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---
type: "Bill"
title: "OPEN MEETINGS ACT-EXCEPTIONS"
description: "Amends the Open Meetings Act. Provides that a public body may hold a closed meeting to consider the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees, specific independent contractors, or specific volunteers (currently, only specific employees) of the public body or legal counsel for the public body, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee, independent contractor, or volunteer of the public body or against legal counsel for the public body to determine its validity. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "101st"
identifier: "HB 2124"
citation: "Illinois HB 2124 (101st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-06"
last_action: "2019-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fdf91432-f574-45a0-94e7-f20649e707cb"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2124&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=117800&SessionID=108&GA=101"
source_hash: "4becbc39a6f89275bacd33db6ea3f9c4ffffb51af7c42683f80c81f16b85db98"
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 2124 (101st) — OPEN MEETINGS ACT-EXCEPTIONS
Amends the Open Meetings Act. Provides that a public body may hold a closed meeting to consider the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees, specific independent contractors, or specific volunteers (currently, only specific employees) of the public body or legal counsel for the public body, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee, independent contractor, or volunteer of the public body or against legal counsel for the public body to determine its validity. 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=10100HB2124&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=117800&DocNum=2124&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB2124eng&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=117800&DocNum=2124&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB2124enr&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=117800&DocNum=2124&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Concurrence — **108–7** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **101–3** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Emanuel Chris Welch — primary (person)
- Melinda Bush — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-06** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch `filing`
- **2019-02-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-06** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-19** Assigned to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-28** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-03-14** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-14** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-19** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2019-03-19** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-03-20** Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2019-03-20** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2019-03-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-03-28** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 101-003-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-04-03** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-03** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-03** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Melinda Bush
- **2019-04-03** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-03** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Melinda Bush `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-30** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Postponed - Local Government
- **2019-05-01** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Local Government
- **2019-05-08** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-08** Do Pass as Amended Local Government; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 9, 2019
- **2019-05-17** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 20, 2019
- **2019-05-21** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-05-21** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2019-05-21** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- **2019-05-23** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
- **2019-05-23** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-23** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000
- **2019-05-29** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 108-007-000
- **2019-05-29** House Concurs
- **2019-05-29** Passed Both Houses
- **2019-06-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-08-26** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-26** Effective Date August 26, 2019
- **2019-08-26** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0459 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fdf91432-f574-45a0-94e7-f20649e707cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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