Bill Text: IL SB2299 | 2019-2020 | 101st 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 either: (i) filing a statement with the Clerk of the House of Representatives or the Secretary of the Senate stating that he or she has a conflict regarding the specified legislative matter and that he or she is voting in the public interest; or (ii) stating on the record, during debate on the legislative matter, that he or she has a conflict regarding the legislative matter in question and that he or she is voting in the public interest.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB2299 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SB2299-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 SB2299 Introduced 11/12/2019, 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 either: (i) filing a statement with the Clerk of the House of Representatives or the Secretary of the Senate stating that he or she has a conflict regarding the specified legislative matter and that he or she is voting in the public interest; or (ii) stating on the record, during debate on the legislative matter, that he or she has a conflict regarding the legislative matter in question and that he or she is voting in the public interest.
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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 either: (i) filing a
statement with the Clerk of the House of Representatives or the
Secretary of the Senate, as applicable, stating that he or she
has a conflict regarding the specified legislative matter and
that he or she is voting in the public interest; or (ii)
stating on the record, during debate on the legislative matter,
that he or she has a conflict regarding the legislative matter
in question and that he or she is voting in the public
interest.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 3401.)