1,179 bills became law last session – just 5% had a price tag

By Joe Barnas

02/19/2019

Fiscal notes serve as price tags on bills in the General Assembly. Lawmakers’ habit of omitting them limits their ability to make well-informed decisions.

TAGS: balanced budget requirement, budget, COGFA: Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability, Dale Righter, Fiscal Notes, ILGA: Illinois General Assembly, progressive income tax, taxes

Illinois lawmakers pass legislation requiring financial impact statements on executive orders, ignore cost of bills they pass

By Mindy Ruckman

06/08/2017

House Bill 2379 would require fiscal impact statements on every executive order. However, less than 3 percent of bills enacted into law in the 99th General Assembly had fiscal notes.

TAGS: budget, Fiscal Notes

Illinois lawmakers passed 938 bills that became law from 2015 to 2017 – just 3% had a price tag

By Brendan Bakala

04/24/2017

Despite Illinois’ severe financial problems, less than 3 percent of bills passed by the 99th General Assembly and enacted into law have fiscal notes.

TAGS: budget, Fiscal Notes, ILGA: Illinois General Assembly, National Conference of State Legislatures

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