104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB0127 Introduced 1/17/2025, by Sen. Laura M. Murphy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 5 ILCS 420/2-101 from Ch. 127, par. 602-101 Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Prohibits a legislator from engaging in compensated lobbying of the governing body of a municipality, county, or township, or an official thereof, or the executive branch of the State of Illinois, or an official thereof. Effective immediately. LRB104 08025 JDS 18071 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB0127 Introduced 1/17/2025, by Sen. Laura M. Murphy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 5 ILCS 420/2-101 from Ch. 127, par. 602-101 5 ILCS 420/2-101 from Ch. 127, par. 602-101 Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Prohibits a legislator from engaging in compensated lobbying of the governing body of a municipality, county, or township, or an official thereof, or the executive branch of the State of Illinois, or an official thereof. Effective immediately. LRB104 08025 JDS 18071 b LRB104 08025 JDS 18071 b A BILL FOR
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB0127 Introduced 1/17/2025, by Sen. Laura M. Murphy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Prohibits a legislator from engaging in compensated lobbying of the governing body of a municipality, county, or township, or an official thereof, or the executive branch of the State of Illinois, or an official thereof. Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT concerning State government.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Illinois Governmental Ethics Act is amended
5 by changing Section 2-101 as follows:
6 (5 ILCS 420/2-101) (from Ch. 127, par. 602-101)
7 Sec. 2-101. Government official lobbying.
8 (a) No legislator may engage in promoting or opposing in
9 any manner the passage by the General Assembly of any
10 legislative matter affecting the interests of any individual,
11 association, or corporation as distinct from those of the
12 people of the State as a whole, if he or she accepts
13 compensation specifically attributable to such lobbying, other
14 than that provided by law for members of the General Assembly.
15 Nothing in this Section prohibits a legislator from lobbying
16 without compensation.
17 No legislator shall engage in compensated lobbying of the
18 governing body of a municipality, county, or township, or an
19 official thereof, or the executive branch of the State of
20 Illinois, or an official thereof.
21 No legislator or executive branch constitutional officer
22 shall engage in compensated lobbying of the governing body of
23 a municipality, county, or township, or an official thereof,
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB0127 Introduced 1/17/2025, by Sen. Laura M. Murphy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
5 ILCS 420/2-101 from Ch. 127, par. 602-101 5 ILCS 420/2-101 from Ch. 127, par. 602-101
5 ILCS 420/2-101 from Ch. 127, par. 602-101
Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Prohibits a legislator from engaging in compensated lobbying of the governing body of a municipality, county, or township, or an official thereof, or the executive branch of the State of Illinois, or an official thereof. Effective immediately.
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1 on behalf of any lobbyist or lobbying entity that is
2 registered to lobby the General Assembly or the executive
3 branch of the State of Illinois.
4 (b) No elected or appointed county executive or
5 legislative official shall engage in compensated lobbying of
6 the governing body of a county, municipality, township, the
7 General Assembly, a State executive branch office or agency,
8 or an official thereof, on behalf of any lobbyist or lobbying
9 entity that is registered to lobby the county in which the
10 official is elected or appointed.
11 (c) No elected or appointed municipal executive or
12 legislative official shall engage in compensated lobbying of
13 the governing body of a county, municipality, township, the
14 General Assembly, a State executive branch office or agency,
15 or an official thereof, on behalf of any lobbyist or lobbying
16 entity that is registered to lobby the municipality in which
17 the official is elected or appointed.
18 (d) No elected or appointed township executive or
19 legislative official shall engage in compensated lobbying of
20 the governing body of a county, municipality, township, the
21 General Assembly, a State executive branch office or agency,
22 or an official thereof, on behalf of any lobbyist or lobbying
23 entity that is registered to lobby the township in which the
24 official is elected or appointed.
25 (e) No elected or appointed municipal executive or
26 legislative official shall engage in compensated lobbying of
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1 the governing body of a county, municipality, or township, the
2 General Assembly, a State executive branch office or agency,
3 or an official thereof, on behalf of any lobbyist or lobbying
4 entity if the person is an elected or appointed municipal
5 executive or legislative official from a municipality exempted
6 by the preemption provision of Section 11.2 of the Lobbyist
7 Registration Act.
8 (f) A violation of this Section shall constitute a Class A
9 misdemeanor.
10 (Source: P.A. 102-664, eff. 1-1-22.)
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