Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB0172 Compare Versions

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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB0172 Introduced 1/17/2025, by Sen. Michael W. Halpin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 10 ILCS 5/9-8.5 Amends the Election Code. Provides that a foreign national may not make, directly or indirectly, a contribution to a ballot initiative committee or an independent expenditure committee for the purpose of influencing any question of public policy to be submitted to the voters, and neither a ballot initiative committee nor an independent expenditure committee may knowingly solicit or accept a contribution from a foreign national for the purpose of influencing any question of public policy to be submitted to the voters. Provides that a foreign national may not make an independent expenditure for the purpose of influencing any question of public policy to be submitted to the voters. Effective immediately. LRB104 06587 SPS 16623 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB0172 Introduced 1/17/2025, by Sen. Michael W. Halpin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 10 ILCS 5/9-8.5 10 ILCS 5/9-8.5 Amends the Election Code. Provides that a foreign national may not make, directly or indirectly, a contribution to a ballot initiative committee or an independent expenditure committee for the purpose of influencing any question of public policy to be submitted to the voters, and neither a ballot initiative committee nor an independent expenditure committee may knowingly solicit or accept a contribution from a foreign national for the purpose of influencing any question of public policy to be submitted to the voters. Provides that a foreign national may not make an independent expenditure for the purpose of influencing any question of public policy to be submitted to the voters. Effective immediately. LRB104 06587 SPS 16623 b LRB104 06587 SPS 16623 b A BILL FOR
2	2	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB0172 Introduced 1/17/2025, by Sen. Michael W. Halpin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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5	5	Amends the Election Code. Provides that a foreign national may not make, directly or indirectly, a contribution to a ballot initiative committee or an independent expenditure committee for the purpose of influencing any question of public policy to be submitted to the voters, and neither a ballot initiative committee nor an independent expenditure committee may knowingly solicit or accept a contribution from a foreign national for the purpose of influencing any question of public policy to be submitted to the voters. Provides that a foreign national may not make an independent expenditure for the purpose of influencing any question of public policy to be submitted to the voters. Effective immediately.
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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning elections.
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 Election Code is amended by changing
15	15	5 Section 9-8.5 as follows:
16	16	6 (10 ILCS 5/9-8.5)
17	17	7 Sec. 9-8.5. Limitations on campaign contributions.
18	18	8 (a) It is unlawful for a political committee to accept
19	19	9 contributions except as provided in this Section.
20	20	10 (b) During an election cycle, a candidate political
21	21	11 committee may not accept contributions with an aggregate value
22	22	12 over the following: (i) $5,000 from any individual, (ii)
23	23	13 $10,000 from any corporation, labor organization, or
24	24	14 association, or (iii) $50,000 from a candidate political
25	25	15 committee or political action committee. A candidate political
26	26	16 committee may accept contributions in any amount from a
27	27	17 political party committee. A candidate political committee
28	28	18 established to elect a candidate to the General Assembly may
29	29	19 accept contributions from only one legislative caucus
30	30	20 committee. A candidate political committee may not accept
31	31	21 contributions from a ballot initiative committee or from an
32	32	22 independent expenditure committee.
33	33	23 (b-5) Judicial elections.
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37	37	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB0172 Introduced 1/17/2025, by Sen. Michael W. Halpin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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68	68	1 (1) In addition to any other provision of this
69	69	2 Section, a candidate political committee established to
70	70	3 support or oppose a candidate seeking nomination to the
71	71	4 Supreme Court, Appellate Court, or Circuit Court may not:
72	72	5 (A) accept contributions from any entity that does
73	73	6 not disclose the identity of those who make
74	74	7 contributions to the entity, except for contributions
75	75	8 that are not required to be itemized by this Code; or
76	76	9 (B) accept contributions from any out-of-state
77	77	10 person, as defined in this Article.
78	78	11 (1.1) In addition to any other provision of this
79	79	12 Section, a political committee that is self-funding, as
80	80	13 described in subsection (h) of this Section, and is
81	81	14 established to support or oppose a candidate seeking
82	82	15 nomination, election, or retention to the Supreme Court,
83	83	16 the Appellate Court, or the Circuit Court may not accept
84	84	17 contributions from any single person, other than the
85	85	18 judicial candidate or the candidate's immediate family, in
86	86	19 a cumulative amount that exceeds $500,000 in any election
87	87	20 cycle. Any contribution in excess of the limits in this
88	88	21 paragraph (1.1) shall escheat to the State of Illinois.
