---
type: "Bill"
title: "OPEN MEETING-SECURITY ISSUES"
description: "Amends the Open Meetings Act. Allows closed meetings to consider security procedures with respect to dangers to the public. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "HB 105"
citation: "Illinois HB 105 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-01-07"
last_action: "2003-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dbaf9fb5-fea2-4fe4-bba3-b593a94577c4"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=105&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=257&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "fdc7431c8c9e5d725b1b9fd79bf1212d07303c922b383573f4956edd318fb46b"
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 105 (93rd) — OPEN MEETING-SECURITY ISSUES

Amends the Open Meetings Act. Allows closed meetings to consider security procedures with respect to dangers to the public. 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=09300HB0105&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=257&DocNum=105&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB0105eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=257&DocNum=105&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB0105enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=257&DocNum=105&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Suzanne Bassi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-01-07** Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Suzanne Bassi `filing`
- **2003-01-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-01-08** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-01-23** Assigned to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-01-30** Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-01-30** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-02-04** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-02-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-02-06** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-02-06** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Joe Dunn
- **2003-02-06** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. James H. Meyer
- **2003-02-06** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
- **2003-02-06** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
- **2003-02-06** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Renee Kosel
- **2003-02-18** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2003-02-18** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading February 19, 2003 `reading-1`
- **2003-02-19** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Wendell E. Jones
- **2003-02-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-02-19** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-16** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-01** Do Pass Executive; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-05-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2003
- **2003-05-06** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 7, 2003
- **2003-05-07** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
- **2003-05-07** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-05-07** Passed Both Houses
- **2003-06-05** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-02** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-02** Effective Date July 2, 2003
- **2003-07-02** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0079 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dbaf9fb5-fea2-4fe4-bba3-b593a94577c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).