or entity registered under the Act to produce documentary evidence that is relevant or material or to give testimony that is relevant or material to an investigation. Provides that each person required to register or file a report under the Act shall maintain the records relating to the report for a period of at least 3 years. Provides that the Secretary of State may request to examine or cause to be examined the books and records of a registrant or an individual renewing his or her registration under the Act to the extent that those books and records relate to lobbying. Provides that documents and evidence produced or collected by the Secretary of State during the course of an investigation shall be exempted from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that the Secretary of State may revoke or suspend the registration of a registrant or an individual renewing his or her registration under the Act if that individual fails to comply with a request from the Secretary of State to furnish the specified information. Makes changes in provisions concerning definitions; persons required to register; lobbyist registration and disclosure; and reports. Amends the Freedom of Information Act to make a conforming change.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Freedom of Information Act is amended by
changing Section 7.5 as follows:
(5 ILCS 140/7.5)
(Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 103-472)
Sec. 7.5. Statutory exemptions. To the extent provided for
by the statutes referenced below, the following shall be
exempt from inspection and copying:
(a) All information determined to be confidential
under Section 4002 of the Technology Advancement and
Development Act.
(b) Library circulation and order records identifying
library users with specific materials under the Library
Records Confidentiality Act.
(c) Applications, related documents, and medical
records received by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
Procedures Board and any and all documents or other
records prepared by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
Procedures Board or its staff relating to applications it
has received.
(d) Information and records held by the Department of

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Public Health and its authorized representatives relating
to known or suspected cases of sexually transmissible
disease or any information the disclosure of which is
restricted under the Illinois Sexually Transmissible
Disease Control Act.
(e) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
under Section 30 of the Radon Industry Licensing Act.
(f) Firm performance evaluations under Section 55 of
the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying
Qualifications Based Selection Act.
(g) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
and exempted under Section 50 of the Illinois Prepaid
Tuition Act.
(h) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
under the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, and
records of any lawfully created State or local inspector
general's office that would be exempt if created or
obtained by an Executive Inspector General's office under
that Act.
(i) Information contained in a local emergency energy
plan submitted to a municipality in accordance with a
local emergency energy plan ordinance that is adopted
under Section 11-21.5-5 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
(j) Information and data concerning the distribution
of surcharge moneys collected and remitted by carriers
under the Emergency Telephone System Act.

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(k) Law enforcement officer identification information
or driver identification information compiled by a law
enforcement agency or the Department of Transportation
under Section 11-212 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
(l) Records and information provided to a residential
health care facility resident sexual assault and death
review team or the Executive Council under the Abuse
Prevention Review Team Act.
(m) Information provided to the predatory lending
database created pursuant to Article 3 of the Residential
Real Property Disclosure Act, except to the extent
authorized under that Article.
(n) Defense budgets and petitions for certification of
compensation and expenses for court appointed trial
counsel as provided under Sections 10 and 15 of the
Capital Crimes Litigation Act (repealed). This subsection
(n) shall apply until the conclusion of the trial of the
case, even if the prosecution chooses not to pursue the
death penalty prior to trial or sentencing.
(o) Information that is prohibited from being
disclosed under Section 4 of the Illinois Health and
Hazardous Substances Registry Act.
(p) Security portions of system safety program plans,
investigation reports, surveys, schedules, lists, data, or
information compiled, collected, or prepared by or for the
Department of Transportation under Sections 2705-300 and

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2705-616 of the Department of Transportation Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the Regional
Transportation Authority under Section 2.11 of the
Regional Transportation Authority Act, or the St. Clair
County Transit District under the Bi-State Transit Safety
Act (repealed).
(q) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
Personnel Record Review Act.
(r) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
Illinois School Student Records Act.
(s) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
under Section 5-108 of the Public Utilities Act.
(t) (Blank).
(u) Records and information provided to an independent
team of experts under the Developmental Disability and
Mental Health Safety Act (also known as Brian's Law).
(v) Names and information of people who have applied
for or received Firearm Owner's Identification Cards under
the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act or applied for
or received a concealed carry license under the Firearm
Concealed Carry Act, unless otherwise authorized by the
Firearm Concealed Carry Act; and databases under the
Firearm Concealed Carry Act, records of the Concealed
Carry Licensing Review Board under the Firearm Concealed
Carry Act, and law enforcement agency objections under the
Firearm Concealed Carry Act.

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(v-5) Records of the Firearm Owner's Identification
Card Review Board that are exempted from disclosure under
Section 10 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act.
(w) Personally identifiable information which is
exempted from disclosure under subsection (g) of Section
19.1 of the Toll Highway Act.
(x) Information which is exempted from disclosure
under Section 5-1014.3 of the Counties Code or Section
8-11-21 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
(y) Confidential information under the Adult
Protective Services Act and its predecessor enabling
statute, the Elder Abuse and Neglect Act, including
information about the identity and administrative finding
against any caregiver of a verified and substantiated
decision of abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation of
an eligible adult maintained in the Registry established
under Section 7.5 of the Adult Protective Services Act.
(z) Records and information provided to a fatality
review team or the Illinois Fatality Review Team Advisory
Council under Section 15 of the Adult Protective Services
Act.
(aa) Information which is exempted from disclosure
under Section 2.37 of the Wildlife Code.
(bb) Information which is or was prohibited from
disclosure by the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
(cc) Recordings made under the Law Enforcement

