Bill Text: IL SB1349 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Lobbyist Registration Act. Directs the Secretary of State to grant a waiver of the lobbyist registration fee for any not-for-profit entity with an annual budget of less than $5,000,000 that is classified as tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, including a waiver for any lobbyist that exclusively lobbies on behalf of such an entity.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-19 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Bill Cunningham [SB1349 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB1349-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB1349 Introduced 2/6/2023, by Sen. Ann Gillespie SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
25 ILCS 170/5
Amends the Lobbyist Registration Act. Directs the Secretary of State to grant a waiver of the lobbyist registration fee for any not-for-profit entity with an annual budget of less than $5,000,000 that is classified as tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, including a waiver for any lobbyist that exclusively lobbies on behalf of such an entity.
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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 Lobbyist Registration Act is amended by
changing Section 5 as follows:
(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 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,

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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. If the
client employing or retaining the registrant is a client
registrant, the statement shall 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

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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,
(7) community interests, (8) labor, (9) public relations
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).

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(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
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 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. The Secretary of State shall grant a
waiver of this registration fee to any not-for-profit entity
with an annual budget of less than $5,000,000 that is

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classified as tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the
Internal Revenue Code, including a waiver of that fee for any
lobbyist that exclusively lobbies on behalf of that entity.
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 Administration Fund for administration
and enforcement of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 101-595, eff. 12-5-19; 102-664, eff. 1-1-22.)