HB 2578 Illinois House · 104th Regular Session

FOIA-PERSON

Summary
Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Changes the definition of "person". Allows, within 5 business days after its receipt of the request, a public body that has a reasonable belief that a request was not submitted by a person to require the requester to verify orally or in writing that the requester is a person. Provides that the deadline for the public body to respond to the request shall be tolled until the requester verifies that he or she is a person. Provides that, if the requester fails to verify that he or she is a person within 30 days after the public body requests such a verification, then the public body may deny the request.
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Feb 2025
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Introduced Feb 4, 2025 Last action Apr 1, 2025
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Mar 21, 2025
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Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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Mar 4, 2025
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Assigned to Executive Committee
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Feb 6, 2025
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Referred to Rules Committee
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