Bill Text: IL HB4591 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Provides that a member of the General Assembly, his or her spouse, and any immediate family member living with that member of the General Assembly shall not, for compensation, lobby any official of the executive or legislative branch of State government or any governing body or official of any unit of local government. Provides that a person who violates these provisions is guilty of official misconduct, a Class 3 felony. Makes conforming and other changes. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-18 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4591 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB4591-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB4591 Introduced , by Rep. Patrick Windhorst SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
5 ILCS 420/2-101 from Ch. 127, par. 602-101
Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Provides that a member of the General Assembly, his or her spouse, and any immediate family member living with that member of the General Assembly shall not, for compensation, lobby any official of the executive or legislative branch of State government or any governing body or official of any unit of local government. Provides that a person who violates these provisions is guilty of official misconduct, a Class 3 felony. Makes conforming and other changes. Effective immediately.
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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 2-101 as follows:
(5 ILCS 420/2-101) (from Ch. 127, par. 602-101)
Sec. 2-101. Government official lobbying.
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,
on and after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
102nd General Assembly, a member of the General Assembly, his
or her spouse, and any immediate family member living with
that member of the General Assembly shall not, for
compensation:
(1) lobby or otherwise act in a capacity that would
require that person to register as a lobbyist under the
Lobbyist Registration Act or any lobbyist registration
ordinance adopted by a unit of local government or school
district; or
(2) communicate with any official of the executive or
legislative branch of State government or any governing
body or official of any unit of local government or school
district for the ultimate purpose of influencing any
executive, legislative, or administrative action.

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In addition to any other penalty imposed by this Section,
a person who violates the provisions of this subsection (a) is
guilty of official misconduct under Section 33-3 of the
Criminal Code of 2012.
No legislator may engage in promoting or opposing in any
manner the passage by the General Assembly of any legislative
matter affecting the interests of any individual, association,
or corporation as distinct from those of the people of the
State as a whole, if he or she accepts compensation
specifically attributable to such lobbying, other than that
provided by law for members of the General Assembly. Nothing
in this Section prohibits a legislator from lobbying without
compensation.
(a-5) No legislator or executive branch constitutional
officer shall engage in compensated lobbying of the governing
body of a municipality, county, or township, or an official
thereof, on behalf of any lobbyist or lobbying entity that is
registered to lobby the General Assembly or the executive
branch of the State of Illinois.
(b) No elected or appointed county executive or
legislative official shall engage in compensated lobbying of
the governing body of a county, municipality, township, the
General Assembly, a State executive branch office or agency,
or an official thereof, on behalf of any lobbyist or lobbying
entity that is registered to lobby the county in which the
official is elected or appointed.

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(c) No elected or appointed municipal executive or
legislative official shall engage in compensated lobbying of
the governing body of a county, municipality, township, the
General Assembly, a State executive branch office or agency,
or an official thereof, on behalf of any lobbyist or lobbying
entity that is registered to lobby the municipality in which
the official is elected or appointed.
(d) No elected or appointed township executive or
legislative official shall engage in compensated lobbying of
the governing body of a county, municipality, township, the
General Assembly, a State executive branch office or agency,
or an official thereof, on behalf of any lobbyist or lobbying
entity that is registered to lobby the township in which the
official is elected or appointed.
(e) No elected or appointed municipal executive or
legislative official shall engage in compensated lobbying of
the governing body of a county, municipality, or township, the
General Assembly, a State executive branch office or agency,
or an official thereof, on behalf of any lobbyist or lobbying
entity if the person is an elected or appointed municipal
executive or legislative official from a municipality exempted
by the preemption provision of Section 11.2 of the Lobbyist
Registration Act.
(f) A violation of this Section shall constitute a Class A
misdemeanor.
(Source: P.A. 102-664, eff. 1-1-22.)

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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.