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Officer-Worn Body Camera Act, except to the extent
authorized under that Act.
(dd) Information that is prohibited from being
disclosed under Section 45 of the Condominium and Common
Interest Community Ombudsperson Act.
(ee) Information that is exempted from disclosure
under Section 30.1 of the Pharmacy Practice Act.
(ff) Information that is exempted from disclosure
under the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.
(gg) Information that is prohibited from being
disclosed under Section 7-603.5 of the Illinois Vehicle
Code.
(hh) Records that are exempt from disclosure under
Section 1A-16.7 of the Election Code.
(ii) Information which is exempted from disclosure
under Section 2505-800 of the Department of Revenue Law of
the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
(jj) Information and reports that are required to be
submitted to the Department of Labor by registering day
and temporary labor service agencies but are exempt from
disclosure under subsection (a-1) of Section 45 of the Day
and Temporary Labor Services Act.
(kk) Information prohibited from disclosure under the
Seizure and Forfeiture Reporting Act.
(ll) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
and exempted under Section 5-30.8 of the Illinois Public

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Aid Code.
(mm) Records that are exempt from disclosure under
Section 4.2 of the Crime Victims Compensation Act.
(nn) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
Section 70 of the Higher Education Student Assistance Act.
(oo) Communications, notes, records, and reports
arising out of a peer support counseling session
prohibited from disclosure under the First Responders
Suicide Prevention Act.
(pp) Names and all identifying information relating to
an employee of an emergency services provider or law
enforcement agency under the First Responders Suicide
Prevention Act.
(qq) Information and records held by the Department of
Public Health and its authorized representatives collected
under the Reproductive Health Act.
(rr) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act.
(ss) Data reported by an employer to the Department of
Human Rights pursuant to Section 2-108 of the Illinois
Human Rights Act.
(tt) Recordings made under the Children's Advocacy
Center Act, except to the extent authorized under that
Act.
(uu) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
Section 50 of the Sexual Assault Evidence Submission Act.

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(vv) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
subsections (f) and (j) of Section 5-36 of the Illinois
Public Aid Code.
(ww) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
Section 16.8 of the State Treasurer Act.
(xx) Information that is exempt from disclosure or
information that shall not be made public under the
Illinois Insurance Code.
(yy) Information prohibited from being disclosed under
the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act.
(zz) Information prohibited from being disclosed under
the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act.
(aaa) Information prohibited from being disclosed
under Section 1-167 of the Illinois Pension Code.
(bbb) Information that is prohibited from disclosure
by the Illinois Police Training Act and the Illinois State
Police Act.
(ccc) Records exempt from disclosure under Section
2605-304 of the Illinois State Police Law of the Civil
Administrative Code of Illinois.
(ddd) Information prohibited from being disclosed
under Section 35 of the Address Confidentiality for
Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Human
Trafficking, or Stalking Act.
(eee) Information prohibited from being disclosed
under subsection (b) of Section 75 of the Domestic

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Violence Fatality Review Act.
(fff) Images from cameras under the Expressway Camera
Act. This subsection (fff) is inoperative on and after
July 1, 2025.
(ggg) Information prohibited from disclosure under
paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of Section 14 of the Nurse
Agency Licensing Act.
(hhh) Information submitted to the Illinois State
Police in an affidavit or application for an assault
weapon endorsement, assault weapon attachment endorsement,
.50 caliber rifle endorsement, or .50 caliber cartridge
endorsement under the Firearm Owners Identification Card
Act.
(iii) Data exempt from disclosure under Section 50 of
the School Safety Drill Act.
(jjj) (hhh) Information exempt from disclosure under
Section 30 of the Insurance Data Security Law.
(kkk) (iii) Confidential business information
prohibited from disclosure under Section 45 of the Paint
Stewardship Act.
(lll) (Reserved).
(mmm) (iii) Information prohibited from being
disclosed under subsection (e) of Section 1-129 of the
Illinois Power Agency Act.
(nnn) Documents and evidence produced or collected by
the Secretary of State as described in paragraph (3) of

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subsection (f) of Section 7 of the Lobbyist Registration
Act.
(Source: P.A. 102-36, eff. 6-25-21; 102-237, eff. 1-1-22;
102-292, eff. 1-1-22; 102-520, eff. 8-20-21; 102-559, eff.
8-20-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 102-946, eff. 7-1-22;
102-1042, eff. 6-3-22; 102-1116, eff. 1-10-23; 103-8, eff.
6-7-23; 103-34, eff. 6-9-23; 103-142, eff. 1-1-24; 103-372,
eff. 1-1-24; 103-508, eff. 8-4-23; 103-580, eff. 12-8-23;
revised 1-2-24.)
(Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 103-472)
Sec. 7.5. Statutory exemptions. To the extent provided for
by the statutes referenced below, the following shall be
exempt from inspection and copying:
(a) All information determined to be confidential
under Section 4002 of the Technology Advancement and
Development Act.
(b) Library circulation and order records identifying
library users with specific materials under the Library
Records Confidentiality Act.
(c) Applications, related documents, and medical
records received by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
Procedures Board and any and all documents or other
records prepared by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
Procedures Board or its staff relating to applications it
has received.

