BUSINESS DATA TRANSPARENCY
Summary
Amends the Business Corporation Act of 1983, the General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986, and the Limited Liability Company Act. Provides that, with respect to entities organized under these Acts, the Secretary of State shall publish data required to be maintained by the Secretary in a machine-readable form that is freely available to the public. Abolishes charges for that data. Effective immediately. House Committee Amendment No. 2 Provides that data sets made available are provided for informational purposes only. Provides that the Secretary of State does not warrant the completeness, accuracy, content, or fitness for any particular purpose or use of any public data set made available on the web portal, nor are such warranties to be implied or inferred with respect to the public data sets furnished under the Acts. Provides that the State does not incur liability related to the data made available. Changes the effective date to January 1, 2022.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2021
Committee Review
May 2021
House Passage
May 2021
Senate Passage
May 2021
Signed into Law
Jul 2021
Introduced Apr 19, 2021
Signed Jul 9, 2021
Floor votes · Senate May 27, 2021 · House Apr 16, 2021
How they voted
44–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 46
May 27, 2021
D
Democratic29
93% Yea
R
Republican17
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
41
Key actions
8
Committee
9
Amendments
4
Jul 9, 2021
Signed into law
Governor Approved
lower
May 27, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed Both Houses
lower
May 27, 2021
Upper · Passed
Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000
upper
May 6, 2021
Upper · Passed
Do Pass State Government; 009-000-000
upper
Apr 28, 2021
Committee
Assigned to State Government
upper
Apr 19, 2021
Committee
Referred to Assignments
upper
Apr 19, 2021
Introduced
Arrive in Senate
upper
Apr 16, 2021
Lower · Passed
Third Reading - Consent Calendar - Passed 108-000-000
lower
Mar 17, 2021
Amended
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40
lower
Mar 9, 2021
Lower · Passed
Do Pass as Amended / Consent Calendar Judiciary - Civil Committee; 016-000-000
lower
Mar 9, 2021
Lower · Passed
House Committee Amendment No. 2 Adopted in Judiciary - Civil Committee; by Voice Vote
lower
Mar 9, 2021
Lower · Passed
House Committee Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Civil Committee
lower
Mar 4, 2021
Committee
House Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
lower
Mar 4, 2021
Introduced
House Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Will Guzzardi
lower
Feb 26, 2021
Committee
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
lower
Feb 26, 2021
Introduced
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Will Guzzardi
lower
Feb 23, 2021
Committee
Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee
lower
Jan 14, 2021
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
2 primary · 5 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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