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
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
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.
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1 AN ACT concerning government.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The State Officials and Employees Ethics Act is
5 amended by changing Section 20-95 as follows:
6 (5 ILCS 430/20-95)
7 Sec. 20-95. Exemptions.
8 (a) Documents generated by an ethics officer under this
9 Act, except Section 5-50, are exempt from the provisions of
10 the Freedom of Information Act.
11 (b) Any allegations and related documents submitted to an
12 Executive Inspector General and any pleadings and related
13 documents brought before the Executive Ethics Commission are
14 exempt from the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act
15 so long as the Executive Ethics Commission does not make a
16 finding of a violation of this Act. If the Executive Ethics
17 Commission finds that a violation has occurred, the entire
18 record of proceedings before the Commission, the decision and
19 recommendation, and the response from the agency head or
20 ultimate jurisdictional authority to the Executive Ethics
21 Commission are not exempt from the provisions of the Freedom
22 of Information Act but information contained therein that is
23 otherwise exempt from the Freedom of Information Act must be
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
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.
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1 redacted before disclosure as provided in the Freedom of
2 Information Act. A summary report released by the Executive
3 Ethics Commission under Section 20-52 is a public record, but
4 information redacted by the Executive Ethics Commission shall
5 not be part of the public record.
6 (c) Meetings of the Commission are exempt from the
7 provisions of the Open Meetings Act.
8 (d) Unless otherwise provided in this Act, all
9 investigatory files and reports of the Office of an Executive
10 Inspector General, other than monthly reports required under
11 Section 20-85, are confidential and privileged, are exempt
12 from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, and
13 shall not be divulged to any person or agency, except as
14 necessary (i) to a law enforcement authority, (ii) to the
15 ultimate jurisdictional authority, (iii) to the Executive
16 Ethics Commission, (iv) to another Inspector General appointed
17 pursuant to this Act, or (v) to an Inspector General appointed
18 or employed by a Regional Transit Board in accordance with
19 Section 75-10.
20 (e) An Executive Inspector General may issue a public
21 statement when the Executive Inspector General concludes its
22 investigation and (i) recommends systemic or procedural action
23 based on the investigation or (ii) finds reasonable cause to
24 believe that a violation has occurred and the Executive
25 Inspector General believes that a complaint concerning the
26 investigation should not be filed by the Attorney General with
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1 the Executive Ethics Commission.
2 Public statements may summarize, without disclosing the
3 name of any individual who was the subject of such
4 investigation: (i) the nature of the allegation or complaint;
5 (ii) any specific violations found, or the basis for any
6 conclusion that systemic or procedural issues exist; and (iii)
7 the Executive Inspector General's recommendations for
8 discipline or other corrective measures.
9 Before issuing a public statement, the Executive Inspector
10 General shall share the public statement with the agency head
11 and ultimate jurisdictional authority affected by the
12 investigation and allow the agency head and ultimate
13 jurisdictional authority affected by the investigation a
14 period of 10 business days to provide the Executive Inspector
15 General with a response to the proposed public statement,
16 which must be included with the public statement.
17 (Source: P.A. 102-664, eff. 1-1-22.)
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