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IL HB 5236

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DIGITAL LIBRARY PROTECTION ACT

Illinois · 104th General Assembly, 2026 Session · lower

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Did IL HB 5236 pass?

Not yet. IL HB 5236 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-07-13): Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Mary Edly-Allen

What is IL HB 5236 about?

IL HB 5236 is a bill in the 104th General Assembly, 2026 Session titled “DIGITAL LIBRARY PROTECTION ACT”.

Who sponsors IL HB 5236?

Tracy Katz Muhl, Mary Edly-Allen are the primary sponsors of IL HB 5236, joined by 44 cosponsors.

Introduced
2026-04-13
Latest action
2026-07-13 — Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Tracy Katz Muhlprimary
  • Mary Edly-Allenprimary
  • Suzy Glowiak Hiltoncosponsor
  • Laura Finecosponsor
  • David Koehlercosponsor
  • Jay Hoffmancosponsor
  • Rita Mayfieldcosponsor
  • Nabeela Syedcosponsor
  • Eva-Dina Delgadocosponsor
  • Dagmara Avelarcosponsor
  • Michelle Mussmancosponsor
  • Lindsey LaPointecosponsor
  • Bob Morgancosponsor
  • Justin Cochrancosponsor
  • Daniel Didechcosponsor
  • Diane Blair-Sherlockcosponsor
  • Abdelnasser Rashidcosponsor
  • Sharon Chungcosponsor
  • Nicolle Grassecosponsor
  • Theresa Mahcosponsor
  • Will Guzzardicosponsor
  • Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandezcosponsor
  • Norma Hernandezcosponsor
  • Jeff Keichercosponsor
  • Barbara Hernandezcosponsor
  • Laura Faver Diascosponsor
  • Stephanie A. Kifowitcosponsor
  • Janet Yang Rohrcosponsor
  • Katie Stuartcosponsor
  • Anna Moellercosponsor
  • Kelly M. Cassidycosponsor
  • Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr.cosponsor
  • Anne Stavacosponsor
  • Joyce Masoncosponsor
  • Suzanne M. Nesscosponsor
  • Amy Brielcosponsor
  • Kevin John Olickalcosponsor
  • Christopher "C.D." Davidsmeyercosponsor
  • Maura Hirschauercosponsor
  • Mike Porfiriocosponsor
  • Margaret A. DeLaRosacosponsor
  • Martha Deutercosponsor
  • Kyle Moorecosponsor
  • Tom Webercosponsor
  • Robyn Gabelcosponsor
  • Erica Harrisscosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-07-13

    Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Mary Edly-Allen

  2. 2026-05-21

    Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler

  3. 2026-05-20

    Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Fine

  4. 2026-05-13

    Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton

  5. 2026-04-29

    Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Erica Harriss

  6. 2026-04-29

    Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Porfirio

  7. 2026-04-21

    Referred to Assignments

  8. 2026-04-21

    First Reading

    reading-1

  9. 2026-04-21

    Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel

  10. 2026-04-21

    Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading

    reading-1

  11. 2026-04-21

    Arrive in Senate

    introduction

  12. 2026-04-17

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tom Weber

  13. 2026-04-17

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kyle Moore

  14. 2026-04-17

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Martha Deuter

  15. 2026-04-17

    Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 099-000-001

    passage,reading-3

  16. 2026-04-17

    Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate

  17. 2026-04-17

    House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted

    amendment-passage

  18. 2026-04-17

    House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted

    amendment-passage

  19. 2026-04-17

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Margaret A. DeLaRosa

  20. 2026-04-17

    House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Executive Committee; 012-000-000

    committee-passage-favorable

  21. 2026-04-17

    House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Executive Committee

  22. 2026-04-16

    House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee

  23. 2026-04-16

    House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Tracy Katz Muhl

    amendment-introduction

  24. 2026-04-14

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robyn Gabel

  25. 2026-04-14

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maura Hirschauer

  26. 2026-04-14

    House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Consumer Protection Committee; 009-000-000

    committee-passage-favorable

  27. 2026-04-14

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Christopher "C.D." Davidsmeyer

  28. 2026-04-14

    House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Consumer Protection Committee

  29. 2026-04-13

    House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee

  30. 2026-04-13

    House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Tracy Katz Muhl

    amendment-introduction

  31. 2026-04-13

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal

  32. 2026-04-10

    Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate

    reading-2

  33. 2026-04-10

    Second Reading - Short Debate

    reading-2

  34. 2026-04-10

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Amy Briel

  35. 2026-04-08

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Suzanne M. Ness

  36. 2026-04-08

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason

  37. 2026-04-08

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anne Stava

  38. 2026-04-07

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr.

