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Bill	ETHICS-STATEMENTS-WEB FILING	Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. In provisions governing the Internet-based filing of statements of economic interests with county clerks, corrects a reference to an erroneous Section number. Replaces a provision that mandated the Internet-based filing of statements of economic interest with a provision that authorizes the filing of those statements by Internet or by standardized form. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 1542	Illinois HB 1542 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	27	2	2011-02-15	2011-07-28	openstates	ocd-bill/9703e54f-29df-4f70-9192-23e85f422176	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1542&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=58682&SessionID=84&GA=97	1ba41d316ddc1825811df1cc21fe83b505ae62c7b002c8f630ea9a5c190f1d9e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 1542 (97th) — ETHICS-STATEMENTS-WEB FILING

Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. In provisions governing the Internet-based filing of statements of economic interests with county clerks, corrects a reference to an erroneous Section number. Replaces a provision that mandated the Internet-based filing of statements of economic interest with a provision that authorizes the filing of those statements by Internet or by standardized form. 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 — 111–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 55–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Elaine Nekritz — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-15 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Elaine Nekritz filing
• 2011-02-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-02-15 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-02-16 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
• 2011-02-22 Assigned to State Government Administration Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-02 Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 016-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-03-03 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-03-08 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-03-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-03-10 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol A. Sente
• 2011-03-10 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-03-14 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2011-03-14 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2011-03-14 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
• 2011-03-14 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-03-14 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-04-27 Assigned to Executive referral-committee
• 2011-05-05 Do Pass Executive; 009-001-000 committee-passage
• 2011-05-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2011
• 2011-05-06 Second Reading reading-2
• 2011-05-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 10, 2011
• 2011-05-12 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-05-12 Passed Both Houses
• 2011-06-10 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2011-07-28 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2011-07-28 Effective Date July 28, 2011
• 2011-07-28 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0212 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9703e54f-29df-4f70-9192-23e85f422176. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).