Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB2238 Compare Versions

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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2238 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Sally J. Turner SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 10 ILCS 5/9-23.1 new10 ILCS 5/9-23.510 ILCS 5/9-55 new Amends the Election Code. Provides that, if a political committee lends or donates funds to another political committee while the lending or donating political committee has knowledge that a civil penalty will be assessed by the State Board of Elections, but prior to being served formal notice of that civil penalty, the officers of the lending or donating political committee shall be jointly and severally personally liable to the extent allowed by law for payment of the civil penalty to the extent of the funds loaned or given. Provides that the Board shall maintain a record of all official correspondence between the Board and all political committees concerning enforcement actions, including, but not limited to, records of official notices of imposed civil penalties. Provides that the Board may dissolve any political committee that fails to pay a civil penalty imposed by the Board within 6 months after being served official notice of the penalty by certified mail. LRB104 09175 SPS 19231 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2238 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Sally J. Turner SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 10 ILCS 5/9-23.1 new10 ILCS 5/9-23.510 ILCS 5/9-55 new 10 ILCS 5/9-23.1 new 10 ILCS 5/9-23.5 10 ILCS 5/9-55 new Amends the Election Code. Provides that, if a political committee lends or donates funds to another political committee while the lending or donating political committee has knowledge that a civil penalty will be assessed by the State Board of Elections, but prior to being served formal notice of that civil penalty, the officers of the lending or donating political committee shall be jointly and severally personally liable to the extent allowed by law for payment of the civil penalty to the extent of the funds loaned or given. Provides that the Board shall maintain a record of all official correspondence between the Board and all political committees concerning enforcement actions, including, but not limited to, records of official notices of imposed civil penalties. Provides that the Board may dissolve any political committee that fails to pay a civil penalty imposed by the Board within 6 months after being served official notice of the penalty by certified mail. LRB104 09175 SPS 19231 b LRB104 09175 SPS 19231 b A BILL FOR
2	2	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2238 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Sally J. Turner SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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7	7	Amends the Election Code. Provides that, if a political committee lends or donates funds to another political committee while the lending or donating political committee has knowledge that a civil penalty will be assessed by the State Board of Elections, but prior to being served formal notice of that civil penalty, the officers of the lending or donating political committee shall be jointly and severally personally liable to the extent allowed by law for payment of the civil penalty to the extent of the funds loaned or given. Provides that the Board shall maintain a record of all official correspondence between the Board and all political committees concerning enforcement actions, including, but not limited to, records of official notices of imposed civil penalties. Provides that the Board may dissolve any political committee that fails to pay a civil penalty imposed by the Board within 6 months after being served official notice of the penalty by certified mail.
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13	13	1 AN ACT concerning elections.
14	14	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
15	15	3 represented in the General Assembly:
16	16	4 Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
17	17	5 Section 9-23.5 and by adding Sections Section 9-23.1 and 9-55
18	18	6 as follows:
19	19	7 (10 ILCS 5/9-23.1 new)
20	20	8 Sec. 9-23.1. Personal liability. If a political committee
21	21	9 lends or donates funds to another political committee while
22	22	10 the lending or donating political committee has knowledge that
23	23	11 a civil penalty will be assessed by the State Board of
24	24	12 Elections, but prior to being served formal notice of that
25	25	13 civil penalty, the officers of the lending or donating
26	26	14 political committee shall be jointly and severally personally
27	27	15 liable to the extent allowed by law for payment of the civil
28	28	16 penalty to the extent of the funds loaned or given.
29	29	17 (10 ILCS 5/9-23.5)
30	30	18 Sec. 9-23.5. Public database of founded complaints and
31	31	19 official enforcement correspondence. The State Board of
32	32	20 Elections shall establish and maintain on its official website
33	33	21 a searchable database, freely accessible to the public, of
34	34	22 each complaint filed with the Board under this Article with
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38	38	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2238 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Sally J. Turner SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
39	39	10 ILCS 5/9-23.1 new10 ILCS 5/9-23.510 ILCS 5/9-55 new 10 ILCS 5/9-23.1 new 10 ILCS 5/9-23.5 10 ILCS 5/9-55 new
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41	41	10 ILCS 5/9-23.5
42	42	10 ILCS 5/9-55 new
43	43	Amends the Election Code. Provides that, if a political committee lends or donates funds to another political committee while the lending or donating political committee has knowledge that a civil penalty will be assessed by the State Board of Elections, but prior to being served formal notice of that civil penalty, the officers of the lending or donating political committee shall be jointly and severally personally liable to the extent allowed by law for payment of the civil penalty to the extent of the funds loaned or given. Provides that the Board shall maintain a record of all official correspondence between the Board and all political committees concerning enforcement actions, including, but not limited to, records of official notices of imposed civil penalties. Provides that the Board may dissolve any political committee that fails to pay a civil penalty imposed by the Board within 6 months after being served official notice of the penalty by certified mail.
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73	73	1 respect to which Board action was taken, including all Board
74	74	2 actions and penalties imposed, if any. The Board shall also
75	75	3 maintain a record of all official correspondence between the
76	76	4 Board and all political committees concerning enforcement
77	77	5 actions, including, but not limited to, records of official
78	78	6 notices of imposed civil penalties. The Board must update the
79	79	7 database within 5 business days after an action is taken or a
80	80	8 penalty is imposed to include that complaint, action, or
81	81	9 penalty in the database.
82	82	10 (Source: P.A. 103-600, eff. 7-1-24.)
83	83	11 (10 ILCS 5/9-55 new)
84	84	12 Sec. 9-55. Dissolution of political action committees. The
85	85	13 Board may dissolve any political committee that fails to pay a
86	86	14 civil penalty imposed by the State Board of Elections within 6
87	87	15 months after being served official notice of the penalty by
88	88	16 certified mail. The notice may also be sent electronically by
89	89	17 the Board, in addition to being sent by certified mail, and
90	90	18 posted publicly to the public database described in Section
91	91	19 9-23.5. If a political committee appeals the decision of the
92	92	20 Board, the Board holds hearings on the matter, or a court
93	93	21 action is ongoing regarding the matter, the 6-month period
94	94	22 shall be paused for the duration of the action and continued
95	95	23 once the action has concluded. If a political committee is
96	96	24 dissolved by the Board under this Section, the Board shall
97	97	25 follow the procedures described in Section 9-5, except the
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