Became law as Public Act 17-235, signed July 11, 2017, 125 days after it was filed.
2017 Regular Session
House Bill 7248
AN ACT CONCERNING APPOINTMENTS TO THE CITIZEN'S ETHICS ADVISORY BOARD AND THE BOARD'S AUTHORITY IN ETHICS ENFORCEMENT PROCEEDINGS.
What it does
The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.
To amend the state code of ethics for public officials to modify when the state will pay attorney fees to the respondent for certain complaints under the code, to apply the open and public process requirements to certain quasi-public agency contracts and to extend certain prohibitions to consultants and independent contractors hired by quasi-public agencies and the employees of such consultants and contractors.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
Its course
March 8 to July 11, 2017, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action27 actions on 14 days
In the House of RepresentativesMar 8 to Jun 589 days
Government Administration and Elections CommitteeMar 8 to Mar 2416 days
Judiciary CommitteeApr 19 to Apr 256 days
In the SenateJun 5 to Jun 72 days
Waiting to be sentJun 7 to Jun 2922 days
With the GovernorJun 29 to Jul 1112 days
Amendments
Each amendment offered, and what became of it.
House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted
Adopted Jun 5 · Adopted Jun 7
Text
Each version as the General Assembly printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.
In the House of Representatives Mar 8 – Jun 5
- Mar 8Introduced and sent to Government Administration and Elections Committee
- Mar 9Heard in Government Administration and Elections Committee
- Mar 24Government Administration and Elections Committee recommended it
- Apr 19Sent to Judiciary Committee
- Apr 25Judiciary Committee recommended it
- Jun 5The House of Representatives adopted House of Representatives Amendment A
- Passed the House of Representatives with House of Representatives Amendment A
In the Senate Jun 5 – Jun 7
- Jun 5Sent to the Senate
- Jun 7The Senate adopted House of Representatives Amendment A
- Passed the Senate with House of Representatives Amendment A
To the Governor Jun 26 – Jul 11
- Jun 26Numbered Public Act 17-235
- Jun 29Sent to the Secretary of the State
- Sent to the Governor
- Jul 11Signed by the Governor
All 27 actions, as published
- Mar 8REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
- Mar 9PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
- Mar 24Joint FavorableBoth houses
- Mar 28FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
- Apr 7REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
- Apr 13RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
- Apr 13FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
- Apr 13HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives
- Apr 13FILE NO.Both houses
- Apr 19REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ONHouse of Representatives
- Apr 25Joint FavorableBoth houses
- Apr 26FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
- Apr 26RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
- Apr 26NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ONBoth houses
- Apr 26TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
- Jun 5HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH.House of Representatives
- Jun 5HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH.House of Representatives
- Jun 5TRANSMITTED PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 17Both houses
- Jun 5FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
- Jun 5SENATE CALENDAR NUMBERSenate
- Jun 7SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH.Senate
- Jun 7SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH.Senate
- Jun 7ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCESenate
- Jun 26PUBLIC ACTBoth houses
- Jun 29TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATEBoth houses
- Jun 29TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNORGovernor
- Jul 11SIGNED BY GOVERNORGovernor