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type: "Bill"
title: "LIBRARIES-CONTRACT BIDS"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "SB 3071"
citation: "Illinois SB 3071 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2014-02-07"
last_action: "2014-08-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51117f93-96d8-4f54-89dd-aa5dbf55c56b"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3071&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=79462&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "b46f90aa8aa547cbdacfb2ffd57334f32121c9dbcc22008e48bc1e0d37749398"
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 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](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB3071&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=79462&DocNum=3071&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB3071eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=79462&DocNum=3071&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB3071enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=79462&DocNum=3071&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **8233** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **560** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/51117f93-96d8-4f54-89dd-aa5dbf55c56b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).