Illinois General Assembly - Full Text of SB0202

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB0202

Introduced 1/22/2025, by Sen. Chapin Rose

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

5 ILCS 120/2.07 new

Amends the Open Meetings Act. Provides that a unit of local government may not hold or schedule an official meeting on the day of an election. Limits home rule powers. Defines terms.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning local government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Open Meetings Act is amended by adding Section 2.07 as follows:

(5 ILCS 120/2.07 new)

Sec. 2.07. Meetings on election days; prohibited.

(a) A unit of local government may not hold or schedule a meeting on the day of a general primary election, a general election, a consolidated primary election, or a consolidated election, as defined in the Election Code.

(b) A home rule unit may not hold or schedule meetings in a manner inconsistent with this Act. This Section is a denial and limitation of home rule powers and functions in accordance with subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.