Illinois 93rd Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 D cosponsors

SB 690 — FOI-ATTORNEY FEES

Last action — Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0466

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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 19, 2003. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 74% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 2 sponsors

    0 primary, 2 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 D).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 3 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Amends the Freedom of Information Act. For a court's awarding of attorney fees in a suit resulting from denial of disclosure of a public record, removes the requirements that (i) the record is highly significant to the general public and (ii) the public body lacked a reasonable legal basis for the denial.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

12 added · 14 removed

Plain-language change summary

The recent amendment to Bill SB 690 adds specific language that clarifies who is eligible to receive reasonable attorneys' fees when records are wrongfully withheld by public bodies. It emphasizes that individuals can seek these fees if the court determines that the withheld records are of significant public interest and that there was no valid legal reason for the withholding. This change is important because it strengthens accountability for public bodies and encourages transparency, ensuring that citizens have the means to challenge unjust denials of access to information.

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SB690 Engrossed LRB093 06480 JAM 06603 b AN ACT concerning freedom of information.
SB690 Enrolled LRB093 06480 JAM 06603 b AN ACT concerning freedom of information.
(i) A description of the nature or contents of each document withheld, or each deletion from a released document, SB690 Engrossed -2- LRB093 06480 JAM 06603 b provided, however, that the public body shall not be required to disclose the information which it asserts is exempt;
(i) A description of the nature or contents of each document withheld, or each deletion from a released document, SB690 Enrolled -2- LRB093 06480 JAM 06603 b provided, however, that the public body shall not be required to disclose the information which it asserts is exempt;
(i) If a person seeking the right to inspect or receive a copy of a public record substantially prevails in a proceeding under this Section, the court may award such person reasonable attorneys' fees u ______________r_____________ _____f______________________o_____________________o_____________ _____r_____________________e_______________________c____________ ______t____________________r______________________a_____________ _____o_____________________f______________________e_____________ ______r____________________'________________ if the court finds that the record or records in question were of clearly significant interest to the general public and that the public body lacked any reasonable basis in law for SB690 Engrossed -3- LRB093 06480 JAM 06603 b withholding the record.
(i) If a person seeking the right to inspect or receive a copy of a public record substantially prevails in a proceeding under this Section, the court may award such person reasonable attorneys' fees a ______________I_____________ _____c______________________f_____________________f_____________ _____o_____________________i______________________e_____________ ______m_____________________a_____________________o____ if the court finds that the record or records in question were of clearly significant interest to the general public and that the public body lacked any reasonable basis in law for withholding the record.
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SB690 Enrolled -3- LRB093 06480 JAM 06603 b (Source:
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Action History

  1. Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0466

  2. Effective Date January 1, 2004

  3. Governor Approved

  4. Sent to the Governor

  5. Passed Both Houses

  6. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 058-000-000

  7. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Be Approved for Consideration Judiciary; 008-000-000

  8. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Judiciary

  9. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules

  10. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. John J. Cullerton

  11. Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01 - May 15, 2003

  12. Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01

  13. Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000

  14. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate

  15. Second Reading - Short Debate

  16. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin Joyce

  17. Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate

  18. Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 009-000-000

  19. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in State Government Administration Committee; by Voice Vote

  20. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by State Government Administration Committee

  21. Assigned to State Government Administration Committee

  22. Referred to Rules Committee

  23. First Reading

  24. Chief House Sponsor Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie

  25. Arrived in House

  26. Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000

  27. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 3, 2003

  28. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Cullerton

  29. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Cullerton

  30. Recalled to Second Reading

  31. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Be Approved for Consideration Judiciary; 008-000-000

  32. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Judiciary

  33. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules

  34. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton

  35. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Be Approved for Consideration Judiciary; 010-000-000

  36. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary

  37. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules

  38. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton

  39. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 26, 2003

  40. Second Reading

  41. Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 19, 2003

  42. Do Pass Judiciary; 010-000-000

  43. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Christine Radogno

  44. Assigned to Judiciary

  45. Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Chris Lauzen

  46. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Richard J. Winkel, Jr.

  47. Referred to Rules

  48. First Reading

  49. Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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0 sponsors · 2 co-sponsors · 181 not signed on

Sponsors (0)

None.

Co-sponsors (2)

Not signed on (181)

181 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Concurrence

Passed 58 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 50001
Democrat 7000
Republican 1000
Total 58001
% of votes cast 98%0%0%2%
How each member voted (59)
Member Party Vote
Sandoval — Yea
Shadid — Yea
Sieben — Yea
Althoff — Yea
Martinez — Yea
Bomke — Yea
Burzynski — Yea
Haine — Yea
Halvorson — Yea
Lauzen — Yea
Link — Yea
Luechtefeld — Yea
Obama — Yea
Peterson — Yea
Munoz — Yea
Silverstein — Yea
Soden — Yea
Sullivan, D. — Yea
Brady — Yea
Sullivan, J. — Yea
Petka — Yea
Trotter — Yea
Viverito — Yea
Jacobs — Yea
Jones, J. — Yea
Jones, W. — Yea
Winkel — Yea
Watson — Yea
Cullerton — Yea
Demuzio — Yea
Clayborne — Yea
Cronin — Yea
Crotty — Yea
DeLeo — Yea
Hendon — Yea
Maloney — Yea
Meeks — Yea
Schoenberg — Yea
Wojcik — Not Voting
Woolard — Yea
Dillard — Yea
Garrett — Yea
Geo-Karis — Yea
Radogno — Yea
Rauschenberger — Yea
Righter — Yea
Risinger — Yea
Ronen — Yea
Roskam — Yea
Rutherford — Yea
del Valle — Yea
Don Harmon Democrat Yea
Emanuel "Chris" Welch Democrat Yea
Emil Jones, III Democrat Yea
Kimberly A. Lightford Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr. Democrat Yea
Mattie Hunter Democrat Yea
Dave Syverson Republican Yea

