---
type: "Bill"
title: "FOIA-FINANCIAL INFORMATION"
description: "Amends the Freedom of Information Act. In the Act's existing exemption of certain trade secrets and commercial or financial information obtained by a public body from inspection and copying requirements, states that the exemption specifically includes certain information relating to private equity funds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "SB 52"
citation: "Illinois SB 52 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-01-26"
last_action: "2005-08-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2110ae40-6d91-4b29-87ec-3a4ded7300d2"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=52&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=14687&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "b10809735c83e17f2084c6949b5d818f951a2f56396f7e3dcad820440477c82e"
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 52 (94th) — FOIA-FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Amends the Freedom of Information Act. In the Act's existing exemption of certain trade secrets and commercial or financial information obtained by a public body from inspection and copying requirements, states that the exemption specifically includes certain information relating to private equity funds.

## 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=09400SB0052&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=14687&DocNum=52&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB0052eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=14687&DocNum=52&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB0052enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=14687&DocNum=52&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **59–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **112–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Don Harmon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-01-26** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon `filing`
- **2005-01-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-01-26** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-02** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kirk W. Dillard
- **2005-02-03** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-15** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Rutherford
- **2005-02-24** Postponed - Executive
- **2005-03-03** Do Pass Executive; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-03-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 8, 2005
- **2005-03-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-03-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 15, 2005
- **2005-03-14** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon `amendment-introduction`
- **2005-03-14** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-06** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Executive
- **2005-04-07** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Executive; 011-000-000
- **2005-04-11** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-04-11** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Harmon `amendment-passage`
- **2005-04-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 12, 2005
- **2005-04-14** Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-04-14** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2005-04-14** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-14** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Kurt M. Granberg
- **2005-04-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-14** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-20** Assigned to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-27** Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-04-28** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-05-05** Fiscal Note Filed
- **2005-05-10** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-05-18** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-003-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-18** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-06-16** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-08** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-08** Effective Date January 1, 2006
- **2005-08-08** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0508 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2110ae40-6d91-4b29-87ec-3a4ded7300d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).