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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "ELIM DIG DIVIDE-USED COMPUTERS"
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description: "Amends the State Property Control Act and the Eliminate the Digital Divide Law. Provides that State employers and agencies may donate their used computers free of charge to individuals and entities within the State that are negatively impacted by the digital divide. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall establish rules for distributing the computers."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
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legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
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session: "95th"
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identifier: "HB 314"
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citation: "Illinois HB 314 (95th)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 42
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2007-01-18"
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last_action: "2008-07-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2a0482e-b059-40ce-a6cd-936732722530"
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source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=314&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=27076&SessionID=51&GA=95"
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source_hash: "46fa062f4e4b0b89adecbfe1e6050ac9dd1155f0e8ab615059fc4bddee401bfd"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
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---
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# Illinois HB 314 (95th) — ELIM DIG DIVIDE-USED COMPUTERS
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Amends the State Property Control Act and the Eliminate the Digital Divide Law. Provides that State employers and agencies may donate their used computers free of charge to individuals and entities within the State that are negatively impacted by the digital divide. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall establish rules for distributing the computers.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB0314&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=27076&DocNum=314&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB0314eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=27076&DocNum=314&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB0314enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=27076&DocNum=314&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **54–0** (pass) · upper
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- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- James H. Meyer — primary (person)
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- Susan Garrett — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2007-01-18** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Harry R. Ramey, Jr. `filing`
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- **2007-01-19** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2007-01-19** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2007-01-31** Assigned to Computer Technology Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2007-02-06** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
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- **2007-02-07** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Constance A. Howard
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- **2007-02-23** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John E. Bradley
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- **2007-02-28** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Careen M Gordon
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- **2007-03-22** Do Pass / Short Debate Computer Technology Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2007-03-22** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2007-04-25** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Harry R. Ramey, Jr. `amendment-introduction`
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- **2007-04-25** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2007-04-26** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Computer Technology Committee
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- **2007-04-26** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Computer Technology Committee; 005-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2007-04-27** Third Reading/Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 3, 2007 `reading-3`
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- **2007-05-02** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2007-05-02** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2007-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2007-05-03** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. James H. Meyer
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- **2007-05-03** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry R. Ramey, Jr.
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- **2007-05-03** Third Reading/Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 10, 2007 `reading-3`
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- **2007-05-10** Third Reading/Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 18, 2007 `reading-3`
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- **2007-05-15** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2007-05-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
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- **2007-05-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
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- **2007-05-16** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
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- **2007-05-16** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading May 17, 2007 `reading-1`
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- **2007-05-28** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Kirk W. Dillard
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- **2007-05-29** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2007-05-29** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2008-04-17** Assigned to Environment and Energy `referral-committee`
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- **2008-05-08** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Susan Garrett
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- **2008-05-08** Do Pass Environment and Energy; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2008-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 13, 2008
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- **2008-05-20** Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2008-05-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 21, 2008
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- **2008-05-23** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2008-05-23** Passed Both Houses
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- **2008-06-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2008-07-18** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
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- **2008-07-18** Effective Date January 1, 2009
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- **2008-07-18** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0740 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2a0482e-b059-40ce-a6cd-936732722530`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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