---
type: "Bill"
title: "OPEN MTG-ALTERNATIVE TRAINING"
description: "Amends the Open Meetings Act. Authorizes a commissioner of a drainage district or a director of a soil and water conservation district to satisfy the training requirements of the Act through an alternative training arrangement. Sets forth requirements for the alternative course of training. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "HB 5315"
citation: "Illinois HB 5315 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2012-02-08"
last_action: "2013-01-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb146183-da2d-47ed-b998-fd4aabbc144e"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5315&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=65505&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "4974bef9c1d6d6a28ce5be543c0b128490b46622ae620ffb6f5e63ec209690e5"
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 5315 (97th) — OPEN MTG-ALTERNATIVE TRAINING

Amends the Open Meetings Act. Authorizes a commissioner of a drainage district or a director of a soil and water conservation district to satisfy the training requirements of the Act through an alternative training arrangement. Sets forth requirements for the alternative course of training. 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=09700HB5315&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=65505&DocNum=5315&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB5315eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=65505&DocNum=5315&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB5315enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=65505&DocNum=5315&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **53–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **78–32** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Darin M. LaHood — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Barickman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-08** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jason Barickman `filing`
- **2012-02-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-02-08** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-02-27** Assigned to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-07** Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 011-003-000 `committee-passage`
- **2012-03-09** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2012-03-21** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2012-03-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2012-03-22** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 078-032-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-03-22** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2012-03-22** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 23, 2012 `reading-1`
- **2012-03-23** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
- **2012-03-26** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Darin M. LaHood
- **2012-03-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-03-26** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-24** Assigned to State Government and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-02** Do Pass State Government and Veterans Affairs; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2012-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 3, 2012
- **2012-05-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2012-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2012
- **2012-05-25** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2012 `reading-3`
- **2012-07-01** Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2013-01-02** Approved for Consideration Assignments
- **2013-01-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading January 3, 2013
- **2013-01-02** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As January 8, 2013 `reading-3`
- **2013-01-03** Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2013-01-03** Passed Both Houses
- **2013-01-08** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-01-25** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2013-01-25** Effective Date January 25, 2013
- **2013-01-25** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-1153 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fb146183-da2d-47ed-b998-fd4aabbc144e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).