Illinois 100th Regular Session Status: Passed Senate

SB 643 — ETHICS DISCLOSURES

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    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

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Summary

Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Provides that the head and employees of a State agency affected by or involved in an investigation shall keep confidential and shall not disclose information exempted from disclosure under the Act or the Freedom of Information Act. Permits disclosure of investigatory files, reports, and requests for information of or by the Office of an Executive Inspector General to the head of a State agency affected by or involved in an investigation.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

44 added · 89 removed

Plain-language change summary

The recent amendments to Bill SB 643 primarily change how documents related to ethics investigations are treated under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Now, documents generated by ethics officers and paperwork associated with allegations submitted to the Executive Inspector General are generally exempt from public disclosure unless a violation is found. This matters because it enhances confidentiality during investigations and only makes related information public if a violation is confirmed, potentially protecting the integrity of the investigation and the privacy of those involved.

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*LRB10008016RJF18099b* SB0643 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois and 2018 SB0643 Introduced 1/25/2017, by Sen.
SB0643 Engrossed LRB100 08016 RJF 18099 b AN ACT concerning government.
Heather A.
Steans SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
ILCS 430/20-90 ILCS 430/20-95 Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act.
Provides that the head and employees of a State agency affected by or involved in an investigation shall keep confidential and shall not disclose information exempted from disclosure under the Act or the Freedom of Information Act.
Permits disclosure of investigatory files, reports, and requests for information of or by the Office of an Executive Inspector General to the head of a State agency affected by or involved in an investigation.
LRB100 08016 RJF 18099 b A BILL FOR SB0643 LRB100 08016 RJF 18099 b AN ACT concerning government.
The State Officials and Employees Ethics Act is amended by changing Sections 20-90 and 20-95 as follows:
The State Officials and Employees Ethics Act is amended by changing Section 20-95 as follows:
(5 ILCS 430/20-90) Sec.
(5 ILCS 430/20-95) Sec.
20-90.
Confidentiality.
(a) The identity of any individual providing information or reporting any possible or alleged misconduct to an Executive Inspector General or the Executive Ethics Commission shall be kept confidential and may not be disclosed without the consent of that individual, unless the individual consents to disclosure of his or her name or disclosure of the individual's identity is otherwise required by law.
The confidentiality granted by this subsection does not preclude the disclosure of the identity of a person in any capacity other than as the source of an allegation.
(b) Subject to the provisions of Section 20-52, commissioners, employees, and agents of the Executive Ethics Commission, the Executive Inspectors General, and employees and agents of each Office of an Executive Inspector General, the Attorney General, and the employees and agents of the office of the Attorney General, and the head and employees of a SB0643 - 2 - LRB100 08016 RJF 18099 b State agency affected by or involved in an investigation shall keep confidential and shall not disclose information exempted from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act or by this Act, provided the identity of any individual providing information or reporting any possible or alleged misconduct to the Executive Inspector General for the Governor may be disclosed to an Inspector General appointed or employed by a Regional Transit Board in accordance with Section 75-10.
(Source:
P.A.
96-555, eff.
8-18-09;
96-1528, eff.
7-1-11.) (5 ILCS 430/20-95) Sec.
If the Executive Ethics Commission finds that a violation has occurred, the entire record of proceedings before the Commission, the decision and recommendation, and the response from the agency head or ultimate jurisdictional authority to the Executive Ethics Commission are not exempt from the provisions of the Freedom of SB0643 - 3 - LRB100 08016 RJF 18099 b Information Act but information contained therein that is otherwise exempt from the Freedom of Information Act must be redacted before disclosure as provided in the Freedom of Information Act.
If the Executive Ethics Commission finds that a violation has occurred, the entire record of proceedings before the Commission, the decision and recommendation, and the response from the agency head or ultimate jurisdictional authority to the Executive Ethics Commission are not exempt from the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act but information contained therein that is otherwise exempt from the Freedom of Information Act must be SB0643 Engrossed - 2 - LRB100 08016 RJF 18099 b redacted before disclosure as provided in the Freedom of Information Act.
(d) Unless otherwise provided in this Act, all investigatory files, and reports and requests for information of or by the Office of an Executive Inspector General, other than monthly reports required under Section 20-85, are confidential, are exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, and shall not be divulged to any person or agency, except as necessary (i) to a law enforcement authority, (ii) to the ultimate jurisdictional authority, (iii) to the Executive Ethics Commission, (iv) to another Inspector General appointed pursuant to this Act, or (v) to an Inspector General appointed or employed by a Regional Transit Board in accordance with Section 75-10, or (vi) to the head of a State agency affected by or involved in the investigation.
(d) Unless otherwise provided in this Act, all investigatory files and reports of the Office of an Executive Inspector General, other than monthly reports required under Section 20-85, are confidential, are exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, and shall not be divulged to any person or agency, except as necessary (i) to a law enforcement authority, (ii) to the ultimate jurisdictional authority, (iii) to the Executive Ethics Commission, (iv) to another Inspector General appointed pursuant to this Act, or (v) to an Inspector General appointed or employed by a Regional Transit Board in accordance with Section 75-10, or (vi) to the head of a State agency affected by or involved in the investigation.
7-1-11.)
7-1-11.) Section 99.
Effective date.
This Act takes effect upon becoming law.
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Action History

