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+type: "Bill"
+title: "ETHICS-ECONOMIC INTERESTS"
+description: "Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Permits the Secretary of State and county clerks to waive fees and penalties when a person files a statement of economic interests late, or fails to file the statement, due to his or her serious or catastrophic illness or military service. Effective immediately."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "96th"
+identifier: "SB 1592"
+citation: "Illinois SB 1592 (96th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 29
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2009-02-19"
+last_action: "2009-08-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eca031db-08c2-498a-82cf-0c9b735182eb"
+source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1592&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=44210&SessionID=76&GA=96"
+source_hash: "d193d09f9f2aea0f0fa026261a33ea8d8b6cc82e7e880ef79e7e4c1c4c1a709b"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
+---
+
+# Illinois SB 1592 (96th) — ETHICS-ECONOMIC INTERESTS
+
+Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Permits the Secretary of State and county clerks to waive fees and penalties when a person files a statement of economic interests late, or fails to file the statement, due to his or her serious or catastrophic illness or military service. Effective immediately.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB1592&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=44210&DocNum=1592&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB1592eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=44210&DocNum=1592&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB1592enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=44210&DocNum=1592&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper
+- Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Pamela J. Althoff — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2009-02-19** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Pamela J. Althoff `filing`
+- **2009-02-19** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2009-02-19** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
+- **2009-02-25** Assigned to State Government and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2009-03-06** Do Pass State Government and Veterans Affairs; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2009-03-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 10, 2009
+- **2009-03-24** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2009-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 25, 2009
+- **2009-04-01** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Randall M. Hultgren
+- **2009-04-01** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2009-04-01** Arrived in House `introduction`
+- **2009-04-01** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2009-04-01** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Michael W. Tryon
+- **2009-04-01** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2009-04-01** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2009-04-14** Assigned to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2009-04-21** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandy Cole
+- **2009-04-22** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
+- **2009-04-22** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
+- **2009-04-22** Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2009-04-22** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2009-04-23** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2009-04-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2009-05-20** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2009-05-20** Passed Both Houses
+- **2009-06-18** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2009-08-17** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2009-08-17** Effective Date August 17, 2009
+- **2009-08-17** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0550 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eca031db-08c2-498a-82cf-0c9b735182eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
+