Sen. Bill Cunningham
Filed: 5/31/2025
 
 
 




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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1373


2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1373 on page 1, by 
3inserting immediately below line 3 the following:

4    "Section 3. The Open Meetings Act is amended by changing 
5Section 2 as follows:

6    (5 ILCS 120/2)    (from Ch. 102, par. 42)
7    Sec. 2. Open meetings. 
8    (a) Openness required. All meetings of public bodies shall 
9be open to the public unless excepted in subsection (c) and 
10closed in accordance with Section 2a.
11    (b) Construction of exceptions. The exceptions contained 
12in subsection (c) are in derogation of the requirement that 
13public bodies meet in the open, and therefore, the exceptions 
14are to be strictly construed, extending only to subjects 
15clearly within their scope. The exceptions authorize but do 
16not require the holding of a closed meeting to discuss a 
 
 
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1subject included within an enumerated exception.
2    (c) Exceptions. A public body may hold closed meetings to 
3consider the following subjects:
4        (1) The appointment, employment, compensation, 
5 discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific 
6 employees, specific individuals who serve as independent 
7 contractors in a park, recreational, or educational 
8 setting, or specific volunteers of the public body or 
9 legal counsel for the public body, including hearing 
10 testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee, a 
11 specific individual who serves as an independent 
12 contractor in a park, recreational, or educational 
13 setting, or a volunteer of the public body or against 
14 legal counsel for the public body to determine its 
15 validity. However, a meeting to consider an increase in 
16 compensation to a specific employee of a public body that 
17 is subject to the Local Government Wage Increase 
18 Transparency Act may not be closed and shall be open to the 
19 public and posted and held in accordance with this Act.
20        (2) Collective negotiating matters between the public 
21 body and its employees or their representatives, or 
22 deliberations concerning salary schedules for one or more 
23 classes of employees.
24        (3) The selection of a person to fill a public office, 
25 as defined in this Act, including a vacancy in a public 
26 office, when the public body is given power to appoint 
 
 
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1 under law or ordinance, or the discipline, performance or 
2 removal of the occupant of a public office, when the 
3 public body is given power to remove the occupant under 
4 law or ordinance. 
5        (4) Evidence or testimony presented in open hearing, 
6 or in closed hearing where specifically authorized by law, 
7 to a quasi-adjudicative body, as defined in this Act, 
8 provided that the body prepares and makes available for 
9 public inspection a written decision setting forth its 
10 determinative reasoning.
11        (4.5) Evidence or testimony presented to a school 
12 board regarding denial of admission to school events or 
13 property pursuant to Section 24-24 of the School Code, 
14 provided that the school board prepares and makes 
15 available for public inspection a written decision setting 
16 forth its determinative reasoning. 
17        (5) The purchase or lease of real property for the use 
18 of the public body, including meetings held for the 
19 purpose of discussing whether a particular parcel should 
20 be acquired.
21        (6) The setting of a price for sale or lease of 
22 property owned by the public body.
23        (7) The sale or purchase of securities, investments, 
24 or investment contracts. This exception shall not apply to 
25 the investment of assets or income of funds deposited into 
26 the Illinois Prepaid Tuition Trust Fund. 
 
 
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1        (8) Security procedures, school building safety and 
2 security, and the use of personnel and equipment to 
3 respond to an actual, a threatened, or a reasonably 
4 potential danger to the safety of employees, students, 
5 staff, the public, or public property.
6        (9) Student disciplinary cases.
7        (10) The placement of individual students in special 
8 education programs and other matters relating to 
9 individual students.
10        (11) Litigation, when an action against, affecting or 
11 on behalf of the particular public body has been filed and 
12 is pending before a court or administrative tribunal, or 
13 when the public body finds that an action is probable or 
14 imminent, in which case the basis for the finding shall be 
15 recorded and entered into the minutes of the closed 
16 meeting.
17        (12) The establishment of reserves or settlement of 
18 claims as provided in the Local Governmental and 
19 Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act, if otherwise the 
20 disposition of a claim or potential claim might be 
21 prejudiced, or the review or discussion of claims, loss or 
22 risk management information, records, data, advice or 
23 communications from or with respect to any insurer of the 
24 public body or any intergovernmental risk management 
25 association or self insurance pool of which the public 
26 body is a member.
 
