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+type: "Bill"
+title: "HIGHER ED STUDENTS-DISABILITY"
+description: "Creates the Respond, Innovate, Succeed, and Empower Act. Requires a public institution of higher education to adopt a policy that makes certain documentation submitted by an enrolled or admitted student sufficient to establish that the student is an individual with a disability. Requires the policy to be transparent and explicit regarding information about the process by which the public institution of higher education determines eligibility for accommodations for an individual with a disability. Provides that each public institution of higher education shall disseminate such information to students, parents, and faculty in accessible formats and make the information readily available on a public website of the institution. Allows a public institution of higher education to establish less burdensome criteria to establish whether an enrolled or admitted student is an individual with a disability. Requires a public institution of higher education to engage in an interactive process to establish a reasonable accommodation for an individual pursuant to the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "103rd"
+identifier: "SB 99"
+citation: "Illinois SB 99 (103rd)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Gregg Johnson", "Laura Fine"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 57
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2023-01-24"
+last_action: "2023-06-09"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec002028-d65f-4a4e-bcf0-c5c2b5bb0c72"
+source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=99&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=143425&SessionID=112"
+source_hash: "9e4e5d7e8a4cc200ec6533f1e81bd1d9cbb94ccb66b742fe59e3e6dcc3858e73"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
+---
+
+# Illinois SB 99 (103rd) — HIGHER ED STUDENTS-DISABILITY
+
+Creates the Respond, Innovate, Succeed, and Empower Act. Requires a public institution of higher education to adopt a policy that makes certain documentation submitted by an enrolled or admitted student sufficient to establish that the student is an individual with a disability. Requires the policy to be transparent and explicit regarding information about the process by which the public institution of higher education determines eligibility for accommodations for an individual with a disability. Provides that each public institution of higher education shall disseminate such information to students, parents, and faculty in accessible formats and make the information readily available on a public website of the institution. Allows a public institution of higher education to establish less burdensome criteria to establish whether an enrolled or admitted student is an individual with a disability. Requires a public institution of higher education to engage in an interactive process to establish a reasonable accommodation for an individual pursuant to the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB0099.pdf)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB0099eng.pdf)
+3. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB0099sam001.pdf)
+4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB0099enr.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Higher Education — **10–0** (pass) · lower
+- Higher Education — **10–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **106–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · lower
+- Higher Education — **11–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Gregg Johnson — primary (person)
+- Laura Fine — primary (person)
+- Abdelnasser Rashid — cosponsor (person)
+- Adriane Johnson — cosponsor (person)
+- Andrew S. Chesney — cosponsor (person)
+- Ann Gillespie — cosponsor (person)
+- Camille Y. Lilly — cosponsor (person)
+- Celina Villanueva — cosponsor (person)
+- Cristina Castro — cosponsor (person)
+- Cyril Nichols — cosponsor (person)
+- Dan Swanson — cosponsor (person)
+- Diane Blair-Sherlock — cosponsor (person)
+- Elgie R. Sims, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Harry Benton — cosponsor (person)
+- Hoan Huynh — cosponsor (person)
+- Janet Yang Rohr — cosponsor (person)
+- Javier L. Cervantes — cosponsor (person)
+- Julie A. Morrison — cosponsor (person)
+- Karina Villa — cosponsor (person)
+- Laura Ellman — cosponsor (person)
+- Laura M. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
+- Mary Edly-Allen — cosponsor (person)
+- Maurice A. West, II — cosponsor (person)
+- Meg Loughran Cappel — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael W. Halpin — cosponsor (person)
+- Nabeela Syed — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul Faraci — cosponsor (person)
+- Rachel Ventura — cosponsor (person)
+- Sara Feigenholtz — cosponsor (person)
+- Sharon Chung — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-24** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Laura Fine `filing`
+- **2023-01-24** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2023-01-24** Referred to Assignments
+- **2023-02-07** Assigned to Higher Education `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-23** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
+- **2023-03-02** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Laura Fine `amendment-introduction`
+- **2023-03-02** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
+- **2023-03-07** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Higher Education
+- **2023-03-07** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Higher Education `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-03-08** Do Pass as Amended Higher Education; 010-000-000
+- **2023-03-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 9, 2023 `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-09** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
+- **2023-03-09** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
+- **2023-03-09** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
+- **2023-03-09** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachel Ventura
+- **2023-03-09** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael W. Halpin
+- **2023-03-09** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Javier L. Cervantes
+- **2023-03-09** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel
+- **2023-03-09** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Ellman
+- **2023-03-10** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Paul Faraci
+- **2023-03-10** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Ann Gillespie
+- **2023-03-10** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Celina Villanueva
+- **2023-03-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 21, 2023
+- **2023-03-17** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
+- **2023-03-20** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
+- **2023-03-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** March 24, 2023
+- **2023-03-23** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Karina Villa
+- **2023-03-24** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Sara Feigenholtz
+- **2023-03-28** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Andrew S. Chesney
+- **2023-03-29** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-03-30** Arrived in House `introduction`
+- **2023-03-30** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Gregg Johnson
+- **2023-03-30** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-30** Referred to Rules Committee
+- **2023-04-11** Assigned to Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-18** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sharon Chung
+- **2023-04-19** Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 011-000-000
+- **2023-04-20** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II
+- **2023-04-20** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Swanson
+- **2023-04-20** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Benton
+- **2023-04-20** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Diane Blair-Sherlock
+- **2023-04-20** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Nabeela Syed
+- **2023-04-20** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-21** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Janet Yang Rohr
+- **2023-04-27** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2023-05-04** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 106-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-05-04** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Hoan Huynh
+- **2023-05-04** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid
+- **2023-05-04** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Cyril Nichols
+- **2023-05-04** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
+- **2023-05-04** Passed Both Houses
+- **2023-06-02** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2023-06-09** Effective Date January 1, 2024
+- **2023-06-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0058 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ec002028-d65f-4a4e-bcf0-c5c2b5bb0c72`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
+