Illinois Senate Bill 4017 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 11-0)
Status: Failed on January 13 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Election Code. Prohibits a member of the State Board of Elections from contributing to a political committee, serving as an officer of a political committee, or being a candidate supported by a candidate political committee. Provides options for the person to remedy the violation. Requires a person who is in violation on the effective date of the amendatory Act to come into compliance within 30 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Defines a "limited activity committee" to mean a political committee for which a person who is nominated to a position that is subject to confirmation by the Senate, including a member of the State Board of Elections, or a person registered as a lobbyist under the Lobbyist Registration Act is either an officer or a candidate the committee has designated to support. Prohibits a limited activity committee from accepting contributions, except that the person who is either an officer or a candidate the committee has designated to support may contribute personal funds in order to pay maintenance expenses. Provides that a limited activity committee may only make specified expenditures. Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act and the Lobbyist Registration Act. Prohibits an appointee subject to Senate confirmation and a registered lobbyist from serving as an officer of a candidate political committee in which the person is the designated candidate or being a candidate supported by a candidate political committee. Provides options for the person to remedy the violation. Requires a person who is in violation on the effective date of the amendatory Act to come into compliance within 30 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.

ELECTION-LIMITED ACTIVITY CMTE

Sen. Dan McConchie [R]	Sen. John Curran [R]	Sen. Dale Righter [R]	Sen. Jil Tracy [R]
Sen. Paul Schimpf [R]	Sen. Jason Barickman [R]	Sen. Neil Anderson [R]	Sen. Donald DeWitte [R]
Sen. Steve McClure [R]	Sen. Dale Fowler [R]	Sen. Dave Syverson [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-01-13	Senate	Session Sine Die
2021-01-04	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Dave Syverson
2021-01-04	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale Fowler
2021-01-04	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Steve McClure
2021-01-04	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Donald P. DeWitte
2021-01-04	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Neil Anderson
2021-01-04	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Jason A. Barickman
2021-01-04	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Paul Schimpf
2021-01-04	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2021-01-04	Senate	First Reading
2021-01-04	Senate	Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jil Tracy
2021-01-04	Senate	Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale A. Righter
2021-01-04	Senate	Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. John F. Curran
2021-01-04	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dan McConchie

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
10	5	1A-14	Amended Code	Citation Text
10	5	9-1.8	Amended Code	Citation Text
10	5	9-3.5	New Code	See Bill Text
10	5	9-8.5	Amended Code	Citation Text
25	170	11.4	New Code	See Bill Text
5	420	3A-50	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4017&GAID=15&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=108&GA=101
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/SB/10100SB4017.htm