republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/98th/sb-3071.md

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Bill	LIBRARIES-CONTRACT BIDS	Amends the Illinois Local Library Act and the Public Library District Act of 1991. Provides that libraries are not required to accept the lowest contract bid for certain projects when the cost is in excess of $20,000 if the bid does not meet the library's established specifications, terms of delivery, quality, and serviceability requirements. Sets forth the types of contracts that are not subject to competitive bidding. Exempts emergency expenditures from competitive bidding when the emergency expenditure is approved by 3/4 of the members of the board.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	SB 3071	Illinois SB 3071 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	24	2	2014-02-07	2014-08-15	openstates	ocd-bill/51117f93-96d8-4f54-89dd-aa5dbf55c56b	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3071&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=79462&SessionID=85&GA=98	b46f90aa8aa547cbdacfb2ffd57334f32121c9dbcc22008e48bc1e0d37749398	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 3071 (98th) — LIBRARIES-CONTRACT BIDS

Amends the Illinois Local Library Act and the Public Library District Act of 1991. Provides that libraries are not required to accept the lowest contract bid for certain projects when the cost is in excess of $20,000 if the bid does not meet the library's established specifications, terms of delivery, quality, and serviceability requirements. Sets forth the types of contracts that are not subject to competitive bidding. Exempts emergency expenditures from competitive bidding when the emergency expenditure is approved by 3/4 of the members of the board.

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

• Third Reading — 82–33 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 56–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bill Cunningham — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-02-07 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Bill Cunningham filing
• 2014-02-07 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-02-07 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2014-02-19 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2014-02-26 Do Pass Local Government; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-02-26 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 27, 2014
• 2014-02-27 Second Reading reading-2
• 2014-02-27 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 4, 2014
• 2014-03-05 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-03-05 Arrived in House introduction
• 2014-03-05 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Kelly Burke
• 2014-03-05 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-03-05 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-04-23 Assigned to State Government Administration Committee referral-committee
• 2014-05-07 Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 011-003-000 committee-passage
• 2014-05-07 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-05-13 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2014-05-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-05-20 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 082-033-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-05-20 Passed Both Houses
• 2014-06-18 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-08-15 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2014-08-15 Effective Date January 1, 2015
• 2014-08-15 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0952 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/51117f93-96d8-4f54-89dd-aa5dbf55c56b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).