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Bill	LINCOLN PRES LIBRARY-NEWSPAPER	Amends the State Historical Library Act. Provides that selected past editions of newspapers of this State that are preserved under a program within the Lincoln Presidential Library shall be preserved in accordance with industry standards (rather than being microphotographed). Provides that, upon payment of the required fee, any person or organization shall be granted access to the preserved edition (rather than being supplied with prints requested to be made from the negatives of the microphotographs). Provides that the required fee shall be determined by the State Historian and shall be equal to the cost incurred by the Lincoln Presidential Library in granting such access (rather than the cost of supplying the prints). Makes other changes. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	100th	HB 3234	Illinois HB 3234 (100th)	bill		enacted		3	31	2	2017-02-09	2017-08-18	openstates	ocd-bill/7a13e18a-e15a-4f5e-b98f-8e17b9b5968c	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3234&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=104903&SessionID=91&GA=100	853595d842672dbf17ae7628d27aa28aea282b45ffcc3d0cadae04f9a0c25204	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 3234 (100th) — LINCOLN PRES LIBRARY-NEWSPAPER

Amends the State Historical Library Act. Provides that selected past editions of newspapers of this State that are preserved under a program within the Lincoln Presidential Library shall be preserved in accordance with industry standards (rather than being microphotographed). Provides that, upon payment of the required fee, any person or organization shall be granted access to the preserved edition (rather than being supplied with prints requested to be made from the negatives of the microphotographs). Provides that the required fee shall be determined by the State Historian and shall be equal to the cost incurred by the Lincoln Presidential Library in granting such access (rather than the cost of supplying the prints). Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 55–2 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 108–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Barbara Flynn Currie — primary (person)
• Steven M. Landek — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-09 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie filing
• 2017-02-09 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-02-09 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2017-02-22 Assigned to State Government Administration Committee referral-committee
• 2017-03-15 Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2017-03-16 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-03-23 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2017-03-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-03-29 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark Batinick
• 2017-03-29 Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark Batinick
• 2017-03-30 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2017-03-30 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark Batinick
• 2017-03-30 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Nick Sauer
• 2017-03-30 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Tim Butler
• 2017-04-04 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2017-04-04 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2017-04-04 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
• 2017-04-04 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-04-04 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2017-04-25 Assigned to State Government referral-committee
• 2017-05-04 Do Pass State Government; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2017-05-04 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 5, 2017
• 2017-05-04 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Steven M. Landek
• 2017-05-18 Second Reading reading-2
• 2017-05-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 19, 2017
• 2017-05-25 Third Reading - Passed; 055-002-000 reading-3, passage
• 2017-05-25 Passed Both Houses
• 2017-06-23 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-08-18 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2017-08-18 Effective Date August 18, 2017
• 2017-08-18 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0164 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7a13e18a-e15a-4f5e-b98f-8e17b9b5968c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).