Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB1703 Compare Versions

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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1703 Introduced , by Rep. Fred Crespo SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 5 ILCS 430/20-95 Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Provides that an Executive Inspector General may issue a public statement when the Executive Inspector General concludes its investigation and (i) recommends systemic or procedural action based on the investigation or (ii) finds reasonable cause to believe that a violation has occurred and the Executive Inspector General believes that a complaint concerning the investigation should not be filed by the Attorney General with the Executive Ethics Commission. Limits the scope of a public statement that may be issued. Provides that, before issuing a public statement, the Executive Inspector General shall share the public statement with the agency head and ultimate jurisdictional authority affected by the investigation and allow the agency head and ultimate jurisdictional authority affected by the investigation a period of 10 business days to provide the Executive Inspector General with a response to the proposed public statement, which must be included with the public statement. Effective immediately. LRB104 07771 BDA 17816 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1703 Introduced , by Rep. Fred Crespo SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 5 ILCS 430/20-95 5 ILCS 430/20-95 Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Provides that an Executive Inspector General may issue a public statement when the Executive Inspector General concludes its investigation and (i) recommends systemic or procedural action based on the investigation or (ii) finds reasonable cause to believe that a violation has occurred and the Executive Inspector General believes that a complaint concerning the investigation should not be filed by the Attorney General with the Executive Ethics Commission. Limits the scope of a public statement that may be issued. Provides that, before issuing a public statement, the Executive Inspector General shall share the public statement with the agency head and ultimate jurisdictional authority affected by the investigation and allow the agency head and ultimate jurisdictional authority affected by the investigation a period of 10 business days to provide the Executive Inspector General with a response to the proposed public statement, which must be included with the public statement. Effective immediately. LRB104 07771 BDA 17816 b LRB104 07771 BDA 17816 b A BILL FOR
2	2	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1703 Introduced , by Rep. Fred Crespo SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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5	5	Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Provides that an Executive Inspector General may issue a public statement when the Executive Inspector General concludes its investigation and (i) recommends systemic or procedural action based on the investigation or (ii) finds reasonable cause to believe that a violation has occurred and the Executive Inspector General believes that a complaint concerning the investigation should not be filed by the Attorney General with the Executive Ethics Commission. Limits the scope of a public statement that may be issued. Provides that, before issuing a public statement, the Executive Inspector General shall share the public statement with the agency head and ultimate jurisdictional authority affected by the investigation and allow the agency head and ultimate jurisdictional authority affected by the investigation a period of 10 business days to provide the Executive Inspector General with a response to the proposed public statement, which must be included with the public statement. Effective immediately.
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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 20-95 as follows:
16	16	6 (5 ILCS 430/20-95)
17	17	7 Sec. 20-95. Exemptions.
18	18	8 (a) Documents generated by an ethics officer under this
19	19	9 Act, except Section 5-50, are exempt from the provisions of
20	20	10 the Freedom of Information Act.
21	21	11 (b) Any allegations and related documents submitted to an
22	22	12 Executive Inspector General and any pleadings and related
23	23	13 documents brought before the Executive Ethics Commission are
24	24	14 exempt from the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act
25	25	15 so long as the Executive Ethics Commission does not make a
26	26	16 finding of a violation of this Act. If the Executive Ethics
27	27	17 Commission finds that a violation has occurred, the entire
28	28	18 record of proceedings before the Commission, the decision and
29	29	19 recommendation, and the response from the agency head or
30	30	20 ultimate jurisdictional authority to the Executive Ethics
31	31	21 Commission are not exempt from the provisions of the Freedom
32	32	22 of Information Act but information contained therein that is
33	33	23 otherwise exempt from the Freedom of Information Act must be
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37	37	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1703 Introduced , by Rep. Fred Crespo SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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40	40	Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Provides that an Executive Inspector General may issue a public statement when the Executive Inspector General concludes its investigation and (i) recommends systemic or procedural action based on the investigation or (ii) finds reasonable cause to believe that a violation has occurred and the Executive Inspector General believes that a complaint concerning the investigation should not be filed by the Attorney General with the Executive Ethics Commission. Limits the scope of a public statement that may be issued. Provides that, before issuing a public statement, the Executive Inspector General shall share the public statement with the agency head and ultimate jurisdictional authority affected by the investigation and allow the agency head and ultimate jurisdictional authority affected by the investigation a period of 10 business days to provide the Executive Inspector General with a response to the proposed public statement, which must be included with the public statement. Effective immediately.
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68	68	1 redacted before disclosure as provided in the Freedom of
69	69	2 Information Act. A summary report released by the Executive
70	70	3 Ethics Commission under Section 20-52 is a public record, but
71	71	4 information redacted by the Executive Ethics Commission shall
72	72	5 not be part of the public record.
73	73	6 (c) Meetings of the Commission are exempt from the
74	74	7 provisions of the Open Meetings Act.
75	75	8 (d) Unless otherwise provided in this Act, all
76	76	9 investigatory files and reports of the Office of an Executive
77	77	10 Inspector General, other than monthly reports required under
78	78	11 Section 20-85, are confidential and privileged, are exempt
79	79	12 from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, and
80	80	13 shall not be divulged to any person or agency, except as
81	81	14 necessary (i) to a law enforcement authority, (ii) to the
82	82	15 ultimate jurisdictional authority, (iii) to the Executive
83	83	16 Ethics Commission, (iv) to another Inspector General appointed
84	84	17 pursuant to this Act, or (v) to an Inspector General appointed
85	85	18 or employed by a Regional Transit Board in accordance with
86	86	19 Section 75-10.
87	87	20 (e) An Executive Inspector General may issue a public
88	88	21 statement when the Executive Inspector General concludes its
89	89	22 investigation and (i) recommends systemic or procedural action
90	90	23 based on the investigation or (ii) finds reasonable cause to
91	91	24 believe that a violation has occurred and the Executive
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104	104	1 the Executive Ethics Commission.
105	105	2 Public statements may summarize, without disclosing the
106	106	3 name of any individual who was the subject of such
107	107	4 investigation: (i) the nature of the allegation or complaint;
108	108	5 (ii) any specific violations found, or the basis for any
109	109	6 conclusion that systemic or procedural issues exist; and (iii)
110	110	7 the Executive Inspector General's recommendations for
111	111	8 discipline or other corrective measures.
112	112	9 Before issuing a public statement, the Executive Inspector
113	113	10 General shall share the public statement with the agency head
114	114	11 and ultimate jurisdictional authority affected by the
115	115	12 investigation and allow the agency head and ultimate
116	116	13 jurisdictional authority affected by the investigation a
117	117	14 period of 10 business days to provide the Executive Inspector
118	118	15 General with a response to the proposed public statement,
119	119	16 which must be included with the public statement.
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