Illinois · House Bill 4258 · 103rd General Assembly

LIBRARY-PUBLISHER CONTRACTS

HB 4258 Sponsored by Eva-Dina Delgado Died in committee

  1. Introduced Dec 7, 2023
  2. In committee Jan 16, 2024
  3. Died  
  4. Passed the Senate  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Amends the License to Read Act. Defines terms. Provides that no contract or license agreement entered into between a publisher and library shall preclude, limit, or restrict the library from performing customary operational functions or lending functions, restrict the library from disclosing any terms of its license agreements to other libraries, or require, coerce, or enable the library to violate the Library…

Read the full title (96 words)

Amends the License to Read Act. Defines terms. Provides that no contract or license agreement entered into between a publisher and library shall preclude, limit, or restrict the library from performing customary operational functions or lending functions, restrict the library from disclosing any terms of its license agreements to other libraries, or require, coerce, or enable the library to violate the Library Records Confidentiality Act. Provides that nothing in the amendatory Act affects existing contracts that are in effect on the effective date of the amendatory Act. Sets forth remedies. Contains a severability provision. Effective immediately.

Every action

11 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Eva-Dina Delgado
  2. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Diane Blair-Sherlock
  3. HouseFirst Reading
  4. CommitteeReferred to Rules Committee · House Rules
  5. CommitteeReferred to State Government Administration Committee · House State Government Administration
  6. HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Eva-Dina Delgado
  7. CommitteeHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee · House Rules
  8. CommitteeHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to State Government Administration Committee · House State Government Administration
  9. CommitteeRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee · House Rules
  10. CommitteeHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee · House Rules
  11. HouseSession Sine Die

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 1 cosponsor: 1 Democrat.

All 1 cosponsor

From Illinois's official records (www.ilga.gov), checked Nov 13, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.