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<title>Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for SB 226</title>
<shortdesc>FOIA-LIST OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS</shortdesc>
<sponsor>
<sponsorhead1>Senate Sponsors</sponsorhead1><sponsors>Sen. Donald P. DeWitte</sponsors>
</sponsor>
<lastaction>
<statusdate>4/11/2025</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments</action>
</lastaction>
<synopsis>
<synopsistitle></synopsistitle>
<reference>5 ILCS 140/5</reference><aliasreference>from Ch. 116, par. 205</aliasreference><SynopsisText>Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that a public body shall include in its list of records available under the Act the identification and a plain-text description of each of the types or categories of information of each field of each database of the public body. Provides that the public body shall provide a sufficient description of the structures of all databases under the control of the public body to allow a requester to request the public body to perform specific database queries.</SynopsisText></synopsis>
<actions>
<statusdate>1/22/2025</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Filed with Secretary by Sen. Donald P. DeWitte</action>
<statusdate>1/22/2025</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>First Reading</action>
<statusdate>1/22/2025</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Referred to Assignments</action>
<statusdate>1/28/2025</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Assigned to Executive</action>
<statusdate>2/19/2025</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>To Ethics</action>
<statusdate>3/21/2025</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 11, 2025</action>
<statusdate>4/11/2025</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments</action>
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