House Majority Leader Greg Harris introduced an 87-page amendment on the final night of the lame duck session that provides insights of the direction lawmakers might go in terms of ethics reform.

When a late-night effort to revamp Illinois’ ethics and lobbying laws was among the many bills that failed to reach a vote during the waning hours of the 101^st General Assembly, advocacy groups, which have long pushed for change, had a surprising reaction.

They welcomed the bill’s failure.