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5 ILCS 120/2.06 (2026)

Minutes; right to speak

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(5 ILCS 120/2.06) (from Ch. 102, par. 42.06)
    Sec. 2.06. Minutes; right to speak.
    (a) All public bodies shall keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording. Minutes shall include, but need not be limited to:
        (1) the date, time and place of the meeting;
        (2) the members of the public body recorded as either
    
present or absent and whether the members were physically present or present by means of video or audio conference; and
        (3) a summary of discussion on all matters proposed,
    
deliberated, or decided, and a record of any votes taken.
    (b) A public body shall approve the minutes of its open meeting within 30 days after that meeting or at the public body's second subsequent regular meeting, whichever is later. The minutes of meetings open to the public shall be available for public inspection within 10 days after the approval of such minutes by the public body. Beginning July 1, 2006, at the time it complies with the other requirements of this subsection, a public body that has a website that the full-time staff of the public body maintains shall post the minutes of a regular meeting of its governing body open to the public on the public body's website within 10 days after the approval of the minutes by the public body. Beginning July 1, 2006, any minutes of meetings open to the public posted on the public body's website shall remain posted on the website for at least 60 days after their initial posting.
    (c) The verbatim record may be destroyed without notification to or the approval of a records commission or the State Archivist under the Local Records Act or the State Records Act no less than 18 months after the completion of the meeting recorded but only after:
        (1) the public body approves the destruction of a
    
particular recording; and
        (2) the public body approves minutes of the closed
    
