102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB2389

 

Introduced 2/17/2021, by Rep. Dave Vella

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
25 ILCS 170/2  from Ch. 63, par. 172
25 ILCS 170/3.5 new

    Amends the Lobbyist Registration Act. Provides that no official shall, within a period of 5 years immediately following the end of his or her term of office, engage in lobbying or any other activity that would require registration under the Act. Modifies the definition of "official" to include any elected or appointed official of a unit of local government.


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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 Lobbyist Registration Act is amended by
5changing Section 2 and by adding Section 3.5 as follows:
 
6    (25 ILCS 170/2)  (from Ch. 63, par. 172)
7    Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the
8context otherwise requires:
9    (a) "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership,
10committee, association, corporation, or any other organization
11or group of persons.
12    (b) "Expenditure" means a payment, distribution, loan,
13advance, deposit, or gift of money or anything of value, and
14includes a contract, promise, or agreement, whether or not
15legally enforceable, to make an expenditure, for the ultimate
16purpose of influencing executive, legislative, or
17administrative action, other than compensation as defined in
18subsection (d).
19    (c) "Official" means:
20        (1) the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of
21    State, Attorney General, State Treasurer, and State
22    Comptroller;
23        (2) Chiefs of Staff for officials described in item

 

 

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1    (1);
2        (3) Cabinet members of any elected constitutional
3    officer, including Directors, Assistant Directors and
4    Chief Legal Counsel or General Counsel;
5        (4) Members of the General Assembly; and
6        (5) Members of any board, commission, authority, or
7    task force of the State authorized or created by State law
8    or by executive order of the Governor; and .
9        (6) any elected or appointed official of a unit of
10    local government.
11    (d) "Compensation" means any money, thing of value or
12financial benefits received or to be received in return for
13services rendered or to be rendered, for lobbying as defined
14in subsection (e).
15    Monies paid to members of the General Assembly by the
16State as remuneration for performance of their Constitutional
17and statutory duties as members of the General Assembly shall
18not constitute compensation as defined by this Act.
19    (e) "Lobby" and "lobbying" means any communication with an
20official of the executive or legislative branch of State
21government as defined in subsection (c) for the ultimate
22purpose of influencing any executive, legislative, or
23administrative action.
24    (f) "Influencing" means any communication, action,
25reportable expenditure as prescribed in Section 6 or other
26means used to promote, support, affect, modify, oppose or

 

 

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1delay any executive, legislative or administrative action or
2to promote goodwill with officials as defined in subsection
3(c).
4    (g) "Executive action" means the proposal, drafting,
5development, consideration, amendment, adoption, approval,
6promulgation, issuance, modification, rejection or
7postponement by a State entity of a rule, regulation, order,
8decision, determination, contractual arrangement, purchasing
9agreement or other quasi-legislative or quasi-judicial action
10or proceeding.
11    (h) "Legislative action" means the development, drafting,
12introduction, consideration, modification, adoption,
13rejection, review, enactment, or passage or defeat of any
14bill, amendment, resolution, report, nomination,
15administrative rule or other matter by either house of the
16General Assembly or a committee thereof, or by a legislator.
17Legislative action also means the action of the Governor in
18approving or vetoing any bill or portion thereof, and the
19action of the Governor or any agency in the development of a
20proposal for introduction in the legislature.
21    (i) "Administrative action" means the execution or
22rejection of any rule, regulation, legislative rule, standard,
23fee, rate, contractual arrangement, purchasing agreement or
24other delegated legislative or quasi-legislative action to be
25taken or withheld by any executive agency, department, board
26or commission of the State.

 

 

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1    (j) "Lobbyist" means any natural person who undertakes to
2lobby State government as provided in subsection (e).
3    (k) "Lobbying entity" means any entity that hires,
4retains, employs, or compensates a natural person to lobby
5State government as provided in subsection (e).
6    (l) "Authorized agent" means the person designated by an
7entity or lobbyist registered under this Act as the person
8responsible for submission and retention of reports required
9under this Act.
10    (m) "Client" means any person or entity that provides
11compensation to a lobbyist to lobby State government as
12provided in subsection (e) of this Section.
13    (n) "Client registrant" means a client who is required to
14register under this Act.
15    (o) "Unit of local government" has the meaning ascribed to
16it in Section 1 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution and
17also includes school districts and community college
18districts.
19(Source: P.A. 101-595, eff. 12-5-19.)
 
20    (25 ILCS 170/3.5 new)
21    Sec. 3.5. Public official lobbying prohibition. No
22official shall, within a period of 5 years immediately
23following the end of his or her term of office, engage in
24lobbying or any other activity that would require registration
25under this Act.