Bill Text: IL SB4016 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Provides limitations concerning employment of a member of the General Assembly by a lobbying entity. Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Provides a revolving door prohibition on former members of the General Assembly lobbying the General Assembly within a specified period of time. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 11-0)

Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB4016 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SB4016-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 SB4016 Introduced 1/4/2021, by Sen. Jil Tracy - John F. Curran - Dan McConchie - Dale A. Righter, Paul Schimpf, et al. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
5 ILCS 420/2-115 new
5 ILCS 430/5-45
Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Provides limitations concerning employment of a member of the General Assembly by a lobbying entity. Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Provides a revolving door prohibition on former members of the General Assembly lobbying the General Assembly within a specified period of time. Makes conforming 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 adding Section 2-115 as follows:
(5 ILCS 420/2-115 new)
Sec. 2-115. Future employment with lobbying entity. No
legislator may, during his or her term of office, negotiate for
employment with a lobbying entity, as that term is defined in
Section 2 of the Lobbyist Registration Act, if that lobbying
entity engages in lobbying with members of the General Assembly
during the legislator's term of office.
Section 10. The State Officials and Employees Ethics Act is
amended by changing Section 5-45 as follows:
(5 ILCS 430/5-45)
Sec. 5-45. Procurement; revolving door prohibition.
(a) No former officer, member, or State employee, or spouse
or immediate family member living with such person, shall,
within a period of one year immediately after termination of
State employment, knowingly accept employment or receive
compensation or fees for services from a person or entity if

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the officer, member, or State employee, during the year
immediately preceding termination of State employment,
participated personally and substantially in the award of State
contracts, or the issuance of State contract change orders,
with a cumulative value of $25,000 or more to the person or
entity, or its parent or subsidiary.
(a-5) No officer, member, or spouse or immediate family
member living with such person shall, during the officer or
member's term in office or within a period of 2 years
immediately leaving office, hold an ownership interest, other
than a passive interest in a publicly traded company, in any
gaming license under the Illinois Gambling Act, the Video
Gaming Act, the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975, or the
Sports Wagering Act. Any member of the General Assembly or
spouse or immediate family member living with such person who
has an ownership interest, other than a passive interest in a
publicly traded company, in any gaming license under the
Illinois Gambling Act, the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975,
the Video Gaming Act, or the Sports Wagering Act at the time of
the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General
Assembly shall divest himself or herself of such ownership
within one year after the effective date of this amendatory Act
of the 101st General Assembly. No State employee who works for
the Illinois Gaming Board or Illinois Racing Board or spouse or
immediate family member living with such person shall, during
State employment or within a period of 2 years immediately

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after termination of State employment, hold an ownership
interest, other than a passive interest in a publicly traded
company, in any gaming license under the Illinois Gambling Act,
the Video Gaming Act, the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975, or
the Sports Wagering Act.
(a-10) This subsection (a-10) applies on and after June 25,
2021. No officer, member, or spouse or immediate family member
living with such person, shall, during the officer or member's
term in office or within a period of 2 years immediately after
leaving office, hold an ownership interest, other than a
passive interest in a publicly traded company, in any cannabis
business establishment which is licensed under the Cannabis
Regulation and Tax Act. Any member of the General Assembly or
spouse or immediate family member living with such person who
has an ownership interest, other than a passive interest in a
publicly traded company, in any cannabis business
establishment which is licensed under the Cannabis Regulation
and Tax Act at the time of the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly shall divest
himself or herself of such ownership within one year after the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General
Assembly.
No State employee who works for any State agency that
regulates cannabis business establishment license holders who
participated personally and substantially in the award of
licenses under the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act or a spouse

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or immediate family member living with such person shall,
during State employment or within a period of 2 years
immediately after termination of State employment, hold an
ownership interest, other than a passive interest in a publicly
traded company, in any cannabis license under the Cannabis
Regulation and Tax Act.
(b) No former officer of the executive branch or State
employee of the executive branch with regulatory or licensing
authority, or spouse or immediate family member living with
such person, shall, within a period of one year immediately
after termination of State employment, knowingly accept
employment or receive compensation or fees for services from a
person or entity if the officer or State employee, during the
year immediately preceding termination of State employment,
participated personally and substantially in making a
regulatory or licensing decision that directly applied to the
person or entity, or its parent or subsidiary.
(c) Within 6 months after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, each executive
branch constitutional officer and legislative leader, the
Auditor General, and the Joint Committee on Legislative Support
Services shall adopt a policy delineating which State positions
under his or her jurisdiction and control, by the nature of
their duties, may have the authority to participate personally
and substantially in the award of State contracts or in
regulatory or licensing decisions. The Governor shall adopt

