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Bill FOI-MEDIA REQUESTS Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that a private gain or public loss, the expectation of which exempts certain information from the Act's inspection and copying requirements, does not include a news medium's dissemination of information regarding the public's health, safety, welfare, and legal rights. Effective July 1, 2003. us/states/il Illinois General Assembly 93rd HB 539 Illinois HB 539 (93rd)
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Illinois HB 539 (93rd) — FOI-MEDIA REQUESTS

Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that a private gain or public loss, the expectation of which exempts certain information from the Act's inspection and copying requirements, does not include a news medium's dissemination of information regarding the public's health, safety, welfare, and legal rights. Effective July 1, 2003.

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 — 580 (pass) · upper
  • Third Reading — 1140 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Barbara Flynn Currie — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2003-01-30 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie filing
  • 2003-01-30 First Reading reading-1
  • 2003-01-30 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
  • 2003-02-04 Assigned to Executive Committee referral-committee
  • 2003-03-05 Re-assigned to State Government Administration Committee referral-committee
  • 2003-03-13 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by State Government Administration Committee amendment-introduction
  • 2003-03-13 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in State Government Administration Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
  • 2003-03-13 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 007-000-000 committee-passage
  • 2003-03-13 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
  • 2003-03-20 Fiscal Note Filed
  • 2003-03-21 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
  • 2003-03-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
  • 2003-03-25 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 reading-3, passage
  • 2003-03-26 Arrive in Senate introduction
  • 2003-03-26 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 27, 2003 reading-1
  • 2003-04-02 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton
  • 2003-04-08 First Reading reading-1
  • 2003-04-08 Referred to Rules referral-committee
  • 2003-04-16 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
  • 2003-05-01 Do Pass Judiciary; 009-000-000 committee-passage
  • 2003-05-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2003
  • 2003-05-08 Second Reading reading-2
  • 2003-05-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 9, 2003
  • 2003-05-09 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
  • 2003-05-09 Passed Both Houses
  • 2003-06-06 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
  • 2003-06-30 Governor Approved executive-signature
  • 2003-06-30 Effective Date July 1, 2003
  • 2003-06-30 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0043 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/224ca4f7-091b-4681-b887-3213953292ed. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).