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IL SB 1181

enacted

PUBLIC EXPRESSION PROTECTION

Illinois · 104th General Assembly, 2026 Session · upper

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Quick answers

Did IL SB 1181 pass?

Yes. IL SB 1181 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-08-21): Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0431

What is IL SB 1181 about?

IL SB 1181 is a bill in the 104th General Assembly, 2026 Session titled “PUBLIC EXPRESSION PROTECTION”.

Who sponsors IL SB 1181?

Steve Stadelman, Daniel Didech are the primary sponsors of IL SB 1181, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-03-12
Latest action
2025-08-21 — Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0431
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Steve Stadelmanprimary
  • Daniel Didechprimary
  • Jennifer Gong-Gershowitzcosponsor
  • Tracy Katz Muhlcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-08-21

    Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0431

    became-law

  2. 2025-08-21

    Effective Date August 21, 2025

  3. 2025-08-21

    Governor Approved

    executive-signature

  4. 2025-06-27

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  5. 2025-05-31

    Passed Both Houses

  6. 2025-05-31

    Senate Concurs

  7. 2025-05-31

    House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 047-010-000

  8. 2025-05-28

    House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Judiciary; 008-000-000

  9. 2025-05-27

    House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Judiciary

  10. 2025-05-27

    House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments

  11. 2025-05-27

    House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Steve Stadelman

    filing

  12. 2025-05-22

    Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - May 26, 2025

  13. 2025-05-22

    Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1

  14. 2025-05-22

    Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 075-038-000

    passage,reading-3

  15. 2025-05-22

    Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate

  16. 2025-05-21

    Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Tracy Katz Muhl

  17. 2025-05-21

    Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz

  18. 2025-05-16

    Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate

    reading-2

  19. 2025-05-16

    Second Reading - Short Debate

    reading-2

  20. 2025-05-12

    Alternate Co-Sponsor Removed Rep. Tracy Katz Muhl

  21. 2025-05-12

    Alternate Co-Sponsor Removed Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz

  22. 2025-05-12

    Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Tracy Katz Muhl

  23. 2025-05-12

    Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz

  24. 2025-05-07

    Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate

    reading-2

  25. 2025-05-07

    Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 013-004-000

  26. 2025-05-07

    House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary - Civil Committee; 013-004-000

    amendment-passage

  27. 2025-05-06

    House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Civil Committee

  28. 2025-05-01

    House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee

  29. 2025-05-01

    House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Daniel Didech

    amendment-introduction

  30. 2025-04-17

    Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee

    referral-committee

  31. 2025-04-11

    Referred to Rules Committee

  32. 2025-04-11

    First Reading

    reading-1

  33. 2025-04-10

    Chief House Sponsor Rep. Daniel Didech

  34. 2025-04-10

    Arrived in House

    introduction

  35. 2025-04-10

    Third Reading - Passed; 055-001-000

    passage,reading-3

  36. 2025-03-20

    Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 1, 2025

  37. 2025-03-20

    Second Reading

    reading-2

  38. 2025-03-19

    Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 20, 2025

    reading-2

  39. 2025-03-19

    Do Pass as Amended Judiciary; 009-000-000

  40. 2025-03-19

    Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Adopted

    amendment-passage

  41. 2025-03-18

    Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Judiciary

  42. 2025-03-18

    Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-8(b-1), the following amendments will remain in the Committee on Assignments

  43. 2025-03-14

    Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments

  44. 2025-03-14

    Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Steve Stadelman

    amendment-introduction

  45. 2025-03-12

    Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments

  46. 2025-03-12

    Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Steve Stadelman

    amendment-introduction

  47. 2025-03-12

    Assigned to Judiciary

    referral-committee

  48. 2025-01-24

    Referred to Assignments

  49. 2025-01-24

    First Reading

    reading-1

  50. 2025-01-24

    Filed with Secretary by Sen. Steve Stadelman

    filing

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Judiciary

    2025-03-19 · pass · 9-0

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Fine, Laura: yes
    • Curran, John F: yes
    • Harmon, Don: yes
    • Halpin, Michael W: yes
    • Hills, Darby A: yes
    • Hastings, Michael E: yes
    • Sims Jr., Elgie R: yes
    • Martwick, Robert F: yes
    • Tracy, Jil: yes

  • Third Reading

    2025-04-10 · pass · 55-1

    Member-level votes (58)
    • Simmons: yes
    • Joyce: yes
    • Faraci: yes
    • Anderson: yes
    • Sims: yes
    • Koehler: yes
    • Feigenholtz: yes
    • Stadelman: yes
    • Lewis: yes
    • Fine: yes
    • Arellano, L.: yes
    • Syverson: yes
    • Lightford: yes
    • Fowler: yes
    • Balkema: yes
    • Tracy: yes
    • Loughran Cappel: yes
    • Glowiak Hilton: yes
    • Belt: yes
    • Turner, D.: yes
    • Martwick: yes
    • Guzmán: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Turner, S.: yes
    • McClure: yes
    • Halpin: yes
    • Castro: yes
    • Ventura: yes
    • Morrison: yes
    • Harris, N.: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Villa: yes
    • Murphy: yes
    • Harriss, E.: yes
    • Villanueva: yes
    • Peters: yes
    • Hastings: yes
    • Collins: yes
    • Villivalam: yes
    • Plummer: yes
    • Hills: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Walker: yes
    • Porfirio: yes
    • Holmes: yes
    • Curran: yes
    • Wilcox: yes
    • Preston: yes
    • DeWitte: yes
    • Rezin: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Edly-Allen: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Ellman: yes
    • Chesney: no
    • Aquino: not voting
    • Hunter: not voting
    • Jones, E.: not voting

