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Bill	OPEN MTGS-EXEMPT-AUDIT MEETING	Amends the Open Meetings Act. Authorizes the closure of meetings between internal or external auditors and governmental audit committees, finance committees, and their equivalents, when the discussion involves internal control weaknesses, identification of potential fraud risk areas, known or suspected frauds, and fraud interviews conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards of the United States of America.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 1277	Illinois HB 1277 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	28	2	2011-02-08	2011-08-12	openstates	ocd-bill/12d654be-b8c1-46a4-b536-5f216c4f2d42	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1277&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=57262&SessionID=84&GA=97	0b1faf76092bfbbaf39d249b1f31094cdfa1384cadcd588088cd11d3a123baf3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 1277 (97th) — OPEN MTGS-EXEMPT-AUDIT MEETING

Amends the Open Meetings Act. Authorizes the closure of meetings between internal or external auditors and governmental audit committees, finance committees, and their equivalents, when the discussion involves internal control weaknesses, identification of potential fraud risk areas, known or suspected frauds, and fraud interviews conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards of the United States of America.

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 — 54–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 91–22 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Robert Rita — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-08 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Robert Rita filing
• 2011-02-08 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-02-08 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-02-14 Assigned to State Government Administration Committee referral-committee
• 2011-02-23 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
• 2011-02-24 Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 012-004-000 committee-passage
• 2011-02-24 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-02-24 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Randy Ramey, Jr.
• 2011-03-02 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-03-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-03-02 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David Harris
• 2011-03-03 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 091-022-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-03-09 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2011-03-09 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2011-03-09 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
• 2011-03-09 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-03-09 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-04-27 Assigned to State Government and Veterans Affairs referral-committee
• 2011-05-06 Do Pass State Government and Veterans Affairs; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-05-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2011
• 2011-05-12 Second Reading reading-2
• 2011-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2011
• 2011-05-17 Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-05-17 Passed Both Houses
• 2011-06-15 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2011-08-12 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2011-08-12 Effective Date January 1, 2012
• 2011-08-12 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0318 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/12d654be-b8c1-46a4-b536-5f216c4f2d42. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).