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.


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A BILL FOR
 
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1    AN ACT concerning government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The State Officials and Employees Ethics Act is 
5amended by changing Section 70-5 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 430/70-5)
7    Sec. 70-5. Adoption by governmental entities. 
8    (a) Within 6 months after the effective date of this Act, 
9each governmental entity other than a community college 
10district, and each community college district within 6 months 
11after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th 
12General Assembly, shall adopt an ordinance or resolution that 
13regulates, in a manner no less restrictive than Section 5-15 
14and Article 10 of this Act, (i) the political activities of 
15officers and employees of the governmental entity and (ii) the 
16soliciting and accepting of gifts by and the offering and 
17making of gifts to officers and employees of the governmental 
18entity. No later than 60 days after the effective date of this 
19amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly, each 
20governmental unit shall adopt an ordinance or resolution 
21establishing a policy to prohibit sexual harassment. The 
22policy shall include, at a minimum: (i) a prohibition on 
23sexual harassment; (ii) details on how an individual can 
 
 
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1report an allegation of sexual harassment, including options 
2for making a confidential report to a supervisor, ethics 
3officer, Inspector General, or the Department of Human Rights; 
4(iii) a prohibition on retaliation for reporting sexual 
5harassment allegations, including availability of 
6whistleblower protections under this Act, the Whistleblower 
7Act, and the Illinois Human Rights Act; and (iv) the 
8consequences of a violation of the prohibition on sexual 
9harassment and the consequences for knowingly making a false 
10report. Within 6 months after the effective date of this 
11amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly, each 
12governmental unit that is not subject to the jurisdiction of a 
13State or local Inspector General shall adopt an ordinance or 
14resolution amending its sexual harassment policy to provide 
15for a mechanism for reporting and independent review of 
16allegations of sexual harassment made against an elected 
17official of the governmental unit by another elected official 
18of a governmental unit. 
19    (b) Within 3 months after the effective date of this 
20amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, the Attorney 
21General shall develop model ordinances and resolutions for the 
22purpose of this Article. The Attorney General shall advise 
23governmental entities on their contents and adoption. 
24    (c) As used in this Article, (i) an "officer" means an 
25elected or appointed official; regardless of whether the 
26official is compensated, and (ii) an "employee" means a 
 
 
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1full-time, part-time, or contractual employee. 
2    (d) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section, 
3a governmental entity may create an ethics commission to 
4satisfy the requirements of subsection (a). 
5(Source: P.A. 100-554, eff. 11-16-17; 101-221, eff. 8-9-19.)