republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/96th/hb-49.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "ST PROP CONTROL-LIBRARY BOOKS"
description: "Amends the State Library Act and the State Property Control Act. With respect to the transfer of books, serial publications, and other library materials to which the Act's transfer procedures do not apply, (i) adds those items that have been withdrawn from the transferring agency's library collection through a regular collection evaluation process and (ii) adds non-profit agencies, whether located in or outside Illinois, to the list of entities to which such items may be transferred. Authorizes an agency with withdrawn books, serial publications, or other library materials to sell those items to the public at library book sales or to book dealers or to offer those items through exchange to book dealers or to organizations. Provides that revenues generated from such sales shall be (i) retained by the agency and used for the purchase of library materials or (ii) in the case of the State Library, deposited into the State Library Fund. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 49"
citation: "Illinois HB 49 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-01-09"
last_action: "2009-08-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9cdbb2c-707d-4267-a51f-c747d0bf8d40"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=49&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=40060&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "d73fc5fe428c2c07eca01c96307d44081c4864c6ba2f8523545cbd861a2501c0"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---

# Illinois HB 49 (96th) — ST PROP CONTROL-LIBRARY BOOKS

Amends the State Library Act and the State Property Control Act. With respect to the transfer of books, serial publications, and other library materials to which the Act's transfer procedures do not apply, (i) adds those items that have been withdrawn from the transferring agency's library collection through a regular collection evaluation process and (ii) adds non-profit agencies, whether located in or outside Illinois, to the list of entities to which such items may be transferred. Authorizes an agency with withdrawn books, serial publications, or other library materials to sell those items to the public at library book sales or to book dealers or to offer those items through exchange to book dealers or to organizations. Provides that revenues generated from such sales shall be (i) retained by the agency and used for the purchase of library materials or (ii) in the case of the State Library, deposited into the State Library Fund. Effective immediately.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB0049&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=40060&DocNum=49&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB0049eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=40060&DocNum=49&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB0049enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=40060&DocNum=49&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dan Brady — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-01-09** Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Dan Brady `filing`
- **2009-01-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-01-14** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-04** Assigned to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-10** Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 017-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-02-10** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-02-11** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-02-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-02-18** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
- **2009-02-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland
- **2009-02-20** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-02-25** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2009-02-25** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-25** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- **2009-02-25** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-25** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-22** Assigned to State Government and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-23** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Noland
- **2009-04-30** Do Pass State Government and Veterans Affairs; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-04-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 5, 2009
- **2009-05-07** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-05-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** May 18, 2009
- **2009-05-19** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. A. J. Wilhelmi
- **2009-05-19** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-05-19** Passed Both Houses
- **2009-06-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-14** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-14** Effective Date August 14, 2009
- **2009-08-14** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0498 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b9cdbb2c-707d-4267-a51f-c747d0bf8d40`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).