---
type: "Bill"
title: "LOCAL GOVT-OFFICER EMAIL"
description: "Creates the Governmental Officer Online Accessibility Act. Provides that every unit of local government and school district that maintains an electronic mail system and an Internet website shall: (1) provide an electronic mail address for the use of each of its elected officials, including board members, and appointed officers, to be used in the course of their official duties; and (2) provide a means for the public to transmit correspondence directly by electronic mail to each elected and appointed official, including board members, through its official website."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "HB 5623"
citation: "Illinois HB 5623 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2014-02-13"
last_action: "2014-08-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/737a1d73-9966-4254-a545-9af6dcb657cb"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5623&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=80718&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "862be6c20c1d936cc7aafffdf29aea8e2c340a8dd21f7cb5d9d762b0cfaf72e3"
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 5623 (98th) — LOCAL GOVT-OFFICER EMAIL

Creates the Governmental Officer Online Accessibility Act. Provides that every unit of local government and school district that maintains an electronic mail system and an Internet website shall: (1) provide an electronic mail address for the use of each of its elected officials, including board members, and appointed officers, to be used in the course of their official duties; and (2) provide a means for the public to transmit correspondence directly by electronic mail to each elected and appointed official, including board members, through its official website.

## 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=09800HB5623&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=80718&DocNum=5623&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB5623eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=80718&DocNum=5623&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB5623enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=80718&DocNum=5623&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **101–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ron Sandack — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-13** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Ron Sandack `filing`
- **2014-02-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-02-14** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-19** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Anthony DeLuca
- **2014-02-27** Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-21** Do Pass / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 005-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-03-21** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-03-24** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2014-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-03-25** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Scott Drury
- **2014-04-01** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Ron Sandack `amendment-introduction`
- **2014-04-01** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-03** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Ron Sandack `amendment-introduction`
- **2014-04-03** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-07** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Counties & Townships Committee
- **2014-04-08** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Counties & Townships Committee; 005-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-04-09** Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2014-04-09** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-04-10** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 101-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-04-10** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 `amendment-failure`
- **2014-04-11** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2014-04-11** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 29, 2014 `reading-1`
- **2014-04-29** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
- **2014-04-29** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-04-29** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-30** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-08** Do Pass Executive; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 12, 2014
- **2014-05-12** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-05-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2014
- **2014-05-23** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Connelly
- **2014-05-23** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Thomas Cullerton
- **2014-05-23** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-05-23** Passed Both Houses
- **2014-06-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-08-15** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2014-08-15** Effective Date January 1, 2015
- **2014-08-15** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0930 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/737a1d73-9966-4254-a545-9af6dcb657cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).