---
type: "Bill"
title: "ETHICS-ECONOMIC INTERESTS"
description: "Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Permits the Secretary of State and county clerks to waive fees and penalties when a person files a statement of economic interests late, or fails to file the statement, due to his or her serious or catastrophic illness or military service. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "SB 1592"
citation: "Illinois SB 1592 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-19"
last_action: "2009-08-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eca031db-08c2-498a-82cf-0c9b735182eb"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1592&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=44210&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "d193d09f9f2aea0f0fa026261a33ea8d8b6cc82e7e880ef79e7e4c1c4c1a709b"
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 1592 (96th) — ETHICS-ECONOMIC INTERESTS

Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Permits the Secretary of State and county clerks to waive fees and penalties when a person files a statement of economic interests late, or fails to file the statement, due to his or her serious or catastrophic illness or military service. 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=09600SB1592&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=44210&DocNum=1592&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB1592eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=44210&DocNum=1592&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB1592enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=44210&DocNum=1592&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pamela J. Althoff — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-19** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Pamela J. Althoff `filing`
- **2009-02-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-19** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-25** Assigned to State Government and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-06** Do Pass State Government and Veterans Affairs; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-03-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 10, 2009
- **2009-03-24** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 25, 2009
- **2009-04-01** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Randall M. Hultgren
- **2009-04-01** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-04-01** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2009-04-01** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-01** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Michael W. Tryon
- **2009-04-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-01** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-14** Assigned to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-21** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandy Cole
- **2009-04-22** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- **2009-04-22** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2009-04-22** Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-04-22** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-04-23** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-04-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-05-20** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-05-20** Passed Both Houses
- **2009-06-18** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-17** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-17** Effective Date August 17, 2009
- **2009-08-17** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0550 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eca031db-08c2-498a-82cf-0c9b735182eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).