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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.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
- Senate Amendment 001 (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
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; origin ocd-bill/ec002028-d65f-4a4e-bcf0-c5c2b5bb0c72. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).