102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB0793
 
Introduced 2/10/2021, by Rep. Patrick Windhorst
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 



5 ILCS 420/2-101  from Ch. 127, par. 602-101

     Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Provides that a member of the General Assembly, his or her spouse, and any immediate family member living with that member of the General Assembly shall not, for compensation, lobby any official of the executive or legislative branch of State government or any official of any unit of local government. Provides that a person who violates these provisions is guilty of official misconduct, a Class 3 felony. Defines terms. Repeals current provisions banning members of the General Assembly from lobbying, a Class A misdemeanor. Effective immediately.
  


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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. Prohibition on lobbying.
8    (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, 
9on and after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 
10102nd General Assembly, a member of the General Assembly, his 
11or her spouse, and any immediate family member living with 
12that member of the General Assembly shall not, for 
13compensation:
14        (1) lobby or otherwise act in a capacity that would 
15    require that person to register as a lobbyist under the 
16    Lobbyist Registration Act or any lobbyist registration 
17    ordinance adopted by a unit of local government or school 
18    district; or
19        (2) communicate with any official of the executive or 
20    legislative branch of State government or any official of 
21    any unit of local government or school district for the 
22    ultimate purpose of influencing any executive, 
23    legislative, or administrative action.
 
 
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1    (b) A person who violates the provisions of this Section 
2is guilty of official misconduct under Section 33-3 of the 
3Criminal Code of 2012.
4    (c) For purposes of this Section only:
5    "Lobbying" includes, but is not limited to, the meaning 
6provided in Section 1-109 of this Act and the meaning provided 
7in subsection (e) of Section 2 of the Lobbyist Registration 
8Act.
9    "Official of the executive or legislative branch of State 
10government" has the meaning provided in subsection (c) of 
11Section 2 of the Lobbyist Registration Act.
12No legislator may engage in lobbying, as that term is defined

13in Section 1-109, if he accepts compensation specifically 
14attributable
to such lobbying, other than that provided by law 
15for members of the
General Assembly. Nothing in this Section 
16prohibits a legislator from
lobbying without compensation.

17    A violation of this Section shall constitute a Class A 
18misdemeanor.

19(Source: P.A. 77-2830.)

 
 
20    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
21becoming law.