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 Bill Status of SB3162  97th General Assembly


Short Description:  GOVERNMENT ENTITY ETHICS

Senate Sponsors
Sen. William E. Brady and Chris Nybo

Last Action
DateChamber Action
  1/9/2019SenateSession Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
5 ILCS 430/70-5


Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Provides that within 6 months after the effective date of this amendatory Act, each governmental entity shall establish an Office of Ethics Compliance that includes an independent ethics commission and an independent Inspector General in a substantially similar format as created for the Executive and Legislative Branches of State Government under the Act. Provides that governmental entities may enter into intergovernmental agreements in order to establish ethics commissions and Inspectors General who serve multiple governmental entities. Provides that the ethics commission and Inspector General established by each governmental entity shall have jurisdiction over violations of a governmental entity's ethics ordinance, Freedom of Information Act compliance, Open Meetings Act compliance, and any allegations of fraud, waste, malfeasance, or violations of other related laws and rules.

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  2/16/2018SenateFiled with Secretary by Sen. Michael Connelly
  2/16/2018SenateFirst Reading
  2/16/2018SenateReferred to Assignments
  2/27/2018SenateAssigned to Executive
  3/1/2018SenateTo Subcommittee on Special Issues (EX)
  4/13/2018SenateRule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 27, 2018
  4/19/2018SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Chris Nybo
  4/27/2018SenateRule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 3, 2018
  5/3/2018SenateRule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
  12/21/2018SenateChief Sponsor Changed to Sen. William E. Brady
  1/9/2019SenateSession Sine Die

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