 
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1        (13) Conciliation of complaints of discrimination in 
2 the sale or rental of housing, when closed meetings are 
3 authorized by the law or ordinance prescribing fair 
4 housing practices and creating a commission or 
5 administrative agency for their enforcement.
6        (14) Informant sources, the hiring or assignment of 
7 undercover personnel or equipment, or ongoing, prior or 
8 future criminal investigations, when discussed by a public 
9 body with criminal investigatory responsibilities.
10        (15) Professional ethics or performance when 
11 considered by an advisory body appointed to advise a 
12 licensing or regulatory agency on matters germane to the 
13 advisory body's field of competence.
14        (16) Self evaluation, practices and procedures or 
15 professional ethics, when meeting with a representative of 
16 a statewide association of which the public body is a 
17 member.
18        (17) The recruitment, credentialing, discipline or 
19 formal peer review of physicians or other health care 
20 professionals, or for the discussion of matters protected 
21 under the federal Patient Safety and Quality Improvement 
22 Act of 2005, and the regulations promulgated thereunder, 
23 including 42 C.F.R. Part 3 (73 FR 70732), or the federal 
24 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 
25 1996, and the regulations promulgated thereunder, 
26 including 45 C.F.R. Parts 160, 162, and 164, by a 
 
 
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1 hospital, or other institution providing medical care, 
2 that is operated by the public body.
3        (18) Deliberations for decisions of the Prisoner 
4 Review Board.
5        (19) Review or discussion of applications received 
6 under the Experimental Organ Transplantation Procedures 
7 Act.
8        (20) The classification and discussion of matters 
9 classified as confidential or continued confidential by 
10 the State Government Suggestion Award Board.
11        (21) Discussion of minutes of meetings lawfully closed 
12 under this Act, whether for purposes of approval by the 
13 body of the minutes or semi-annual review of the minutes 
14 as mandated by Section 2.06.
15        (22) Deliberations for decisions of the State 
16 Emergency Medical Services Disciplinary Review Board.
17        (23) The operation by a municipality of a municipal 
18 utility or the operation of a municipal power agency or 
19 municipal natural gas agency when the discussion involves 
20 (i) contracts relating to the purchase, sale, or delivery 
21 of electricity or natural gas or (ii) the results or 
22 conclusions of load forecast studies.
23        (24) Meetings of a residential health care facility 
24 resident sexual assault and death review team or the 
25 Executive Council under the Abuse Prevention Review Team 
26 Act.
 
 
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1        (25) Meetings of an independent team of experts under 
2 Brian's Law. 
3        (26) Meetings of a mortality review team appointed 
4 under the Department of Juvenile Justice Mortality Review 
5 Team Act. 
6        (27) (Blank). 
7        (28) Correspondence and records (i) that may not be 
8 disclosed under Section 11-9 of the Illinois Public Aid 
9 Code or (ii) that pertain to appeals under Section 11-8 of 
10 the Illinois Public Aid Code. 
11        (29) Meetings between internal or external auditors 
12 and governmental audit committees, finance committees, and 
13 their equivalents, when the discussion involves internal 
14 control weaknesses, identification of potential fraud risk 
15 areas, known or suspected frauds, and fraud interviews 
16 conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing 
17 standards of the United States of America.
18        (30) (Blank). 
19        (31) Meetings and deliberations for decisions of the 
20 Concealed Carry Licensing Review Board under the Firearm 
21 Concealed Carry Act. 
22        (32) Meetings between the Regional Transportation 
23 Authority Board and its Service Boards when the discussion 
24 involves review by the Regional Transportation Authority 
25 Board of employment contracts under Section 28d of the 
26 Metropolitan Transit Authority Act and Sections 3A.18 and 
 