89	89	22 Any political committee that receives such a contribution
90	90	23 shall immediately forward the amount that exceeds $500,000
91	91	24 to the State Treasurer who shall deposit the funds into
92	92	25 the State Treasury.
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104	104	1 Section, an independent expenditure committee established
105	105	2 to support or oppose a candidate seeking nomination,
106	106	3 election, or retention to the Supreme Court, the Appellate
107	107	4 Court, or the Circuit Court may not accept contributions
108	108	5 from any single person in a cumulative amount that exceeds
109	109	6 $500,000 in any election cycle. Any contribution in excess
110	110	7 of the limits in this paragraph (1.2) shall escheat to the
111	111	8 State of Illinois. Any independent expenditure committee
112	112	9 that receives such a contribution shall immediately
113	113	10 forward the amount that exceeds $500,000 to the State
114	114	11 Treasurer who shall deposit the funds into the State
115	115	12 Treasury.
116	116	13 (1.3) In addition to any other provision of this
117	117	14 Section, if a political committee established to support
118	118	15 or oppose a candidate seeking nomination, election, or
119	119	16 retention to the Supreme Court, the Appellate Court, or
120	120	17 the Circuit Court receives a contribution in excess of
121	121	18 $500 from: (i) any committee that is not required to
122	122	19 disclose its contributors under this Act; (ii) any
123	123	20 association that is not required to disclose its
124	124	21 contributors under this Act; or (iii) any other
125	125	22 organization or group of persons that is not required to
126	126	23 disclose its contributors under this Act, then that
127	127	24 contribution shall be considered an anonymous contribution
128	128	25 that shall escheat to the State, unless the political
129	129	26 committee reports to the State Board of Elections all
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140	140	1 persons who have contributed in excess of $500 during the
141	141	2 same election cycle to the committee, association,
142	142	3 organization, or group making the contribution. Any
143	143	4 political committee that receives such a contribution and
144	144	5 fails to report this information shall forward the
145	145	6 contribution amount immediately to the State Treasurer who
146	146	7 shall deposit the funds into the State Treasury.
147	147	8 (2) As used in this subsection, "contribution" has the
148	148	9 meaning provided in Section 9-1.4 and also includes the
149	149	10 following that are subject to the limits of this Section:
150	150	11 (A) expenditures made by any person in concert or
151	151	12 cooperation with, or at the request or suggestion of,
152	152	13 a candidate, his or her designated committee, or their
153	153	14 agents; and
154	154	15 (B) the financing by any person of the
155	155	16 dissemination, distribution, or republication, in
156	156	17 whole or in part, of any broadcast or any written,
157	157	18 graphic, or other form of campaign materials prepared
158	158	19 by the candidate, his or her campaign committee, or
159	159	20 their designated agents.
160	160	21 (3) As to contributions to a candidate political
161	161	22 committee established to support a candidate seeking
162	162	23 nomination to the Supreme Court, Appellate Court, or
163	163	24 Circuit Court:
164	164	25 (A) No person shall make a contribution in the
165	165	26 name of another person or knowingly permit his or her
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176	176	1 name to be used to effect such a contribution.
177	177	2 (B) No person shall knowingly accept a
178	178	3 contribution made by one person in the name of another
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180	180	5 (C) No person shall knowingly accept reimbursement
181	181	6 from another person for a contribution made in his or
182	182	7 her own name.
183	183	8 (D) No person shall make an anonymous
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185	185	10 (E) No person shall knowingly accept any anonymous
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187	187	12 (F) No person shall predicate (1) any benefit,
188	188	13 including, but not limited to, employment decisions,
189	189	14 including hiring, promotions, bonus compensation, and
190	190	15 transfers, or (2) any other gift, transfer, or
191	191	16 emolument upon:
192	192	17 (i) the decision by the recipient of that
193	193	18 benefit to donate or not to donate to a candidate;
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195	195	20 (ii) the amount of any such donation.
196	196	21 (4) No judicial candidate or political committee
197	197	22 established to support a candidate seeking nomination to
198	198	23 the Supreme Court, Appellate Court, or Circuit Court shall
199	199	24 knowingly accept any contribution or make any expenditure
200	200	25 in violation of the provisions of this Section. No officer
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212	212	1 support a candidate seeking nomination to the Supreme
213	213	2 Court, Appellate Court, or Circuit Court shall knowingly
214	214	3 accept a contribution made for the benefit or use of a
215	215	4 candidate or knowingly make any expenditure in support of
216	216	5 or opposition to a candidate or for electioneering
217	217	6 communications in relation to a candidate in violation of
218	218	7 any limitation designated for contributions and
219	219	8 expenditures under this Section.
