Illinois House Bill 2941 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on December 3 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Provides that no former officer and no employee or immediate family member of a former officer shall, for a period of 2 years after the end of the former officer's most recent term of office, engage in lobbying. Provides that no immediate family member of an officer shall, during the term of office to which the officer is elected, engage in lobbying. Makes a violation of these requirements a Class 4 felony. Authorizes the imposition of a fine in an amount equal to the total amount of salary, compensation, or any other form of payment that the person received in connection with the prohibited activity. Defines "immediate family member". Effective immediately.

ETHICS ACT-LOBBY RESTRICTIONS

Rep. Scott Drury [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-12-03	House	Session Sine Die
2013-03-22	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2013-03-15	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
2013-03-15	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Scott Drury
2013-03-04	House	Assigned to Executive Committee
2013-02-26	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2013-02-26	House	First Reading
2013-02-25	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Scott Drury

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
5	430	1-5	Amended Code	Citation Text
5	430	5-47	New Code	See Bill Text
5	430	50-5	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2941&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=85&GA=98
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/98/HB/09800HB2941.htm
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/98/HB/09800HB2941ham001.htm