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type: "Bill"
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title: "HIGHER ED-FACULTY-POL DISPLAY"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
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legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
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session: "96th"
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identifier: "HB 899"
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citation: "Illinois HB 899 (96th)"
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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: 30
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2009-02-10"
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last_action: "2009-08-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c1d4b24-ecea-4ff5-ba60-7ee47470ea17"
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source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=899&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=42458&SessionID=76&GA=96"
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source_hash: "e37ea3550dd069c6e3846273739cd512db7308303e468bf9119f030576cf4c26"
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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 HB 899 (96th) — HIGHER ED-FACULTY-POL DISPLAY
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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.
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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=09600HB0899&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=42458&DocNum=899&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB0899eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=42458&DocNum=899&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB0899enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=42458&DocNum=899&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **115–1** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **55–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Naomi D. Jakobsson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2009-02-10** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson `filing`
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- **2009-02-10** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2009-02-10** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2009-02-18** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Chapin Rose
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- **2009-02-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Luis Arroyo
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- **2009-02-18** Assigned to Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2009-02-25** Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2009-02-26** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2009-03-25** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black
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- **2009-03-25** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2009-03-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2009-03-31** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
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- **2009-03-31** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
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- **2009-04-01** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2009-04-02** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
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- **2009-04-02** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 21, 2009 `reading-1`
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- **2009-04-02** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Michael W. Frerichs
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- **2009-04-15** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2009-04-15** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
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- **2009-04-22** Assigned to Higher Education `referral-committee`
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- **2009-04-29** Do Pass Higher Education; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2009-04-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 30, 2009
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- **2009-05-12** Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2009-05-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2009
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- **2009-05-13** Third Reading - Passed; 055-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2009-05-13** Passed Both Houses
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- **2009-06-09** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2009-08-07** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
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- **2009-08-07** Effective Date August 7, 2009
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- **2009-08-07** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0148 `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/2c1d4b24-ecea-4ff5-ba60-7ee47470ea17`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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