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SB0127 • 2026
GOVERNMENTAL ETHICS-LOBBYING
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GOVERNMENTAL ETHICS-LOBBYING
Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 22, 2026
Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 15, 2026
Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 24, 2026
Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As March 27, 2026
To Ethics
Re-assigned to Executive
Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 11, 2025
To Ethics
Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 4, 2025
Assigned to Executive
Filed with Secretary by Sen. Laura M. Murphy
First Reading
Referred to Assignments
GOVERNMENTAL ETHICS-LOBBYING
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Full Text of SB0127 Home Legislation Full Text SB0127 - 104th General Assembly Bill Status Full Text Votes Witness Slips Select Menu Bill Status Full Text Votes Witness Slips Printer Friendly Version Introduced Printer Friendly Version Introduced Open PDF 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 SB0127 LRB104 08025 JDS 18071 b 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, SB0127 - 2 - LRB104 08025 JDS 18071 b 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 SB0127 - 3 - LRB104 08025 JDS 18071 b 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 .) 11 Section 99. 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