Illinois Senate Bill 1812 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)
Status: Failed on January 7 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-01-07 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act. Provides that a public officer, employee, board, or representative of a governmental unit may not ban or otherwise prohibit a book from being available for reading or circulation by members of the public in a library, school, or other publicly funded facility. Provides that the provisions do not restrict the ability to limit books in schools or in another publicly funded facility based upon the age and development level of persons who will have access to those books. Limits the concurrent exercise of home rule powers.

LOCAL BOOK BANNING PROHIBITED

Sen. Mike Simmons [D]	Sen. Ram Villivalam [D]	Sen. Cristina Pacione-Zayas [D]	Sen. Kimberly Lightford [D]
Sen. Robert Peters [D]	Sen. Mary Edly-Allen [D]	Sen. Adriane Johnson [D]	Sen. Javier Cervantes [D]
Sen. Robert Martwick [D]	Sen. Rachel Ventura [D]	Sen. Celina Villanueva [D]	Sen. Karina Villa [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-07	Senate	Session Sine Die
2023-03-31	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2023-03-31	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2023-03-30	Senate	Postponed - Executive
2023-03-30	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Executive
2023-03-23	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As March 31, 2023
2023-03-21	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Karina Villa
2023-03-21	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive
2023-03-10	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As March 24, 2023
2023-03-10	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Celina Villanueva
2023-03-09	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachel Ventura
2023-03-08	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert Peters
2023-03-08	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert F. Martwick
2023-03-08	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
2023-03-08	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Javier L. Cervantes
2023-03-08	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
2023-03-08	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
2023-03-08	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina H. Pacione-Zayas
2023-03-08	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam
2023-03-08	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
2023-03-08	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mike Simmons
2023-03-07	Senate	Assigned to Executive
2023-02-09	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2023-02-09	Senate	First Reading
2023-02-09	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mike Simmons

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
50	105	4.2	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1812&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=112&GA=103
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/SB/10300SB1812.htm
Amendment	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/SB/10300SB1812sam001.htm