Illinois House Bill 5499 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on January 28 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-03-28 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Kelly
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Provides that the appointing authorities of the Legislative Ethics Commission shall (rather than may) appoint at least one commissioner from the general public. Allows the Legislative Inspector General to issue subpoenas without the advance approval of the Commission. Provides that within 60 days after the Legislative Ethics Commission's receipt of a summary report and response from the ultimate jurisdictional authority or agency head that resulted in violations of the Act and other founded wrongful acts within Legislative Inspector General's jurisdiction, the Legislative Inspector General (rather than the Commission) shall make available to the public the report and response or a redacted version of the report and response. Provides that the Legislative Inspector General (rather than the Commission) may make available to the public any other summary report and response of the ultimate jurisdictional authority or agency head or a redacted version of the report and response without prior approval from the Commission. Provides that the Commission shall adopt no rule requiring the Legislative Inspector General to seek the Commission's advance approval before publishing summary reports. Provides for the redaction of summary reports by the Legislative Inspector General and related requirements. Makes conforming and other changes.

ETHICS-LIG INVESTIGATIONS

Rep. Lindsey LaPointe [D]

Rep. Kelly Cassidy [D]

Rep. Michael Kelly [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-03-28	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Kelly
2022-02-18	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2022-02-09	House	Assigned to Ethics & Elections Committee
2022-02-01	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
2022-01-31	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2022-01-31	House	First Reading
2022-01-28	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Lindsey LaPointe

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
5	430	25-20	Amended Code	Citation Text
5	430	25-5	Amended Code	Citation Text
5	430	25-52	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5499&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=110&GA=102
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/10200HB5499.htm