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(d) Information and records held by the Department of
Public Health and its authorized representatives relating
to known or suspected cases of sexually transmissible
disease or any information the disclosure of which is
restricted under the Illinois Sexually Transmissible
Disease Control Act.
(e) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
under Section 30 of the Radon Industry Licensing Act.
(f) Firm performance evaluations under Section 55 of
the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying
Qualifications Based Selection Act.
(g) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
and exempted under Section 50 of the Illinois Prepaid
Tuition Act.
(h) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
under the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, and
records of any lawfully created State or local inspector
general's office that would be exempt if created or
obtained by an Executive Inspector General's office under
that Act.
(i) Information contained in a local emergency energy
plan submitted to a municipality in accordance with a
local emergency energy plan ordinance that is adopted
under Section 11-21.5-5 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
(j) Information and data concerning the distribution
of surcharge moneys collected and remitted by carriers

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under the Emergency Telephone System Act.
(k) Law enforcement officer identification information
or driver identification information compiled by a law
enforcement agency or the Department of Transportation
under Section 11-212 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
(l) Records and information provided to a residential
health care facility resident sexual assault and death
review team or the Executive Council under the Abuse
Prevention Review Team Act.
(m) Information provided to the predatory lending
database created pursuant to Article 3 of the Residential
Real Property Disclosure Act, except to the extent
authorized under that Article.
(n) Defense budgets and petitions for certification of
compensation and expenses for court appointed trial
counsel as provided under Sections 10 and 15 of the
Capital Crimes Litigation Act (repealed). This subsection
(n) shall apply until the conclusion of the trial of the
case, even if the prosecution chooses not to pursue the
death penalty prior to trial or sentencing.
(o) Information that is prohibited from being
disclosed under Section 4 of the Illinois Health and
Hazardous Substances Registry Act.
(p) Security portions of system safety program plans,
investigation reports, surveys, schedules, lists, data, or
information compiled, collected, or prepared by or for the

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Department of Transportation under Sections 2705-300 and
2705-616 of the Department of Transportation Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the Regional
Transportation Authority under Section 2.11 of the
Regional Transportation Authority Act, or the St. Clair
County Transit District under the Bi-State Transit Safety
Act (repealed).
(q) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
Personnel Record Review Act.
(r) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
Illinois School Student Records Act.
(s) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
under Section 5-108 of the Public Utilities Act.
(t) (Blank).
(u) Records and information provided to an independent
team of experts under the Developmental Disability and
Mental Health Safety Act (also known as Brian's Law).
(v) Names and information of people who have applied
for or received Firearm Owner's Identification Cards under
the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act or applied for
or received a concealed carry license under the Firearm
Concealed Carry Act, unless otherwise authorized by the
Firearm Concealed Carry Act; and databases under the
Firearm Concealed Carry Act, records of the Concealed
Carry Licensing Review Board under the Firearm Concealed
Carry Act, and law enforcement agency objections under the

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Firearm Concealed Carry Act.
(v-5) Records of the Firearm Owner's Identification
Card Review Board that are exempted from disclosure under
Section 10 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act.
(w) Personally identifiable information which is
exempted from disclosure under subsection (g) of Section
19.1 of the Toll Highway Act.
(x) Information which is exempted from disclosure
under Section 5-1014.3 of the Counties Code or Section
8-11-21 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
(y) Confidential information under the Adult
Protective Services Act and its predecessor enabling
statute, the Elder Abuse and Neglect Act, including
information about the identity and administrative finding
against any caregiver of a verified and substantiated
decision of abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation of
an eligible adult maintained in the Registry established
under Section 7.5 of the Adult Protective Services Act.
(z) Records and information provided to a fatality
review team or the Illinois Fatality Review Team Advisory
Council under Section 15 of the Adult Protective Services
Act.
(aa) Information which is exempted from disclosure
under Section 2.37 of the Wildlife Code.
(bb) Information which is or was prohibited from
disclosure by the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.

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(cc) Recordings made under the Law Enforcement
Officer-Worn Body Camera Act, except to the extent
authorized under that Act.
(dd) Information that is prohibited from being
disclosed under Section 45 of the Condominium and Common
Interest Community Ombudsperson Act.
(ee) Information that is exempted from disclosure
under Section 30.1 of the Pharmacy Practice Act.
(ff) Information that is exempted from disclosure
under the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.
(gg) Information that is prohibited from being
disclosed under Section 7-603.5 of the Illinois Vehicle
Code.
(hh) Records that are exempt from disclosure under
Section 1A-16.7 of the Election Code.
(ii) Information which is exempted from disclosure
under Section 2505-800 of the Department of Revenue Law of
the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
(jj) Information and reports that are required to be
submitted to the Department of Labor by registering day
and temporary labor service agencies but are exempt from
disclosure under subsection (a-1) of Section 45 of the Day
and Temporary Labor Services Act.
(kk) Information prohibited from disclosure under the
Seizure and Forfeiture Reporting Act.
(ll) Information the disclosure of which is restricted

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and exempted under Section 5-30.8 of the Illinois Public
Aid Code.
(mm) Records that are exempt from disclosure under
Section 4.2 of the Crime Victims Compensation Act.
(nn) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
Section 70 of the Higher Education Student Assistance Act.
(oo) Communications, notes, records, and reports
arising out of a peer support counseling session
prohibited from disclosure under the First Responders
Suicide Prevention Act.
(pp) Names and all identifying information relating to
an employee of an emergency services provider or law
enforcement agency under the First Responders Suicide
Prevention Act.
(qq) Information and records held by the Department of
Public Health and its authorized representatives collected
under the Reproductive Health Act.
(rr) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act.
(ss) Data reported by an employer to the Department of
Human Rights pursuant to Section 2-108 of the Illinois
Human Rights Act.
(tt) Recordings made under the Children's Advocacy
Center Act, except to the extent authorized under that
Act.
(uu) Information that is exempt from disclosure under

