101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB3958

 

Introduced 11/12/2019, by Rep. Allen Skillicorn

 

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, engage in any lobbying activity or otherwise communicate with 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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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 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
10101st General Assembly, a member of the General Assembly, his
11or her spouse, and any immediate family member living with that
12member of the General Assembly shall not, for compensation:
13        (1) engage in any lobbying activity; or
14        (2) communicate with any official of the executive or
15    legislative branch of State government or any official of
16    any unit of local government or school district for the
17    ultimate purpose of influencing any executive,
18    legislative, or administrative action.
19    (b) A person who violates the provisions of this Section is
20guilty of official misconduct under Section 33-3 of the
21Criminal Code of 2012.
22    (c) For purposes of this Section only:
23    "Lobbying" includes, but is not limited to, the meaning

 

 

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1provided in Section 1-109 of this Act and the meaning provided
2in subsection (e) of Section 2 of the Lobbyist Registration
3Act.
4    "Official of the executive or legislative branch of State
5government" has the meaning provided in subsection (c) of
6Section 2 of the Lobbyist Registration Act.
7No legislator may engage in lobbying, as that term is defined
8in Section 1-109, if he accepts compensation specifically
9attributable to such lobbying, other than that provided by law
10for members of the General Assembly. Nothing in this Section
11prohibits a legislator from lobbying without compensation.
12    A violation of this Section shall constitute a Class A
13misdemeanor.
14(Source: P.A. 77-2830.)
 
15    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
16becoming law.