LOBBYING PROHIBITION
- Introduced Jan 31, 2025
- In committee Feb 4, 2025
- Passed the House Next
- Passed the Senate
- To the governor
- Became law
What it does
The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.
Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Provides that no legislator or executive branch constitutional officer shall engage in compensated lobbying of the governing body of a municipality, county, or township, or an official thereof (now, that prohibition applies only if the legislator is lobbying on behalf of a lobbyist or lobbying entity that is registered to lobby the General Assembly or the executive branch of the State of Illinois).
Every action
19 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.
Show the 11 earlier steps
- HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Patrick Windhorst
- HouseFirst Reading
- CommitteeReferred to Rules Committee · House Rules
- HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Tony M. McCombie
- CommitteeAssigned to Ethics & Elections · House Ethics & Elections
- HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Severin
- HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. David Friess
- CommitteeRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee · House Rules
- HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel J. Ugaste
- HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Travis Weaver
- HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles Meier
- HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin Schmidt
- HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Joe C. Sosnowski
- HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Jason R. Bunting
- HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicole La Ha
- HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Regan Deering
- HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Scott Doody
- HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Wayne A. Rosenthal
- HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandun Schweizer
Roll calls
No recorded votes on this bill yet.
Sponsors
The member who introduced it, joined by 14 cosponsors: 14 Republicans.
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Patrick WindhorstR Primary sponsor · District 117
From Illinois's official records (www.ilga.gov), checked Nov 2, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.