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Section 50 of the Sexual Assault Evidence Submission Act.
(vv) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
subsections (f) and (j) of Section 5-36 of the Illinois
Public Aid Code.
(ww) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
Section 16.8 of the State Treasurer Act.
(xx) Information that is exempt from disclosure or
information that shall not be made public under the
Illinois Insurance Code.
(yy) Information prohibited from being disclosed under
the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act.
(zz) Information prohibited from being disclosed under
the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act.
(aaa) Information prohibited from being disclosed
under Section 1-167 of the Illinois Pension Code.
(bbb) Information that is prohibited from disclosure
by the Illinois Police Training Act and the Illinois State
Police Act.
(ccc) Records exempt from disclosure under Section
2605-304 of the Illinois State Police Law of the Civil
Administrative Code of Illinois.
(ddd) Information prohibited from being disclosed
under Section 35 of the Address Confidentiality for
Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Human
Trafficking, or Stalking Act.
(eee) Information prohibited from being disclosed

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under subsection (b) of Section 75 of the Domestic
Violence Fatality Review Act.
(fff) Images from cameras under the Expressway Camera
Act. This subsection (fff) is inoperative on and after
July 1, 2025.
(ggg) Information prohibited from disclosure under
paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of Section 14 of the Nurse
Agency Licensing Act.
(hhh) Information submitted to the Illinois State
Police in an affidavit or application for an assault
weapon endorsement, assault weapon attachment endorsement,
.50 caliber rifle endorsement, or .50 caliber cartridge
endorsement under the Firearm Owners Identification Card
Act.
(iii) Data exempt from disclosure under Section 50 of
the School Safety Drill Act.
(jjj) (hhh) Information exempt from disclosure under
Section 30 of the Insurance Data Security Law.
(kkk) (iii) Confidential business information
prohibited from disclosure under Section 45 of the Paint
Stewardship Act.
(lll) (iii) Data exempt from disclosure under Section
2-3.196 of the School Code.
(mmm) (iii) Information prohibited from being
disclosed under subsection (e) of Section 1-129 of the
Illinois Power Agency Act.

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(nnn) Documents and evidence produced or collected by
the Secretary of State as described in paragraph (3) of
subsection (f) of Section 7 of the Lobbyist Registration
Act.
(Source: P.A. 102-36, eff. 6-25-21; 102-237, eff. 1-1-22;
102-292, eff. 1-1-22; 102-520, eff. 8-20-21; 102-559, eff.
8-20-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 102-946, eff. 7-1-22;
102-1042, eff. 6-3-22; 102-1116, eff. 1-10-23; 103-8, eff.
6-7-23; 103-34, eff. 6-9-23; 103-142, eff. 1-1-24; 103-372,
eff. 1-1-24; 103-472, eff. 8-1-24; 103-508, eff. 8-4-23;
103-580, eff. 12-8-23; revised 1-2-24.)
Section 10. The Lobbyist Registration Act is amended by
changing Sections 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7 and by adding Section 7.5
as follows:
(25 ILCS 170/2) (from Ch. 63, par. 172)
Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the
context otherwise requires:
(a) "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership,
committee, association, corporation, or any other organization
or group of persons.
(b) "Expenditure" means a payment, distribution, loan,
advance, deposit, or gift of money or anything of value, and
includes a contract, promise, or agreement, whether or not
legally enforceable, to make an expenditure, for the ultimate

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purpose of influencing executive, legislative, or
administrative action, other than compensation as defined in
subsection (d).
(c) "Official" means:
(1) the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of
State, Attorney General, State Treasurer, and State
Comptroller;
(2) Chiefs of Staff for officials described in item
(1), the Deputy Governor, the Deputy Secretary of State,
the Deputy Attorney General, the Deputy Treasurer, and the
Deputy Comptroller;
(3) Cabinet members of any elected constitutional
officer, including Directors, Assistant Directors and
Chief Legal Counsel or General Counsel;
(4) Members of the General Assembly;
(5) Members of any board, commission, authority, or
task force of the State authorized or created by State law
or by executive order of the Governor;
(6) Mayors, presidents, aldermen, commissioners, and
trustees of a city, village, or town;
(7) County board members and countywide elected
officials;
(8) Township board members and township elected
officials; and
(9) Members of any board, commission, authority, or
task force created by a local ordinance or order of a mayor

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or village or town president.
(d) "Compensation" means any money, thing of value or
financial benefits received or to be received in return for
services rendered or to be rendered, for lobbying or as a
consultant.
Monies paid to members of the General Assembly by the
State as remuneration for performance of their Constitutional
and statutory duties as members of the General Assembly shall
not constitute compensation as defined by this Act.
(e) "Lobby" and "lobbying" means to communicate, including
the soliciting of others to communicate, with an official as
defined in subsection (c) for the ultimate purpose of
influencing any executive, legislative, or administrative
action at the State, municipal, county, or township government
level. Soliciting of others to communicate shall not include
(i) the making of a grant by an organization recognized as tax
exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
made in accordance with Section 4945 and the regulations
thereunder or (ii) a communication by an organization
recognized as tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(5)
of the Internal Revenue Code to the public or a segment thereof
or to its members to communicate with legislators, executives,
or administrators with respect to a proposed action by the
legislature, executive, or administrator.
(f) "Influencing" means any communication, action,
reportable expenditure as prescribed in Section 6 or other

