Illinois House Bill 2625

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 15 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2023-03-10 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the State Library Act. Provides that the State Librarian shall create an electronic form for each public library in the State to complete and list each research database or a library media streaming database that the public library wants the State Librarian to obtain. Provides that, for each research database or library media streaming database that is requested in the forms, the State Librarian shall attempt to negotiate with the research database or library media streaming database to purchase subscriptions to the database at a price that is lower than individual public libraries could obtain. Provides that, if the State Librarian is successful in negotiating a database price that is lower than individual public libraries could obtain, the State Librarian must obtain subscriptions in a number equal to or greater than the number of public libraries that requested that particular database. Provides that the public libraries requesting the database shall pay the State Librarian the cost of the database subscription for that public library.

LIBRARIES-DATABASE CONTRACTS

Rep. Nabeela Syed [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-10	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2023-02-28	House	Assigned to State Government Administration Committee
2023-02-15	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2023-02-15	House	First Reading
2023-02-15	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Nabeela Syed

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
15	320	11.5	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2625&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=112&GA=103
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/HB/10300HB2625.htm