meeting that meet the written minutes requirements of subsection (a) of this Section.
    (d) Each public body shall periodically meet to review minutes of all closed meetings. Meetings to review minutes shall occur every 6 months, or as soon thereafter as is practicable, taking into account the nature and meeting schedule of the public body. Committees which are ad hoc in nature shall review closed session minutes at the later of (1) 6 months from the date of the last review of closed session minutes or (2) at the next scheduled meeting of the ad hoc committee. At such meetings a determination shall be made, and reported in an open session that (1) the need for confidentiality still exists as to all or part of those minutes or (2) that the minutes or portions thereof no longer require confidential treatment and are available for public inspection. The failure of a public body to strictly comply with the semi-annual review of closed session written minutes, whether before or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, shall not cause the written minutes or related verbatim record to become public or available for inspection in any judicial proceeding, other than a proceeding involving an alleged violation of this Act, if the public body, within 60 days of discovering its failure to strictly comply with the technical requirements of this subsection, reviews the closed session minutes and determines and thereafter reports in open session that either (1) the need for confidentiality still exists as to all or part of the minutes or verbatim record, or (2) that the minutes or recordings or portions thereof no longer require confidential treatment and are available for public inspection.
    (e) Unless the public body has made a determination that the verbatim recording no longer requires confidential treatment or otherwise consents to disclosure, the verbatim record of a meeting closed to the public shall not be open for public inspection or subject to discovery in any administrative or judicial proceeding other than one brought to enforce this Act. In the case of a civil action brought to enforce this Act, the court, if the judge believes such an examination is necessary, must conduct such in camera examination of the verbatim record as it finds appropriate in order to determine whether there has been a violation of this Act. In the case of a criminal proceeding, the court may conduct an examination in order to determine what portions, if any, must be made available to the parties for use as evidence in the prosecution. Any such initial inspection must be held in camera. If the court determines that a complaint or suit brought for noncompliance under this Act is valid it may, for the purposes of discovery, redact from the minutes of the meeting closed to the public any information deemed to qualify under the attorney-client privilege. The provisions of this subsection do not supersede the privacy or confidentiality provisions of State or federal law. Access to verbatim recordings shall be provided to duly elected officials or appointed officials filling a vacancy of an elected office in a public body, and access shall be granted in the public body's main office or official storage location, in the presence of a records secretary, an administrative official of the public body, or any elected official of the public body. No verbatim recordings shall be recorded or removed from the public body's main office or official storage location, except by vote of the public body or by court order. Nothing in this subsection (e) is intended to limit the Public Access Counselor's access to those records necessary to address a request for administrative review under Section 7.5 of this Act.
    (f) Minutes of meetings closed to the public shall be available only after the public body determines that it is no longer necessary to protect the public interest or the privacy of an individual by keeping them confidential, except that duly elected officials or appointed officials filling a vacancy of an elected office in a public body shall be provided access to minutes of meetings closed to the public. Access to minutes shall be granted in the public body's main office or official storage location, in the presence of a records secretary, an administrative official of the public body, or any elected official of the public body. No minutes of meetings closed to the public shall be removed from the public body's main office or official storage location, except by vote of the public body or by court order. Nothing in this subsection (f) is intended to limit the Public Access Counselor's access to those records necessary to address a request for administrative review under Section 7.5 of this Act.
    (g) Any person shall be permitted an opportunity to address public officials under the rules established and recorded by the public body.
    (h) When a public body is dissolved, disbanded, eliminated, or consolidated by executive action, legislative action, or referendum, and its functions and responsibilities are assumed by a unit of local government, the unit of local government which assumes the functions of the prior public body shall review the closed session minutes of that public body pursuant to subsection (d).
(Source: P.A. 102-653, eff. 1-1-22.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 24 cases (9 in the last 5 years), 1997–2026 · leading case: Lewis v. Sch. Dist. 70, 523 F.3d 730 (7th Cir. 2008).
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Lewis v. Sch. Dist. 70, 523 F.3d 730 (7th Cir. 2008). “Although the meeting was closed to the public, it was tape recorded in compliance with the requirements of the Illinois Open Meetings Act, 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). In the meeting, Dr. Hawkins proposed that Ms.”
Kodish v. Oakbrook Terrace Fire Prot. Dist., 235 F.R.D. 447 (N.D. Ill. 2006). “” 5 ILCS 120/2.06(e) (emphasis added). However, in balancing the need for truth against the privilege asserted, the Court finds that the privilege should not prevent disclosure necessary to the legal inquiry.”
Eberhardt v. Vill. of Tinley Park, 2024 IL App (1st) 230139 (Ill. App. Ct. 2024). “06(g) of the Open Meetings Act (5 ILCS 120/2.06(g) (West 2020)) provides that “[a]ny person shall be permitted an opportunity to address public officials under the rules established and recorded by the public body.”
