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Public Act 104-0077
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| SB0213 Enrolled | LRB104 05543 SPS 15573 b |
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AN ACT concerning business.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the |
Government Advertising Spending Transparency Act.
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Section 5. Findings. The General Assembly finds and |
declares: |
(a) Illinois benefits from robust local news services that |
provide trusted and essential information to the community |
that limits corruption, encourages citizen participation, |
helps combat misinformation, and mitigates community and |
individual alienation. |
(b) Local news in Illinois and throughout the country is |
struggling with newspaper advertising dropping 82% nationally |
since 2000, contributing to a 57% drop in the number of |
reporters at newspapers and thousands of closures. |
(c) Local news outlets are trusted sources of information |
for communities throughout Illinois and advertising spending |
with these outlets carries a substantial benefit for the |
effective dissemination of important government information to |
the communities it serves. |
(d) Government initiatives to increase spending on local |
news advertising have been manifestly successful in both |
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supporting local news outlets and improving the information |
diet of communities in several major cities. |
(e) The public has a right to know where government is |
spending its advertising dollars and what proportion of those |
dollars are going to local news outlets in this State.
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Section 15. Reporting requirements. |
(a) No later than October 1, 2026, and October 1 of each |
year thereafter, each State agency or department shall report |
the amount and distribution of its advertising spending to the |
General Assembly and post the report on its website. |
(b) The annual report described in subsection (a) shall |
include: |
(1) the overall amount of advertising spending made by |
the State agency or department; |
(2) the names of each advertising vendor that received |
advertising contracts from the State agency or department |
and the amount of those contracts; |
(3) the type of entity that received the advertising |
spending, categorized by media type, including, but not |
limited to, search platforms, national news outlets, |
digital platforms, and local news outlets; and |
(4) the general subject matter of the advertising |
placement, such as military recruitment, public health, or |
job training. |
(c) If a contracted vendor places advertisements on behalf |