104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB2168

 

Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
5 ILCS 120/2.03  from Ch. 102, par. 42.03

    Amends the Open Meetings Act. In provisions regarding notice of changes to regular meeting dates, deletes requirements for publication in a newspaper or, in certain cases, posting in at least 3 prominent places within the governmental unit. Adds a requirement that notice of changes to regular meeting dates shall also be posted on the website of the public body.


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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 Open Meetings Act is amended by changing
5Section 2.03 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 120/2.03)  (from Ch. 102, par. 42.03)
7    Sec. 2.03. In addition to the notice required by Section
82.02, each body subject to this Act must, at the beginning of
9each calendar or fiscal year, prepare and make available a
10schedule of all its regular meetings for such calendar or
11fiscal year, listing the times and places of such meetings.
12    If a change is made in regular meeting dates, at least 10
13days' notice of such change shall be given by posting
14publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the area
15in which such body functions. However, in the case of bodies of
16local governmental units with a population of less than 500 in
17which no newspaper is published, such 10 days' notice may be
18given by posting a notice of such change in at least 3
19prominent places within the governmental unit. Notice of such
20change shall also be posted at the principal office of the
21public body or, if no such office exists, at the building in
22which the meeting is to be held. Notice of such change shall
23also be posted on the website of the public body and supplied

 

 

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1to those news media which have filed an annual request for
2notice as provided in paragraph (b) of Section 2.02.
3(Source: Laws 1967, p. 1960.)