Illinois 95th Regular Session Status: Passed Senate 1 D cosponsors

SB 326 — TEXTBOOK CONSUMER INFO ACT

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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

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Summary

Creates the Textbook Consumer Information Act. Provides that when contacting prospective clients, each publisher of college textbooks shall disclose to the faculty member or, where applicable, the other entity in charge of selecting textbooks for courses taught at a public institution of higher education (i) the price at which the publisher would make the textbooks and supplementary learning materials available to a college bookstore and (ii) the history of revisions for such products. Provides that any faculty member or entity in charge of selecting textbooks for courses taught at an institution must provide a written statement to the college bookstore placing an order for textbooks detailing all textbooks and supplementary learning materials required for each course, all textbooks and supplementary learning materials suggested for each course, and the earliest edition of any required textbook that may be purchased by a student for that course. Requires college bookstores to make available a listing of all textbooks and supplementary learning materials that are required for courses taught during each term, which shall include new and used textbook retail prices. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.

Bill Text

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70 added · 89 removed

Plain-language change summary

The bill SB 326 has been updated to clarify the definitions of "on-campus college bookstore" and "off-campus college bookstore." This change helps to distinguish between bookstores operated by the institution and those that are independent but still serve students nearby. Additionally, publishers of college textbooks are now required to disclose the price of textbooks specifically to the on-campus college bookstore, which is intended to enhance price transparency and help faculty make informed decisions about textbook selections. This matters because it aims to improve affordability for students by encouraging fair competition and clearer communication between publishers and bookstores.

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*LRB09507710NHT27866b* SB0326 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois and 2008 SB0326 Introduced 2/7/2007, by Sen.
SB0326 Engrossed LRB095 07710 NHT 27866 b AN ACT concerning education.
Mattie Hunter SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act ILCS 805/8.31 new Creates the Textbook Consumer Information Act.
Provides that when contacting prospective clients, each publisher of college textbooks shall disclose to the faculty member or, where applicable, the other entity in charge of selecting textbooks for courses taught at a public institution of higher education (i) the price at which the publisher would make the textbooks and supplementary learning materials available to a college bookstore and (ii) the history of revisions for such products.
Provides that any faculty member or entity in charge of selecting textbooks for courses taught at an institution must provide a written statement to the college bookstore placing an order for textbooks detailing all textbooks and supplementary learning materials required for each course, all textbooks and supplementary learning materials suggested for each course, and the earliest edition of any required textbook that may be purchased by a student for that course.
Requires college bookstores to make available a listing of all textbooks and supplementary learning materials that are required for courses taught during each term, which shall include new and used textbook retail prices.
Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement.
Effective immediately.
LRB095 07710 NHT 27866 b FISCAL NOTE ACT STATE MANDATES MAY APPLY ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT A BILL FOR SB0326 LRB095 07710 NHT 27866 b AN ACT concerning education.
"College bookstore" means a bookstore that offers textbooks and supplementary learning materials to students of an institution and that has a physical presence on or near the institution’s campus.
SB0326 - 2 - LRB095 07710 NHT 27866 b Section 15.
"Off-campus college bookstore" means a bookstore that is not operated by or on behalf of the public institution of higher education, but sells or offers to sell textbooks and supplemental materials to students and has a physical presence SB0326 Engrossed - 2 - LRB095 07710 NHT 27866 b on or near the institution’s campus.
"On-campus college bookstore" means a bookstore, whether operated by or on behalf of the public institution of higher education, that sells or offers to sell textbooks and supplemental materials to students of the public institution of higher education and that has a physical presence on or near the institution’s campus.
Section 15.
(1) the price at which the publisher would make the textbooks and, if applicable, supplementary learning materials available to a college bookstore or bookstores;
(1) the price at which the publisher would make the textbooks and, if applicable, supplementary learning materials available to the on-campus college bookstore;
and (2) the history of revisions for such products, if any.
and (2) the history of revisions for textbooks, if any.
Any faculty member or entity in charge of selecting textbooks for courses taught at an institution must provide a written statement to the college bookstore or bookstores placing an order for textbooks, detailing all textbooks and supplementary learning materials required for each course, all textbooks and supplementary learning materials suggested for each course, and the earliest edition of any required textbook that may be purchased by a student for that course.
Any faculty member or entity in charge of selecting textbooks and supplemental materials for courses taught at an institution shall clearly SB0326 Engrossed - 3 - LRB095 07710 NHT 27866 b identify to the on-campus college bookstore all textbooks and supplemental materials required and recommended for use for each course and the earliest edition of any required textbook that may be purchased by a student for that course in a manner consistent with the adoption process established by the on-campus college bookstore.
Nothing in this Act shall prohibit a faculty member from SB0326 - 3 - LRB095 07710 NHT 27866 b requiring the most recent edition of a textbook.
Nothing in this Act is intended to alter, impair, or revise the current process by which off-campus college bookstores obtain the identity of textbooks and supplemental materials that have been required or recommended for use for each course in a timely manner.
All college bookstores must make available, with reasonable expediency after the information becomes available, a listing of all textbooks and supplementary learning materials that are required for courses taught during each term.
The on-campus and off-campus college bookstore, if any, must, with reasonable expediency after the information becomes available, disclose on a per course basis all textbooks and supplementary learning materials that are required for courses taught during each term.
The list shall include the title, author, and International Standard Book Number (ISBN) for each textbook and the new and used textbook retail prices.
The disclosure shall include the title, author, and International Standard Book Number (ISBN) for each textbook and the new and used retail prices, so long as disclosure of the International Standard Book Number (ISBN) does not conflict with or impair the contractual rights of a private third party that operates the on-campus college bookstore on behalf of the institution.
The college bookstore shall publish the listing on its Internet website or, if no such website exists, must post the listing in a non-restricted area of the college bookstore.
Section 30.
Section 90.
Requirements of institutions.
The State Mandates Act is amended by adding Section 8.31 as follows:
An institution with a textbook rental program is excluded from the SB0326 Engrossed - 4 - LRB095 07710 NHT 27866 b requirements of this Act, except that the institution must comply with this Section with respect to those textbook and supplementary course materials not included in the textbook rental program.
(30 ILCS 805/8.31 new) Sec.
An institution must publish on the institution’s Internet website or at other appropriate venues the title, author, International Standard Book Number (ISBN), and retail price of new and used textbooks within reasonable expediency after the information becomes available.
8.31.
Exempt mandate.
Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the implementation of any mandate created by the Textbook Consumer Information Act.
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Action History