  1. Session Sine Die

  2. Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

  3. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted State Government Administration Committee; 007-000-000

  4. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee

  5. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie

  6. Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Wojcicki Jimenez

  7. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to State Government Administration Committee

  8. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee

  9. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie

  10. Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate

  11. Second Reading - Short Debate

  12. Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate

  13. Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 007-004-000

  14. Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2018

  15. Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 25, 2018

  16. Assigned to Executive Committee

  17. Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

  18. Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant

  19. Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2017

  20. Assigned to Executive Committee

  21. Referred to Rules Committee

  22. First Reading

  23. Chief House Sponsor Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie

  24. Arrived in House

  25. Third Reading - Passed; 051-000-000

  26. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 26, 2017

  27. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Steans

  28. Second Reading

  29. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Executive; 017-000-000

  30. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Executive

  31. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments

  32. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Heather A. Steans

  33. Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 15, 2017

  34. Do Pass as Amended Executive; 016-000-000

  35. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted

  36. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive

  37. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments

  38. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Heather A. Steans

  39. Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 19, 2017

  40. Re-referred to Executive

  41. Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 5, 2017

  42. Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 7, 2017

  43. To Subcommittee on Governmental Operations

  44. Assigned to Executive

  45. Referred to Assignments

  46. First Reading

  47. Filed with Secretary by Sen. Heather A. Steans

Sponsors

  • Heather A. Steans · Cosponsor

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0 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 182 not signed on

Sponsors (0)

None.

Co-sponsors (1)

  • Heather A. Steans

Not signed on (182)

182 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Third Reading

Passed 51 Yea · 0 Nay · 8 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 31006
Democrat 13001
Republican 7001
Total 51008
% of votes cast 86%0%0%14%
How each member voted (59)
Member Party Vote
Bertino-Tarrant — Yea
Biss — Yea
Bivins — Not Voting
Bush — Yea
McCann — Yea
Muñoz — Not Voting
Landek — Yea
Link — Yea
Manar — Yea
Cullerton — Yea
Cullerton, T. — Yea
Oberweis — Not Voting
Radogno — Yea
Silverstein — Not Voting
Trotter — Yea
Clayborne — Yea
Connelly — Yea
Haine — Not Voting
McCarter — Yea
McConnaughay — Yea
Mulroe — Yea
Rooney — Yea
Steans — Yea
Harris — Yea
Bennett — Yea
McGuire — Yea
Brady — Yea
Hutchinson — Yea
Nybo — Yea
Raoul — Yea
Righter — Yea
Sandoval — Yea
Schimpf — Yea
Althoff — Yea
Martinez — Not Voting
Barickman — Yea
Van Pelt — Yea
Bill Cunningham Democrat Yea
Cristina Castro Democrat Yea
David Koehler Democrat Yea
Don Harmon Democrat Yea
Emil Jones, III Democrat Yea
Julie A. Morrison Democrat Yea
Kimberly A. Lightford Democrat Not Voting
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Laura M. Murphy Democrat Yea
Linda Holmes Democrat Yea
Mattie Hunter Democrat Yea
Michael E. Hastings Democrat Yea
Omar Aquino Democrat Yea
Steve Stadelman Democrat Yea
Chapin Rose Republican Yea
Dale Fowler Republican Yea
Dan McConchie Republican Yea
Dave Syverson Republican Yea
Jil Tracy Republican Yea
Neil Anderson Republican Yea
Sue Rezin Republican Not Voting
Travis Weaver Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 643 do?
Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Provides that the head and employees of a State agency affected by or involved in an investigation shall keep confidential and shall not disclose information exempted from disclosure under the Act or the Freedom of Information Act. Permits disclosure of investigatory files, reports, and requests for information of or by the Office of an Executive Inspector General to the head of a State agency affected by or involved in an investigation.
Who sponsors SB 643?
SB 643 is sponsored by Heather A. Steans.
What is the current status of SB 643?
This bill died with 100th Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track SB 643?
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