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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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enacted | 3 | 29 | 2 | 2003-01-30 | 2003-06-30 | openstates | ocd-bill/224ca4f7-091b-4681-b887-3213953292ed | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=539&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=976&SessionID=3&GA=93 | 2e316bb86342cb3e53fca844ad70ae660edcadd229b5a979163a4572af328035 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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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.
Votes
- Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — 114–0 (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).