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such a policy for all State employees of the executive branch
not under the jurisdiction and control of any other executive
branch constitutional officer.
The policies required under subsection (c) of this Section
shall be filed with the appropriate ethics commission
established under this Act or, for the Auditor General, with
the Office of the Auditor General.
(d) Each Inspector General shall have the authority to
determine that additional State positions under his or her
jurisdiction, not otherwise subject to the policies required by
subsection (c) of this Section, are nonetheless subject to the
notification requirement of subsection (f) below due to their
involvement in the award of State contracts or in regulatory or
licensing decisions.
(e) The Joint Committee on Legislative Support Services,
the Auditor General, and each of the executive branch
constitutional officers and legislative leaders subject to
subsection (c) of this Section shall provide written
notification to all employees in positions subject to the
policies required by subsection (c) or a determination made
under subsection (d): (1) upon hiring, promotion, or transfer
into the relevant position; and (2) at the time the employee's
duties are changed in such a way as to qualify that employee.
An employee receiving notification must certify in writing that
the person was advised of the prohibition and the requirement
to notify the appropriate Inspector General in subsection (f).

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(f) Any State employee in a position subject to the
policies required by subsection (c) or to a determination under
subsection (d), but who does not fall within the prohibition of
subsection (h) below, who is offered non-State employment
during State employment or within a period of one year
immediately after termination of State employment shall, prior
to accepting such non-State employment, notify the appropriate
Inspector General. Within 10 calendar days after receiving
notification from an employee in a position subject to the
policies required by subsection (c), such Inspector General
shall make a determination as to whether the State employee is
restricted from accepting such employment by subsection (a) or
(b). In making a determination, in addition to any other
relevant information, an Inspector General shall assess the
effect of the prospective employment or relationship upon
decisions referred to in subsections (a) and (b), based on the
totality of the participation by the former officer, member, or
State employee in those decisions. A determination by an
Inspector General must be in writing, signed and dated by the
Inspector General, and delivered to the subject of the
determination within 10 calendar days or the person is deemed
eligible for the employment opportunity. For purposes of this
subsection, "appropriate Inspector General" means (i) for
members and employees of the legislative branch, the
Legislative Inspector General; (ii) for the Auditor General and
employees of the Office of the Auditor General, the Inspector

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General provided for in Section 30-5 of this Act; and (iii) for
executive branch officers and employees, the Inspector General
having jurisdiction over the officer or employee. Notice of any
determination of an Inspector General and of any such appeal
shall be given to the ultimate jurisdictional authority, the
Attorney General, and the Executive Ethics Commission.
(g) An Inspector General's determination regarding
restrictions under subsection (a) or (b) may be appealed to the
appropriate Ethics Commission by the person subject to the
decision or the Attorney General no later than the 10th
calendar day after the date of the determination.
On appeal, the Ethics Commission or Auditor General shall
seek, accept, and consider written public comments regarding a
determination. In deciding whether to uphold an Inspector
General's determination, the appropriate Ethics Commission or
Auditor General shall assess, in addition to any other relevant
information, the effect of the prospective employment or
relationship upon the decisions referred to in subsections (a)
and (b), based on the totality of the participation by the
former officer, member, or State employee in those decisions.
The Ethics Commission shall decide whether to uphold an
Inspector General's determination within 10 calendar days or
the person is deemed eligible for the employment opportunity.
(h) The following officers, members, or State employees
shall not, within a period of one year immediately after
termination of office or State employment, knowingly accept

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employment or receive compensation or fees for services from a
person or entity if the person or entity or its parent or
subsidiary, during the year immediately preceding termination
of State employment, was a party to a State contract or
contracts with a cumulative value of $25,000 or more involving
the officer, member, or State employee's State agency, or was
the subject of a regulatory or licensing decision involving the
officer, member, or State employee's State agency, regardless
of whether he or she participated personally and substantially
in the award of the State contract or contracts or the making
of the regulatory or licensing decision in question:
(1) members or officers;
(2) members of a commission or board created by the
Illinois Constitution;
(3) persons whose appointment to office is subject to
the advice and consent of the Senate;
(4) the head of a department, commission, board,
division, bureau, authority, or other administrative unit
within the government of this State;
(5) chief procurement officers, State purchasing
officers, and their designees whose duties are directly
related to State procurement;
(6) chiefs of staff, deputy chiefs of staff, associate
chiefs of staff, assistant chiefs of staff, and deputy
governors;
(7) employees of the Illinois Racing Board; and

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(8) employees of the Illinois Gaming Board.
(h-5) A member may not, within a period of one year after
leaving office or within a period of one year after the end of
the term of office to which the member was elected, whichever
is longer, engage in lobbying with members of the General
Assembly, if the member accepts compensation specifically
attributable to that lobbying. Nothing in this subsection (h-5)
prohibits a member from lobbying without compensation.
(i) For the purposes of this Section, with respect to
officers or employees of a regional transit board, as defined
in this Act, the phrase "person or entity" does not include:
(i) the United States government, (ii) the State, (iii)
municipalities, as defined under Article VII, Section 1 of the
Illinois Constitution, (iv) units of local government, as
defined under Article VII, Section 1 of the Illinois
Constitution, or (v) school districts.
(Source: P.A. 101-31, eff. 6-28-19; 101-593, eff. 12-4-19.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.