  39. 2026-04-02

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy

  40. 2026-04-02

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anna Moeller

  41. 2026-04-01

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart

  42. 2026-03-31

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Janet Yang Rohr

  43. 2026-03-26

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit

  44. 2026-03-25

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias

  45. 2026-03-25

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez

  46. 2026-03-25

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jeff Keicher

  47. 2026-03-25

    Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate

    reading-2

  48. 2026-03-24

    Do Pass / Short Debate Consumer Protection Committee; 006-003-000

  49. 2026-03-24

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Norma Hernandez

  50. 2026-03-24

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez

  51. 2026-03-24

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi

  52. 2026-03-24

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah

  53. 2026-03-24

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicolle Grasse

  54. 2026-03-24

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sharon Chung

  55. 2026-03-24

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid

  56. 2026-03-24

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Diane Blair-Sherlock

  57. 2026-03-24

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel Didech

  58. 2026-03-24

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Justin Cochran

  59. 2026-03-23

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Bob Morgan

  60. 2026-03-23

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lindsey LaPointe

  61. 2026-03-19

    Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Eva-Dina Delgado

  62. 2026-03-19

    Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Nabeela Syed

  63. 2026-03-19

    Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield

  64. 2026-03-19

    Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jay Hoffman

  65. 2026-03-11

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman

  66. 2026-03-04

    Assigned to Consumer Protection Committee

    referral-committee

  67. 2026-02-25

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dagmara Avelar

  68. 2026-02-10

    Referred to Rules Committee

  69. 2026-02-10

    First Reading

    reading-1

  70. 2026-02-05

    Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Tracy Katz Muhl

    filing

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Consumer Protection

    2026-03-24 · pass · 6-3

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Hernandez, Elizabeth "Lisa": yes
    • Mayfield, Rita: yes
    • Mah, Theresa: yes
    • Morgan, Bob: yes
    • Meyers-Martin, Debbie: yes
    • Tarver II, Curtis J: yes
    • Hammond, Norine K: no
    • Weaver, Travis: no
    • Weber, Tom: no

  • Consumer Protection, Amendment 1

    2026-04-14 · pass · 9-0

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Gill, Mary: yes
    • Evans Jr., Marcus C: yes
    • Katz Muhl, Tracy: yes
    • Hammond, Norine K: yes
    • Mayfield, Rita: yes
    • Mah, Theresa: yes
    • Weaver, Travis: yes
    • Meyers-Martin, Debbie: yes
    • Weber, Tom: yes

  • Executive, Amendment 2

    2026-04-17 · pass · 12-0

    Member-level votes (12)
    • Davidsmeyer, Christopher "C.D.": yes
    • Cabello, John M: yes
    • Hernandez, Elizabeth "Lisa": yes
    • Hammond, Norine K: yes
    • Mah, Theresa: yes
    • Hoffman, Jay: yes
    • Smith, Nicholas K: yes
    • Rita, Robert "Bob": yes
    • Tarver II, Curtis J: yes
    • Spain, Ryan: yes
    • Williams, Ann M: yes
    • West II, Maurice A: yes

  • Third Reading

    2026-04-17 · pass · 99-0

    Member-level votes (117)
    • Mussman: yes
    • Grasse: yes
    • Ness: yes
    • Niemerg: yes
    • Guzzardi: yes
    • Avelar: yes
    • Olickal: yes
    • Benton: yes
    • Ortíz: yes
    • Halbrook: yes
    • Blair-Sherlock: yes
    • Rashid: yes
    • Hammond: yes
    • Briel: yes
    • Reick: yes
    • Hanson: yes
    • Buckner: yes
    • Rita: yes
    • Harper: yes
    • Bunting: yes
    • Hauter: yes
    • Hernandez, Barbara: yes
    • Canty: yes
    • Sanalitro: yes
    • Hernandez, Lisa: yes
    • Cassidy: yes
    • Scherer: yes
    • Hernandez, Norma: yes
    • Chung: yes
    • Schmidt: yes
    • Hirschauer: yes
    • Cochran: yes
    • Schweizer: yes
    • Hoffman: yes
    • Coffey: yes
    • Severin: yes
    • Crawford: yes
    • Sheehan: yes
    • Jacobs: yes
    • Crespo: yes
    • Slaughter: yes
    • Jiménez: yes
    • Croke: yes
    • Smith: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Davis, Jed: yes
    • Spain: yes
    • Katz Muhl: yes
    • Davis, Lisa: yes
    • Keicher: yes
    • Davis, Will: yes
    • Deering: yes
    • Stuart: yes
    • Kifowit: yes
    • DeLaRosa: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • La Ha: yes
    • Delgado: yes
    • Syed: yes
    • LaPointe: yes
    • DeLuca: yes
    • Lilly: yes
    • Deuter: yes
    • Tipsword: yes
    • Mah: yes
    • Didech: yes
    • Ugaste: yes
    • Manley: yes
    • Du Buclet: yes
    • Vella: yes
    • Mason: yes
    • Elik: yes
    • Walsh: yes
    • Mayfield: yes
    • Evans: yes
    • Weaver: yes
    • McCombie: yes
    • Weber: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • West: yes
    • Meier: yes
    • Friess: yes
    • Wilhour: yes
    • Meyers-Martin: yes
    • Fritts: yes
    • Williams, Ann: yes
    • Miller: yes
    • Gabel: yes
    • Williams, Jawaharial: yes
    • Moeller: yes
    • Windhorst: yes
    • Moore: yes
    • Gong-Gershowitz: yes
    • Yang Rohr: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • González: yes
    • Morris: yes
    • Gordon-Booth: yes
    • Tarver: other
    • Ammons: excused
    • Andrade: excused
    • Haas: excused
    • Rosenthal: excused
    • Ryan: excused
    • Huynh: excused
    • Sosnowski: excused
    • Jones: excused
    • Stava: excused
    • Stephens: excused
    • Kelly: excused
    • Ford: excused
    • Gill: excused
    • Grant: excused
    • Guerrero-Cuellar: not voting
    • Cabello: not voting
    • Davidsmeyer: not voting
    • Faver Dias: not voting

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https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=5236&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=166930&SessionID=114

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