220	220	9 (5) Where the provisions of this subsection (b-5)
221	221	10 conflict with any other provision of this Code, this
222	222	11 subsection (b-5) shall control.
223	223	12 (c) During an election cycle, a political party committee
224	224	13 may not accept contributions with an aggregate value over the
225	225	14 following: (i) $10,000 from any individual, (ii) $20,000 from
226	226	15 any corporation, labor organization, or association, or (iii)
227	227	16 $50,000 from a political action committee. A political party
228	228	17 committee may accept contributions in any amount from another
229	229	18 political party committee or a candidate political committee,
230	230	19 except as provided in subsection (c-5). Nothing in this
231	231	20 Section shall limit the amounts that may be transferred
232	232	21 between a political party committee established under
233	233	22 subsection (a) of Section 7-8 of this Code and an affiliated
234	234	23 federal political committee established under the Federal
235	235	24 Election Code by the same political party. A political party
236	236	25 committee may not accept contributions from a ballot
237	237	26 initiative committee or from an independent expenditure
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248	248	1 committee. A political party committee established by a
249	249	2 legislative caucus may not accept contributions from another
250	250	3 political party committee established by a legislative caucus.
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253	253	6 (d) During an election cycle, a political action committee
254	254	7 may not accept contributions with an aggregate value over the
255	255	8 following: (i) $10,000 from any individual, (ii) $20,000 from
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257	257	10 committee, or association, or (iii) $50,000 from a political
258	258	11 action committee or candidate political committee. A political
259	259	12 action committee may not accept contributions from a ballot
260	260	13 initiative committee or from an independent expenditure
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262	262	15 (e) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (h-15), a A
263	263	16 ballot initiative committee may accept contributions in any
264	264	17 amount from any source, provided that the committee files the
265	265	18 document required by Section 9-3 of this Article and files the
266	266	19 disclosure reports required by the provisions of this Article.
267	267	20 (e-5) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (h-15),
268	268	21 an An independent expenditure committee may accept
269	269	22 contributions in any amount from any source, provided that the
270	270	23 committee files the document required by Section 9-3 of this
271	271	24 Article and files the disclosure reports required by the
272	272	25 provisions of this Article.
273	273	26 (e-10) A limited activity committee shall not accept
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284	284	1 contributions, except that the officer or a candidate the
285	285	2 committee has designated to support may contribute personal
286	286	3 funds in order to pay for maintenance expenses. A limited
287	287	4 activity committee may only make expenditures that are: (i)
288	288	5 necessary for maintenance of the committee; (ii) for rent or
289	289	6 lease payments until the end of the lease in effect at the time
290	290	7 the officer or candidate is confirmed by the Senate; (iii)
291	291	8 contributions to 501(c)(3) charities; or (iv) returning
292	292	9 contributions to original contributors.
293	293	10 (f) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a political
294	294	11 committee from dividing the proceeds of joint fundraising
295	295	12 efforts; provided that no political committee may receive more
296	296	13 than the limit from any one contributor, and provided that an
297	297	14 independent expenditure committee may not conduct joint
298	298	15 fundraising efforts with a candidate political committee or a
299	299	16 political party committee.
300	300	17 (g) On January 1 of each odd-numbered year, the State
301	301	18 Board of Elections shall adjust the amounts of the
302	302	19 contribution limitations established in this Section for
303	303	20 inflation as determined by the Consumer Price Index for All
304	304	21 Urban Consumers as issued by the United States Department of
305	305	22 Labor and rounded to the nearest $100. The State Board shall
306	306	23 publish this information on its official website.
