94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB2168

 

Introduced 1/4/2006, by Sen. Susan Garrett

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
25 ILCS 135/5.02   from Ch. 63, par. 29.2
25 ILCS 145/5.09

    Amends the Legislative Information System Act and the Legislative Reference Bureau Act. For the 95th General Assembly and thereafter, requires LIS to make available on the General Assembly's web site the following additional bill status information: purpose or general idea of bill; justification for bill; prior legislative history; fiscal and other implications; and proponents and opponents. Requires LRB to include this additional information in the Legislative Synopsis and Digest.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning the legislature.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Legislative Reference Bureau Act is amended
5 by changing Section 5.02 as follows:
 
6     (25 ILCS 135/5.02)  (from Ch. 63, par. 29.2)
7     Sec. 5.02. Legislative Synopsis and Digest.
8     (a) The Legislative Reference Bureau shall collect,
9 catalogue, classify, index, completely digest, topically
10 index, and summarize all bills, resolutions, and orders
11 introduced in each branch of the General Assembly, as well as
12 related amendments, conference committee reports, and veto
13 messages, as soon as practicable after they have been printed.
14 The Digest shall also include the information required under
15 item (4.1) of Section 5.09 of the Legislative Information
16 System Act.
17     (b) The Digest shall be published each week during the
18 session of the General Assembly when practical.
19     (c) The Legislative Reference Bureau shall furnish,
20 without cost, 2 copies of the Digest to each member of the
21 General Assembly, 1 copy to each elected State officer in the
22 executive department, 40 copies to the Chief Clerk of the House
23 of Representatives and 30 copies to the Secretary of the Senate
24 for the use of the committee clerks and employees of the
25 respective offices, 15 copies to the Legislative Research Unit,
26 and the number of copies requested in writing by the President
27 of the Senate, the Speaker of the House, the Minority Leader of
28 the Senate, and the Minority Leader of the House.
29     (d) The Legislative Reference Bureau shall also furnish to
30 each county clerk, without cost, one copy of the Digest for
31 each 100,000 inhabitants or fraction thereof in his or her
32 county according to the last preceding federal decennial

 

 

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1 census.
2     (e) Upon receipt of an application from any other person,
3 signed by the applicant and accompanied by the payment of a fee
4 of $55, the Legislative Reference Bureau shall furnish to the
5 applicant a copy of each Digest for the calendar year issued
6 after receipt of the application.
7 (Source: P.A. 87-918.)
 
8     Section 10. The Legislative Information System Act is
9 amended by changing Section 5.09 as follows:
 
10     (25 ILCS 145/5.09)
11     Sec. 5.09. Public computer access; legislative
12 information. To make available to the public all of the
13 following information in electronic form:
14         (1) On or before July 1, 1999, the weekly schedule of
15     legislative floor sessions for each of the 2 houses of the
16     General Assembly together with a list of matters pending
17     before them and the weekly schedule of legislative
18     committee hearings together with matters scheduled for
19     their consideration.
20         (2) On or before July 1, 1999, a list of the committees
21     of the General Assembly and their members.
22         (3) On or before July 1, 1999, the text of each bill
23     and resolution introduced and of each engrossed, enrolled,
24     and re-enrolled bill and resolution and the text of each
25     adopted amendment and conference committee report.
26         (4) On or before July 1, 1999, a synopsis of items
27     specified in paragraph (3) of this Section, together with a
28     summary of legislative and gubernatorial actions regarding
29     each bill and resolution introduced.
30         (4.1) For the Ninety-fifth General Assembly and
31     thereafter, in addition to the bill status information
32     required under item (4):
33             (A) The purpose or general idea of the bill. This
34         information shall be provided to the Secretary of the

 

 