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means used to promote, support, affect, modify, oppose or
delay any executive, legislative or administrative action or
to promote goodwill with officials as defined in subsection
(c).
(g) "Executive action" means the proposal, drafting,
development, consideration, amendment, adoption, approval,
promulgation, issuance, modification, rejection or
postponement by a State, municipal, county, or township
government entity of a rule, regulation, order, decision,
determination, contractual arrangement, purchasing agreement
or other quasi-legislative or quasi-judicial action or
proceeding.
(h) "Legislative action" means the development, drafting,
introduction, consideration, modification, adoption,
rejection, review, enactment, or passage or defeat of any
bill, amendment, resolution, ordinance, report, nomination,
administrative rule or other matter by either house of the
General Assembly or a committee thereof, by a legislator, by
the legislative body of a municipality, county, or township,
or by an alderman, trustee, or township board member.
Legislative action also means the action of the Governor,
mayor, or village or township board president, or county
executive in approving or vetoing any bill, ordinance, or
resolution or portion thereof, and the action of such
officials or any agency under their jurisdiction in the
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(i) "Administrative action" means the execution or
rejection of any rule, regulation, legislative rule, standard,
fee, rate, contractual arrangement, purchasing agreement or
other delegated legislative or quasi-legislative action to be
taken or withheld by any executive agency, department, board
or commission of the State, municipal, county, or township.
(j) "Lobbyist" means any natural person who undertakes to
lobby State, municipal, county, or township government as
provided in subsection (e).
(k) "Lobbying entity" means any entity that hires,
retains, employs, or compensates a natural person to lobby
State, municipal, county, or township government as provided
in subsection (e).
(l) "Authorized agent" means the person designated by an
entity or lobbyist registered under this Act as the person
responsible for submission and retention of reports required
under this Act.
(m) "Client" means any person or entity that provides
compensation to a lobbyist to lobby State, municipal, county,
or township government as provided in subsection (e) of this
Section and that is not otherwise exempted from registration
requirements under paragraph (9) or (9.5) of subsection (a) of
Section 3.
(n) "Client registrant" means a client who is required to
register under this Act and who is not otherwise exempted from
registration requirements under paragraph (9) or (9.5) of

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subsection (a) of Section 3.
(o) "Unit of local government" has the meaning ascribed to
it in Section 1 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution and
also includes school districts and community college
districts.
(p) "Consultant" means any natural person or entity who,
for compensation, provides advisory services, including but
not limited to, rendering opinions on or developing strategies
for lobbying or influencing, to a lobbyist or lobbying entity
for the ultimate purpose of influencing any executive,
legislative, or administrative action. "Consultant" does not
include (i) an employee of the lobbyist or lobbying entity or
(ii) an attorney or law firm providing legal services,
including drafting legislation or advising and rendering
opinions to clients as to the construction and legal effect of
proposed or pending legislation or any executive, legislative,
or administrative action.
(Source: P.A. 101-595, eff. 12-5-19; 102-664, eff. 1-1-22.)
(25 ILCS 170/3) (from Ch. 63, par. 173)
Sec. 3. Persons required to register.
(a) Except as provided in Section 9, any natural person
who, for compensation or otherwise, undertakes to lobby, or
any person or entity who employs or compensates another person
for the purposes of lobbying, shall register with the
Secretary of State as provided in this Act, unless that person

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or entity qualifies for one or more of the following
exemptions.
(1) Persons or entities who, for the purpose of
influencing any executive, legislative, or administrative
action and who do not make expenditures that are
reportable pursuant to Section 6, appear without
compensation or promise thereof only as witnesses before a
legislative committee for the purpose of explaining or
arguing for or against the passage of or action upon any
legislation, ordinance, or regulation then pending before
the committee, or who seek without compensation or promise
thereof the approval or veto of any legislation or
ordinance.
(1.4) A unit of local government, State government, or
agencies, departments, commissions, boards, or task forces
thereof.
(1.5) An elected or appointed official or an employee
of a unit of local government who, in the scope of his or
her public office or employment, seeks to influence
executive, legislative, or administrative action
exclusively on behalf of that unit of local government.
(2) Persons or entities who own, publish, or are
employed by a newspaper or other regularly published
periodical, or who own or are employed by a radio station,
television station, or other bona fide news medium that in
the ordinary course of business disseminates news,

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editorial or other comment, or paid advertisements that
directly urge the passage or defeat of legislation. This
exemption is not applicable to such an individual insofar
as he or she receives additional compensation or expenses
from some source other than the bona fide news medium for
the purpose of influencing executive, legislative, or
administrative action. This exemption does not apply to
newspapers and periodicals owned by or published by trade
associations and not-for-profit corporations engaged
primarily in endeavors other than dissemination of news.
(3) Persons or entities performing professional
services in drafting bills or in advising and rendering
opinions to clients as to the construction and effect of
proposed or pending legislation when those professional
services are not otherwise, directly or indirectly,
connected with executive, legislative, or administrative
action.
(4) Persons or entities who are employees of
departments, divisions, or agencies of State or local
government for the purpose of explaining how the
executive, legislative, or administrative action will
affect those departments, divisions, or agencies of State
or local government.
(5) Employees of the General Assembly, legislators,
legislative agencies, and legislative commissions who, in
the course of their official duties only, engage in

