---
type: "Bill"
title: "ETHICS-INTERNET BASED FILING"
description: "Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Removes the prohibition on a candidate for elective office who is required to file a statement of economic interests in relation to his or her candidacy from using the Internet to file his or her statement of economic interests."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "100th"
identifier: "HB 4395"
citation: "Illinois HB 4395 (100th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-30"
last_action: "2018-08-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa4a2b97-5e41-44e3-8064-06c209e67e74"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4395&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=109141&SessionID=91&GA=100"
source_hash: "6bcaed87c9e84cb798a68d0d6e91675d9c1a773eb95bcddeac1f0113f4a34ee6"
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 HB 4395 (100th) — ETHICS-INTERNET BASED FILING

Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Removes the prohibition on a candidate for elective office who is required to file a statement of economic interests in relation to his or her candidacy from using the Internet to file his or her statement of economic interests.

## 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=10000HB4395&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=109141&DocNum=4395&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB4395eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=109141&DocNum=4395&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB4395enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=109141&DocNum=4395&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **54–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence — **110–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **106–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chad Hays — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-30** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Chad Hays `filing`
- **2018-01-30** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-01-30** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-14** Assigned to Elections & Campaign Finance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-12** Motion Filed to Discharge Committee Elections & Campaign Finance Committee; Rep. Chad Hays
- **2018-04-12** Do Pass / Short Debate Elections & Campaign Finance Committee; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-13** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2018-04-17** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2018-04-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2018-04-18** Motion Withdrawn Rep. Chad Hays
- **2018-04-18** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 106-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-19** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-04-19** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-04-19** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Jason A. Barickman
- **2018-04-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-04-19** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-25** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-01** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jason A. Barickman `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-05-01** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-02** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive
- **2018-05-02** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2018-05-03** Do Pass as Amended Executive; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2018-05-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 8, 2018
- **2018-05-08** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 9, 2018
- **2018-05-16** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-05-16** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2018-05-16** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- **2018-05-22** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Chad Hays
- **2018-05-22** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-28** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Elections & Campaign Finance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-29** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Elections & Campaign Finance Committee; 011-000-000
- **2018-05-31** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 110-000-000
- **2018-05-31** House Concurs
- **2018-05-31** Passed Both Houses
- **2018-06-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-08-23** Effective Date January 1, 2019
- **2018-08-23** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2018-08-23** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-1041 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fa4a2b97-5e41-44e3-8064-06c209e67e74`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).