Date	Chamber	Action
3/21/2025	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

5 ILCS 140/11

from Ch. 116, par. 211

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that, if the denial of a request includes a request for minutes or a verbatim record of a meeting of the public body closed to the public as provided in the Open Meetings Act that have not been previously made available for public inspection, suit may be filed under a specified provision only after a 60-day period following (i) the receipt of the request by the public body or (ii) the issuance of a binding or non-binding opinion from the Public Access Counselor, whichever is later, to allow for review of the requested records as provided under the Open Meetings Act.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
2/5/2025	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Terra Costa Howard
2/6/2025	House	First Reading
2/6/2025	House	Referred to Rules Committee
3/4/2025	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Martha Deuter
3/4/2025	House	Assigned to Executive Committee
3/18/2025	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Benton
3/21/2025	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

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