307	307	24 (h) Self-funding candidates. If a public official, a
308	308	25 candidate, or the public official's or candidate's immediate
309	309	26 family contributes or loans to the public official's or
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320	320	1 candidate's political committee or to other political
321	321	2 committees that transfer funds to the public official's or
322	322	3 candidate's political committee or makes independent
323	323	4 expenditures for the benefit of the public official's or
324	324	5 candidate's campaign during the 12 months prior to an election
325	325	6 in an aggregate amount of more than (i) $250,000 for statewide
326	326	7 office or (ii) $100,000 for all other elective offices, then
327	327	8 the public official or candidate shall file with the State
328	328	9 Board of Elections, within one day, a Notification of
329	329	10 Self-funding that shall detail each contribution or loan made
330	330	11 by the public official, the candidate, or the public
331	331	12 official's or candidate's immediate family. Within 2 business
332	332	13 days after the filing of a Notification of Self-funding, the
333	333	14 notification shall be posted on the Board's website and the
334	334	15 Board shall give official notice of the filing to each
335	335	16 candidate for the same office as the public official or
336	336	17 candidate making the filing, including the public official or
337	337	18 candidate filing the Notification of Self-funding. Notice
338	338	19 shall be sent via first class mail to the candidate and the
339	339	20 treasurer of the candidate's committee. Notice shall also be
340	340	21 sent by e-mail to the candidate and the treasurer of the
341	341	22 candidate's committee if the candidate and the treasurer, as
342	342	23 applicable, have provided the Board with an e-mail address.
343	343	24 Upon posting of the notice on the Board's website, all
344	344	25 candidates for that office, including the public official or
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356	356	1 permitted to accept contributions in excess of any
357	357	2 contribution limits imposed by subsection (b). If a public
358	358	3 official or candidate filed a Notification of Self-funding
359	359	4 during an election cycle that includes a general primary
360	360	5 election or consolidated primary election and that public
361	361	6 official or candidate is nominated, all candidates for that
362	362	7 office, including the nominee who filed the notification of
363	363	8 self-funding, shall be permitted to accept contributions in
364	364	9 excess of any contribution limit imposed by subsection (b) for
365	365	10 the subsequent election cycle. For the purposes of this
366	366	11 subsection, "immediate family" means the spouse, parent, or
367	367	12 child of a public official or candidate.
368	368	13 (h-5) If a natural person or independent expenditure
369	369	14 committee makes independent expenditures in support of or in
370	370	15 opposition to the campaign of a particular public official or
371	371	16 candidate in an aggregate amount of more than (i) $250,000 for
372	372	17 statewide office or (ii) $100,000 for all other elective
373	373	18 offices in an election cycle, as reported in a written
374	374	19 disclosure filed under subsection (a) of Section 9-8.6 or
375	375	20 subsection (e-5) of Section 9-10, then the State Board of
376	376	21 Elections shall, within 2 business days after the filing of
377	377	22 the disclosure, post the disclosure on the Board's website and
378	378	23 give official notice of the disclosure to each candidate for
379	379	24 the same office as the public official or candidate for whose
380	380	25 benefit or detriment the natural person or independent
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392	392	1 posting of the notice on the Board's website, all candidates
393	393	2 for that office in that election, including the public
394	394	3 official or candidate for whose benefit or detriment the
395	395	4 natural person or independent expenditure committee made
396	396	5 independent expenditures, shall be permitted to accept
397	397	6 contributions in excess of any contribution limits imposed by
398	398	7 subsection (b).
399	399	8 (h-10) If the State Board of Elections receives
400	400	9 notification or determines that a natural person or persons,
401	401	10 an independent expenditure committee or committees, or
402	402	11 combination thereof has made independent expenditures in
403	403	12 support of or in opposition to the campaign of a particular
404	404	13 public official or candidate in an aggregate amount of more
405	405	14 than (i) $250,000 for statewide office or (ii) $100,000 for
406	406	15 all other elective offices in an election cycle, then the
407	407	16 Board shall, within 2 business days after discovering the
408	408	17 independent expenditures that, in the aggregate, exceed the
409	409	18 threshold set forth in (i) and (ii) of this subsection, post
410	410	19 notice of this fact on the Board's website and give official
411	411	20 notice to each candidate for the same office as the public
412	412	21 official or candidate for whose benefit or detriment the
413	413	22 independent expenditures were made. Notice shall be sent via
414	414	23 first class mail to the candidate and the treasurer of the
415	415	24 candidate's committee. Notice shall also be sent by e-mail to
416	416	25 the candidate and the treasurer of the candidate's committee
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428	428	1 provided the Board with an e-mail address. Upon posting of the
429	429	2 notice on the Board's website, all candidates of that office
430	430	3 in that election, including the public official or candidate
431	431	4 for whose benefit or detriment the independent expenditures
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433	433	6 contribution limits imposed by subsection (b).
