republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/97th/hb-4687.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "OPEN MEETINGS-AGENDAS/NOTICES"
description: "Amends the Open Meetings Act. Provides that any required agenda must be sufficiently descriptive to give the public reasonable notice of the items that will be considered or will be the subject of final action at the meeting. Requires the public body conducting a public meeting to ensure that at least one copy of any requested notice and agenda for the meeting is continuously available for public review during the entire 48-hour period preceding the meeting."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "HB 4687"
citation: "Illinois HB 4687 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 62
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2012-02-02"
last_action: "2012-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34ba050e-eaca-4652-a504-006d66b0afc0"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4687&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=64490&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "560443cb1931858097507d55fbf92575f62a571ea29028f6487eddb911428e50"
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 4687 (97th) — OPEN MEETINGS-AGENDAS/NOTICES

Amends the Open Meetings Act. Provides that any required agenda must be sufficiently descriptive to give the public reasonable notice of the items that will be considered or will be the subject of final action at the meeting. Requires the public body conducting a public meeting to ensure that at least one copy of any requested notice and agenda for the meeting is continuously available for public review during the entire 48-hour period preceding the meeting.

## 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=09700HB4687&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=64490&DocNum=4687&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB4687eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=64490&DocNum=4687&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB4687enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=64490&DocNum=4687&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **104–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sandra M. Pihos — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-02** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Sandra M. Pihos `filing`
- **2012-02-03** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-02-03** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-02-07** Assigned to Personnel and Pensions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-02-22** Do Pass / Short Debate Personnel and Pensions Committee; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2012-02-23** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2012-02-23** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Sandra M. Pihos `amendment-introduction`
- **2012-02-23** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-02-27** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-03-01** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Sandra M. Pihos `amendment-introduction`
- **2012-03-01** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-05** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-03-06** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2012-03-06** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Withdrawn by Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
- **2012-03-06** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2012-03-06** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2012-03-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2012-03-08** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 104-010-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-03-21** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2012-03-21** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-03-21** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Kirk W. Dillard
- **2012-03-21** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Suzi Schmidt
- **2012-03-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-03-21** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-11** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-16** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kirk W. Dillard `amendment-introduction`
- **2012-04-16** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-18** Postponed - Judiciary
- **2012-04-20** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-8(c-1) - Referred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-24** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kirk W. Dillard `amendment-introduction`
- **2012-04-24** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-24** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
- **2012-04-25** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Judiciary
- **2012-04-25** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Postponed - Judiciary
- **2012-04-25** Postponed - Judiciary
- **2012-05-01** Senate Committee Amendment No. 3 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kirk W. Dillard `amendment-introduction`
- **2012-05-01** Senate Committee Amendment No. 3 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-01** Senate Committee Amendment No. 3 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
- **2012-05-01** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Judiciary
- **2012-05-01** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Postponed - Judiciary
- **2012-05-01** Senate Committee Amendment No. 3 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-01** Do Pass as Amended Judiciary; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2012-05-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 2, 2012
- **2012-05-02** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2012-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 3, 2012
- **2012-05-04** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-04** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-16** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-05-16** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) `amendment-failure`
- **2012-05-16** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) `amendment-failure`
- **2012-05-16** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2012-05-16** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 3
- **2012-05-21** Senate Committee Amendment No. 3 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
- **2012-05-21** Senate Committee Amendment No. 3 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-21** Senate Committee Amendment No. 3 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000
- **2012-05-22** Senate Committee Amendment No. 3 House Concurs 118-000-000
- **2012-05-22** Passed Both Houses
- **2012-05-22** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kay Hatcher
- **2012-06-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2012-07-19** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2012-07-19** Effective Date January 1, 2013
- **2012-07-19** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0827 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/34ba050e-eaca-4652-a504-006d66b0afc0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).