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| Bill | HIGHER ED-FACULTY-POL DISPLAY | Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities and community colleges in Illinois. Provides that a university or community college may not prohibit any faculty or staff member from (i) displaying political buttons, stickers, or patches while on university or community college property, provided that such display by any member of the faculty in an instructional setting is for a purpose relevant to the subject of instruction; (ii) attending a partisan political rally, provided that the employee is not on duty; or (iii) displaying a partisan bumper sticker on his or her motor vehicle. Effective immediately. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 96th | HB 899 | Illinois HB 899 (96th) |
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enacted | 3 | 30 | 2 | 2009-02-10 | 2009-08-07 | openstates | ocd-bill/2c1d4b24-ecea-4ff5-ba60-7ee47470ea17 | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=899&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=42458&SessionID=76&GA=96 | e37ea3550dd069c6e3846273739cd512db7308303e468bf9119f030576cf4c26 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois HB 899 (96th) — HIGHER ED-FACULTY-POL DISPLAY
Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities and community colleges in Illinois. Provides that a university or community college may not prohibit any faculty or staff member from (i) displaying political buttons, stickers, or patches while on university or community college property, provided that such display by any member of the faculty in an instructional setting is for a purpose relevant to the subject of instruction; (ii) attending a partisan political rally, provided that the employee is not on duty; or (iii) displaying a partisan bumper sticker on his or her motor vehicle. Effective immediately.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 115–1 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 55–1 (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 - 2009-02-25 Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 007-000-000
committee-passage - 2009-02-26 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2009-03-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black
- 2009-03-25 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2009-03-25 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2009-03-31 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- 2009-03-31 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
- 2009-04-01 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-001-000
reading-3, passage - 2009-04-02 Arrive in Senate
introduction - 2009-04-02 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 21, 2009
reading-1 - 2009-04-02 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Michael W. Frerichs
- 2009-04-15 First Reading
reading-1 - 2009-04-15 Referred to Assignments
referral-committee - 2009-04-22 Assigned to Higher Education
referral-committee - 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; 055-001-000
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 . . . . . . . . . 96-0148
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2c1d4b24-ecea-4ff5-ba60-7ee47470ea17. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).