Bill Commons

IL SB 2202

in committee

ACADEMIC FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION

Illinois · 104th General Assembly, 2026 Session · upper

Follow this bill’s action updates (Atom)

Subscribe in a feed reader. The feed covers recorded actions from the last 30 days; Bill Commons may record an action after it happened at the legislature.

Quick answers

Did IL SB 2202 pass?

Not yet. IL SB 2202 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-07-02): Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments

What is IL SB 2202 about?

IL SB 2202 is a bill in the 104th General Assembly, 2026 Session titled “ACADEMIC FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION”.

Who sponsors IL SB 2202?

Graciela Guzmán is the primary sponsor of IL SB 2202, joined by 8 cosponsors.

Introduced
2026-02-27
Latest action
2026-07-02 — Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
Bill type
bill
Last updated
—

Sponsors

  • Graciela Guzmánprimary
  • Robert Peterscosponsor
  • Rachel Venturacosponsor
  • Michael E. Hastingscosponsor
  • Karina Villacosponsor
  • Mike Simmonscosponsor
  • Suzy Glowiak Hiltoncosponsor
  • Robert F. Martwickcosponsor
  • Mike Porfiriocosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-07-02

    Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments

  2. 2026-06-01

    Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments

  3. 2026-06-01

    Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments

  4. 2026-05-29

    Senate Floor Amendment No. 6 Recommend Do Adopt Executive; 013-000-000

  5. 2026-05-28

    Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Porfirio

  6. 2026-05-28

    Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert F. Martwick

  7. 2026-05-28

    Senate Floor Amendment No. 6 Assignments Refers to Executive

  8. 2026-05-28

    Senate Floor Amendment No. 6 Referred to Assignments

  9. 2026-05-28

    Senate Floor Amendment No. 6 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Graciela Guzmán

    amendment-introduction

  10. 2026-05-22

    Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2026

  11. 2026-05-20

    Senate Floor Amendment No. 5 Recommend Do Adopt Executive; 013-000-000

  12. 2026-05-20

    Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Postponed - Executive

  13. 2026-05-20

    Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Executive

  14. 2026-05-20

    Senate Floor Amendment No. 5 Assignments Refers to Executive

  15. 2026-05-20

    Senate Floor Amendment No. 5 Referred to Assignments

  16. 2026-05-20

    Senate Floor Amendment No. 5 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Graciela Guzmán

    amendment-introduction

  17. 2026-05-19

    Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton

  18. 2026-05-19

    Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Simmons

  19. 2026-05-19

    Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Karina Villa

  20. 2026-05-18

    Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael E. Hastings

  21. 2026-05-15

    Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 22, 2026

  22. 2026-05-13

    Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Assignments Refers to Executive

  23. 2026-05-12

    Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Referred to Assignments

  24. 2026-05-12

    Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Graciela Guzmán

    amendment-introduction

  25. 2026-05-08

    Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 15, 2026

  26. 2026-04-17

    Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 8, 2026

  27. 2026-04-16

    Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 28, 2026

  28. 2026-04-16

    Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted; Guzman

    amendment-passage

  29. 2026-04-16

    Second Reading

    reading-2

  30. 2026-04-15

    Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommend Do Adopt Executive; 012-000-000

  31. 2026-04-15

    Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Assignments Refers to Executive

  32. 2026-04-15

    Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Assignments

  33. 2026-04-15

    Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Graciela Guzmán

    amendment-introduction

  34. 2026-03-11

    Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 12, 2026

    reading-2

  35. 2026-03-11

    Do Pass as Amended Executive; 009-003-000

  36. 2026-03-11

    Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Adopted

    amendment-passage

  37. 2026-03-11

    Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Executive

  38. 2026-03-10

    Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Executive

  39. 2026-03-06

    Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments

  40. 2026-03-06

    Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Graciela Guzmán

    amendment-introduction

  41. 2026-03-03

    Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive

  42. 2026-02-27

    Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert Peters

  43. 2026-02-27

    Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments

  44. 2026-02-27

    Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Graciela Guzmán

    amendment-introduction

  45. 2026-01-27

    Re-assigned to Executive

    referral-committee

  46. 2025-06-02

    Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments

  47. 2025-05-23

    Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As June 1, 2025

  48. 2025-05-09

    Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 23, 2025

  49. 2025-04-11

    Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 9, 2025

  50. 2025-04-08

    Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 11, 2025

  51. 2025-04-08

    Assigned to Executive

    referral-committee

  52. 2025-02-11

    Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachel Ventura

  53. 2025-02-07

    Referred to Assignments

  54. 2025-02-07

    First Reading

    reading-1

  55. 2025-02-07

    Filed with Secretary by Sen. Graciela Guzmán

    filing

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Executive

    2026-03-11 · pass · 9-3

    Member-level votes (13)
    • Aquino, Omar: yes
    • Cunningham, Bill: yes
    • Castro, Cristina: yes
    • Harmon, Don: yes
    • Hunter, Mattie: yes
    • Holmes, Linda: yes
    • Murphy, Laura M: yes
    • Lightford, Kimberly A: yes
    • Sims Jr., Elgie R: yes
    • Anderson, Neil: no
    • Curran, John F: no
    • Tracy, Jil: no
    • Rezin, Sue: not voting

  • Executive, Amendment 3

    2026-04-15 · pass · 12-0

    Member-level votes (13)
    • Aquino, Omar: yes
    • Anderson, Neil: yes
    • Cunningham, Bill: yes
    • Castro, Cristina: yes
    • Harmon, Don: yes
    • Curran, John F: yes
    • Holmes, Linda: yes
    • Harris III, Napoleon: yes
    • Hunter, Mattie: yes
    • Rezin, Sue: yes
    • Murphy, Laura M: yes
    • Tracy, Jil: yes
    • Lightford, Kimberly A: not voting

  • Executive, Amendment 5

    2026-05-20 · pass · 13-0

    Member-level votes (13)
    • Aquino, Omar: yes
    • Anderson, Neil: yes
    • Cunningham, Bill: yes
    • Castro, Cristina: yes
    • Harmon, Don: yes
    • Curran, John F: yes
    • Hunter, Mattie: yes
    • Holmes, Linda: yes
    • Murphy, Laura M: yes
    • Lightford, Kimberly A: yes
    • Sims Jr., Elgie R: yes
    • Rezin, Sue: yes
    • Tracy, Jil: yes

  • Executive, Amendment 6

    2026-05-29 · pass · 13-0

    Member-level votes (13)
    • Castro, Cristina: yes
    • Anderson, Neil: yes
    • Curran, John F: yes
    • Cunningham, Bill: yes
    • Harris III, Napoleon: yes
    • Harmon, Don: yes
    • Hunter, Mattie: yes
    • Holmes, Linda: yes
    • Murphy, Laura M: yes
    • Lightford, Kimberly A: yes
    • Rezin, Sue: yes
    • Peters, Robert: yes
    • Tracy, Jil: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=2202&GAID=18&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=161927&SessionID=114

Attribution

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

Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:

Source and document changesStatus and relationship changes

Session-wide evidence can include changes to other bills:

Bulk imports for this sessionSession dates and activity

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=SB 2202. 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.