republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/96th/hb-5289.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "FINANCE-LIBRARY SUPPORT"
description: "Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Public Library Support Fund. Provides that, within 30 days after the first day of each State fiscal year, the State Comptroller and State Treasurer shall transfer from the General Revenue Fund to the Public Library Support Fund an amount equal $20,000 multiplied by the number of residents of each public library district in the State in which at least 60% of the residents report a household income at or below the federal poverty level. Provides that the Secretary of State shall use moneys in the Public Library Support Fund to make grants to those public library districts. Provides that no public library district may receive more than $20,000 per resident of that public library district from the Fund in any State fiscal year. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 5289"
citation: "Illinois HB 5289 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 52
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2010-02-03"
last_action: "2011-03-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fcc18b8c-4a71-4daf-9182-21120fa35097"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5289&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=50302&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "98e5a59decbf1631af373bf42ef2bd1bb6e78bd71cc9429030fba1d97dfe1dd5"
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 5289 (96th) — FINANCE-LIBRARY SUPPORT

Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Public Library Support Fund. Provides that, within 30 days after the first day of each State fiscal year, the State Comptroller and State Treasurer shall transfer from the General Revenue Fund to the Public Library Support Fund an amount equal $20,000 multiplied by the number of residents of each public library district in the State in which at least 60% of the residents report a household income at or below the federal poverty level. Provides that the Secretary of State shall use moneys in the Public Library Support Fund to make grants to those public library districts. Provides that no public library district may receive more than $20,000 per resident of that public library district from the Fund in any State fiscal year. 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=09600HB5289&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=50302&DocNum=5289&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB5289eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=50302&DocNum=5289&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB5289enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=50302&DocNum=5289&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Concurrence — **93–21** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **100–15** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **50–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Linda Chapa LaVia — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-03** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. William Davis `filing`
- **2010-02-03** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-02-03** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-16** Assigned to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-10** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by State Government Administration Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2010-03-10** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in State Government Administration Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2010-03-10** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 010-005-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-03-10** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-03-16** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. William Davis `amendment-introduction`
- **2010-03-16** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-17** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2010-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-03-22** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-03-22** Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2010-03-22** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2010-03-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-03-22** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Al Riley
- **2010-03-23** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 100-015-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-03-23** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa M. Dugan
- **2010-03-23** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert Rita
- **2010-03-23** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2010-03-23** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 24, 2010 `reading-1`
- **2010-04-15** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg
- **2010-04-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-04-20** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-20** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson
- **2010-04-20** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg
- **2010-12-29** Assigned to Revenue `referral-committee`
- **2011-01-03** Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As January 11, 2011
- **2011-01-04** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. A. J. Wilhelmi
- **2011-01-04** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. A. J. Wilhelmi `amendment-introduction`
- **2011-01-04** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-01-04** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Revenue
- **2011-01-04** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2011-01-04** Do Pass as Amended Revenue; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-01-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading January 4, 2011
- **2011-01-04** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-01-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading January 5, 2011
- **2011-01-06** Third Reading - Passed; 050-006-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-01-06** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2011-01-06** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2011-01-06** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- **2011-01-06** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2011-01-06** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-01-09** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-01-10** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 015-000-000
- **2011-01-10** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 093-021-000
- **2011-01-10** Passed Both Houses
- **2011-01-11** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2011-03-10** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2011-03-10** Effective Date March 10, 2011
- **2011-03-10** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1546 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fcc18b8c-4a71-4daf-9182-21120fa35097`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).