  • Third Reading

    2025-05-07 · pass · 13-4

    Member-level votes (20)
    • Buckner, Kam: yes
    • Avelar, Dagmara: yes
    • Croke, Margaret: yes
    • Canty, Mary Beth: yes
    • Delgado, Eva-Dina: yes
    • Didech, Daniel: yes
    • Gong-Gershowitz, Jennifer: yes
    • Jiménez, Lilian: yes
    • Hoffman, Jay: yes
    • Katz Muhl, Tracy: yes
    • Olickal, Kevin John: yes
    • Tarver II, Curtis J: yes
    • Williams, Ann M: yes
    • Fritts, Bradley: no
    • Reick, Steven: no
    • Ugaste, Dan: no
    • Weber, Tom: no
    • Davis, Jed: not voting
    • Friess, David: not voting
    • McLaughlin, Martin: not voting

  • Third Reading

    2025-05-22 · pass · 75-38

    Member-level votes (117)
    • Mussman: yes
    • Guerrero-Cuellar: yes
    • Ammons: yes
    • Ness: yes
    • Guzzardi: yes
    • Andrade: yes
    • Avelar: yes
    • Olickal: yes
    • Benton: yes
    • Ortíz, Aarón: yes
    • Blair-Sherlock: yes
    • Rashid: yes
    • Hanson: yes
    • Briel: yes
    • Harper: yes
    • Buckner: yes
    • Rita: yes
    • Hernandez, Barbara: yes
    • Ryan: yes
    • Hernandez, Lisa: yes
    • Canty: yes
    • Hernandez, Norma: yes
    • Cassidy: yes
    • Hirschauer: yes
    • Chung: yes
    • Schmidt: yes
    • Hoffman: yes
    • Huynh: yes
    • Costa Howard: yes
    • Crawford: yes
    • Jiménez: yes
    • Crespo: yes
    • Slaughter: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Croke: yes
    • Smith: yes
    • Katz Muhl: yes
    • Davis, Lisa: yes
    • Stava-Murray: yes
    • Kelly: yes
    • Davis, Will: yes
    • Kifowit: yes
    • Stuart: yes
    • Delgado: yes
    • LaPointe: yes
    • DeLuca: yes
    • Lilly: yes
    • Deuter: yes
    • Tarver: yes
    • Mah: yes
    • Didech: yes
    • Manley: yes
    • Du Buclet: yes
    • Mason: yes
    • Vella: yes
    • Evans: yes
    • Walsh: yes
    • Faver Dias: yes
    • Ford: yes
    • West: yes
    • Meyers-Martin: yes
    • Gabel: yes
    • Williams, Ann: yes
    • Moeller: yes
    • Gill: yes
    • Williams, Jawaharial: yes
    • Gong-Gershowitz: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • González, Edgar: yes
    • Yang Rohr: yes
    • Morris: yes
    • Gordon-Booth: yes
    • Moylan: yes
    • Grasse: yes
    • Niemerg: no
    • Haas: no
    • Halbrook: no
    • Hammond: no
    • Reick: no
    • Hauter: no
    • Bunting: no
    • Rosenthal: no
    • Cabello: no
    • Sanalitro: no
    • Coffey: no
    • Schweizer: no
    • Severin: no
    • Jacobs: no
    • Sheehan: no
    • Davidsmeyer: no
    • Davis, Jed: no
    • Spain: no
    • Keicher: no
    • Stephens: no
    • Deering: no
    • La Ha: no
    • Swanson: no
    • Tipsword: no
    • Ugaste: no
    • Elik: no
    • McCombie: no
    • Weaver: no
    • McLaughlin: no
    • Weber: no
    • Meier: no
    • Friess: no
    • Fritts: no
    • Wilhour: no
    • Miller: no
    • Moore: no
    • Windhorst: no
    • Grant: no
    • Scherer: excused
    • Sosnowski: excused
    • Syed: excused
    • Mayfield: excused
    • Jones: absent

  • Judiciary

    2025-05-28 · pass · 8-0

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Cunningham, Bill: yes
    • Aquino, Omar: yes
    • Harmon, Don: yes
    • Curran, John F: yes
    • Hills, Darby A: yes
    • Hastings, Michael E: yes
    • Martwick, Robert F: yes
    • Tracy, Jil: yes
    • Sims Jr., Elgie R: not voting

  • Concurrence

    2025-05-31 · pass · 47-10

    Member-level votes (58)
    • Simmons: yes
    • Joyce: yes
    • Faraci: yes
    • Sims: yes
    • Koehler: yes
    • Feigenholtz: yes
    • Aquino: yes
    • Stadelman: yes
    • Lewis: yes
    • Arellano, L.: yes
    • Tracy: yes
    • Loughran Cappel: yes
    • Glowiak Hilton: yes
    • Belt: yes
    • Turner, D.: yes
    • Martwick: yes
    • Guzmán: yes
    • Halpin: yes
    • Castro: yes
    • Ventura: yes
    • Morrison: yes
    • Harris, N.: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Villa: yes
    • Murphy: yes
    • Harriss, E.: yes
    • Villanueva: yes
    • Peters: yes
    • Hastings: yes
    • Collins: yes
    • Villivalam: yes
    • Hills: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Walker: yes
    • Porfirio: yes
    • Holmes: yes
    • Curran: yes
    • Wilcox: yes
    • Preston: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • DeWitte: yes
    • Rezin: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Edly-Allen: yes
    • Jones, E.: yes
    • Ellman: yes
    • Anderson: no
    • Syverson: no
    • Fowler: no
    • Balkema: no
    • Bryant: no
    • Turner, S.: no
    • McClure: no
    • Chesney: no
    • Plummer: no
    • Rose: no
    • Fine: not voting
    • Lightford: not voting

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https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=1181&GAID=18&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=158993&SessionID=114

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