Roxana Cmty. Unit Sch. Dist. No. 1 v. Env't Prot. Agency, 2013 IL App (4th) 120825 (Ill. App. Ct. 2013). “” 5 ILCS 120/2.06(g) (West 2010). ¶ 58 Here, the Board’s rules restricted the opportunity to address that public body to written filings.”
Gerwin v. Livingston Cnty. Bd., 802 N.E.2d 410 (Ill. App. Ct. 2003). “) 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a) (West 2002). Thus, the complete openness, or lack of secrecy, of a meeting will not save it from violating the Act if the public body failed to keep minutes of the meeting.”
Kibort v. Westrom, 862 N.E.2d 609 (Ill. App. Ct. 2007). “See 5 ILCS 120/2.06(e) (West 2004) (providing that “the verbatim record of a meeting [of a public body] closed to the public shall not be open for public inspection or subject to discovery in any administrative or judicial proceeding other than one brought to enforce the [Open…”
Bd. of Regents of Regency Univ. Sys. v. Reynard, 686 N.E.2d 1222 (Ill. App. Ct. 1997). “06(a) of the Act (5 ILCS 120/2.06(a) (West 1994)) requires that public bodies keep minutes of all meetings, whether open or closed.”
Roxana Cmty. Unit Sch. Dist. No. 1 v. WRB Refining, 2012 IL App (4th) 120331 (Ill. App. Ct. 2012). “02 (West 2010)), (3) any person attending a public meeting must be allowed to address the public body (5 ILCS 120/2.06(g) (West 2010)), and (4) all meetings of the PCB “shall be open to the public” (415 ILCS 5/5(a) (West 2010)).”
Naden v. The Firefighters' Pension Fund of the Sugar Grove Fire Prot. Dist., 2017 IL App (2d) 160698 (Ill. App. Ct. 2018). “” 5 ILCS 120/2.06 (West 2014). We determine that the circuit court properly denied Naden’s request.”
Naden v. The Firefighters' Pension Fund of the Sugar Grove Fire Prot. Dist., 2017 IL App (2d) 160698 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). “" 5 ILCS 120/2.06 (West 2014). We determine that the circuit court properly denied Naden's request.”
Dorman v. Madison Cnty. Bd., 2025 IL App (5th) 241355-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2025). · cites it 3× “In addition, plaintiff alleged that defendant failed 2 to conduct a timely semi-annual review to determine whether the minutes and recordings of the meetings at issue should remain confidential (see 5 ILCS 120/2.06(d) (West 2022)) and further ran afoul of this obligation by…”
Better Gov't Assoc. v. Chicago City Council, 2023 IL App (1st) 210765-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2023). “” 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). The circuit court acknowledged, “The City argues that a recording of the May 31, 2020, meeting was released on June 6, 2020.”
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— 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a) — 8 cases
Lewis v. Sch. Dist. 70, 523 F.3d 730 (7th Cir. 2008). “Although the meeting was closed to the public, it was tape recorded in compliance with the requirements of the Illinois Open Meetings Act, 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). In the meeting, Dr. Hawkins proposed that Ms.”
Gerwin v. Livingston Cnty. Bd., 802 N.E.2d 410 (Ill. App. Ct. 2003). “) 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a) (West 2002). Thus, the complete openness, or lack of secrecy, of a meeting will not save it from violating the Act if the public body failed to keep minutes of the meeting.”
Bd. of Regents of Regency Univ. Sys. v. Reynard, 686 N.E.2d 1222 (Ill. App. Ct. 1997). “06(a) of the Act (5 ILCS 120/2.06(a) (West 1994)) requires that public bodies keep minutes of all meetings, whether open or closed.”
Better Gov't Assoc. v. Chicago City Council, 2023 IL App (1st) 210765-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2023). “” 5 ILCS 120/2.06(a). The circuit court acknowledged, “The City argues that a recording of the May 31, 2020, meeting was released on June 6, 2020.”
Heath (S.D. Ill. 2026).
— 5 ILCS 120/2.06(d) — 1 case
Dorman v. Madison Cnty. Bd., 2025 IL App (5th) 241355-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2025). “In addition, plaintiff alleged that defendant failed 2 to conduct a timely semi-annual review to determine whether the minutes and recordings of the meetings at issue should remain confidential (see 5 ILCS 120/2.06(d) (West 2022)) and further ran afoul of this obligation by…”
— 5 ILCS 120/2.06(e) — 5 cases
Kodish v. Oakbrook Terrace Fire Prot. Dist., 235 F.R.D. 447 (N.D. Ill. 2006). “” 5 ILCS 120/2.06(e) (emphasis added). However, in balancing the need for truth against the privilege asserted, the Court finds that the privilege should not prevent disclosure necessary to the legal inquiry.”
Kibort v. Westrom, 862 N.E.2d 609 (Ill. App. Ct. 2007). “See 5 ILCS 120/2.06(e) (West 2004) (providing that “the verbatim record of a meeting [of a public body] closed to the public shall not be open for public inspection or subject to discovery in any administrative or judicial proceeding other than one brought to enforce the [Open…”
Jackson v. Joliet Police Dep't, The (N.D. Ill. 2022).
Dorman v. Madison Cnty. Bd., 2025 IL App (5th) 241355-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2025). “In addition, plaintiff alleged that defendant failed 2 to conduct a timely semi-annual review to determine whether the minutes and recordings of the meetings at issue should remain confidential (see 5 ILCS 120/2.06(d) (West 2022)) and further ran afoul of this obligation by…”
Kibort v. Westrom (Ill. App. Ct. 2007).
— 5 ILCS 120/2.06(g) — 7 cases
Eberhardt v. Vill. of Tinley Park, 2024 IL App (1st) 230139 (Ill. App. Ct. 2024). “06(g) of the Open Meetings Act (5 ILCS 120/2.06(g) (West 2020)) provides that “[a]ny person shall be permitted an opportunity to address public officials under the rules established and recorded by the public body.”
Roxana Cmty. Unit Sch. Dist. No. 1 v. Env't Prot. Agency, 2013 IL App (4th) 120825 (Ill. App. Ct. 2013). “” 5 ILCS 120/2.06(g) (West 2010). ¶ 58 Here, the Board’s rules restricted the opportunity to address that public body to written filings.”
Roxana Cmty. Unit Sch. Dist. No. 1 v. WRB Refining, 2012 IL App (4th) 120331 (Ill. App. Ct. 2012). “02 (West 2010)), (3) any person attending a public meeting must be allowed to address the public body (5 ILCS 120/2.06(g) (West 2010)), and (4) all meetings of the PCB “shall be open to the public” (415 ILCS 5/5(a) (West 2010)).”
Serv. Employees Int'l Union, Local 73 v. Bd. of Trs. of the Univ. of Illinois (C.D. Ill. 2023).
Serv. Employees Int'l Union, Local 73 v. Bd. of Trs. of the Univ. of Illinois (C.D. Ill. 2025).
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