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Bill	PRISONER ACCESS JOB WEBSITES	Amends the Department of Innovation and Technology Act and the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the Director of Corrections and the Secretary of Innovation and Technology shall jointly adopt a rule or best practices protocol that permits each committed person in a Department of Corrections institution or facility to access specific and approved job search and career building websites within a specified period before the person's release from the Department of Corrections institution or facility and to access only those job search and career building websites.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	101st	SB 156	Illinois SB 156 (101st)	bill		enacted		3	41	2	2019-01-29	2019-08-16	openstates	ocd-bill/966fff2f-3f03-4acf-b534-879a6097b6c0	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=156&GAID=15&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=115843&SessionID=108&GA=101	a0a9a7ffe4c56307a17563209dc988647ee4deaa56e76244944db5181bb11960	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 156 (101st) — PRISONER ACCESS JOB WEBSITES

Amends the Department of Innovation and Technology Act and the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the Director of Corrections and the Secretary of Innovation and Technology shall jointly adopt a rule or best practices protocol that permits each committed person in a Department of Corrections institution or facility to access specific and approved job search and career building websites within a specified period before the person's release from the Department of Corrections institution or facility and to access only those job search and career building websites.

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 — 116–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 59–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Amy Grant — cosponsor (person)
• André Thapedi — cosponsor (person)
• Arthur Turner — cosponsor (person)
• Camille Y. Lilly — cosponsor (person)
• Christopher Belt — cosponsor (person)
• Chuck Weaver — primary (person)
• Daniel Swanson — cosponsor (person)
• Elgie R. Sims, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Jacqueline Y. Collins — cosponsor (person)
• Kelly M. Cassidy — cosponsor (person)
• LaToya Greenwood — cosponsor (person)
• Maurice A. West, II — cosponsor (person)
• Mike Murphy — cosponsor (person)
• Pat McGuire — cosponsor (person)
• Randy E. Frese — cosponsor (person)
• Rita Mayfield — primary (person)
• Scott M. Bennett — cosponsor (person)
• Sonya M. Harper — cosponsor (person)
• Tony McCombie — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-29 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Chuck Weaver filing
• 2019-01-29 First Reading reading-1
• 2019-01-29 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2019-02-06 Assigned to State Government referral-committee
• 2019-02-21 Do Pass State Government; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2019-02-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 5, 2019
• 2019-02-21 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pat McGuire
• 2019-03-05 Second Reading reading-2
• 2019-03-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 6, 2019
• 2019-03-06 Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2019-03-06 Arrived in House introduction
• 2019-03-06 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Scott M. Bennett
• 2019-03-07 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
• 2019-03-07 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
• 2019-03-07 First Reading reading-1
• 2019-03-07 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2019-03-19 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt
• 2019-03-19 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2019-04-09 Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee referral-committee
• 2019-04-30 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Criminal Committee; 017-000-000 committee-passage
• 2019-05-01 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
• 2019-05-01 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel Swanson
• 2019-05-01 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II
• 2019-05-01 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Tony McCombie
• 2019-05-01 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur Turner
• 2019-05-02 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2019-05-14 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2019-05-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2019-05-21 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2019-05-21 Passed Both Houses
• 2019-05-21 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Murphy
• 2019-05-21 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Randy E. Frese
• 2019-05-21 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper
• 2019-05-21 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. LaToya Greenwood
• 2019-05-21 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. André Thapedi
• 2019-05-21 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Amy Grant
• 2019-05-21 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
• 2019-06-19 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-08-16 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2019-08-16 Effective Date January 1, 2020
• 2019-08-16 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0397 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/966fff2f-3f03-4acf-b534-879a6097b6c0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).