Bill Text: IL SB2685 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Prohibits a legislator from engaging in compensated lobbying of the governing body of a municipality, county, or township, or an official thereof, or the executive branch of the State of Illinois, or an official thereof. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-10 - Referred to Assignments [SB2685 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SB2685-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Governmental Ethics Act is amended | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | by changing Section 2-101 as follows:
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| 6 | (5 ILCS 420/2-101) (from Ch. 127, par. 602-101) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Sec. 2-101. Government official lobbying. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | (a) No legislator may engage in promoting or opposing in | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | any manner the passage by the General Assembly of any | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | legislative matter affecting the interests of any individual, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | association, or corporation as distinct from those of the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | people of the State as a whole, if he or she accepts | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | compensation specifically attributable to such lobbying, other | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | than that provided by law for members of the General Assembly. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Nothing in this Section prohibits a legislator from lobbying | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | without compensation. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | No legislator shall engage in compensated lobbying of the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | governing body of a municipality, county, or township, or an | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | official thereof, or the executive branch of the State of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | Illinois, or an official thereof. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | No legislator or executive branch constitutional officer | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | shall engage in compensated lobbying of the governing body of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | a municipality, county, or township, or an official thereof, | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | on behalf of any lobbyist or lobbying entity that is | ||||||
| 2 | registered to lobby the General Assembly or the executive | ||||||
| 3 | branch of the State of Illinois. | ||||||
| 4 | (b) No elected or appointed county executive or | ||||||
| 5 | legislative official shall engage in compensated lobbying of | ||||||
| 6 | the governing body of a county, municipality, township, the | ||||||
| 7 | General Assembly, a State executive branch office or agency, | ||||||
| 8 | or an official thereof, on behalf of any lobbyist or lobbying | ||||||
| 9 | entity that is registered to lobby the county in which the | ||||||
| 10 | official is elected or appointed. | ||||||
| 11 | (c) No elected or appointed municipal executive or | ||||||
| 12 | legislative official shall engage in compensated lobbying of | ||||||
| 13 | the governing body of a county, municipality, township, the | ||||||
| 14 | General Assembly, a State executive branch office or agency, | ||||||
| 15 | or an official thereof, on behalf of any lobbyist or lobbying | ||||||
| 16 | entity that is registered to lobby the municipality in which | ||||||
| 17 | the official is elected or appointed. | ||||||
| 18 | (d) No elected or appointed township executive or | ||||||
| 19 | legislative official shall engage in compensated lobbying of | ||||||
| 20 | the governing body of a county, municipality, township, the | ||||||
| 21 | General Assembly, a State executive branch office or agency, | ||||||
| 22 | or an official thereof, on behalf of any lobbyist or lobbying | ||||||
| 23 | entity that is registered to lobby the township in which the | ||||||
| 24 | official is elected or appointed. | ||||||
| 25 | (e) No elected or appointed municipal executive or | ||||||
| 26 | legislative official shall engage in compensated lobbying of | ||||||
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| 1 | the governing body of a county, municipality, or township, the | ||||||
| 2 | General Assembly, a State executive branch office or agency, | ||||||
| 3 | or an official thereof, on behalf of any lobbyist or lobbying | ||||||
| 4 | entity if the person is an elected or appointed municipal | ||||||
| 5 | executive or legislative official from a municipality exempted | ||||||
| 6 | by the preemption provision of Section 11.2 of the Lobbyist | ||||||
| 7 | Registration Act. | ||||||
| 8 | (f) A violation of this Section shall constitute a Class A | ||||||
| 9 | misdemeanor. | ||||||
| 10 | (Source: P.A. 102-664, eff. 1-1-22.)
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