Influence-Tools/republic-os
2
0
Fork 0
Code Issues Pull Requests Actions Packages Projects Releases Wiki Activity
Files
main
republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/95th/hb-4726.md
T
Fabio 5941153bb7 Legislation: batch B — IL IN KS KY LA MA MD ME MI MN 
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-06 17:27:20 -04:00

101 lines
6.5 KiB
Markdown
Raw Permalink Blame History

This file contains ambiguous Unicode characters
This file contains Unicode characters that might be confused with other characters. If you think that this is intentional, you can safely ignore this warning. Use the Escape button to reveal them.
---
type: "Bill"
title: "ETHICS-ADMIN LEAVE-CRIMINAL"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "HB 4726"
citation: "Illinois HB 4726 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 40
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2008-01-31"
last_action: "2008-08-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/683dbcf8-692d-43ba-9793-7b4f76eac4f4"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4726&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=35462&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "e22d89f571df73fc0ed908080ec10738a4d12dbd66aeea7b1409da669d6030ef"
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 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](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB4726&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=35462&DocNum=4726&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB4726eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=35462&DocNum=4726&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB4726enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=35462&DocNum=4726&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/683dbcf8-692d-43ba-9793-7b4f76eac4f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
Reference in New Issue View Git Blame Copy Permalink