---
type: "Bill"
title: "PROPERTY TAX-LIBRARIES EXEMPT"
description: "PROPERTY TAX-LIBRARIES EXEMPT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "91st"
identifier: "SB 1296"
citation: "Illinois SB 1296 (91st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 42
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2000-01-12T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "2000-07-06T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/acf49981-fae8-48dd-a733-55dd26818677"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/91gatoc.html"
source_hash: "fafcbe3db15803694afd65a8a48b7a416aec4ffbd26ce05971ba37339f9dd6dc"
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 1296 (91st) — PROPERTY TAX-LIBRARIES EXEMPT

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **SB1296** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/sbgroups/sb/910SB1296LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BOWLES — cosponsor (person)
- DAVIS,MONIQUE — cosponsor (person)
- HOEFT — cosponsor (person)
- HOFFMAN — cosponsor (person)
- O'MALLEY — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2000-01-12T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2000-01-12T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-09T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE REVENUE `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-17T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS 006-000-000 SREV
- **2000-02-17T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 00-02-22
- **2000-02-23T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **2000-02-23T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 00-02-24
- **2000-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 058-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2000-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **2000-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** HOUSE SPONSOR HOFFMAN
- **2000-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2000-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2000-03-08T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR DAVIS,MONIQUE
- **2000-03-15T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR HOEFT
- **2000-03-16T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE REVENUE `referral-committee`
- **2000-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-REVENUE H
- **2000-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **2000-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS AMENDED/SHORT DEBATE 009-000-000 HREV
- **2000-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2000-03-29T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-HOFFMAN
- **2000-03-29T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **2000-03-29T00:00:00-06:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2000-04-05T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **2000-04-05T00:00:00-05:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **2000-04-07T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2000-04-07T00:00:00-05:00** TABLED PURSUANT TO RULE 40(a) HA #2
- **2000-04-07T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 117-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2000-04-07T00:00:00-05:00** SECRETARYS DESK - CONCURRENCE 01
- **2000-04-07T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01/BOWLES
- **2000-04-07T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION REFERRED TO SRUL
- **2000-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01/BOWLES
- **2000-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** RULES REFERS TO SREV
- **2000-04-11T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01/BOWLES
- **2000-04-11T00:00:00-05:00** BE APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION SREV/006-000-000
- **2000-04-12T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR O'MALLEY
- **2000-04-12T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01/BOWLES
- **2000-04-12T00:00:00-05:00** SEN CONCURS IN HSE AMENDMENTS (NO.) 01/059-000-000
- **2000-04-12T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **2000-05-11T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2000-07-06T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **2000-07-06T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 00-07-06
- **2000-07-06T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0897

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/acf49981-fae8-48dd-a733-55dd26818677`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).