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Bill	OPEN MTG-ALTERNATIVE TRAINING	Amends the Open Meetings Act. Authorizes a commissioner of a drainage district or a director of a soil and water conservation district to satisfy the training requirements of the Act through an alternative training arrangement. Sets forth requirements for the alternative course of training. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 5315	Illinois HB 5315 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	31	2	2012-02-08	2013-01-25	openstates	ocd-bill/fb146183-da2d-47ed-b998-fd4aabbc144e	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5315&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=65505&SessionID=84&GA=97	4974bef9c1d6d6a28ce5be543c0b128490b46622ae620ffb6f5e63ec209690e5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 5315 (97th) — OPEN MTG-ALTERNATIVE TRAINING

Amends the Open Meetings Act. Authorizes a commissioner of a drainage district or a director of a soil and water conservation district to satisfy the training requirements of the Act through an alternative training arrangement. Sets forth requirements for the alternative course of training. 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 — 53–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 78–32 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Darin M. LaHood — cosponsor (person)
• Jason Barickman — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-08 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jason Barickman filing
• 2012-02-08 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-02-08 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2012-02-27 Assigned to State Government Administration Committee referral-committee
• 2012-03-07 Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 011-003-000 committee-passage
• 2012-03-09 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-03-21 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2012-03-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-03-22 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 078-032-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-03-22 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2012-03-22 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 23, 2012 reading-1
• 2012-03-23 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
• 2012-03-26 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Darin M. LaHood
• 2012-03-26 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-03-26 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-04-24 Assigned to State Government and Veterans Affairs referral-committee
• 2012-05-02 Do Pass State Government and Veterans Affairs; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-05-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 3, 2012
• 2012-05-10 Second Reading reading-2
• 2012-05-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2012
• 2012-05-25 Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2012 reading-3
• 2012-07-01 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2013-01-02 Approved for Consideration Assignments
• 2013-01-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading January 3, 2013
• 2013-01-02 Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As January 8, 2013 reading-3
• 2013-01-03 Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-001 reading-3, passage
• 2013-01-03 Passed Both Houses
• 2013-01-08 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-01-25 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2013-01-25 Effective Date January 25, 2013
• 2013-01-25 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-1153 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fb146183-da2d-47ed-b998-fd4aabbc144e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).