SB3746 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB3746

Introduced 2/5/2026, by Sen. Chapin Rose

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

5 ILCS 420/4A-105.1 new

Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Supersedes part of Executive Order 15-9 regarding supplemental statements of economic interests. Requires each executive branch State employee who files a statement of economic interests to disclose: (i) certain real property interests involving the State; (ii) any nongovernmental positions held and related compensation; and (iii) any litigation involving the State in which the employee has a financial interest. Directs the Secretary of State to prepare and provide forms, receive filings, and make disclosures publicly available. Requires employees to report material changes promptly.

A BILL FOR

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 4A-105.1 as follows:

(5 ILCS 420/4A-105.1 new)

Sec. 4A-105.1. Executive Order provision superseded.

(a) Executive Order 15-9 requires an additional economic interest disclosure for executive branch employees and, in Section IV(2), provides in part: "The Commission shall prepare forms or amend existing forms to be used to report the information described in this Section IV and shall provide those forms or amended forms to each individual required to report such information on or before April 1 of each year. Such statement shall be filed by each such individual with the Commission on or before May 1 of each year. The Commission shall ensure that all statements filed pursuant to this Section IV are made readily available for public inspection.".

(b) Section IV of Executive Order 15-9 is superseded by subsection (c) of this Section and is of no force or effect.

(c) Each State employee in the executive branch of State government that is required to file a statement of economic interest pursuant to this Article 4A shall also disclose the following information:

(1) the address and nature of interest in any real property in which the employee or spouse or minor child of the employee has a greater than 5% financial interest and in which the State of Illinois is a tenant, lessor, or otherwise has an ownership or other beneficial interest in the real property, excepting the primary personal residence of those individuals;

(2) any nongovernmental position held, whether compensated or not, with any business entity, non-profit organization, labor group, educational institution, or other entity of any type, together with the nature and amount of any compensation; and

(3) any litigation involving the State of Illinois or any entity with a relationship with the State of Illinois, where the employee is a party to, or has a financial interest in, that litigation.

The Secretary of State shall prepare forms or amend existing forms to be used to report the information described in this subsection and shall provide those forms or amended forms to each individual required to report such information at the same time as the forms under this Article 4A are provided. The information described in this subsection shall be filed with the Secretary of State in the same manner and at the same time for filing as the forms under this Article 4A. All information filed pursuant to this subsection shall be made available for public inspection. Each State employee required to submit a statement pursuant to this subsection shall notify the Secretary of State in writing, as soon as practicable, of any material change in circumstance that might result in a change to the employee's disclosures filed pursuant to this subsection.