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activities that otherwise qualify as lobbying. Legislators
whose activities are limited to occasional communications
with an official of a unit of local government on behalf of
their employer in the ordinary course of their non-public
employment where (1) the primary duties of the employment
are not to influence executive, legislative, or
administrative action and (2) the legislator does not make
any expenditures that are reportable pursuant to Section
6.
(6) Persons or entities in possession of technical
skills and knowledge relevant to certain areas of
executive, legislative, or administrative actions, whose
skills and knowledge would be helpful to officials when
considering those actions, whose activities are limited to
making occasional appearances for or communicating on
behalf of a registrant, and who do not make expenditures
that are reportable pursuant to Section 6 even though
receiving expense reimbursement for those occasional
appearances.
(7) Any full-time employee of a bona fide church or
religious organization who represents that organization
solely for the purpose of protecting the right of the
members thereof to practice the religious doctrines of
that church or religious organization, or any such bona
fide church or religious organization.
(8) Persons or entities that receive no compensation

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other than reimbursement for expenses of up to $500 per
year while engaged in lobbying, unless those persons make
expenditures that are reportable under Section 6.
(9) Any attorney or group or firm of attorneys or
their client or clients (1) in connection with the
practice of law or (2) in the course of representing the a
client or clients in relation to any administrative,
judicial, quasi-judicial proceeding, or any witness
providing testimony in any administrative, judicial, or
quasi-judicial proceeding, and who does not make
expenditures that are reportable pursuant to Section 6.
(9.5) Any attorney or group or firm of attorneys or
their client or clients in the course of representing the
a client or clients in an administrative or executive
action involving a contractual or purchasing arrangement
and who does not make expenditures that are reportable
pursuant to Section 6.
(10) Persons or entities who, in the scope of their
employment as a vendor, offer or solicit an official for
the purchase of any goods or services when (1) the
solicitation is limited to either an oral inquiry or
written advertisements and informative literature; or (2)
the goods and services are subject to competitive bidding
requirements; or (3) the goods and services are for sale
at a cost not to exceed $5,000; and (4) the persons or
entities do not make expenditures that are reportable

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under Section 6.
(a-5) If, in the course of providing services as a
consultant, the consultant communicates with an official on
behalf of the lobbyist or lobbying entity for the ultimate
purpose of influencing any executive, legislative, or
administrative action, or makes an expenditure on behalf of or
benefiting an official, the consultant shall register as a
lobbyist within 2 business days of engaging in the
communication with the official or making the expenditure
benefiting the official.
(b) It is a violation of this Act to engage in lobbying or
to employ any person for the purpose of lobbying who is not
registered with the Office of the Secretary of State, except
upon condition that the person register and the person does in
fact register within 2 business days after being employed or
retained for lobbying services.
(c) The Secretary shall promulgate a rule establishing a
list of the entities required to register under this Act,
including the name of each board, commission, authority, or
task force. The Secretary may require a person or entity
claiming an exemption under this Section to certify the person
or entity is not required to register under this Act. Nothing
prohibits the Secretary from rejecting a certification and
requiring a person or entity to register.
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(25 ILCS 170/5)
Sec. 5. Lobbyist registration and disclosure. Every
natural person and every entity required to register under
this Act shall before any service is performed which requires
the natural person or entity to register, but in any event not
later than 2 business days after being employed or retained,
file in the Office of the Secretary of State a statement in a
format prescribed by the Secretary of State containing the
following information with respect to each person or entity
employing, retaining, or benefiting benefitting from the
services of the natural person or entity required to register:
(a) The registrant's name, permanent address, e-mail
address, if any, fax number, if any, business telephone
number, and temporary address, if the registrant has a
temporary address while lobbying.
(a-5) If the registrant is an entity, the information
required under subsection (a) for each natural person
associated with the registrant who will be lobbying,
regardless of whether lobbying is a significant part of
his or her duties.
(b) The name and address of the client or clients
employing or retaining the registrant to perform such
services or on whose behalf the registrant appears and a
statement identifying the amount of compensation received
from each client. If the client employing or retaining the
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also include the name and address of the client or clients
of the client registrant on whose behalf the registrant
will be or anticipates performing services.
(b-5) If the registrant employs or retains a
sub-registrant, the statement shall include the name and
address of the sub-registrant and identify the client or
clients of the registrant on whose behalf the
sub-registrant will be or is anticipated to be performing
services.
(b-7) If the registrant retains a consultant, the
statement shall include the name and address of the
consultant and identify the client or clients and each
executive and legislative branch agency for which the
consultant is to provide advisory services.
(c) For those identified under subsections (b), (b-5),
and (b-7), a brief description of the executive,
legislative, or administrative action in reference to
which such service is to be rendered.
(c-5) Each executive and legislative branch agency of
the State and each unit of local government the registrant
expects to lobby during the registration period.
(c-6) The nature of the client's business, by
indicating all of the following categories that apply: (1)
banking and financial services, (2) manufacturing, (3)
education, (4) environment, (5) healthcare, (6) insurance,
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or advertising, (10) marketing or sales, (11) hospitality,
(12) engineering, (13) information or technology products
or services, (14) social services, (15) public utilities,
(16) racing or wagering, (17) real estate or construction,
(18) telecommunications, (19) trade or professional
association, (20) travel or tourism, (21) transportation,
(22) agriculture, and (23) other (setting forth the nature
of that other business).
(d) A confirmation that the registrant has a sexual
harassment policy as required by Section 4.7, that such
policy shall be made available to any individual within 2
business days upon written request (including electronic
requests), that any person may contact the authorized
agent of the registrant to report allegations of sexual
harassment, and that the registrant recognizes the
Inspector General has jurisdiction to review any
allegations of sexual harassment alleged against the
registrant or lobbyists hired by the registrant.
(e) (Blank).
(f) Each elected or appointed public office in this
State to be held by the registrant at any time during the
registration period.
Every natural person and every entity required to register
under this Act shall annually submit the registration required
by this Section on or before each January 31. The registrant
has a continuing duty to report any substantial change or

