Ethics Legislation - Illinois

DPH-CORD STEM CELL BANKS Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law. Subject to appropriation, directs the Department to establish a statewide network of cord blood stem cell banks. Sets forth requirements and duties of donor banks. Creates an advisory committee to advise the Department concerning administration of the network. Effective immediately. House Amendment No. 1 Deletes everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with changes. Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law with respect to the network of cord blood stem cell banks. Removes the requirement that the network be "statewide". Provides that members of the advisory committee are subject to conflict of interest restrictions and are required to make disclosures of income and financial interests. Requires donor banks to have policies and procedures in place for procurement, including voluntary, informed, and confidential [...]

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ST ETHICS-INSPECTOR REPORTS Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. With respect to an executive branch State employee who is the subject of an Executive Inspector General's investigation and whose agency head or ultimate jurisdictional authority agrees with the Inspector General as to disciplinary action against the employee, establishes procedures for providing a redacted version of the Inspector General's summary investigation report to the Executive Ethics Commission, to the employee, and to the public, under certain circumstances. Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Removes reprimand from the disciplinary actions the Executive Inspector General may recommend. Provides that a redacted summary investigation report may not contain names of or identifying information about the employing State agency or persons. Provides that a redacted report may contain only factual information, the law allegedly violated (if among a specified list), the background [...]

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ETHICS EXEC TRAINING/DISCLOSUR Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Requires that each Executive Inspector General submit to the Executive Ethics Commission a plan that sets standards and determines the hours and frequency necessary for ethics training (now, the Executive Inspectors General, the Legislative Inspector General, and the Auditor General's Inspector General each sets standards and determines the hours and frequency of necessary ethics training). Prohibits the spouse of an executive branch constitutional officer, member of the General Assembly, or State employee, or the immediate family member living with that officer, member, or employee, from receiving compensation or fees for services from a person or entity if during the previous year the officer, member, or employee was involved in a specified manner in the awarding of certain contracts to or the making of regulatory decisions directly applying to the person or entity or the person's or entity's [...]

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ETHICS-CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act, the Election Code, the Compensation Review Act, and the Illinois Procurement Code. Prohibits members of the General Assembly from being employed by the State, a municipality, or a unit of local government, with specified exceptions. Requires members of and candidates for the General Assembly to disclose information concerning lobbying activities and representation cases on their statements of economic interests. Requires the Compensation Review Board to file separate reports for (i) judges and State's Attorneys and (ii) all other positions. Requires the General Assembly to approve or reduce a report for it to take effect (now, must disapprove or reduce a report to prevent it from taking effect). Prohibits campaign contributions from a business entity with annual aggregate State contracts or pending State contract bids of more than $50,000, or from the business entity's affiliates, to any political committee [...]

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ETHICS-CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act, the Election Code, the Compensation Review Act, and the Illinois Procurement Code. Prohibits members of the General Assembly from being employed by the State, a municipality, or a unit of local government, with specified exceptions. Requires members of and candidates for the General Assembly to disclose information concerning lobbying activities and representation cases on their statements of economic interests. Requires the Compensation Review Board to file separate reports for (i) judges and State's Attorneys and (ii) all other positions. Requires the General Assembly to approve or reduce a report for it to take effect (now, must disapprove or reduce a report to prevent it from taking effect). Prohibits campaign contributions from a business entity with annual aggregate State contracts or pending State contract bids of more than $50,000, or from the business entity's affiliates, to any political committee [...]

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ETHICS-STATE LEASES Amends the Election Code, the Illinois Procurement Code, and the State Property Control Act. Requires the State Board of Elections to develop and maintain on its website a searchable database, derived from political committees' finance reports, of contributors to candidates for and holders of the offices of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, State Comptroller, and State Treasurer. Prohibits an executive branch State agency from executing a lease with a business entity if the business entity or any of its affiliates has made any campaign contribution of $150 to the officeholder responsible for awarding the lease during the 24 months before the general election at which that officeholder was first elected or re-elected to his or her current office and the officeholder's entire term. Requires the business entity to disclose its affiliates and to certify that no violating contributions have been made. Requires the State agency [...]

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