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Bill	FOIA-STORAGE & RETRIEVAL COSTS	Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Authorizes a public body to charge a records requester for the actual cost of retrieving and transporting public records from an off-site storage facility when the those records are maintained by a third-party storage company that is under contract with that public body. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 1716	Illinois HB 1716 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	58	3	2011-02-16	2011-08-26	openstates	ocd-bill/b28db7af-95da-4dfa-b37f-82a976767e3a	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1716&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=58898&SessionID=84&GA=97	cd38d06ae68ae075c43aefefc7f9411f090d96f4e4a7bfb2596c9fd208ee26c2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 1716 (97th) — FOIA-STORAGE & RETRIEVAL COSTS

Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Authorizes a public body to charge a records requester for the actual cost of retrieving and transporting public records from an off-site storage facility when the those records are maintained by a third-party storage company that is under contract with that public body. Effective immediately.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Concurrence, Amendment 1 — 84–31 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 70–44 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 43–16 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Barbara Flynn Currie — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-16 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jim Durkin filing
• 2011-02-16 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-02-16 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-02-22 Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Zalewski
• 2011-03-08 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Michael J. Zalewski amendment-introduction
• 2011-03-08 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-08 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee
• 2011-03-09 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2011-03-09 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-03-09 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-04-11 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-04-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-04-14 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 070-044-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-04-14 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
• 2011-04-14 Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
• 2011-04-14 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2011-04-14 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 15, 2011 reading-1
• 2011-04-18 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Ron Sandack
• 2011-04-22 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-22 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-04-27 Assigned to Executive referral-committee
• 2011-05-13 Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 31, 2011
• 2011-05-19 Held in Executive
• 2011-05-29 Re-referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-05-29 Approved for Consideration Assignments
• 2011-05-29 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 29, 2011
• 2011-05-29 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon amendment-introduction
• 2011-05-29 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-05-29 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Don Harmon
• 2011-05-29 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
• 2011-05-29 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Edward D. Maloney
• 2011-05-29 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Ron Sandack
• 2011-05-29 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive
• 2011-05-29 Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2011 reading-3
• 2011-05-29 Second Reading reading-2
• 2011-05-29 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 30, 2011
• 2011-05-30 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Executive; 011-001-003
• 2011-05-30 Recalled to Second Reading reading-2
• 2011-05-30 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Harmon amendment-passage
• 2011-05-30 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
• 2011-05-30 Third Reading - Passed; 043-016-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-05-31 Arrived in House introduction
• 2011-05-31 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
• 2011-05-31 Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
• 2011-05-31 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
• 2011-05-31 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-05-31 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Executive Committee referral-committee
• 2011-05-31 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Executive Committee; 011-000-000
• 2011-05-31 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 084-031-000
• 2011-05-31 Passed Both Houses
• 2011-05-31 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
• 2011-05-31 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
• 2011-05-31 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2011-06-29 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2011-08-26 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2011-08-26 Effective Date August 26, 2011
• 2011-08-26 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0579 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b28db7af-95da-4dfa-b37f-82a976767e3a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).