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addition to the information contained in the registration. A
registrant who retains a consultant shall file an amended
registration before any consulting services are performed, but
in any event not later than 2 business days after the
consultant is retained, setting forth the information required
in subsections (b-7) and (c) of this Section.
The Secretary of State shall make all filed statements and
amendments to statements publicly available by means of a
searchable database that is accessible through the Internet
World Wide Web. The Secretary of State shall provide all
software necessary to comply with this provision to all
natural persons and entities required to file. The Secretary
of State shall implement a plan to provide computer access and
assistance to natural persons and entities required to file
electronically.
All natural persons and entities required to register
under this Act shall remit a single, annual, and nonrefundable
$300 registration fee. Each natural person required to
register under this Act shall submit, on an annual basis, a
picture of the registrant. A registrant may, in lieu of
submitting a picture on an annual basis, authorize the
Secretary of State to use any photo identification available
in any database maintained by the Secretary of State for other
purposes. Each registration fee collected for registrations
shall be deposited into the Lobbyist Registration
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Act.
(Source: P.A. 101-595, eff. 12-5-19; 102-664, eff. 1-1-22.)
(25 ILCS 170/6) (from Ch. 63, par. 176)
Sec. 6. Reports.
(a) Lobbyist reports. Except as otherwise provided in this
Section, every lobbyist registered under this Act who is
solely employed by a lobbying entity shall file an
affirmation, verified under oath pursuant to Section 1-109 of
the Code of Civil Procedure, with the Secretary of State
attesting to the accuracy of any reports filed pursuant to
subsection (b) as those reports pertain to work performed by
the lobbyist. Any lobbyist registered under this Act who is
not solely employed by a lobbying entity shall personally file
reports required of lobbying entities pursuant to subsection
(b). A lobbyist may, if authorized so to do by a lobbying
entity by whom he or she is employed or retained, file lobbying
entity reports pursuant to subsection (b) provided that the
lobbying entity may delegate the filing of the lobbying entity
report to only one lobbyist in any reporting period.
(b) Lobbying entity reports. Every lobbying entity
registered under this Act shall report expenditures related to
lobbying, including any expenditures made by a consultant in
performing services for the lobbying entity. The report shall
itemize each individual expenditure or transaction and shall
include the name of the official on whose behalf the

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expenditure was made, the name of the client if the
expenditure was made on behalf of a client, the total amount of
the expenditure, a description of the expenditure, the vendor
or purveyor to whom the expenditure was made (including the
address or location of the expenditure), the date on which the
expenditure occurred and the subject matter of the lobbying
activity, if any. For those expenditures made on behalf of a
client, if the client is a client registrant, the report shall
also include the name and address of the client or clients of
the client registrant or the official or officials on whose
behalf the expenditure ultimately was made. Each expenditure
required to be reported shall include all expenses made for or
on behalf of an official or his or her immediate family member
living with the official.
(b-1) The report shall include any change or addition to
the client list information, required in Section 5 for
registration, since the last report, including the names and
addresses of all clients who retained the lobbying entity, the
nature of business of each client, and a statement identifying
the amount of compensation received from each client, together
with an itemized description for each client of the following:
(1) lobbying regarding executive action, including the name of
any executive agency lobbied and the subject matter; (2)
lobbying regarding legislative action, including the General
Assembly and any other agencies lobbied and the subject
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including the agency lobbied and the subject matter.
Registrants who made no reportable expenditures during a
reporting period shall file a report stating that no
expenditures were incurred.
(b-2) Expenditures attributable to lobbying officials
shall be listed and reported according to the following
categories:
(1) Travel and lodging on behalf of others, including,
but not limited to, all travel and living accommodations
made for or on behalf of State officials during sessions
of the General Assembly.
(2) Meals, beverages and other entertainment.
(3) Gifts (indicating which, if any, are on the basis
of personal friendship).
(4) Honoraria.
(5) Any other thing or service of value not listed
under categories (1) through (4), setting forth a
description of the expenditure. The category travel and
lodging includes, but is not limited to, all travel and
living accommodations made for or on behalf of State
officials in the State capital during sessions of the
General Assembly.
(b-3) Expenditures incurred for hosting receptions,
benefits and other large gatherings held for purposes of
goodwill or otherwise to influence executive, legislative or
administrative action to which there are 25 or more State

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officials invited shall be reported listing only the total
amount of the expenditure, the date of the event, and the
estimated number of officials in attendance.
(b-7) Matters excluded from reports. The following items
need not be included in the report:
(1) Reasonable and bona fide expenditures made by the
registrant who is a member of a legislative or State study
commission or committee while attending and participating
in meetings and hearings of such commission or committee.
(2) Reasonable and bona fide expenditures made by the
registrant for personal sustenance, lodging, travel,
office expenses and clerical or support staff.
(3) (Blank). Salaries, fees, and other compensation
paid to the registrant for the purposes of lobbying.
(4) Any contributions required to be reported under
Article 9 of the Election Code.
(5) Expenditures made by a registrant on behalf of an
official that are returned or reimbursed prior to the
deadline for submission of the report.
(c) A registrant who terminates employment or duties which
required him to register under this Act shall give the
Secretary of State, within 30 days after the date of such
termination, written notice of such termination and shall
include therewith a report of the expenditures described
herein, covering the period of time since the filing of his
last report to the date of termination of employment. Such

