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type: "Bill"
title: "OPEN MTGS-EXEMPT-AUDIT MEETING"
description: "Amends the Open Meetings Act. Authorizes the closure of meetings between internal or external auditors and governmental audit committees, finance committees, and their equivalents, when the discussion involves internal control weaknesses, identification of potential fraud risk areas, known or suspected frauds, and fraud interviews conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards of the United States of America."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "HB 1277"
citation: "Illinois HB 1277 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-08"
last_action: "2011-08-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12d654be-b8c1-46a4-b536-5f216c4f2d42"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1277&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=57262&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "0b1faf76092bfbbaf39d249b1f31094cdfa1384cadcd588088cd11d3a123baf3"
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 1277 (97th) — OPEN MTGS-EXEMPT-AUDIT MEETING
Amends the Open Meetings Act. Authorizes the closure of meetings between internal or external auditors and governmental audit committees, finance committees, and their equivalents, when the discussion involves internal control weaknesses, identification of potential fraud risk areas, known or suspected frauds, and fraud interviews conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards of the United States of America.
## 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=09700HB1277&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=57262&DocNum=1277&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB1277eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=57262&DocNum=1277&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB1277enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=57262&DocNum=1277&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **540** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **9122** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Robert Rita — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2011-02-08** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Robert Rita `filing`
- **2011-02-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-08** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-14** Assigned to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-23** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
- **2011-02-24** Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 012-004-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-02-24** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-02-24** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Randy Ramey, Jr.
- **2011-03-02** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2011-03-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-03-02** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David Harris
- **2011-03-03** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 091-022-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-03-09** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2011-03-09** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-09** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
- **2011-03-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-09** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-27** Assigned to State Government and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-06** Do Pass State Government and Veterans Affairs; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2011
- **2011-05-12** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-05-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2011
- **2011-05-17** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-05-17** Passed Both Houses
- **2011-06-15** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2011-08-12** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2011-08-12** Effective Date January 1, 2012
- **2011-08-12** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0318 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/12d654be-b8c1-46a4-b536-5f216c4f2d42`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).