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type: "Bill"
title: "PRISONER ACCESS JOB WEBSITES"
description: "Amends the Department of Innovation and Technology Act and the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the Director of Corrections and the Secretary of Innovation and Technology shall jointly adopt a rule or best practices protocol that permits each committed person in a Department of Corrections institution or facility to access specific and approved job search and career building websites within a specified period before the person's release from the Department of Corrections institution or facility and to access only those job search and career building websites."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "101st"
identifier: "SB 156"
citation: "Illinois SB 156 (101st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-29"
last_action: "2019-08-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/966fff2f-3f03-4acf-b534-879a6097b6c0"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=156&GAID=15&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=115843&SessionID=108&GA=101"
source_hash: "a0a9a7ffe4c56307a17563209dc988647ee4deaa56e76244944db5181bb11960"
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 156 (101st) — PRISONER ACCESS JOB WEBSITES
Amends the Department of Innovation and Technology Act and the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the Director of Corrections and the Secretary of Innovation and Technology shall jointly adopt a rule or best practices protocol that permits each committed person in a Department of Corrections institution or facility to access specific and approved job search and career building websites within a specified period before the person's release from the Department of Corrections institution or facility and to access only those job search and career building websites.
## 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=10100SB0156&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=115843&DocNum=156&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100SB0156eng&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=115843&DocNum=156&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100SB0156enr&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=115843&DocNum=156&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1160** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **590** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Amy Grant — cosponsor (person)
- André Thapedi — cosponsor (person)
- Arthur Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Camille Y. Lilly — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Belt — cosponsor (person)
- Chuck Weaver — primary (person)
- Daniel Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Elgie R. Sims, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Jacqueline Y. Collins — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly M. Cassidy — cosponsor (person)
- LaToya Greenwood — cosponsor (person)
- Maurice A. West, II — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Pat McGuire — cosponsor (person)
- Randy E. Frese — cosponsor (person)
- Rita Mayfield — primary (person)
- Scott M. Bennett — cosponsor (person)
- Sonya M. Harper — cosponsor (person)
- Tony McCombie — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-01-29** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Chuck Weaver `filing`
- **2019-01-29** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-29** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** Assigned to State Government `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-21** Do Pass State Government; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 5, 2019
- **2019-02-21** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pat McGuire
- **2019-03-05** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 6, 2019
- **2019-03-06** Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-03-06** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2019-03-06** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Scott M. Bennett
- **2019-03-07** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
- **2019-03-07** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
- **2019-03-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt
- **2019-03-19** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2019-04-09** Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Criminal Committee; 017-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-01** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
- **2019-05-01** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel Swanson
- **2019-05-01** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II
- **2019-05-01** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Tony McCombie
- **2019-05-01** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur Turner
- **2019-05-02** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-05-14** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2019-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-05-21** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-05-21** Passed Both Houses
- **2019-05-21** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Murphy
- **2019-05-21** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Randy E. Frese
- **2019-05-21** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper
- **2019-05-21** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. LaToya Greenwood
- **2019-05-21** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. André Thapedi
- **2019-05-21** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Amy Grant
- **2019-05-21** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
- **2019-06-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-08-16** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-16** Effective Date January 1, 2020
- **2019-08-16** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0397 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/966fff2f-3f03-4acf-b534-879a6097b6c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).