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Legislative Information Center | Office of the Chicago City Clerk

The Office of the City Clerk's Legislative Information Center provides online access to Chicago City Council records between December 1, 2010 and present. Here at the Legislative Information Center, you can search for and browse:

Legislation

View ordinances, resolutions, orders, claims, and other legislation. Legislative records contain detailed information including sponsors, actions taken, important dates, passage/failure status, full text of the legislation, and a downloadable .pdf of the originally submitted legislative document.

Meetings

Browse City Council meetings and Committee meetings. A meeting record will contain the date, time, and location of the meeting, a list of all considered legislation, the notice, the agenda and the recorded minutes.

Videos of all City Council meetings between July 2011 to December 2019 available here.
City Council Meeting videos for January 2020 to present available here.

Legislative Bodies

Browse committee records including meeting history, members, jurisdiction and pending legislation.

Council Members

Find council member's contact information (including website links and social media links), committee membership, and sponsored legislation.

For general questions about the Office of the Chicago City Clerk, please contact the main City Hall Office at (312) 744-8590. For questions about legislation or the Clerk's online Legislative Information Center, please contact the City Clerk's Council Division at (312) 744-6870.