103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB0095

 

Introduced 1/24/2023, by Sen. Laura M. Murphy

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
5 ILCS 420/2-101  from Ch. 127, par. 602-101

    Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Prohibits a legislator from engaging in compensated lobbying of the governing body of a municipality, county, or township, or an official thereof, or the executive branch of the State of Illinois, or an official thereof. 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. Government official lobbying.
8    (a) No legislator may engage in promoting or opposing in
9any manner the passage by the General Assembly of any
10legislative matter affecting the interests of any individual,
11association, or corporation as distinct from those of the
12people of the State as a whole, if he or she accepts
13compensation specifically attributable to such lobbying, other
14than that provided by law for members of the General Assembly.
15Nothing in this Section prohibits a legislator from lobbying
16without compensation.
17    No legislator shall engage in compensated lobbying of the
18governing body of a municipality, county, or township, or an
19official thereof, or the executive branch of the State of
20Illinois, or an official thereof.
21    No legislator or executive branch constitutional officer
22shall engage in compensated lobbying of the governing body of
23a municipality, county, or township, or an official thereof,

 

 

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1on behalf of any lobbyist or lobbying entity that is
2registered to lobby the General Assembly or the executive
3branch of the State of Illinois.
4    (b) No elected or appointed county executive or
5legislative official shall engage in compensated lobbying of
6the governing body of a county, municipality, township, the
7General Assembly, a State executive branch office or agency,
8or an official thereof, on behalf of any lobbyist or lobbying
9entity that is registered to lobby the county in which the
10official is elected or appointed.
11    (c) No elected or appointed municipal executive or
12legislative official shall engage in compensated lobbying of
13the governing body of a county, municipality, township, the
14General Assembly, a State executive branch office or agency,
15or an official thereof, on behalf of any lobbyist or lobbying
16entity that is registered to lobby the municipality in which
17the official is elected or appointed.
18    (d) No elected or appointed township executive or
19legislative official shall engage in compensated lobbying of
20the governing body of a county, municipality, township, the
21General Assembly, a State executive branch office or agency,
22or an official thereof, on behalf of any lobbyist or lobbying
23entity that is registered to lobby the township in which the
24official is elected or appointed.
25    (e) No elected or appointed municipal executive or
26legislative official shall engage in compensated lobbying of

 

 

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1the governing body of a county, municipality, or township, the
2General Assembly, a State executive branch office or agency,
3or an official thereof, on behalf of any lobbyist or lobbying
4entity if the person is an elected or appointed municipal
5executive or legislative official from a municipality exempted
6by the preemption provision of Section 11.2 of the Lobbyist
7Registration Act.
8    (f) A violation of this Section shall constitute a Class A
9misdemeanor.
10(Source: P.A. 102-664, eff. 1-1-22.)
 
11    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
12becoming law.