  1. Session Sine Die

  2. Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Rules

  3. Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01,02-May 31, 2008

  4. Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01,02

  5. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael W. Frerichs

  6. Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-006-000

  7. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate

  8. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Fiscal Note Requested as Amended - Withdrawn by Rep. William B. Black

  9. Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate

  10. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted by Voice Vote

  11. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000

  12. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez

  13. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee

  14. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson

  15. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Fiscal Note Requested as Amended by Rep. William B. Black

  16. Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Removed Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson

  17. Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson

  18. Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate

  19. Second Reading - Short Debate

  20. Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate

  21. Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 017-001-001

  22. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; by Voice Vote

  23. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Elementary & Secondary Education Committee

  24. Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael K. Smith

  25. Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2008

  26. Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee

  27. Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 23, 2008

  28. Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

  29. Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2007

  30. Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 25, 2007

  31. Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Kevin A. McCarthy

  32. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Osterman

  33. Assigned to Higher Education Committee

  34. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Elga L. Jefferies

  35. Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos

  36. Referred to Rules Committee

  37. First Reading

  38. Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson

  39. Chief House Sponsor Rep. Daniel J. Burke

  40. Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading

  41. Arrived in House

  42. Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000

  43. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading

  44. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Hunter

  45. Recalled to Second Reading

  46. Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins

  47. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval

  48. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Higher Education; 009-001-000

  49. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Higher Education

  50. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules

  51. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mattie Hunter

  52. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 27, 2007

  53. Second Reading

  54. Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 13, 2007

  55. Do Pass as Amended Higher Education; 008-002-001

  56. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted

  57. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Higher Education

  58. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules

  59. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mattie Hunter

  60. Assigned to Higher Education

  61. Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff

  62. Referred to Rules

  63. First Reading

  64. Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mattie Hunter

Sponsors

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0 sponsors · 4 co-sponsors · 179 not signed on · 1 voted No

Sponsors (0)

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Co-sponsors (4)

Not signed on (179)

