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Bill	ETHICS-ADMIN LEAVE-CRIMINAL	Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Provides that if any State officer or employee of the executive or legislative branch is placed on administrative leave, either voluntarily or involuntarily, pending the outcome of a criminal investigation or prosecution and that officer or employee is removed from office or employment for one or more reasons directly related to that criminal matter, then the officer or employee is indebted to the State for all compensation and the value of all benefits received during the administrative leave and must forthwith pay the full amount to the State. As a matter of law, applies similar restrictions on officers and employees of units of local government and school districts. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	95th	HB 4726	Illinois HB 4726 (95th)	bill		enacted		3	40	3	2008-01-31	2008-08-29	openstates	ocd-bill/683dbcf8-692d-43ba-9793-7b4f76eac4f4	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4726&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=35462&SessionID=51&GA=95	e22d89f571df73fc0ed908080ec10738a4d12dbd66aeea7b1409da669d6030ef	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4726 (95th) — ETHICS-ADMIN LEAVE-CRIMINAL

Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Provides that if any State officer or employee of the executive or legislative branch is placed on administrative leave, either voluntarily or involuntarily, pending the outcome of a criminal investigation or prosecution and that officer or employee is removed from office or employment for one or more reasons directly related to that criminal matter, then the officer or employee is indebted to the State for all compensation and the value of all benefits received during the administrative leave and must forthwith pay the full amount to the State. As a matter of law, applies similar restrictions on officers and employees of units of local government and school districts. 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 — 55–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 108–0 (pass) · lower
• Concurrence — 115–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jerry L. Mitchell — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2008-01-31 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jerry L. Mitchell filing
• 2008-02-01 First Reading reading-1
• 2008-02-01 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2008-02-26 Assigned to State Government Administration Committee referral-committee
• 2008-03-05 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2008-03-05 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by State Government Administration Committee amendment-introduction
• 2008-03-05 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in State Government Administration Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2008-03-05 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 013-000-000 committee-passage
• 2008-03-06 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2008-03-13 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
• 2008-03-13 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2008-03-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2008-04-01 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2008-04-02 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2008-04-02 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 3, 2008 reading-1
• 2008-04-11 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Tim Bivins
• 2008-04-16 First Reading reading-1
• 2008-04-16 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2008-04-30 Assigned to Executive referral-committee
• 2008-05-08 Held in Executive
• 2008-05-13 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Tim Bivins amendment-introduction
• 2008-05-13 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2008-05-14 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Executive
• 2008-05-14 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2008-05-15 Do Pass as Amended Executive; 012-000-000 committee-passage
• 2008-05-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 20, 2008
• 2008-05-15 Second Reading reading-2
• 2008-05-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 20, 2008
• 2008-05-20 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2008-05-21 Arrived in House introduction
• 2008-05-21 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
• 2008-05-29 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Jerry L. Mitchell
• 2008-05-29 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2008-05-30 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000
• 2008-05-31 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 115-000-000
• 2008-05-31 Passed Both Houses
• 2008-06-30 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2008-08-29 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2008-08-29 Effective Date August 29, 2008
• 2008-08-29 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0947 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/683dbcf8-692d-43ba-9793-7b4f76eac4f4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).