Bill Status of HB 1554   104th General Assembly

Short Description:  ELEC CD-USE OF FUNDS

House Sponsors
Rep. Tony M. McCombie, Dave Severin, David Friess, Travis Weaver, Charles Meier, Kevin Schmidt and Jason R. Bunting

Last Action  View All Actions

DateChamber Action
  1/28/2025HouseReferred to Rules Committee

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
10 ILCS 5/9-8.10
10 ILCS 5/9-33 new

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Election Code. Prohibits a political committee from making certain expenditures to provide a defense in any criminal case or a defense in a civil case against any claims that a person has committed misconduct in his or her capacity as a public official, any claims of sexual harassment, or any claims of discrimination. Requires that a person found to have used campaign contributions in violation of the Code shall return contributions to the contributor or pay to the State if the contributor cannot be identified or reimbursed. Requires the political committee to include information on the contributions returned to the contributor or paid to the State in the committee's quarterly report to the State Board of Elections.

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  1/21/2025HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Tony M. McCombie
  1/28/2025HouseFirst Reading
  1/28/2025HouseReferred to Rules Committee
  3/20/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Severin
  3/20/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. David Friess
  3/25/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Travis Weaver
  3/26/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles Meier
  3/26/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin Schmidt
  4/8/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Jason R. Bunting

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