Illinois House Bill 2124 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Passed on August 26 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-08-26 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0459
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Amends the Open Meetings Act. Provides that a public body may hold a closed meeting to consider the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees, specific independent contractors, or specific volunteers (currently, only specific employees) of the public body or legal counsel for the public body, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee, independent contractor, or volunteer of the public body or against legal counsel for the public body to determine its validity. Effective immediately.

OPEN MEETINGS ACT-EXCEPTIONS

Rep. Emanuel Welch [D]

Sen. Melinda Bush [D]

2019-05-29 - House - Concurrence in House (Y: 108 N: 7 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-05-21 - Senate - Third Reading in Senate (Y: 56 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-03-28 - House - Third Reading in House (Y: 101 N: 3 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-08-26	House	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0459
2019-08-26	House	Effective Date August 26, 2019
2019-08-26	House	Governor Approved
2019-06-27	House	Sent to the Governor
2019-05-29	House	Passed Both Houses
2019-05-29	House	House Concurs
2019-05-29	House	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 108-007-000
2019-05-23	House	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000
2019-05-23	House	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee
2019-05-23	House	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
2019-05-21	House	Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
2019-05-21	House	Arrived in House
2019-05-21	Senate	Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000
2019-05-17	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 20, 2019
2019-05-17	Senate	Second Reading
2019-05-08	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 9, 2019
2019-05-08	Senate	Do Pass as Amended Local Government; 009-000-000
2019-05-08	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted
2019-05-01	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Local Government
2019-05-01	Senate	Postponed - Local Government
2019-04-30	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
2019-04-30	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Melinda Bush
2019-04-24	Senate	Assigned to Local Government
2019-04-03	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2019-04-03	Senate	First Reading
2019-04-03	Senate	Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Melinda Bush
2019-04-03	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
2019-04-03	Senate	Arrive in Senate
2019-03-28	House	Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 101-003-000
2019-03-26	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
2019-03-20	House	Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
2019-03-20	House	Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate
2019-03-19	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
2019-03-19	House	House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted
2019-03-19	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
2019-03-19	House	House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-000-000
2019-03-14	House	House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
2019-03-14	House	House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
2019-02-28	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
2019-02-27	House	Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 011-000-000
2019-02-19	House	Assigned to State Government Administration Committee
2019-02-06	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2019-02-06	House	First Reading
2019-02-06	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
5	120	2	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2124&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=108&GA=101
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/HB/10100HB2124.htm
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/HB/10100HB2124eng.htm
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/HB/10100HB2124enr.htm
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/101/101-0459.htm
Amendment	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/HB/10100HB2124ham001.htm
Amendment	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/HB/10100HB2124sam001.htm
Roll Call	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/votehistory/101/house/10100HB2124_03282019_034000T.pdf
Roll Call	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/votehistory/101/senate/10100HB2124_05212019_036000T.pdf
Roll Call	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/votehistory/101/house/10100HB2124sam001_05292019_029000C.pdf