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Votes

Third Reading

Passed 108 Yea · 6 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 97503
Democrat 8001
Republican 3100
Total 108604
% of votes cast 92%5%0%3%
How each member voted (118)
Member Party Vote
Granberg — Yea
Myers — Yea
Jefferies — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Soto — Yea
Krause — Yea
Lang — Yea
Leitch — Yea
Mathias — Yea
Mautino — Yea
McAuliffe — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Meyer — Yea
Mitchell, Jerry — Yea
Madigan — Yea
Burke — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
McCarthy — Nay
Hannig — Yea
Moffitt — Yea
Harris — Yea
Mulligan — Yea
Munson — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Nekritz — Yea
Patterson — Yea
Phelps — Yea
Poe — Yea
Howard — Yea
Tryon — Yea
Turner — Yea
Davis, Monique — Yea
Verschoore — Yea
Wait — Yea
Washington — Yea
Winters — Yea
Watson — Not Voting
Yarbrough — Yea
Younge — Yea
Coladipietro — Yea
Cole — Yea
Colvin — Yea
Cross — Yea
Cultra — Nay
Currie — Yea
D'Amico — Yea
Durkin — Nay
Fritchey — Nay
Graham — Yea
Hamos — Yea
Hassert — Yea
Holbrook — Yea
Jakobsson — Yea
Kosel — Nay
Ramey — Yea
Schock — Yea
Reitz — Yea
Scully — Yea
Lyons — Yea
Sommer — Yea
McGuire — Yea
Bradley, John — Yea
Bradley, Richard — Yea
Brady — Yea
Mitchell, Bill — Yea
Dugan — Yea
Dunkin — Yea
Dunn — Yea
Eddy — Yea
Flider — Yea
Flowers — Yea
Fortner — Yea
Franks — Yea
Froehlich — Yea
Golar — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Osmond — Yea
Osterman — Not Voting
Pihos — Yea
Pritchard — Yea
Reboletti — Yea
Reis — Yea
Riley — Yea
Ryg — Yea
Sacia — Yea
Saviano — Yea
Schmitz — Yea
Lindner — Yea
Acevedo — Yea
Arroyo — Yea
Bassi — Yea
Beaubien — Yea
Beiser — Yea
Bellock — Yea
Berrios — Yea
Biggins — Yea
Black — Yea
Boland — Yea
May — Yea
Bost — Yea
Brauer — Yea
Brosnahan — Not Voting
Coulson — Yea
Molaro — Yea
Chapa LaVia — Yea
Fred Crespo Democrat Yea
Jay Hoffman Democrat Yea
La Shawn K. Ford Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Nicholas K. Smith Democrat Yea
Patrick J. Joyce Democrat Yea
Robert "Bob" Rita Democrat Yea
Sara Feigenholtz Democrat Yea
William "Will" Davis Democrat Not Voting
Brad Stephens Republican Nay
Chapin Rose Republican Yea
Chris Miller Republican Yea
Jil Tracy Republican Yea

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Third Reading

Passed 58 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 49000
Democrat 8001
Republican 1000
Total 58001
% of votes cast 98%0%0%2%
How each member voted (59)
Member Party Vote
Halvorson — Yea
Lauzen — Yea
Link — Yea
Luechtefeld — Yea
Meeks — Yea
Millner — Yea
Brady — Yea
Noland — Yea
Pankau — Yea
Radogno — Yea
Schoenberg — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Munoz — Yea
Sieben — Yea
Silverstein — Yea
Trotter — Yea
Viverito — Yea
Cullerton — Yea
Jacobs — Yea
Wilhelmi — Yea
Watson — Yea
Jones, J. — Yea
Demuzio — Yea
Clayborne — Yea
Cronin — Yea
Crotty — Yea
Dahl — Yea
DeLeo — Yea
Dillard — Yea
Forby — Yea
Frerichs — Yea
Garrett — Yea
Haine — Yea
Hendon — Yea
Hultgren — Yea
Kotowski — Yea
Peterson — Yea
Raoul — Yea
Righter — Yea
Risinger — Yea
Ronen — Yea
Rutherford — Yea
Sandoval — Yea
Maloney — Yea
Althoff — Yea
Martinez — Yea
Bomke — Yea
Bond — Yea
Burzynski — Yea
David Koehler Democrat Yea
Don Harmon Democrat Yea
Emil Jones, III Democrat Not Voting
Eva-Dina Delgado Democrat Yea
Kimberly A. Lightford Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Laura M. Murphy Democrat Yea
Linda Holmes Democrat Yea
Mattie Hunter Democrat Yea
Dave Syverson Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 326 do?
Creates the Textbook Consumer Information Act. Provides that when contacting prospective clients, each publisher of college textbooks shall disclose to the faculty member or, where applicable, the other entity in charge of selecting textbooks for courses taught at a public institution of higher education (i) the price at which the publisher would make the textbooks and supplementary learning materials available to a college bookstore and (ii) the history of revisions for such products. Provides that any faculty member or entity in charge of selecting textbooks for courses taught at an institution must provide a written statement to the college bookstore placing an order for textbooks detailing all textbooks and supplementary learning materials required for each course, all textbooks and supplementary learning materials suggested for each course, and the earliest edition of any required textbook that may be purchased by a student for that course. Requires college bookstores to make available a listing of all textbooks and supplementary learning materials that are required for courses taught during each term, which shall include new and used textbook retail prices. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
Who sponsors SB 326?
SB 326 is sponsored by Hernandez, Lisa, Mattie Hunter (Democrat), Elga L. Jefferies, and Harry Osterman.
What is the current status of SB 326?
This bill died with 95th Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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