SPRINGFIELD â Illinois House Republicans, most of whom voted in favor of the ethics reform bill sitting on Gov. J.B. Pritzker s desk, now want Pritzker to use his amendatory veto power to remove sections of the legislation they say weaken the legislative inspector general s powers.
Thirty-four of the 45 Republican members of the Democratic-controlled House sent a letter Friday to the Democratic governor to make the request about Senate Bill 539. The bill passed the House on a 113-5 vote on May 31 and the Senate 59-0 on June 1.
State Rep. Avery Bourne, R-Morrisonville, an assistant House GOP leader and member of the bipartisan Legislative Ethics Commission, initiated the letter and said flaws in the bill highlighted by Carol Pope, legislative inspector general, must be corrected.
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