---
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).