---
type: "Bill"
title: "GOVT ETHICS-INTEREST STATEMENT"
description: "Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. In the forms for the statements of economic interests to be filed with the Secretary of State or a county clerk, requires the person making the statement to supply a mailing address (now, a post office address to which notification of statement examination may be sent, which notification is no longer required)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "HB 3487"
citation: "Illinois HB 3487 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-02-27"
last_action: "2007-08-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc8936c6-8315-4d86-b72e-65fe47c4afb8"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3487&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=32360&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "5cacdae661b8504497a02ce33db574138f09a87a2a5bd240b3a59eb48c15e65a"
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 3487 (95th) — GOVT ETHICS-INTEREST STATEMENT

Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. In the forms for the statements of economic interests to be filed with the Secretary of State or a county clerk, requires the person making the statement to supply a mailing address (now, a post office address to which notification of statement examination may be sent, which notification is no longer required).

## 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=09500HB3487&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=32360&DocNum=3487&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB3487eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=32360&DocNum=3487&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB3487enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=32360&DocNum=3487&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **102–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Martin A. Sandoval — cosponsor (person)
- Paul D. Froehlich — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-27** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Paul D. Froehlich `filing`
- **2007-02-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-02-28** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-01** Assigned to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-07** Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-03-08** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-03-08** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland
- **2007-03-13** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-03-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-03-22** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 102-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-03-27** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2007-03-27** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-27** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Larry K. Bomke
- **2007-03-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-27** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-29** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Susan Garrett
- **2007-03-30** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-10** Do Pass Executive; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 15, 2007
- **2007-05-15** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-05-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 16, 2007
- **2007-05-18** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
- **2007-05-18** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-05-18** Passed Both Houses
- **2007-06-15** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-14** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-14** Effective Date January 1, 2008
- **2007-08-14** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0173 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fc8936c6-8315-4d86-b72e-65fe47c4afb8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).