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Bill 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. us/states/il Illinois General Assembly 103rd SB 99 Illinois SB 99 (103rd)
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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
  2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
  3. Senate Amendment 001 (committee substitute) — source
  4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Higher Education — 100 (pass) · lower
  • Higher Education — 100 (pass) · lower
  • Third Reading — 1060 (pass) · lower
  • Third Reading — 570 (pass) · lower
  • Higher Education — 110 (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; origin ocd-bill/ec002028-d65f-4a4e-bcf0-c5c2b5bb0c72. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).