Bill Text: IL HB5695 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Whistleblower Act. Provides that a State agency may not retaliate against an employee of that agency who discloses information about the policies or operations of that State agency in a court, an administrative hearing, or before a legislative commission or committee, or in any other proceeding, where the employee has, at the time of the disclosure, reasonable cause to believe that the information is true. Provides that a State agency may not retaliate against an employee of that agency who discloses information about the policies or operations of that State agency to a government or law enforcement agency or to the media where the employee has reasonable cause to believe, at the time of disclosure, that the disclosed information is true. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-15 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB5695 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-HB5695-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 HB5695 Introduced 2/9/2010, by Rep. Ron Stephens SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
740 ILCS 174/15.1 new
Amends the Whistleblower Act. Provides that a State agency may not retaliate against an employee of that agency who discloses information about the policies or operations of that State agency in a court, an administrative hearing, or before a legislative commission or committee, or in any other proceeding, where the employee has, at the time of the disclosure, reasonable cause to believe that the information is true. Provides that a State agency may not retaliate against an employee of that agency who discloses information about the policies or operations of that State agency to a government or law enforcement agency or to the media where the employee has reasonable cause to believe, at the time of disclosure, that the disclosed information is true. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning civil law.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Whistleblower Act is amended by adding
Section 15.1 as follows:
(740 ILCS 174/15.1 new)
Sec. 15.1. Retaliation for certain State agency employee
disclosures prohibited.
(a) A State agency may not retaliate against an employee of
that agency who discloses information about the policies or
operations of that State agency in a court, an administrative
hearing, or before a legislative commission or committee, or in
any other proceeding, where the employee has reasonable cause
to believe, at the time of the disclosure, that the information
is true.
(b) A State agency may not retaliate against an employee of
that agency for disclosing information about the policies or
operations of that State agency to a government or law
enforcement agency or to the media where the employee has
reasonable cause to believe, at the time of disclosure, that
the information is true.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon

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becoming law.