republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/95th/hb-237.md

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Bill	LIBRARIES-CONFIDENTIALITY	Amends the Library Records Confidentiality Act. Sets forth procedures under which a library may publish or make any information contained in its records available to the public if the information is requested by a sworn law enforcement officer who represents that it is impractical to secure a court order as a result of an emergency where the law enforcement officer has probable cause to believe that there is an imminent danger of physical harm. Provides that these procedures shall not alter any right to challenge the use or dissemination of patron information that is otherwise permitted by law. Provides that the disclosure of information under these provisions does not constitute a privacy violation or a breach of confidentiality.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	95th	HB 237	Illinois HB 237 (95th)	bill		enacted		3	28	2	2007-01-10	2007-08-10	openstates	ocd-bill/dbd2549a-d4c2-4bd7-b84d-033c748d9440	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=237&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=26966&SessionID=51&GA=95	901c7c5efc52917eb36ace8e227f41e5a227b489fbcda02f5ca7ae3d2bbbd864	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 237 (95th) — LIBRARIES-CONFIDENTIALITY

Amends the Library Records Confidentiality Act. Sets forth procedures under which a library may publish or make any information contained in its records available to the public if the information is requested by a sworn law enforcement officer who represents that it is impractical to secure a court order as a result of an emergency where the law enforcement officer has probable cause to believe that there is an imminent danger of physical harm. Provides that these procedures shall not alter any right to challenge the use or dissemination of patron information that is otherwise permitted by law. Provides that the disclosure of information under these provisions does not constitute a privacy violation or a breach of confidentiality.

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 — 109–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Joe Dunn — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2007-01-10 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Joe Dunn filing
• 2007-01-19 First Reading reading-1
• 2007-01-19 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2007-01-31 Assigned to Local Government Committee referral-committee
• 2007-02-22 Do Pass / Short Debate Local Government Committee; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2007-02-23 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2007-03-13 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2007-03-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2007-03-15 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2007-03-15 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Tom Cross
• 2007-03-20 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2007-03-20 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 21, 2007 reading-1
• 2007-03-20 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Randall M. Hultgren
• 2007-03-21 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kirk W. Dillard
• 2007-03-21 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Susan Garrett
• 2007-03-22 First Reading reading-1
• 2007-03-22 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2007-03-30 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2007-04-19 Do Pass Local Government; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2007-04-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 20, 2007
• 2007-05-03 Second Reading reading-2
• 2007-05-03 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 8, 2007
• 2007-05-15 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2007-05-15 Passed Both Houses
• 2007-06-13 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2007-08-10 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2007-08-10 Effective Date January 1, 2008
• 2007-08-10 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0040 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dbd2549a-d4c2-4bd7-b84d-033c748d9440. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).