101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB1481

 

Introduced , by Rep. Tony McCombie

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
25 ILCS 145/5.09

    Amends the Legislative Information System Act. Requires the Legislative Information System to make available to the public an Internet website link to each General Assembly member's voting record, to the extent that record exists, which shall be placed alongside each member's biographical information on the website maintained by the System.


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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 Legislative Information System Act is
5amended by changing Section 5.09 as follows:
 
6    (25 ILCS 145/5.09)
7    Sec. 5.09. Public computer access; legislative
8information. To make available to the public all of the
9following information in electronic form:
10        (1) On or before July 1, 1999, the weekly schedule of
11    legislative floor sessions for each of the 2 houses of the
12    General Assembly together with a list of matters pending
13    before them and the weekly schedule of legislative
14    committee hearings together with matters scheduled for
15    their consideration.
16        (2) On or before July 1, 1999, a list of the committees
17    of the General Assembly and their members.
18        (3) On or before July 1, 1999, the text of each bill
19    and resolution introduced and of each engrossed, enrolled,
20    and re-enrolled bill and resolution and the text of each
21    adopted amendment and conference committee report.
22        (4) On or before July 1, 1999, a synopsis of items
23    specified in paragraph (3) of this Section, together with a

 

 

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1    summary of legislative and gubernatorial actions regarding
2    each bill and resolution introduced.
3        (5) On or before July 1, 1999, the Rules of the House
4    and the Senate of the General Assembly.
5        (6) Before the conclusion of the Ninety-second General
6    Assembly, the text of Public Acts.
7        (7) Before the conclusion of the Ninety-second General
8    Assembly, the Illinois Compiled Statutes.
9        (8) Before the conclusion of the Ninety-second General
10    Assembly, the Constitution of the United States and the
11    Constitution of the State of Illinois.
12        (9) Before the conclusion of the Ninety-second General
13    Assembly, the text of the Illinois Administrative Code.
14        (10) Before the conclusion of the Ninety-second
15    General Assembly, the most current issue of the Illinois
16    Register published on or after the effective date of this
17    amendatory Act of 1998.
18        (11) Any other information that the Joint Committee on
19    Legislative Support Services elects to make available.
20    The information shall be made available to the public
21through a website maintained by the System. The information may
22also be made available by any other means of access that would
23facilitate public access to the information.
24    Any documentation that describes the electronic digital
25formats of the information shall be made available through a
26website maintained by the System.

 

 

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1    Personal information concerning a person who accesses this
2public information may be maintained only for the purpose of
3providing service to the person.
4    No fee or other charge may be imposed by the Legislative
5Information System as a condition of accessing the information,
6except that a reasonable fee may be charged for any customized
7services and shall be deposited into the General Assembly
8Computer Equipment Revolving Fund.
9    The electronic public access provided through the System's
10website shall be in addition to any other electronic or print
11distribution of the information.
12    Within one-year after August 24, 2017 (the effective date
13of Public Act 100-320) this amendatory Act of the 100th General
14Assembly, to the extent practicable, the System shall use a
15free translation tool to enable translation into multiple
16languages of the information made available to the public
17through the website maintained by the System. The translation
18tool shall, at a minimum, translate the following content on
19the website maintained by the System: the home page;
20information regarding the members of the House of
21Representatives and the Senate, including, but not limited to,
22each member's biography, committee assignments, and sponsored
23bills; information regarding the membership of, bills assigned
24to, and meeting schedules of each standing and special
25committee of the House of Representatives and the Senate;
26information on the procedural status of each bill and

 

 

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1resolution, together with any amendments thereto, and
2appointment message filed in the House of Representatives or
3the Senate, including both general information and
4user-selected information (through the "My Legislation"
5function or otherwise), but not including the synopsis or text
6of any bill or resolution, or any amendment thereto, or any
7appointment message, Public Act, or Executive Order;
8information regarding previous General Assemblies, not
9including the synopsis or text of any bill or resolution, or
10any amendment thereto, or any appointment message, Public Act,
11or Executive Order; contact information for the General
12Assembly, legislative support service agencies, and other
13related offices in the Capitol Complex; and information
14regarding access for persons with disabilities. The System may,
15in its discretion, provide for additional content to be
16translated. The languages available for translation shall be
17those provided by the translation tool. Before a user accesses
18translated information, the System shall ensure that a
19disclaimer is first displayed, stating that: the translated
20information is offered as a convenience and should not be
21considered accurate as to the translation of the text in
22question; and the English language version is the official and
23authoritative version of the text in question.
24    As soon as practicable after the effective date of this
25amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly, the System shall
26make available to the public an Internet website link to each

 

 

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1General Assembly member's voting record, to the extent that
2record exists, which shall be placed alongside each member's
3biographical information on the website maintained by the
4System.
5    No action taken under this Section shall be deemed to alter
6or relinquish any copyright or other proprietary interest or
7entitlement of the State of Illinois relating to any of the
8information made available under this Section.
9    The information shall be made available as provided in this
10Section in the shortest practicable time after it is publicly
11available in any other form; provided that the System may make
12information available under this Section only if the
13availability in no way reduces the quality and timeliness of
14service available to and required under this Act for
15legislative users and does not unduly burden the General
16Assembly or its support services agencies. Failure to provide
17information under this Section does not affect the validity of
18any action of the General Assembly. The General Assembly and
19the State of Illinois are not liable for the accuracy,
20availability, or use of the information provided under this
21Section.
22(Source: P.A. 100-320, eff. 8-24-17.)