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type: "Bill"
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title: "OPEN MEETINGS ACT-EXCEPTIONS"
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description: "Amends the Open Meetings Act. Provides that a public body may hold a closed meeting to consider the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees, specific independent contractors, or specific volunteers (currently, only specific employees) of the public body or legal counsel for the public body, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee, independent contractor, or volunteer of the public body or against legal counsel for the public body to determine its validity. Effective immediately."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
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legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
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session: "101st"
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identifier: "SB 196"
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citation: "Illinois SB 196 (101st)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 43
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2019-01-30"
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last_action: "2019-05-15"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/52d6b5ce-eace-49fc-a4da-ef2df9b0025c"
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source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=196&GAID=15&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=116047&SessionID=108&GA=101"
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source_hash: "f0e9c0b24c2bdba39db1211d913e9361321027e7df34f543d092300fe1bb4d5e"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
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---
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# Illinois SB 196 (101st) — OPEN MEETINGS ACT-EXCEPTIONS
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Amends the Open Meetings Act. Provides that a public body may hold a closed meeting to consider the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees, specific independent contractors, or specific volunteers (currently, only specific employees) of the public body or legal counsel for the public body, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee, independent contractor, or volunteer of the public body or against legal counsel for the public body to determine its validity. Effective immediately.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100SB0196&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=116047&DocNum=196&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100SB0196eng&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=116047&DocNum=196&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100SB0196enr&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=116047&DocNum=196&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
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- Concurrence — **56–0** (pass) · upper
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- Third Reading — **54–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Gregory Harris — primary (person)
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- John J. Cullerton — primary (person)
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- Julie A. Morrison — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-30** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Melinda Bush `filing`
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- **2019-01-30** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2019-01-30** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-06** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-28** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Melinda Bush `amendment-introduction`
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- **2019-02-28** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-05** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-8(b-1), this amendment will remain in the Committee on Assignments.
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- **2019-03-05** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
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- **2019-03-06** Do Pass Local Government; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2019-03-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading
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- **2019-03-06** Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 7, 2019
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- **2019-03-20** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2019-03-20** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) `amendment-failure`
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- **2019-03-20** Arrived in House `introduction`
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- **2019-03-21** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
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- **2019-03-21** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2019-03-21** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-28** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-29** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. John J. Cullerton
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- **2019-04-01** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Gregory Harris `amendment-introduction`
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- **2019-04-01** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-02** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Gregory Harris
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- **2019-04-02** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Executive Committee
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- **2019-04-03** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Executive Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2019-04-03** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Executive Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2019-04-03** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2019-04-03** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2019-04-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2019-04-04** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2019-04-04** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1
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- **2019-04-04** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - April 9, 2019
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- **2019-04-09** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. John J. Cullerton `filing`
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- **2019-04-09** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-09** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Executive `referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-09** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Executive; 015-000-000
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- **2019-04-10** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 056-000-000
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- **2019-04-10** Senate Concurs
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- **2019-04-10** Passed Both Houses
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- **2019-04-11** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-05-15** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
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- **2019-05-15** Effective Date May 15, 2019
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- **2019-05-15** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0005 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/52d6b5ce-eace-49fc-a4da-ef2df9b0025c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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