Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB2559

Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Provides that the gift ban requirements specified under the Act do not apply to attendance at professional conferences or events. Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Attaches specified revolving door prohibition requirements to specified government officers and employees concerning conflicts of interest under the Code. Exempts communications providing general information about a firm and communications about proposal deficiencies under the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying Qualifications Based Selection Act from procurement communications reporting requirements. Amends the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying Qualifications Based Selection Act. Provides that a State agency shall publish the list of firms, along with scoring comments, determined to be qualified to provide services so that all firms have an opportunity to identify ways they may improve proposals in the future. Provides that a State agency may communicate with firms who were not selected in order to provide further information about the firm's proposal deficiencies.

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