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Anyone convicted of a felony, bribery, perjury or misuse of public funds while serving as a public official would be barred from holding a state or local office again.
The measure was introduced on Thursday and moved quickly through the House Ethics and Elections Committee Friday morning with bipartisan support.
The Illinois House passed a bill Friday that would bar anyone convicted of a felony, bribery, perjury or misuse of public funds while serving as a public official from ever being elected to a state or local office again.
(Springfield-jm) – A proposed measure in the Illinois Statehouse attempts to suspend taxpayer-funded pension payments for former elected officials charged with a felony. House Bill 1277 aims to...