republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/100th/hb-3234.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "LINCOLN PRES LIBRARY-NEWSPAPER"
description: "Amends the State Historical Library Act. Provides that selected past editions of newspapers of this State that are preserved under a program within the Lincoln Presidential Library shall be preserved in accordance with industry standards (rather than being microphotographed). Provides that, upon payment of the required fee, any person or organization shall be granted access to the preserved edition (rather than being supplied with prints requested to be made from the negatives of the microphotographs). Provides that the required fee shall be determined by the State Historian and shall be equal to the cost incurred by the Lincoln Presidential Library in granting such access (rather than the cost of supplying the prints). Makes other changes. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "100th"
identifier: "HB 3234"
citation: "Illinois HB 3234 (100th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2017-08-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a13e18a-e15a-4f5e-b98f-8e17b9b5968c"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3234&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=104903&SessionID=91&GA=100"
source_hash: "853595d842672dbf17ae7628d27aa28aea282b45ffcc3d0cadae04f9a0c25204"
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 HB 3234 (100th) — LINCOLN PRES LIBRARY-NEWSPAPER

Amends the State Historical Library Act. Provides that selected past editions of newspapers of this State that are preserved under a program within the Lincoln Presidential Library shall be preserved in accordance with industry standards (rather than being microphotographed). Provides that, upon payment of the required fee, any person or organization shall be granted access to the preserved edition (rather than being supplied with prints requested to be made from the negatives of the microphotographs). Provides that the required fee shall be determined by the State Historian and shall be equal to the cost incurred by the Lincoln Presidential Library in granting such access (rather than the cost of supplying the prints). Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

## 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=10000HB3234&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=104903&DocNum=3234&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB3234eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=104903&DocNum=3234&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB3234enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=104903&DocNum=3234&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **55–2** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **108–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barbara Flynn Currie — primary (person)
- Steven M. Landek — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-09** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie `filing`
- **2017-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** Assigned to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-16** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2017-03-23** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2017-03-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2017-03-29** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark Batinick
- **2017-03-29** Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark Batinick
- **2017-03-30** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-30** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark Batinick
- **2017-03-30** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Nick Sauer
- **2017-03-30** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Tim Butler
- **2017-04-04** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2017-04-04** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-04** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- **2017-04-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-04** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-25** Assigned to State Government `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-04** Do Pass State Government; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 5, 2017
- **2017-05-04** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Steven M. Landek
- **2017-05-18** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-05-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 19, 2017
- **2017-05-25** Third Reading - Passed; 055-002-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-05-25** Passed Both Houses
- **2017-06-23** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-08-18** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-18** Effective Date August 18, 2017
- **2017-08-18** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0164 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7a13e18a-e15a-4f5e-b98f-8e17b9b5968c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).