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| | 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB2168 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | 5 ILCS 120/2.03 | from Ch. 102, par. 42.03 |
| Amends the Open Meetings Act. In provisions regarding notice of changes to regular meeting dates, deletes requirements for publication in a newspaper or, in certain cases, posting in at least 3 prominent places within the governmental unit. Adds a requirement that notice of changes to regular meeting dates shall also be posted on the website of the public body. |
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| | SB2168 | | LRB104 08963 BDA 19018 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning 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 Open Meetings Act is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Section 2.03 as follows:
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| 6 | | (5 ILCS 120/2.03) (from Ch. 102, par. 42.03) |
| 7 | | Sec. 2.03. In addition to the notice required by Section |
| 8 | | 2.02, each body subject to this Act must, at the beginning of |
| 9 | | each calendar or fiscal year, prepare and make available a |
| 10 | | schedule of all its regular meetings for such calendar or |
| 11 | | fiscal year, listing the times and places of such meetings. |
| 12 | | If a change is made in regular meeting dates, at least 10 |
| 13 | | days' notice of such change shall be given by posting |
| 14 | | publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the area |
| 15 | | in which such body functions. However, in the case of bodies of |
| 16 | | local governmental units with a population of less than 500 in |
| 17 | | which no newspaper is published, such 10 days' notice may be |
| 18 | | given by posting a notice of such change in at least 3 |
| 19 | | prominent places within the governmental unit. Notice of such |
| 20 | | change shall also be posted at the principal office of the |
| 21 | | public body or, if no such office exists, at the building in |
| 22 | | which the meeting is to be held. Notice of such change shall |
| 23 | | also be posted on the website of the public body and supplied |