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type: "Bill"
title: "ETHICS-LATE TERM APPOINTEE DEF"
description: "Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Provides that a \"late term appointee\" also means a person who is appointed to an office by a board or other body having one or more members appointed by the Governor, when the Governor does not succeed himself or herself as Governor, and the effective date of the appointment is 90 or fewer days before the end of the appointing Governor's term. Provides that the provision added by the amendatory Act does not apply to a board or other body to which the Attorney General, Secretary of State, Comptroller, or Treasurer also appoints one or more members. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "99th"
identifier: "HB 4078"
citation: "Illinois HB 4078 (99th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 50
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2015-02-27"
last_action: "2015-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8691a7a0-7600-4e17-a46a-f0de2b4f2cde"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4078&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=90297&SessionID=88&GA=99"
source_hash: "bbd22889cd008fad6b249a53959d49b11a5e8224b6e0940e83ca0976cc8154fe"
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 4078 (99th) — ETHICS-LATE TERM APPOINTEE DEF
Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Provides that a "late term appointee" also means a person who is appointed to an office by a board or other body having one or more members appointed by the Governor, when the Governor does not succeed himself or herself as Governor, and the effective date of the appointment is 90 or fewer days before the end of the appointing Governor's term. Provides that the provision added by the amendatory Act does not apply to a board or other body to which the Attorney General, Secretary of State, Comptroller, or Treasurer also appoints one or more members. Effective immediately.
## 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=09900HB4078&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=90297&DocNum=4078&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB4078eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=90297&DocNum=4078&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB4078enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=90297&DocNum=4078&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **570** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1040** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence — **1110** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Stephanie A. Kifowit — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2015-02-27** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit `filing`
- **2015-02-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-02-27** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-16** Assigned to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-25** Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 014-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2015-03-26** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2015-03-26** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- **2015-03-26** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
- **2015-03-26** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Katherine Cloonen
- **2015-04-15** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2015-04-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2015-04-17** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 104-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2015-04-17** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.
- **2015-04-17** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Frances Ann Hurley
- **2015-04-17** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley
- **2015-04-17** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen Willis
- **2015-04-17** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deb Conroy
- **2015-04-17** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ron Sandack
- **2015-04-21** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2015-04-21** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 22, 2015 `reading-1`
- **2015-04-23** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
- **2015-04-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-28** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-29** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-07** Postponed - Executive
- **2015-05-08** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Julie A. Morrison `amendment-introduction`
- **2015-05-08** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-12** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive
- **2015-05-13** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2015-05-14** Do Pass as Amended Executive; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2015-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 18, 2015
- **2015-05-19** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-05-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 20, 2015
- **2015-05-20** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Melinda Bush
- **2015-05-20** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2015-05-20** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2015-05-20** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- **2015-05-21** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
- **2015-05-21** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-25** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-27** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted State Government Administration Committee; 011-000-000
- **2015-05-28** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
- **2015-05-28** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Martin J. Moylan
- **2015-05-31** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 111-000-000
- **2015-05-31** House Concurs
- **2015-05-31** Passed Both Houses
- **2015-06-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-08-26** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2015-08-26** Effective Date August 26, 2015
- **2015-08-26** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0466 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8691a7a0-7600-4e17-a46a-f0de2b4f2cde`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).