Bill Text: IL SB1566 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Provides that when a legislator chooses to take official action on a matter despite the existence of a conflict situation, he or she shall (in addition to serving the public interest) also disclose that he or she is taking official action by filing a statement with the Clerk of the House of Representatives or the Secretary of the Senate. Provides that the statement filed with the Clerk of the House of Representatives or the Secretary of the Senate shall be made a part of the official record of the legislation and posted on the Illinois General Assembly website with other documents related to the legislative matter at issue. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-03-31 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB1566 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB1566-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB1566 Introduced 2/8/2023, by Sen. Julie A. Morrison SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
5 ILCS 420/3-203 from Ch. 127, par. 603-203
Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Provides that when a legislator chooses to take official action on a matter despite the existence of a conflict situation, he or she shall (in addition to serving the public interest) also disclose that he or she is taking official action by filing a statement with the Clerk of the House of Representatives or the Secretary of the Senate. Provides that the statement filed with the Clerk of the House of Representatives or the Secretary of the Senate shall be made a part of the official record of the legislation and posted on the Illinois General Assembly website with other documents related to the legislative matter at issue. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Governmental Ethics Act is amended
by changing Section 3-203 as follows:
(5 ILCS 420/3-203) (from Ch. 127, par. 603-203)
Sec. 3-203. When, despite the existence of a conflict
situation, a legislator chooses to take official action on a
matter, he or she should serve the public interest, and not the
interest of any person. The legislator shall also disclose
that he or she is taking official action by filing a statement
with the Clerk of the House of Representatives or the
Secretary of the Senate, as applicable, stating that the
legislator has a conflict regarding the specified legislative
matter and that the legislator is voting in the public
interest. Any statement filed with the Clerk of the House of
Representatives or the Secretary of the Senate under this
Section shall be made a part of the official record of the
legislation and posted on the Illinois General Assembly
website with other documents related to the legislative matter
at issue.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 3401.)

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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.