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type: "Bill"
title: "HIGHER ED-OPEN ACCESS RESEARCH"
description: "Creates the Open Access to Research Articles Act. Provides that no later than 12 months after the effective date of the Act, each public institution of higher education shall develop an open access to research articles policy. Provides that all public institutions of higher education shall develop policies that provide for the submission, by all faculty employed by the public institution of higher education, to the employing institution of an electronic version of the author's final manuscript of original research papers upon acceptance by a scholarly research journal; the incorporation of certain changes and replacements regarding the manuscript; free online public access to the final peer-reviewed manuscripts or published versions upon publication; an irrevocable, worldwide copyright license granted by the author to the public; production of an online bibliography of all research papers that are publicly accessible; and long-term preservation of, and free public access to, published research articles. Sets forth provisions concerning applicability, other policy requirements, and reporting requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "SB 1900"
citation: "Illinois SB 1900 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 50
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-02-15"
last_action: "2013-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3d09dc1-d4ca-4643-91a6-edd774ecc4f9"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1900&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=73096&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "e9e5a72f90eaa779805a1013975187996eef4358e9816155526a109d38f41849"
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 SB 1900 (98th) — HIGHER ED-OPEN ACCESS RESEARCH
Creates the Open Access to Research Articles Act. Provides that no later than 12 months after the effective date of the Act, each public institution of higher education shall develop an open access to research articles policy. Provides that all public institutions of higher education shall develop policies that provide for the submission, by all faculty employed by the public institution of higher education, to the employing institution of an electronic version of the author's final manuscript of original research papers upon acceptance by a scholarly research journal; the incorporation of certain changes and replacements regarding the manuscript; free online public access to the final peer-reviewed manuscripts or published versions upon publication; an irrevocable, worldwide copyright license granted by the author to the public; production of an online bibliography of all research papers that are publicly accessible; and long-term preservation of, and free public access to, published research articles. Sets forth provisions concerning applicability, other policy requirements, and reporting requirements.
## 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=09800SB1900&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=73096&DocNum=1900&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB1900eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=73096&DocNum=1900&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB1900enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=73096&DocNum=1900&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **9816** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **520** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Camille Y. Lilly — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Biss — primary (person)
- Kathleen Willis — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2013-02-15** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Daniel Biss `filing`
- **2013-02-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-02-15** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-20** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- **2013-02-27** Assigned to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-05** Postponed - Higher Education
- **2013-03-13** Postponed - Higher Education
- **2013-03-15** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Daniel Biss `amendment-introduction`
- **2013-03-15** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-19** Postponed - Higher Education
- **2013-03-21** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Higher Education
- **2013-03-22** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 19, 2013
- **2013-04-10** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Daniel Biss `amendment-introduction`
- **2013-04-10** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-16** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Higher Education
- **2013-04-16** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-17** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Higher Education
- **2013-04-17** Do Pass as Amended Higher Education; 008-004-000 `committee-passage`
- **2013-04-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 18, 2013
- **2013-04-18** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Daniel Biss `amendment-introduction`
- **2013-04-18** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-18** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 23, 2013
- **2013-04-19** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-23** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Assignments Refers to Higher Education
- **2013-04-25** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommend Do Adopt Higher Education; 008-000-000
- **2013-04-25** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-25** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted; Biss `amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2013-04-25** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2013-04-25** Third Reading - Passed; 052-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2013-04-25** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) `amendment-failure`
- **2013-04-26** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2013-04-26** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Kelly Burke
- **2013-04-29** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-29** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-29** Assigned to Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-08** Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2013-05-09** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2013-05-09** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Al Riley
- **2013-05-10** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2013-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2013-05-16** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 098-016-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2013-05-16** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen Willis
- **2013-05-16** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
- **2013-05-16** Passed Both Houses
- **2013-06-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-08-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2013-08-09** Effective Date August 9, 2013
- **2013-08-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0295 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c3d09dc1-d4ca-4643-91a6-edd774ecc4f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).