Bill Text: IL SB0213 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Creates the Government Advertising Spending Transparency Act. Provides that, no later than October 1, 2026 (rather than no later than June 30, 2026), and October 1 of each year thereafter, each State agency or department shall report the amount and distribution of its advertising spending to the General Assembly and post the report on its website. Provides that, if a contracted vendor places advertisements on behalf of a State agency or department, the State agency or department shall make a good faith effort to collect from the vendor sufficient information to comply with the provisions of the Act.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5)

Status: (Passed) 2025-08-01 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0077 [SB0213 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-SB0213-Enrolled.html

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AN ACT concerning business.
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
Government Advertising Spending Transparency Act.
Section 5. Findings. The General Assembly finds and
declares:
(a) Illinois benefits from robust local news services that
provide trusted and essential information to the community
that limits corruption, encourages citizen participation,
helps combat misinformation, and mitigates community and
individual alienation.
(b) Local news in Illinois and throughout the country is
struggling with newspaper advertising dropping 82% nationally
since 2000, contributing to a 57% drop in the number of
reporters at newspapers and thousands of closures.
(c) Local news outlets are trusted sources of information
for communities throughout Illinois and advertising spending
with these outlets carries a substantial benefit for the
effective dissemination of important government information to
the communities it serves.
(d) Government initiatives to increase spending on local
news advertising have been manifestly successful in both

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supporting local news outlets and improving the information
diet of communities in several major cities.
(e) The public has a right to know where government is
spending its advertising dollars and what proportion of those
dollars are going to local news outlets in this State.
Section 15. Reporting requirements.
(a) No later than October 1, 2026, and October 1 of each
year thereafter, each State agency or department shall report
the amount and distribution of its advertising spending to the
General Assembly and post the report on its website.
(b) The annual report described in subsection (a) shall
include:
(1) the overall amount of advertising spending made by
the State agency or department;
(2) the names of each advertising vendor that received
advertising contracts from the State agency or department
and the amount of those contracts;
(3) the type of entity that received the advertising
spending, categorized by media type, including, but not
limited to, search platforms, national news outlets,
digital platforms, and local news outlets; and
(4) the general subject matter of the advertising
placement, such as military recruitment, public health, or
job training.
(c) If a contracted vendor places advertisements on behalf

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of a State agency or department, the State agency or
department shall make a good faith effort to collect from the
vendor sufficient information to comply with paragraph (3) of
subsection (b).