House Bill 5154, the bill that would allow McHenry County College to keep ex-President Walt Packard’s performance standards secret, passed the Illinois Senate overwhelmingly on December 1st.

The vote was 48-3.

The only local state senator who voted against this restriction of the Freedom of Information Act is Dan Duffy. Pam Althoff supported hiding Packard’s performance evaluations with her vote.

Pam Althoff voted for the rollback.

The roll call for House Bill 5154.

Here’s the article on the House amendatory veto override.

The vote there was closer. It “only” passed a bit over 2-1.