SB2291 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB2291

Introduced 2/10/2023, by Sen. Julie A. Morrison

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

5 ILCS 430/5-40

Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Provides that specified political candidates may not hold a political fundraising function on any day the legislature is in session or the day immediately prior to or after (now, only prior to) such day. Provides that the Act's restriction on fundraising during special session does not apply to a fundraising function scheduled at least 14 days in advance of a day the General Assembly is in special session or the day immediately prior to or after such day (now, the restriction does not apply to a fundraising function scheduled at least 14 days in advance of the day the General Assembly is in special session or the day immediately prior to that day).

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The State Officials and Employees Ethics Act is amended by changing Section 5-40 as follows:

(5 ILCS 430/5-40)

Sec. 5-40. Fundraising during session. Except as provided in this Section, any executive branch constitutional officer, any candidate for an executive branch constitutional office, any member of the General Assembly, any candidate for the General Assembly, any political caucus of the General Assembly, or any political committee on behalf of any of the foregoing may not hold a political fundraising function on any day the legislature is in session or the day immediately prior to or after such day. This Section does not apply to a political fundraising function scheduled at least 14 days in advance of a day the legislature is in special session or the day immediately prior to or after such day. For purposes of this Section, the legislature is not considered to be in session on a day that is solely a perfunctory session day or on a day when only a committee is meeting.

(Source: P.A. 102-664, eff. 1-1-22.)