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Third Reading

Passed 117 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 105001
Democrat 9000
Republican 3000
Total 117001
% of votes cast 99%0%0%1%
How each member voted (118)
Member Party Vote
Saviano — Yea
Schmitz — Yea
Scully — Yea
Slone — Yea
Sommer — Yea
Soto — Yea
Acevedo — Yea
Aguilar — Yea
Bassi — Yea
Mathias — Yea
Beaubien — Yea
Bellock — Yea
Berrios — Yea
Mautino — Yea
Biggins — Yea
Black — Yea
Boland — Yea
May — Yea
Bost — Yea
Brauer — Yea
Brosnahan — Yea
Capparelli — Yea
Moffitt — Yea
Mulligan — Yea
Jakobsson — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Novak — Yea
Pankau — Yea
Leitch — Yea
Lindner — Yea
Parke — Yea
Phelps — Yea
Lyons, Eileen — Yea
Bailey — Yea
Lyons, Joseph — Yea
Reitz — Yea
Dunkin — Yea
Dunn — Yea
Eddy — Yea
Flider — Yea
Flowers — Yea
Forby — Yea
McAuliffe — Yea
McCarthy — Yea
McKeon — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
McGuire — Yea
Meyer — Yea
Millner — Yea
Molaro — Yea
Morrow — Yea
Munson — Yea
Bradley, Richard — Yea
Myers — Yea
Brady — Yea
Nekritz — Yea
O'Brien — Yea
Tenhouse — Yea
Mitchell, Bill — Yea
Hannig — Yea
Burke — Yea
Mitchell, Jerry — Yea
Turner — Yea
Verschoore — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Wait — Yea
Washington — Yea
Winters — Yea
Wirsing — Yea
Howard — Yea
Watson — Yea
Jones — Yea
Churchill — Yea
Colvin — Yea
Coulson — Yea
Cross — Yea
Cultra — Yea
Currie — Yea
Franks — Yea
Froehlich — Yea
Giles — Yea
Graham — Yea
Granberg — Yea
Grunloh — Yea
Hamos — Yea
Hassert — Yea
Holbrook — Yea
Hultgren — Yea
Krause — Yea
Davis, Monique — Yea
Davis, Steve — Yea
Kurtz — Yea
Lang — Yea
Madigan — Yea
Osmond — Yea
Osterman — Yea
Yarbrough — Yea
Younge — Yea
Daniels — Yea
Fritchey — Not Voting
Kosel — Yea
Pihos — Yea
Poe — Yea
Ryg — Yea
Sacia — Yea
Chapa LaVia — Yea
Eva-Dina Delgado Democrat Yea
Jay Hoffman Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Michael J. Kelly Democrat Yea
Nicholas K. Smith Democrat Yea
Patrick J. Joyce Democrat Yea
Robert "Bob" Rita Democrat Yea
Sara Feigenholtz Democrat Yea
William "Will" Davis Democrat Yea
Brad Stephens Republican Yea
Chapin Rose Republican Yea
Chris Miller Republican Yea

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Third Reading

Passed 58 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 50001
Republican 1000
Democrat 7000
Total 58001
% of votes cast 98%0%0%2%
How each member voted (59)
Member Party Vote
Sandoval — Yea
Link — Yea
Althoff — Yea
Martinez — Yea
Bomke — Yea
Burzynski — Yea
Obama — Yea
Peterson — Yea
Sieben — Yea
Silverstein — Yea
Munoz — Yea
Trotter — Yea
Sullivan, D. — Yea
Viverito — Yea
Brady — Yea
Sullivan, J. — Yea
Petka — Yea
Jacobs — Yea
Clayborne — Yea
Haine — Yea
Halvorson — Yea
Hendon — Yea
Jones, J. — Yea
Lauzen — Yea
Jones, W. — Yea
Watson — Yea
Cullerton — Yea
Demuzio — Yea
Luechtefeld — Yea
Maloney — Yea
Meeks — Yea
Schoenberg — Yea
Shadid — Yea
Winkel — Yea
Wojcik — Yea
Woolard — Yea
Cronin — Yea
Crotty — Yea
DeLeo — Yea
Dillard — Yea
Garrett — Yea
Geo-Karis — Yea
Philip — Not Voting
Radogno — Yea
Rauschenberger — Yea
Righter — Yea
Risinger — Yea
Ronen — Yea
Roskam — Yea
Rutherford — Yea
del Valle — Yea
Don Harmon Democrat Yea
Emanuel "Chris" Welch Democrat Yea
Emil Jones, III Democrat Yea
Kimberly A. Lightford Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr. Democrat Yea
Mattie Hunter Democrat Yea
Dave Syverson Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 690 do?
Amends the Freedom of Information Act. For a court's awarding of attorney fees in a suit resulting from denial of disclosure of a public record, removes the requirements that (i) the record is highly significant to the general public and (ii) the public body lacked a reasonable legal basis for the denial.
Who sponsors SB 690?
SB 690 is sponsored by Patrick J. Joyce (Democrat) and John J. Cullerton.
What is the current status of SB 690?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 19, 2003. Enacted.
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