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1         Senate or the Clerk of the House of Representatives, as
2         applicable, by the principal sponsor of the bill in the
3         chamber in which the bill is introduced. The Secretary
4         or Clerk, as applicable, shall promptly forward the
5         information to the Legislative Information System
6         (LIS) in an electronic format. The information shall be
7         limited to 200 words.
8             (B) The justification for the bill. This
9         information shall be provided to the Secretary or the
10         Clerk, as applicable, by the principal sponsor of the
11         bill in the chamber in which the bill is introduced.
12         The Secretary or Clerk, as applicable, shall promptly
13         forward the information to LIS in an electronic format.
14         The information shall be limited to 500 words.
15             (C) Prior legislative history. This information
16         shall include an identification, limited to the bill
17         number and number of the General Assembly, of all
18         identical or substantially similar bills in the then
19         current and the 2 previous General Assemblies. This
20         information shall be provided to the Secretary or the
21         Clerk, as applicable, by the principal sponsor of the
22         bill in the chamber in which the bill is introduced.
23         The Secretary or Clerk, as applicable, shall promptly
24         forward the information to LIS in an electronic format.
25             (D) Fiscal and other implications. This
26         information shall be a synopsis of each Fiscal Note,
27         Pension Impact Note, Judicial Note, State Debt Impact
28         Note, Correctional Budget and Impact Note, Home Rule
29         Note, Balanced Budget Note, State Mandate Note, and
30         similar note required to be filed by law with the
31         Secretary or Clerk, as applicable, with respect to the
32         bill. The synopsis shall be prepared by the Legislative
33         Reference Bureau and provided to LIS in an electronic
34         format as soon as practical.
35             (E) Proponents and opponents. This information
36         shall include the name of each person filing a witness

 

 

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1         slip with Secretary or Clerk, as applicable, when the
2         bill, an amendment, or a conference committee report is
3         heard in a substantive committee. The information
4         shall include the position taken (proponent, opponent,
5         or no position) and the entity represented by the
6         person, if applicable. This information shall be
7         prepared by the Secretary or Clerk, as applicable, and
8         provided to LIS in an electronic format as soon as
9         practical.
10         (5) On or before July 1, 1999, the Rules of the House
11     and the Senate of the General Assembly.
12         (6) Before the conclusion of the Ninety-second General
13     Assembly, the text of Public Acts.
14         (7) Before the conclusion of the Ninety-second General
15     Assembly, the Illinois Compiled Statutes.
16         (8) Before the conclusion of the Ninety-second General
17     Assembly, the Constitution of the United States and the
18     Constitution of the State of Illinois.
19         (9) Before the conclusion of the Ninety-second General
20     Assembly, the text of the Illinois Administrative Code.
21         (10) Before the conclusion of the Ninety-second
22     General Assembly, the most current issue of the Illinois
23     Register published on or after the effective date of this
24     amendatory Act of 1998.
25         (11) Any other information that the Joint Committee on
26     Legislative Support Services elects to make available.
27     The information shall be made available to the public
28 through the World Wide Web. The information may also be made
29 available by any other means of access that would facilitate
30 public access to the information.
31     Any documentation that describes the electronic digital
32 formats of the information shall be made available through the
33 World Wide Web.
34     Personal information concerning a person who accesses this
35 public information may be maintained only for the purpose of
36 providing service to the person.

 

 

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1     No fee or other charge may be imposed by the Legislative
2 Information System as a condition of accessing the information,
3 except that a reasonable fee may be charged for any customized
4 services and shall be deposited into the General Assembly
5 Computer Equipment Revolving Fund.
6     The electronic public access provided through the World
7 Wide Web shall be in addition to any other electronic or print
8 distribution of the information.
9     No action taken under this Section shall be deemed to alter
10 or relinquish any copyright or other proprietary interest or
11 entitlement of the State of Illinois relating to any of the
12 information made available under this Section.
13     The information shall be made available as provided in this
14 Section in the shortest practicable time after it is publicly
15 available in any other form; provided that the System may make
16 information available under this Section only if the
17 availability in no way reduces the quality and timeliness of
18 service available to and required under this Act for
19 legislative users and does not unduly burden the General
20 Assembly or its support services agencies. Failure to provide
21 information under this Section does not affect the validity of
22 any action of the General Assembly. The General Assembly and
23 the State of Illinois are not liable for the accuracy,
24 availability, or use of the information provided under this
25 Section.
26 (Source: P.A. 90-666, eff. 7-30-98.)