Bill Commons

IL HB 1656

in committee

$WILLIAM LEONARD LIBRARY

Illinois · 104th General Assembly, 2026 Session · lower

Quick answers

Did IL HB 1656 pass?

Not yet. IL HB 1656 is in committee as of 2025-07-01 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2025-07-01): Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

What is IL HB 1656 about?

IL HB 1656 is a bill in the 104th General Assembly, 2026 Session titled “$WILLIAM LEONARD LIBRARY”.

Who sponsors IL HB 1656?

Justin Slaughter is the primary sponsor of IL HB 1656, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Introduced
Latest action
2025-07-01 — Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Sponsors

  • Justin Slaughterprimary
  • Debbie Meyers-Martincosponsor
  • Robert "Bob" Ritacosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-23

    Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Justin Slaughter

    filing

  2. 2025-01-28

    First Reading

    reading-1

  3. 2025-01-28

    Referred to Rules Committee

  4. 2025-02-18

    Assigned to Appropriations-Public Safety and Infrastructure Committee

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-03-06

    Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin

  6. 2025-03-07

    To Fiscal Impact Subcommittee

  7. 2025-04-10

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert "Bob" Rita

  8. 2025-07-01

    Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

Not provided by source.

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:21:14.316252Z

Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:

Use this data

Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=IL&identifier=HB 1656. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.

Known limitations

  • Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
  • Committee referrals are not yet captured.

See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.