---
type: "Bill"
title: "ECONOMIC INTEREST-INSPECTION"
description: "Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Eliminates the requirement the county clerk must notify a person when his or her statement of economic interests is examined. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 2455"
citation: "Illinois HB 2455 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-17"
last_action: "2005-08-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53f432ee-78e4-46b0-80ad-30b52c083ad1"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2455&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=17512&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "06e0deedca63d613b9af04cffb0d7f01003f09a15d9e3c6ffb120cf6b6a43fef"
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 2455 (94th) — ECONOMIC INTEREST-INSPECTION

Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Eliminates the requirement the county clerk must notify a person when his or her statement of economic interests is examined. 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=09400HB2455&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=17512&DocNum=2455&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB2455eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=17512&DocNum=2455&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB2455enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=17512&DocNum=2455&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **59–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Larry K. Bomke — cosponsor (person)
- Pamela J. Althoff — cosponsor (person)
- Paul D. Froehlich — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-02-17** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Paul D. Froehlich `filing`
- **2005-02-17** Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland
- **2005-02-17** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-17** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-18** Assigned to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-02** Motion to Suspend Rule 25 - Prevailed
- **2005-03-09** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by State Government Administration Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2005-03-09** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in State Government Administration Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2005-03-09** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-03-10** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-03-15** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-03-16** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-03-17** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2005-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 6, 2005 `reading-1`
- **2005-04-11** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Susan Garrett
- **2005-04-13** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Richard J. Winkel, Jr.
- **2005-04-13** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-13** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-21** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-04** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Larry K. Bomke
- **2005-05-05** Do Pass Executive; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-05-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2005
- **2005-05-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 11, 2005
- **2005-05-19** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- **2005-05-19** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg
- **2005-05-19** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
- **2005-05-19** Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-19** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-06-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-16** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-16** Effective Date August 16, 2005
- **2005-08-16** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0603 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/53f432ee-78e4-46b0-80ad-30b52c083ad1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).