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Bill	LIBRARIES-GRANTS AND RESEARCH	Amends the Illinois Library System Act. Indefinitely extends a waiver of a grant eligibility requirement which expired after the State Fiscal Year 2015. Repeals a section allowing the State Librarian to designate Research and Reference Centers and Special Resource Centers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the Chicago Public Library, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, and the Illinois State Library. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	99th	SB 2255	Illinois SB 2255 (99th)	bill		enacted		3	42	2	2016-01-27	2016-07-22	openstates	ocd-bill/18bec09c-1ea6-4465-b97c-a2878e3a8dc0	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2255&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=93380&SessionID=88&GA=99	7a94c659166f5da28d878f18804b4c69bbccaf830128d857f350527c9bd11e2f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2255 (99th) — LIBRARIES-GRANTS AND RESEARCH

Amends the Illinois Library System Act. Indefinitely extends a waiver of a grant eligibility requirement which expired after the State Fiscal Year 2015. Repeals a section allowing the State Librarian to designate Research and Reference Centers and Special Resource Centers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the Chicago Public Library, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, and the Illinois State Library. 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

• Third Reading — 51–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 115–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Carol Sente — cosponsor (person)
• Christian L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
• David Harris — cosponsor (person)
• Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Katherine Cloonen — cosponsor (person)
• Margo McDermed — cosponsor (person)
• Michelle Mussman — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick J. Verschoore — cosponsor (person)
• Rita Mayfield — cosponsor (person)
• Robert W. Pritchard — cosponsor (person)
• Sam Yingling — cosponsor (person)
• Thomas M. Bennett — cosponsor (person)
• Thomas Morrison — cosponsor (person)
• William R. Haine — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-01-27 Filed with Secretary by Sen. William R. Haine filing
• 2016-01-27 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-01-27 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2016-01-27 Assigned to Revenue referral-committee
• 2016-02-18 Do Pass Revenue; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2016-02-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 1, 2016
• 2016-03-08 Second Reading reading-2
• 2016-03-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 9, 2016
• 2016-04-12 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Napoleon Harris, III
• 2016-04-12 Third Reading - Passed; 051-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2016-04-12 Arrived in House introduction
• 2016-04-12 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
• 2016-04-12 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-04-12 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2016-04-18 Assigned to State Government Administration Committee referral-committee
• 2016-05-04 Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2016-05-04 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-05-04 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2016-05-04 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David McSweeney
• 2016-05-04 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen Willis
• 2016-05-04 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
• 2016-05-04 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Morrison
• 2016-05-04 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
• 2016-05-04 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Sente
• 2016-05-04 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
• 2016-05-04 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
• 2016-05-04 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sam Yingling
• 2016-05-04 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
• 2016-05-04 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.
• 2016-05-04 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas M. Bennett
• 2016-05-04 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Katherine Cloonen
• 2016-05-04 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. David Harris
• 2016-05-04 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Margo McDermed
• 2016-05-04 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Christian L. Mitchell
• 2016-05-10 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2016-05-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-05-11 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2016-05-11 Passed Both Houses
• 2016-06-09 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-07-22 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2016-07-22 Effective Date July 22, 2016
• 2016-07-22 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0619 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/18bec09c-1ea6-4465-b97c-a2878e3a8dc0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).