104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB0127
 
Introduced 1/17/2025, by Sen. Laura M. Murphy
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
5 ILCS 420/2-101  from Ch. 127, par. 602-101
    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.


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A BILL FOR
 
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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Governmental Ethics Act is amended 
5by changing Section 2-101 as follows:
 
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 
9any manner the passage by the General Assembly of any 
10legislative matter affecting the interests of any individual, 
11association, or corporation as distinct from those of the 
12people of the State as a whole, if he or she accepts 
13compensation specifically attributable to such lobbying, other 
14than that provided by law for members of the General Assembly. 
15Nothing in this Section prohibits a legislator from lobbying 
16without compensation.
17    No legislator shall engage in compensated lobbying of the 
18governing body of a municipality, county, or township, or an 
19official thereof, or the executive branch of the State of 
20Illinois, or an official thereof. 
21    No legislator or executive branch constitutional officer 
22shall engage in compensated lobbying of the governing body of 
23a municipality, county, or township, or an official thereof, 
 
 
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1on behalf of any lobbyist or lobbying entity that is 
2registered to lobby the General Assembly or the executive 
3branch of the State of Illinois. 
4    (b) No elected or appointed county executive or 
5legislative official shall engage in compensated lobbying of 
6the governing body of a county, municipality, township, the 
7General Assembly, a State executive branch office or agency, 
8or an official thereof, on behalf of any lobbyist or lobbying 
9entity that is registered to lobby the county in which the 
10official is elected or appointed.
11    (c) No elected or appointed municipal executive or 
12legislative official shall engage in compensated lobbying of 
13the governing body of a county, municipality, township, the 
14General Assembly, a State executive branch office or agency, 
15or an official thereof, on behalf of any lobbyist or lobbying 
16entity that is registered to lobby the municipality in which 
17the official is elected or appointed. 
18    (d) No elected or appointed township executive or 
19legislative official shall engage in compensated lobbying of 
20the governing body of a county, municipality, township, the 
21General Assembly, a State executive branch office or agency, 
22or an official thereof, on behalf of any lobbyist or lobbying 
23entity that is registered to lobby the township in which the 
24official is elected or appointed. 
25    (e) No elected or appointed municipal executive or 
26legislative official shall engage in compensated lobbying of 
 
 
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1the governing body of a county, municipality, or township, the 
2General Assembly, a State executive branch office or agency, 
3or an official thereof, on behalf of any lobbyist or lobbying 
4entity if the person is an elected or appointed municipal 
5executive or legislative official from a municipality exempted 
6by the preemption provision of Section 11.2 of the Lobbyist 
7Registration Act. 
8    (f) A violation of this Section shall constitute a Class A 
9misdemeanor.
10(Source: P.A. 102-664, eff. 1-1-22.)
 
11    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
12becoming law.