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type: "Bill"
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title: "COLLEGE CAMPUS PRESS ACT"
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description: "Creates the College Campus Press Act. Provides that all campus media produced primarily by students at a State-sponsored institution of higher learning is a public forum for expression by the student journalists and editors at the particular institution. Provides that campus media, whether campus-sponsored or noncampus-sponsored, is not subject to prior review by public officials of those institutions. Provides that collegiate student editors of campus media are responsible for determining the news, opinions, feature content, and advertising content of campus media. Provides for an exception for teaching professional standards of grammar and journalism. Prohibits a collegiate media adviser from being terminated, transferred, removed, otherwise disciplined, or retaliated against for refusing to suppress protected free expression rights of collegiate student journalists and of collegiate student editors. Allows a collegiate student or collegiate media advisor to commence a civil action to obtain appropriate injunctive and declaratory relief; provides for the awarding of attorney's fees. Distinguishes campus policy. Allows for discipline for unprotected speech. Contains a severability clause. Effective immediately."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
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legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
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session: "95th"
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identifier: "SB 729"
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citation: "Illinois SB 729 (95th)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 47
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2007-02-08"
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last_action: "2007-08-31"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d5a30115-284c-4ea2-ba6f-4d9bad9d6d16"
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source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=729&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=28617&SessionID=51&GA=95"
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source_hash: "964fce98997641f402879081e46b81a70e2f0adf714fff784178beac06e15652"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
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---
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# Illinois SB 729 (95th) — COLLEGE CAMPUS PRESS ACT
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Creates the College Campus Press Act. Provides that all campus media produced primarily by students at a State-sponsored institution of higher learning is a public forum for expression by the student journalists and editors at the particular institution. Provides that campus media, whether campus-sponsored or noncampus-sponsored, is not subject to prior review by public officials of those institutions. Provides that collegiate student editors of campus media are responsible for determining the news, opinions, feature content, and advertising content of campus media. Provides for an exception for teaching professional standards of grammar and journalism. Prohibits a collegiate media adviser from being terminated, transferred, removed, otherwise disciplined, or retaliated against for refusing to suppress protected free expression rights of collegiate student journalists and of collegiate student editors. Allows a collegiate student or collegiate media advisor to commence a civil action to obtain appropriate injunctive and declaratory relief; provides for the awarding of attorney's fees. Distinguishes campus policy. Allows for discipline for unprotected speech. Contains a severability clause. Effective immediately.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0729&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=28617&DocNum=729&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0729eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=28617&DocNum=729&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0729enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=28617&DocNum=729&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **112–2** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper
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- Concurrence, Amendment 1 — **53–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Lisa M. Dugan — cosponsor (person)
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- Susan Garrett — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2007-02-08** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Susan Garrett `filing`
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- **2007-02-08** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2007-02-08** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2007-02-21** Assigned to Higher Education `referral-committee`
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- **2007-03-02** Postponed - Higher Education
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- **2007-03-02** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale A. Righter
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- **2007-03-02** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Bill Brady
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- **2007-03-08** Do Pass Higher Education; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2007-03-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 13, 2007
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- **2007-03-14** Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2007-03-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 15, 2007
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- **2007-03-15** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Kotowski
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- **2007-03-15** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2007-03-15** Arrived in House `introduction`
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- **2007-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2007-03-15** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
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- **2007-03-15** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2007-03-15** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2007-03-21** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Brady
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- **2007-04-30** Assigned to Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2007-05-08** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin A. McCarthy
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- **2007-05-09** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
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- **2007-05-16** Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 010-002-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2007-05-17** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2007-05-17** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Careen M Gordon
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- **2007-05-17** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa M. Dugan
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- **2007-05-24** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2007-05-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2007-05-30** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson `amendment-introduction`
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- **2007-05-30** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2007-05-31** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2007-05-31** Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2007-05-31** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2007-05-31** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2007-05-31** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-002-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2007-05-31** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01
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- **2007-05-31** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01 - June 1, 2007
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- **2007-05-31** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Susan Garrett `filing`
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- **2007-05-31** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2007-06-05** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
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- **2007-06-06** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Higher Education; 007-000-000
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- **2007-06-06** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 053-000-000
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- **2007-06-06** Passed Both Houses
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- **2007-07-05** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2007-08-31** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
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- **2007-08-31** Effective Date June 1, 2008
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- **2007-08-31** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0580 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d5a30115-284c-4ea2-ba6f-4d9bad9d6d16`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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