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notice and report shall be final and relieve such registrant
of further reporting under this Act, unless and until he later
takes employment or assumes duties requiring him to again
register under this Act.
(d) Failure to file any such report within the time
designated or the reporting of incomplete information shall
constitute a violation of this Act.
A registrant shall preserve for a period of 3 2 years all
receipts and records used in preparing reports under this Act,
as described in Section 7.5.
(e) Within 30 days after a filing deadline or as provided
by rule, the lobbyist shall notify each official on whose
behalf an expenditure has been reported. Notification shall
include the name of the registrant, the total amount of the
expenditure, a description of the expenditure, the date on
which the expenditure occurred, and the subject matter of the
lobbying activity.
(f) A report for the period beginning January 1, 2010 and
ending on June 30, 2010 shall be filed no later than July 15,
2010, and a report for the period beginning July 1, 2010 and
ending on December 31, 2010 shall be filed no later than
January 15, 2011. Beginning January 1, 2011, reports Reports
shall be filed semi-monthly as follows: (i) for the period
beginning the first day of the month through the 15th day of
the month, the report shall be filed no later than the 20th day
of the month and (ii) for the period beginning on the 16th day

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of the month through the last day of the month, the report
shall be filed no later than the 5th day of the following
month. A report filed under this Act is due in the Office of
the Secretary of State no later than the close of business on
the date on which it is required to be filed.
(g) All reports filed under this Act shall be filed in a
format or on forms prescribed by the Secretary of State.
(Source: P.A. 102-664, eff. 1-1-22.)
(25 ILCS 170/7) (from Ch. 63, par. 177)
Sec. 7. Duties of the Secretary of State.
(a) It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to
provide appropriate forms for the registration and reporting
of information required by this Act and to keep such
registrations and reports on file in his office for 3 years
from the date of filing. He shall also provide and maintain a
register with appropriate blanks and indexes so that the
information required in Sections 5 and 6 of this Act may be
accordingly entered. Such records shall be considered public
information and open to public inspection.
(b) Within 5 business days after a filing deadline, the
Secretary of State shall notify persons he determines are
required to file but have failed to do so.
(c) The Secretary of State shall provide adequate software
to the persons required to file under this Act, and all All
registrations, reports, statements, and amendments required to

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be filed shall be filed electronically. The Secretary of State
shall promptly make all filed reports publicly available by
means of a searchable database that is accessible through the
Internet World Wide Web. The Secretary of State shall provide
all software necessary to comply with this provision to all
persons required to file. The Secretary of State shall
implement a plan to provide computer access and assistance to
persons required to file electronically.
(d) The Secretary of State shall include registrants'
pictures when publishing or posting on his or her website the
information required in Section 5.
(d-5) Within 90 days after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly, the The
Secretary of State shall maintain create a publicly accessible
and searchable database bringing together disclosures by
registered lobbyists under this Act, contributions by
registered lobbyists required to be disclosed under the
Election Code, and statements of economic interests required
to be filed by State officials and employees under the
Illinois Governmental Ethics Act.
(e) The Secretary of State shall receive and investigate
allegations of violations of this Act. Any employee of the
Secretary of State who receives an allegation shall
immediately transmit it to the Secretary of State Inspector
General.
(f) The Secretary of State may:

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(1) revoke or suspend for a maximum period of one
year, or bar from registration for a maximum period of one
year, the registration of an individual under this Act for
the failure to file the reports required by Section 7.5 or
the failure to pay any penalty imposed under Section 10,
unless, within 30 days after the failure to file the
report, the Secretary of State has been informed in
writing of extenuating circumstances justifying the
failure;
(2) investigate the activities of any person who is or
who has allegedly been engaged in lobbying and who may be
in violation of this Act; and
(3) require any registrant or entity registered under
this Act to produce documentary evidence that is relevant
or material or to give testimony that is relevant or
material to an investigation described under paragraph
(2).
Documents and evidence produced or collected by the
Secretary of State during the course of an investigation shall
be exempted from disclosure under Section 7.5 of the Freedom
of Information Act.
(g) The Secretary of State shall revoke the registration
for a period not to exceed one year of any individual who has
been convicted of violating any of the provisions of this Act
or the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act or who has been denied
a pension under Section 14-149 of Illinois Pension Code. Upon

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a revocation of the registration, the Secretary of State shall
indicate the revocation on its website and shall send written
notices of the revocation to each client or other lobbyist for
whom the individual lobbies as shown on the individual's
registration statement filed under Section 3. After one year
or more has passed from the date of revocation, the individual
may apply for an administrative hearing with the Office of the
Secretary of State for termination of the revocation and
authorization to register as a lobbyist.
(h) The Secretary of State may adopt rules to define,
interpret, implement, and enforce the provisions of this
Section.
(Source: P.A. 101-595, eff. 12-5-19.)
(25 ILCS 170/7.5 new)
Sec. 7.5. Preservation of records; public inspection and
examination of books and records.
(a) Each person required to register or file a report
under this Act shall maintain the records relating to the
report for a period of at least 3 years.
(b) The Secretary of State may request to examine or cause
to be examined the books and records of a registrant or an
individual renewing his or her registration under this Act to
the extent that those books and records relate to lobbying.
(c) The Secretary of State may revoke or suspend the
registration of a registrant or an individual renewing his or

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her registration under this Act, as described in Section 7, if
that individual fails to comply with a request from the
Secretary of State to furnish the information described in
subsection (b).