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Bill	PROHIBIT SEX HARASSMENT PAYOFF	Amends the General Assembly Compensation Act. Provides that no public funds, including, but not limited to, funds appropriated for the pay and allowances of members of the General Assembly, shall be used to create a payout of money to any person involved with and relevant to allegations and investigations of sexual harassment by a member of the General Assembly. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	100th	HB 4243	Illinois HB 4243 (100th)	bill		enacted		3	60	2	2018-01-12	2018-08-10	openstates	ocd-bill/32740b54-5a3a-4e86-bbe3-61a24249e5e7	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4243&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=108687&SessionID=91&GA=100	5d9e11a0155739a625fb847d5a19c7bf9802f928c55b1c153523ed9cb6fbb85a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4243 (100th) — PROHIBIT SEX HARASSMENT PAYOFF

Amends the General Assembly Compensation Act. Provides that no public funds, including, but not limited to, funds appropriated for the pay and allowances of members of the General Assembly, shall be used to create a payout of money to any person involved with and relevant to allegations and investigations of sexual harassment by a member of the General Assembly. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 113–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Cristina Castro — cosponsor (person)
• David McSweeney — primary (person)
• Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant — cosponsor (person)
• Laura M. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Connelly — cosponsor (person)
• Michael E. Hastings — cosponsor (person)
• Wm. Sam McCann — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-12 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. David McSweeney filing
• 2018-01-16 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Allen Skillicorn
• 2018-01-16 First Reading reading-1
• 2018-01-16 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2018-01-19 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan Carroll
• 2018-01-22 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Martin J. Moylan
• 2018-01-22 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sue Scherer
• 2018-01-22 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John Connor
• 2018-01-22 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
• 2018-01-22 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deb Conroy
• 2018-01-22 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sam Yingling
• 2018-01-24 Assigned to Executive Committee referral-committee
• 2018-01-26 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Halpin
• 2018-01-26 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Monica Bristow
• 2018-01-26 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie Phelps Finnie
• 2018-01-26 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry Costello, II
• 2018-02-01 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David S. Olsen
• 2018-02-26 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. David McSweeney amendment-introduction
• 2018-02-26 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2018-02-27 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Executive Committee
• 2018-03-07 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Executive Committee; 010-000-000 amendment-passage
• 2018-03-07 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Executive Committee; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2018-03-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Grant Wehrli
• 2018-03-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Margo McDermed
• 2018-03-08 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2018-04-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John C. D'Amico
• 2018-04-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
• 2018-04-10 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2018-04-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2018-04-10 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
• 2018-04-11 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2018-04-11 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen Willis
• 2018-04-11 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Frances Ann Hurley
• 2018-04-11 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.
• 2018-04-12 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2018-04-12 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2018-04-12 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Thomas Cullerton
• 2018-04-12 First Reading reading-1
• 2018-04-12 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2018-04-12 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Melinda Bush
• 2018-04-20 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
• 2018-04-25 Assigned to Government Reform referral-committee
• 2018-04-30 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
• 2018-05-01 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant
• 2018-05-01 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Connelly
• 2018-05-01 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Andy Manar
• 2018-05-01 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
• 2018-05-02 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael E. Hastings
• 2018-05-02 Do Pass Government Reform; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2018-05-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 3, 2018
• 2018-05-08 Second Reading reading-2
• 2018-05-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 9, 2018
• 2018-05-08 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Wm. Sam McCann
• 2018-05-09 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Karen McConnaughay
• 2018-05-23 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2018-05-23 Passed Both Houses
• 2018-06-21 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-08-10 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2018-08-10 Effective Date August 10, 2018
• 2018-08-10 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0748 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/32740b54-5a3a-4e86-bbe3-61a24249e5e7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).