Date	Chamber	Action
1/7/2025	Senate	Session Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

5 ILCS 120/7

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Open Meetings Act. Modifies the conditions by which an open or closed meeting may be conducted by audio or video conference without the physical presence of a quorum of the members. Provides that a meeting may be held without the physical presence of a quorum of the members if, among other requirements, the chief elected or appointed official of the public body determines that an in-person meeting would pose a risk to the health or safety of members of the public body or the public and that conducting a meeting by an audio or video conference is in the best interests of the public body or the public and public notice of that meeting states the reason or reasons for such determination. Provides that such a determination by the chief elected or appointed official of the public body shall be required for any subsidiary body of the public body to conduct an open or closed meeting by audio or video conference. Specifies further requirements concerning notice and public comment. Makes conforming and other changes. Effective immediately.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
1/24/2023	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Cristina Castro
1/24/2023	Senate	First Reading
1/24/2023	Senate	Referred to Assignments
1/31/2023	Senate	Assigned to Executive
3/9/2023	Senate	To Subcommittee on Government Operations
3/10/2023	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
4/18/2024	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton
1/7/2025	Senate	Session Sine Die

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