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| Bill | HIGHER ED-FACULTY-OFF CONTACT | Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities and community colleges in Illinois. Provides that all faculty and staff members of a university or community college are free to communicate their views on any matter of private or public concern to any member of the legislative, executive, or judicial branch of government, State or federal, without notice to or prior approval of the university or community college, so long as they do not represent that they are speaking for or on behalf of the university or community college. Effective immediately. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 96th | HB 898 | Illinois HB 898 (96th) |
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enacted | 3 | 31 | 2 | 2009-02-10 | 2009-08-07 | openstates | ocd-bill/34f7ad58-4e1d-4e01-abae-4bad799e2ff1 | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=898&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=42457&SessionID=76&GA=96 | 9c7bee10d3caeed40627726c2de69fa0248f6e07b06aeacca37d2b7744cf331e | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois HB 898 (96th) — HIGHER ED-FACULTY-OFF CONTACT
Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities and community colleges in Illinois. Provides that all faculty and staff members of a university or community college are free to communicate their views on any matter of private or public concern to any member of the legislative, executive, or judicial branch of government, State or federal, without notice to or prior approval of the university or community college, so long as they do not represent that they are speaking for or on behalf of the university or community college. Effective immediately.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 115–0 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Naomi D. Jakobsson — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2009-02-10 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
filing - 2009-02-10 First Reading
reading-1 - 2009-02-10 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2009-02-18 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Chapin Rose
- 2009-02-18 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Luis Arroyo
- 2009-02-18 Assigned to Higher Education Committee
referral-committee - 2009-02-20 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang
- 2009-02-25 Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 007-000-000
committee-passage - 2009-02-26 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2009-03-17 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2009-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2009-03-25 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland
- 2009-03-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black
- 2009-03-25 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-001
reading-3, passage - 2009-03-26 Arrive in Senate
introduction - 2009-03-26 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
reading-1 - 2009-03-26 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Michael W. Frerichs
- 2009-03-26 First Reading
reading-1 - 2009-03-26 Referred to Assignments
referral-committee - 2009-04-22 Assigned to Higher Education
referral-committee - 2009-04-24 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Noland
- 2009-04-29 Do Pass Higher Education; 009-000-000
committee-passage - 2009-04-29 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 30, 2009
- 2009-05-12 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2009-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2009
- 2009-05-13 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2009-05-13 Passed Both Houses
- 2009-06-09 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2009-08-07 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2009-08-07 Effective Date August 7, 2009
- 2009-08-07 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0147
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/34f7ad58-4e1d-4e01-abae-4bad799e2ff1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).