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Bill	FOI-ATTORNEY FEES	Amends the Freedom of Information Act. For a court's awarding of attorney fees in a suit resulting from denial of disclosure of a public record, removes the requirements that (i) the record is highly significant to the general public and (ii) the public body lacked a reasonable legal basis for the denial.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	93rd	SB 690	Illinois SB 690 (93rd)	bill		enacted		3	49	3	2003-02-19	2003-08-08	openstates	ocd-bill/75275145-51a1-4e89-a3c9-fbc1d8e40d85	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=690&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=3363&SessionID=3&GA=93	7c4b5279ae1869b9f25c947170321b41f5bd87c1c2574fe1ee780f2c469a4bb1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 690 (93rd) — FOI-ATTORNEY FEES

Amends the Freedom of Information Act. For a court's awarding of attorney fees in a suit resulting from denial of disclosure of a public record, removes the requirements that (i) the record is highly significant to the general public and (ii) the public body lacked a reasonable legal basis for the denial.

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
• Concurrence — 58–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 117–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• John J. Cullerton — primary (person)
• Kevin Joyce — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-02-19 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton filing
• 2003-02-19 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-02-19 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-02-27 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Richard J. Winkel, Jr.
• 2003-03-03 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Chris Lauzen
• 2003-03-05 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2003-03-05 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Christine Radogno
• 2003-03-18 Do Pass Judiciary; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2003-03-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 19, 2003
• 2003-03-25 Second Reading reading-2
• 2003-03-25 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 26, 2003
• 2003-03-25 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton amendment-introduction
• 2003-03-25 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-03-26 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary
• 2003-03-27 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Be Approved for Consideration Judiciary; 010-000-000
• 2003-04-02 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton amendment-introduction
• 2003-04-02 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-04-02 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Judiciary
• 2003-04-02 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Be Approved for Consideration Judiciary; 008-000-000
• 2003-04-02 Recalled to Second Reading reading-2
• 2003-04-02 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Cullerton amendment-passage
• 2003-04-02 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Cullerton amendment-passage
• 2003-04-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 3, 2003
• 2003-04-03 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2003-04-03 Arrived in House introduction
• 2003-04-08 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
• 2003-04-08 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-04-08 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2003-04-08 Assigned to State Government Administration Committee referral-committee
• 2003-04-16 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by State Government Administration Committee amendment-introduction
• 2003-04-16 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in State Government Administration Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2003-04-16 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2003-04-16 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-04-29 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin Joyce
• 2003-05-09 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2003-05-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-05-14 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2003-05-14 Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01
• 2003-05-14 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01 - May 15, 2003
• 2003-05-21 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. John J. Cullerton filing
• 2003-05-21 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-05-22 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2003-05-22 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Be Approved for Consideration Judiciary; 008-000-000
• 2003-05-29 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 058-000-000
• 2003-05-29 Passed Both Houses
• 2003-06-27 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2003-08-08 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2003-08-08 Effective Date January 1, 2004
• 2003-08-08 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0466 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/75275145-51a1-4e89-a3c9-fbc1d8e40d85. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).