republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/99th/hb-5683.md

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Bill	OPEN MEETINGS-CIVIL ACTION	Amends the Open Meetings Act. Provides that where the provisions of this Act are not complied with, or where there is probable cause to believe that the provisions of this Act will not be complied with, any person may bring a civil action in the circuit court within 60 days of the decision by the Attorney General to resolve a request for review by a means other than the issuance of a binding opinion, if the person timely files a request for review with the Public Access Counselor. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	99th	HB 5683	Illinois HB 5683 (99th)	bill		enacted		3	32	2	2016-02-10	2016-08-05	openstates	ocd-bill/d76b3655-069b-4f89-802e-cf3294afa505	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5683&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=95137&SessionID=88&GA=99	6ecf9eb7a869622676432a371b3f5e8317889c864efbcea4424bf7107ed17968	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 5683 (99th) — OPEN MEETINGS-CIVIL ACTION

Amends the Open Meetings Act. Provides that where the provisions of this Act are not complied with, or where there is probable cause to believe that the provisions of this Act will not be complied with, any person may bring a civil action in the circuit court within 60 days of the decision by the Attorney General to resolve a request for review by a means other than the issuance of a binding opinion, if the person timely files a request for review with the Public Access Counselor. 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 — 58–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 114–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Peter Breen — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-10 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Peter Breen filing
• 2016-02-10 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-02-10 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2016-03-23 Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee referral-committee
• 2016-04-05 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2016-04-05 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-04-05 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elaine Nekritz
• 2016-04-07 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ann M. Williams
• 2016-04-07 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Steven A. Andersson
• 2016-04-07 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ron Sandack
• 2016-04-07 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2016-04-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-04-12 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2016-04-12 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2016-04-12 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
• 2016-04-12 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2016-04-13 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2016-04-13 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2016-04-13 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Chris Nybo
• 2016-04-13 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-04-13 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2016-05-03 Assigned to Executive referral-committee
• 2016-05-12 Do Pass Executive; 015-000-000 committee-passage
• 2016-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 17, 2016
• 2016-05-17 Second Reading reading-2
• 2016-05-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 18, 2016
• 2016-05-25 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2016-05-25 Passed Both Houses
• 2016-06-23 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-08-05 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2016-08-05 Effective Date August 5, 2016
• 2016-08-05 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0714 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d76b3655-069b-4f89-802e-cf3294afa505. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).