The legislation was introduced in bill HB910 on Jan. 25, when Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit (D-84) filed it with the House clerk.
According to the General Assembly website, the bill as introduced was designed to "amend the Illinois Local Library Act".
After debate, the House passed the bill and it arrived in the Senate on April 10, and both chambers agreed to the final version of the legislation on May 21. The bill was sent to the governor and signed into law on July 26. The law went into effect immediately.
Illinois legislature enacts laws through bills that can be introduced in either the state House of Representatives or the state Senate. Either chamber of the legislature can reject or amend a bill before it becomes law. Legislators sometimes sponsor "shell bills" devoid of substantive provisions, introduced with the intention of being amended later to include actual legislation.
The following table shows the full history of actions on HB910.
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 1/25/2019 | House | Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit |
| 1/28/2019 | House | First Reading |
| 1/28/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia |
| 1/28/2019 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
| 2/5/2019 | House | Assigned to Cities & Villages Committee |
| 3/19/2019 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Cities & Villages Committee; 013-001-000 |
| 3/20/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield |
| 3/20/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen Willis |
| 3/20/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez |
| 3/20/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin |
| 3/21/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee |
| 3/21/2019 | House | Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate |
| 3/21/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit |
| 3/26/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Cities & Villages Committee |
| 4/4/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Cities & Villages Committee; 012-001-000 |
| 4/9/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted |
| 4/9/2019 | House | Second Reading - Short Debate |
| 4/9/2019 | House | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate |
| 4/10/2019 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-002-000 |
| 4/10/2019 | Senate | Arrive in Senate |
| 4/10/2019 | Senate | First Reading |
| 4/10/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading |
| 4/10/2019 | Senate | Referred to Assignments |
| 4/10/2019 | Senate | Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes |
| 4/24/2019 | Senate | Assigned to Local Government |
| 5/1/2019 | Senate | Do Pass Local Government; 006-000-002 |
| 5/1/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 2, 2019 |
| 5/9/2019 | Senate | Second Reading |
| 5/9/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2019 |
| 5/21/2019 | House | Passed Both Houses |
| 5/21/2019 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-001 |
| 6/19/2019 | House | Sent to the Governor |
| 7/26/2019 | House | Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0126 |
| 7/26/2019 | House | Governor Approved |
| 7/26/2019 | House | Effective Date July 26, 2019 |
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