Illinois Senate Bill 2488 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Failed on January 13 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Provides that any member of the General Assembly shall, upon being charged with a crime or the return of an indictment for a crime, be immediately removed from any leadership position held by that person. Provides that if the charges are dropped or dismissed, or the member is acquitted of the crime, his or her leadership position shall not be automatically restored, but he or she shall once again be eligible to hold a leadership position. Provides that any person serving as a commissioner of the Legislative Ethics Commission shall, upon being charged with a crime or the return of an indictment for a crime, be immediately removed from his or her position as a commissioner of the Commission. Provides that if the charges are dropped or dismissed, or the former commissioner is acquitted of the crime, his or her position as a commissioner shall not be automatically restored, but he or she shall once again be eligible to hold a position as a commissioner. Makes conforming changes.

ETHICS-GA LEADERSHIP & LEC

Sen. Melinda Bush [D]

Sen. Julie Morrison [D]

Sen. Laura Murphy [D]

Sen. Adriane Johnson [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-01-13	Senate	Session Sine Die
2020-11-19	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
2020-01-29	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
2020-01-29	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
2020-01-22	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2020-01-22	Senate	First Reading
2020-01-22	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Melinda Bush

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
5	430	25-5	Amended Code	Citation Text
5	430	5-63	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2488&GAID=15&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=108&GA=101
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/SB/10100SB2488.htm