{"id":168,"date":"2021-01-14T11:53:08","date_gmt":"2021-01-14T17:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/illinois\/press-releases\/good-government-groups-call-for-transparency-in-developing-ethics-legislation-in-the-102nd-general-assembly\/"},"modified":"2021-01-14T11:53:08","modified_gmt":"2021-01-14T17:53:08","slug":"good-government-groups-call-for-transparency-in-developing-ethics-legislation-in-the-102nd-general-assembly","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/illinois\/press\/good-government-groups-call-for-transparency-in-developing-ethics-legislation-in-the-102nd-general-assembly\/","title":{"rendered":"Good Government Groups Call for Transparency in Developing Ethics Legislation in the 102nd General Assembly"},"template":"","class_list":["post-168","press","type-press","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","press_type-press-release"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"","featured_image":5087,"press_type":145,"authors":null,"related_issues":[105,414],"related_work":false,"location":16},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":null,"name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"On January 12, the Illinois legislature held a hearing and vote on an 87-page ethics bill in the middle of the night at the end of a lame duck session. This bill was introduced in the final hours of the 101st General Assembly with no notice to stakeholders and without the promised public report from the Joint Commission on Ethics and Lobbying Reform. While the clock ran out on the session before the bill could pass, the process was deeply concerning to those of us who care about open, ethical government. It flew in the face of transparency, did little to remedy Illinois\u2019 reputation as a bastion of closed-room deals and political corruption, and further undermined public trust in state government.\r\n\r\nThe release of the Joint Commission on Ethics and Lobbying Reform\u2019s report was delayed in March by the COVID-19 pandemic. More than six months later, we called on the Commission to finally issue its recommendations. The last we heard of the Commission\u2019s efforts was in October, when co-chair Leader Greg Harris told WTTW he planned to release the recommendations before the legislature reconvened in January.\r\n\r\nThat never happened.\r\n\r\nInstead, a deeply flawed bill was presented through an opaque process that prevented any feedback or collaboration. The bill touched on some subjects we brought to the Commission last year, but it also omitted key issues like conflicts of interest and oversight of legislators. Moreover, it contained provisions, such as the preemption of home rule, that would have dramatic implications for localities, businesses, advocates, and other stakeholders. Yet the bill dropped with no time for meaningful consideration of those serious concerns.\r\n\r\nWe understand this is how a lot of legislation proceeds in Springfield. But the public was promised something different this time. However well-intentioned, measures presented through this rushed process do little to restore trust in government, which is the impetus for ethics reform in the first place.\r\n\r\nAs the 102nd General Assembly convenes, our organizations urge members to work on comprehensive ethics reform through an open, deliberative process that includes key stakeholders and advocates, a process which will produce a far better result for the people of Illinois. Let\u2019s get to work.\r\n\r\nSigned,\r\n\r\nThe Better Government Association (BGA) Change Illinois Common Cause Illinois Reform for Illinois"}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Good Government Groups Call for Transparency in Developing Ethics Legislation in the 102nd General Assembly - Common Cause Illinois<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/illinois\/press-releases\/good-government-groups-call-for-transparency-in-developing-ethics-legislation-in-the-102nd-general-assembly\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Good Government Groups Call for Transparency in Developing Ethics Legislation in the 102nd General Assembly\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/illinois\/press\/good-government-groups-call-for-transparency-in-developing-ethics-legislation-in-the-102nd-general-assembly\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Common Cause Illinois\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/illinois\/press-releases\/good-government-groups-call-for-transparency-in-developing-ethics-legislation-in-the-102nd-general-assembly\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/illinois\/press-releases\/good-government-groups-call-for-transparency-in-developing-ethics-legislation-in-the-102nd-general-assembly\/\",\"name\":\"Good Government Groups Call for Transparency in Developing Ethics Legislation in the 102nd General Assembly - 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