Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB1314 Compare Versions

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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1314 Introduced , by Rep. Suzanne M. Ness SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 5 ILCS 430/70-5 Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. In provisions requiring governmental entities to adopt ordinances or resolutions regulating specified ethical concerns, provides that a governmental entity may create an ethics commission to satisfy the requirements. LRB104 05842 BDA 15873 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1314 Introduced , by Rep. Suzanne M. Ness SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 5 ILCS 430/70-5 5 ILCS 430/70-5 Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. In provisions requiring governmental entities to adopt ordinances or resolutions regulating specified ethical concerns, provides that a governmental entity may create an ethics commission to satisfy the requirements. LRB104 05842 BDA 15873 b LRB104 05842 BDA 15873 b A BILL FOR
2	2	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1314 Introduced , by Rep. Suzanne M. Ness SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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5	5	Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. In provisions requiring governmental entities to adopt ordinances or resolutions regulating specified ethical concerns, provides that a governmental entity may create an ethics commission to satisfy the requirements.
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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning government.
12	12	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
13	13	3 represented in the General Assembly:
14	14	4 Section 5. The State Officials and Employees Ethics Act is
15	15	5 amended by changing Section 70-5 as follows:
16	16	6 (5 ILCS 430/70-5)
17	17	7 Sec. 70-5. Adoption by governmental entities.
18	18	8 (a) Within 6 months after the effective date of this Act,
19	19	9 each governmental entity other than a community college
20	20	10 district, and each community college district within 6 months
21	21	11 after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th
22	22	12 General Assembly, shall adopt an ordinance or resolution that
23	23	13 regulates, in a manner no less restrictive than Section 5-15
24	24	14 and Article 10 of this Act, (i) the political activities of
25	25	15 officers and employees of the governmental entity and (ii) the
26	26	16 soliciting and accepting of gifts by and the offering and
27	27	17 making of gifts to officers and employees of the governmental
28	28	18 entity. No later than 60 days after the effective date of this
29	29	19 amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly, each
30	30	20 governmental unit shall adopt an ordinance or resolution
31	31	21 establishing a policy to prohibit sexual harassment. The
32	32	22 policy shall include, at a minimum: (i) a prohibition on
33	33	23 sexual harassment; (ii) details on how an individual can
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37	37	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1314 Introduced , by Rep. Suzanne M. Ness SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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40	40	Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. In provisions requiring governmental entities to adopt ordinances or resolutions regulating specified ethical concerns, provides that a governmental entity may create an ethics commission to satisfy the requirements.
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68	68	1 report an allegation of sexual harassment, including options
69	69	2 for making a confidential report to a supervisor, ethics
70	70	3 officer, Inspector General, or the Department of Human Rights;
71	71	4 (iii) a prohibition on retaliation for reporting sexual
72	72	5 harassment allegations, including availability of
73	73	6 whistleblower protections under this Act, the Whistleblower
74	74	7 Act, and the Illinois Human Rights Act; and (iv) the
75	75	8 consequences of a violation of the prohibition on sexual
76	76	9 harassment and the consequences for knowingly making a false
77	77	10 report. Within 6 months after the effective date of this
78	78	11 amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly, each
79	79	12 governmental unit that is not subject to the jurisdiction of a
80	80	13 State or local Inspector General shall adopt an ordinance or
81	81	14 resolution amending its sexual harassment policy to provide
82	82	15 for a mechanism for reporting and independent review of
83	83	16 allegations of sexual harassment made against an elected
84	84	17 official of the governmental unit by another elected official
85	85	18 of a governmental unit.
86	86	19 (b) Within 3 months after the effective date of this
87	87	20 amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, the Attorney
88	88	21 General shall develop model ordinances and resolutions for the
89	89	22 purpose of this Article. The Attorney General shall advise
90	90	23 governmental entities on their contents and adoption.
91	91	24 (c) As used in this Article, (i) an "officer" means an
92	92	25 elected or appointed official; regardless of whether the
93	93	26 official is compensated, and (ii) an "employee" means a
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