Bill Text: IL HB2972 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Open Meetings Act. Provides that requirements that a quorum be physically present at the location of an open meeting shall not apply to committees of the Police Officers' Pension Investment Fund.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-06 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB2972 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB2972-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2972 Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Kelly SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
5 ILCS 120/2.01 from Ch. 102, par. 42.01
Amends the Open Meetings Act. Provides that requirements that a quorum be physically present at the location of an open meeting shall not apply to committees of the Police Officers' Pension Investment Fund.
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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 Open Meetings Act is amended by changing
Section 2.01 as follows:
(5 ILCS 120/2.01) (from Ch. 102, par. 42.01)
Sec. 2.01. All meetings required by this Act to be public
shall be held at specified times and places which are
convenient and open to the public. No meeting required by this
Act to be public shall be held on a legal holiday unless the
regular meeting day falls on that holiday.
Except as otherwise provided in this Act, a quorum of
members of a public body must be physically present at the
location of an open meeting. If, however, an open meeting of a
public body (i) with statewide jurisdiction, (ii) that is an
Illinois library system with jurisdiction over a specific
geographic area of more than 4,500 square miles, (iii) that is
a municipal transit district with jurisdiction over a specific
geographic area of more than 4,500 square miles, or (iv) that
is a local workforce investment area with jurisdiction over a
specific geographic area of more than 4,500 square miles is
held simultaneously at one of its offices and one or more other
locations in a public building, which may include other of its

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offices, through an interactive video conference and the
public body provides public notice and public access as
required under this Act for all locations, then members
physically present in those locations all count towards
determining a quorum. "Public building", as used in this
Section, means any building or portion thereof owned or leased
by any public body. The requirement that a quorum be
physically present at the location of an open meeting shall
not apply, however, to State advisory boards or bodies,
including committees of the Police Officers' Pension
Investment Fund, that do not have authority to make binding
recommendations or determinations or to take any other
substantive action.
Except as otherwise provided in this Act, a quorum of
members of a public body that is not (i) a public body with
statewide jurisdiction, (ii) an Illinois library system with
jurisdiction over a specific geographic area of more than
4,500 square miles, (iii) a municipal transit district with
jurisdiction over a specific geographic area of more than
4,500 square miles, or (iv) a local workforce innovation area
with jurisdiction over a specific geographic area of more than
4,500 square miles must be physically present at the location
of a closed meeting. Other members who are not physically
present at a closed meeting of such a public body may
participate in the meeting by means of a video or audio
conference. For the purposes of this Section, "local workforce

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innovation area" means any local workforce innovation area or
areas designated by the Governor pursuant to the federal
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act or its reauthorizing
legislation.
(Source: P.A. 100-477, eff. 9-8-17; 101-640, eff. 6-12-20.)