104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 SB1706 Introduced 2/5/2025, by Sen. Bill Cunningham SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 5 ILCS 120/2.01 from Ch. 102, par. 42.01 Amends the Open Meetings Act. Provides that the requirement that a quorum be physically present at the location of an open meeting does not apply to committees of the Police Officers' Pension Investment Fund. LRB104 08985 BDA 19041 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 SB1706 Introduced 2/5/2025, by Sen. Bill Cunningham SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 5 ILCS 120/2.01 from Ch. 102, par. 42.01 5 ILCS 120/2.01 from Ch. 102, par. 42.01 Amends the Open Meetings Act. Provides that the requirement that a quorum be physically present at the location of an open meeting does not apply to committees of the Police Officers' Pension Investment Fund. LRB104 08985 BDA 19041 b LRB104 08985 BDA 19041 b A BILL FOR
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 SB1706 Introduced 2/5/2025, by Sen. Bill Cunningham SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
5 ILCS 120/2.01 from Ch. 102, par. 42.01 5 ILCS 120/2.01 from Ch. 102, par. 42.01
5 ILCS 120/2.01 from Ch. 102, par. 42.01
Amends the Open Meetings Act. Provides that the requirement that a quorum be physically present at the location of an open meeting does not apply to committees of the Police Officers' Pension Investment Fund.
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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 Open Meetings Act is amended by changing
5 Section 2.01 as follows:
6 (5 ILCS 120/2.01) (from Ch. 102, par. 42.01)
7 Sec. 2.01. All meetings required by this Act to be public
8 shall be held at specified times and places which are
9 convenient and open to the public. No meeting required by this
10 Act to be public shall be held on a legal holiday unless the
11 regular meeting day falls on that holiday.
12 Except as otherwise provided in this Act, a quorum of
13 members of a public body must be physically present at the
14 location of an open meeting. If, however, an open meeting of a
15 public body (i) with statewide jurisdiction, (ii) that is an
16 Illinois library system with jurisdiction over a specific
17 geographic area of more than 4,500 square miles, (iii) that is
18 a municipal transit district with jurisdiction over a specific
19 geographic area of more than 4,500 square miles, or (iv) that
20 is a local workforce investment area with jurisdiction over a
21 specific geographic area of more than 4,500 square miles is
22 held simultaneously at one of its offices and one or more other
23 locations in a public building, which may include other of its
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 SB1706 Introduced 2/5/2025, by Sen. Bill Cunningham SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
5 ILCS 120/2.01 from Ch. 102, par. 42.01 5 ILCS 120/2.01 from Ch. 102, par. 42.01
5 ILCS 120/2.01 from Ch. 102, par. 42.01
Amends the Open Meetings Act. Provides that the requirement that a quorum be physically present at the location of an open meeting does not apply to committees of the Police Officers' Pension Investment Fund.
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1 offices, through an interactive video conference and the
2 public body provides public notice and public access as
3 required under this Act for all locations, then members
4 physically present in those locations all count towards
5 determining a quorum. "Public building", as used in this
6 Section, means any building or portion thereof owned or leased
7 by any public body. The requirement that a quorum be
8 physically present at the location of an open meeting shall
9 not apply, however, to State advisory boards or bodies,
10 including committees of the Police Officers' Pension
11 Investment Fund, that do not have authority to make binding
12 recommendations or determinations or to take any other
13 substantive action.
14 Except as otherwise provided in this Act, a quorum of
15 members of a public body that is not (i) a public body with
16 statewide jurisdiction, (ii) an Illinois library system with
17 jurisdiction over a specific geographic area of more than
18 4,500 square miles, (iii) a municipal transit district with
19 jurisdiction over a specific geographic area of more than
20 4,500 square miles, or (iv) a local workforce innovation area
21 with jurisdiction over a specific geographic area of more than
22 4,500 square miles must be physically present at the location
23 of a closed meeting. Other members who are not physically
24 present at a closed meeting of such a public body may
25 participate in the meeting by means of a video or audio
26 conference. For the purposes of this Section, "local workforce
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