 
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1 3B.26 of the Regional Transportation Authority Act.
2        (33) Those meetings or portions of meetings of the 
3 advisory committee and peer review subcommittee created 
4 under Section 320 of the Illinois Controlled Substances 
5 Act during which specific controlled substance prescriber, 
6 dispenser, or patient information is discussed.
7        (34) Meetings of the Tax Increment Financing Reform 
8 Task Force under Section 2505-800 of the Department of 
9 Revenue Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. 
10        (35) Meetings of the group established to discuss 
11 Medicaid capitation rates under Section 5-30.8 of the 
12 Illinois Public Aid Code. 
13        (36) Those deliberations or portions of deliberations 
14 for decisions of the Illinois Gaming Board in which there 
15 is discussed any of the following: (i) personal, 
16 commercial, financial, or other information obtained from 
17 any source that is privileged, proprietary, confidential, 
18 or a trade secret; or (ii) information specifically 
19 exempted from the disclosure by federal or State law.
20        (37) Deliberations for decisions of the Illinois Law 
21 Enforcement Training Standards Board, the Certification 
22 Review Panel, and the Illinois State Police Merit Board 
23 regarding certification and decertification. 
24        (38) Meetings of the Ad Hoc Statewide Domestic 
25 Violence Fatality Review Committee of the Illinois 
26 Criminal Justice Information Authority Board that occur in 
 
 
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1 closed executive session under subsection (d) of Section 
2 35 of the Domestic Violence Fatality Review Act. 
3        (39) Meetings of the regional review teams under 
4 subsection (a) of Section 75 of the Domestic Violence 
5 Fatality Review Act. 
6        (40) Meetings of the Firearm Owner's Identification 
7 Card Review Board under Section 10 of the Firearm Owners 
8 Identification Card Act. 
9        (41) Discussions of the Attorney General's Crime 
10 Firearm Database Task Force in which the information is 
11 privileged or confidential or is specifically exempted 
12 from disclosure by federal or State law or rules and 
13 regulations implementing federal or State law. This 
14 paragraph (41) is inoperative on and after May 1, 2026.    
15    (d) Definitions. For purposes of this Section:
16    "Employee" means a person employed by a public body whose 
17relationship with the public body constitutes an 
18employer-employee relationship under the usual common law 
19rules, and who is not an independent contractor.
20    "Public office" means a position created by or under the 
21Constitution or laws of this State, the occupant of which is 
22charged with the exercise of some portion of the sovereign 
23power of this State. The term "public office" shall include 
24members of the public body, but it shall not include 
25organizational positions filled by members thereof, whether 
26established by law or by a public body itself, that exist to 
 
 
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1assist the body in the conduct of its business.
2    "Quasi-adjudicative body" means an administrative body 
3charged by law or ordinance with the responsibility to conduct 
4hearings, receive evidence or testimony and make 
5determinations based thereon, but does not include local 
6electoral boards when such bodies are considering petition 
7challenges.
8    (e) Final action. No final action may be taken at a closed 
9meeting. Final action shall be preceded by a public recital of 
10the nature of the matter being considered and other 
11information that will inform the public of the business being 
12conducted. 
13(Source: P.A. 102-237, eff. 1-1-22; 102-520, eff. 8-20-21; 
14102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 103-311, eff. 
157-28-23; 103-626, eff. 1-1-25.)

16    Section 4. The Attorney General Act is amended by adding 
17Section 6.7 as follows:

18    (15 ILCS 205/6.7 new)
19    Sec. 6.7. Crime Firearm Database Task Force.    
20    (a) A task force composed of individuals chosen by the 
21Attorney General to be known as the Attorney General's Crime 
22Firearm Database Task Force is created in the Office of the 
23Attorney General.
24    (b) Members of the Task Force shall serve at the pleasure 
 
 
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1of the Attorney General or for such terms as the Attorney 
2General may designate.
3    (c) The Task Force shall convene at the call of the 
4Attorney General and shall hold at least 4 meetings.
5    (d) The Task Force shall study the use of databases in this 
6State to track firearms used in crime.
7    (e) The Task Force members shall serve without 
8compensation.
9    (f) The Task Force shall submit its final recommendations 
10to the General Assembly no later than May 1, 2026, and upon the 
11submission of its final recommendations, the Task Force is 
12dissolved.".