Sen. Ann Gillespie (D-Arlington Heights) and several Republican lawmakers outlined a new bill during a Monday news conference that would revamp the state’s ethics laws.

After months of delay, lawmakers on Monday introduced and approved a proposal that will revamp the state’s ethics laws. While Democrats and some Republicans touted the measure as a necessary step to move the state past a recent string of corruption scandals, critics said the provisions included in the bill did not go far enough.