A key City Council committee in Chicago has advanced a plan on Thursday to tighten the city's ethics ordinance, which aims to ban registered lobbyists from contributing campaign funds to Chicago mayors and mayoral candidates. The proposed ordinance, spurred by allegations of improper contributions to Mayor Brandon Johnson's campaign, would impose fines and temporary suspensions on lobbyists who violate the new rules. This move comes as the Chicago City Council is also poised to fill two long-vacant seats on the city's Board of Ethics, following months of criticism directed at Mayor Johnson by good-government advocates. The ethics reforms, which have faced resistance from Mayor Johnson, are a response to calls for greater accountability and transparency in City Hall. Aldermen advanced these reforms over Mayor Johnson’s resistance to codifying restrictions Rahmbo put in place.