434	434	7 (h-15) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a
435	435	8 foreign national may not make, directly or indirectly, a
436	436	9 contribution to a ballot initiative committee or an
437	437	10 independent expenditure committee for the purpose of
438	438	11 influencing any question of public policy to be submitted to
439	439	12 the voters, and neither a ballot initiative committee nor an
440	440	13 independent expenditure committee may knowingly solicit or
441	441	14 accept a contribution from a foreign national for the purpose
442	442	15 of influencing any question of public policy to be submitted
443	443	16 to the voters. Additionally, a foreign national may not make
444	444	17 an independent expenditure for the purpose of influencing any
445	445	18 question of public policy to be submitted to the voters. As
446	446	19 used in this subsection, "foreign national" means a foreign
447	447	20 national as defined in 52 U.S.C. 30121(b) and an entity with
448	448	21 respect to which a foreign national holds, owns, controls, or
449	449	22 otherwise has direct or indirect beneficial ownership of 50%
450	450	23 or more of the total equity, outstanding voting shares,
451	451	24 membership units, or other applicable ownership interests.
452	452	25 (i) For the purposes of this Section, a corporation, labor
453	453	26 organization, association, or a political action committee
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464	464	1 established by a corporation, labor organization, or
465	465	2 association may act as a conduit in facilitating the delivery
466	466	3 to a political action committee of contributions made through
467	467	4 dues, levies, or similar assessments and the political action
468	468	5 committee may report the contributions in the aggregate,
469	469	6 provided that: (i) contributions made through dues, levies, or
470	470	7 similar assessments paid by any natural person, corporation,
471	471	8 labor organization, or association in a calendar year may not
472	472	9 exceed the limits set forth in this Section; (ii) the
473	473	10 corporation, labor organization, association, or a political
474	474	11 action committee established by a corporation, labor
475	475	12 organization, or association facilitating the delivery of
476	476	13 contributions maintains a list of natural persons,
477	477	14 corporations, labor organizations, and associations that paid
478	478	15 the dues, levies, or similar assessments from which the
479	479	16 contributions comprising the aggregate amount derive; and
480	480	17 (iii) contributions made through dues, levies, or similar
481	481	18 assessments paid by any natural person, corporation, labor
482	482	19 organization, or association that exceed $1,000 in a quarterly
483	483	20 reporting period shall be itemized on the committee's
484	484	21 quarterly report and may not be reported in the aggregate. A
485	485	22 political action committee facilitating the delivery of
486	486	23 contributions or receiving contributions shall disclose the
487	487	24 amount of contributions made through dues delivered or
488	488	25 received and the name of the corporation, labor organization,
489	489	26 association, or political action committee delivering the
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500	500	1 contributions, if applicable. On January 1 of each
501	501	2 odd-numbered year, the State Board of Elections shall adjust
502	502	3 the amounts of the contribution limitations established in
503	503	4 this subsection for inflation as determined by the Consumer
504	504	5 Price Index for All Urban Consumers as issued by the United
505	505	6 States Department of Labor and rounded to the nearest $100.
506	506	7 The State Board shall publish this information on its official
507	507	8 website.
508	508	9 (j) A political committee that receives a contribution or
509	509	10 transfer in violation of this Section shall dispose of the
510	510	11 contribution or transfer by returning the contribution or
511	511	12 transfer, or an amount equal to the contribution or transfer,
512	512	13 to the contributor or transferor or donating the contribution
513	513	14 or transfer, or an amount equal to the contribution or
514	514	15 transfer, to a charity. A contribution or transfer received in
515	515	16 violation of this Section that is not disposed of as provided
516	516	17 in this subsection within 30 days after the Board sends
517	517	18 notification to the political committee of the excess
518	518	19 contribution by certified mail shall escheat to the General
519	519	20 Revenue Fund and the political committee shall be deemed in
520	520	21 violation of this Section and subject to a civil penalty not to
521	521	22 exceed 150% of the total amount of the contribution.
522	522	23 (k) For the purposes of this Section, "statewide office"
523	523	24 means the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General,
524	524	25 Secretary of State, Comptroller, and Treasurer.
525	525	26 (l) This Section is repealed if and when the United States
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536	536	1 Supreme Court invalidates contribution limits on committees
537	537	2 formed to assist candidates, political parties, corporations,
538	538	3 associations, or labor organizations established by or
539	539	4 pursuant to federal law.
540	540	5 (Source: P.A. 102-664, eff. 1-1-22; 102-668, eff. 11-15-21;
541	541	6 102-909, eff. 5-27-22; 103-600, eff. 7-1-24.)
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