HB5695 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB096 19732 AJO 35148 b

96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB5695

Introduced 2/9/2010, by Rep. Ron Stephens

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

740 ILCS 174/15.1 new

Amends the Whistleblower Act. Provides that a State agency may not retaliate against an employee of that agency who discloses information about the policies or operations of that State agency in a court, an administrative hearing, or before a legislative commission or committee, or in any other proceeding, where the employee has, at the time of the disclosure, reasonable cause to believe that the information is true. Provides that a State agency may not retaliate against an employee of that agency who discloses information about the policies or operations of that State agency to a government or law enforcement agency or to the media where the employee has reasonable cause to believe, at the time of disclosure, that the disclosed information is true. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning civil law.

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

Section 5. The Whistleblower Act is amended by adding Section 15.1 as follows:

(740 ILCS 174/15.1 new)

Sec. 15.1. Retaliation for certain State agency employee disclosures prohibited.

(a) A State agency may not retaliate against an employee of that agency who discloses information about the policies or operations of that State agency in a court, an administrative hearing, or before a legislative commission or committee, or in any other proceeding, where the employee has reasonable cause to believe, at the time of the disclosure, that the information is true.

(b) A State agency may not retaliate against an employee of that agency for disclosing information about the policies or operations of that State agency to a government or law enforcement agency or to the media where the employee has reasonable cause to believe, at the time of disclosure, that the information is true.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.