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SB0213 - 104th General Assembly
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 213 | ||||||
| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 213 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following: | ||||||
| 4 | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | ||||||
| 5 | Government Advertising Spending Transparency Act. | ||||||
| 6 | Section 5. Findings. The General Assembly finds and | ||||||
| 7 | declares: | ||||||
| 8 | (a) Illinois benefits from robust local news services that | ||||||
| 9 | provide trusted and essential information to the community | ||||||
| 10 | that limits corruption, encourages citizen participation, | ||||||
| 11 | helps combat misinformation, and mitigates community and | ||||||
| 12 | individual alienation. | ||||||
| 13 | (b) Local news in Illinois and throughout the country is | ||||||
| 14 | struggling with newspaper advertising dropping 82% nationally | ||||||
| 15 | since 2000, contributing to a 57% drop in the number of | ||||||
| 16 | reporters at newspapers and thousands of closures. | ||||||
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| 1 | (c) Local news outlets are trusted sources of information | ||||||
| 2 | for communities throughout Illinois and advertising spending | ||||||
| 3 | with these outlets carries a substantial benefit for the | ||||||
| 4 | effective dissemination of important government information to | ||||||
| 5 | the communities it serves. | ||||||
| 6 | (d) Government initiatives to increase spending on local | ||||||
| 7 | news advertising have been manifestly successful in both | ||||||
| 8 | supporting local news outlets and improving the information | ||||||
| 9 | diet of communities in several major cities. | ||||||
| 10 | (e) The public has a right to know where government is | ||||||
| 11 | spending its advertising dollars and what proportion of those | ||||||
| 12 | dollars are going to local news outlets in this State. | ||||||
| 13 | Section 15. Reporting requirements. | ||||||
| 14 | (a) No later than June 30, 2026, and each year thereafter, | ||||||
| 15 | each State agency or department shall report the amount and | ||||||
| 16 | distribution of its advertising spending to the General | ||||||
| 17 | Assembly and post the report on its website. | ||||||
| 18 | (b) The annual report described in subsection (a) shall | ||||||
| 19 | include: | ||||||
| 20 | (1) the overall amount of advertising spending made by | ||||||
| 21 | the State agency or department; | ||||||
| 22 | (2) the names of each advertising vendor that received | ||||||
| 23 | advertising contracts from the State agency or department | ||||||
| 24 | and the amount of those contracts; | ||||||
| 25 | (3) the type of entity that received the advertising | ||||||
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| 1 | spending, categorized by media type, including, but not | ||||||
| 2 | limited to, search platforms, national news outlets, | ||||||
| 3 | digital platforms, and local news outlets; and | ||||||
| 4 | (4) the general subject matter of the advertising | ||||||
| 5 | placement, such as military recruitment, public health, or | ||||||
| 6 | job training.". | ||||||