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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB1314

Introduced 1/28/2025, by Rep. Suzanne M. Ness

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

5 ILCS 430/70-5

Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. In provisions
requiring governmental entities to adopt ordinances or resolutions
regulating specified ethical concerns, provides that a governmental entity
may create an ethics commission to satisfy the requirements.
LRB104 05842 BDA 15873 b

A BILL FOR

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AN ACT concerning government.

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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:

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Section 5.
The State Officials and Employees Ethics Act is
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amended by changing Section 70-5 as follows:

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(5 ILCS 430/70-5)
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Sec. 70-5.
Adoption by governmental entities.
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(a) Within 6 months after the effective date of this Act,
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each governmental entity other than a community college
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district, and each community college district within 6 months
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after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th
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General Assembly, shall adopt an ordinance or resolution that
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regulates, in a manner no less restrictive than Section 5-15
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and Article 10 of this Act, (i) the political activities of
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officers and employees of the governmental entity and (ii) the
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soliciting and accepting of gifts by and the offering and
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making of gifts to officers and employees of the governmental
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entity. No later than 60 days after the effective date of this
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amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly, each
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governmental unit shall adopt an ordinance or resolution
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establishing a policy to prohibit sexual harassment. The
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policy shall include, at a minimum: (i) a prohibition on
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sexual harassment; (ii) details on how an individual can

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report an allegation of sexual harassment, including options
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for making a confidential report to a supervisor, ethics
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officer, Inspector General, or the Department of Human Rights;
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(iii) a prohibition on retaliation for reporting sexual
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harassment allegations, including availability of
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whistleblower protections under this Act, the Whistleblower
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Act, and the Illinois Human Rights Act; and (iv) the
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consequences of a violation of the prohibition on sexual
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harassment and the consequences for knowingly making a false
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report. Within 6 months after the effective date of this
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amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly, each
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governmental unit that is not subject to the jurisdiction of a
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State or local Inspector General shall adopt an ordinance or
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resolution amending its sexual harassment policy to provide
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for a mechanism for reporting and independent review of
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allegations of sexual harassment made against an elected
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official of the governmental unit by another elected official
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of a governmental unit.
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(b) Within 3 months after the effective date of this
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amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, the Attorney
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General shall develop model ordinances and resolutions for the
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purpose of this Article. The Attorney General shall advise
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governmental entities on their contents and adoption.
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(c) As used in this Article, (i) an "officer" means an
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elected or appointed official; regardless of whether the
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official is compensated, and (ii) an "employee" means a

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full-time, part-time, or contractual employee.
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(d) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section,
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a governmental entity may create an ethics commission to
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satisfy the requirements of subsection (a).

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(Source: P.A. 100-554, eff. 11-16-17; 101-221, eff. 8-9-19.)

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