Bill Title: Amends the Broadband Advisory Council Act. Provides that the Broadband Advisory Council shall evaluate the expansion of the Illinois Century Network to Illinois public schools, public libraries, and State-owned correctional institutions or facilities, including issuing recommendations for increasing agency staffing, infrastructure development, price modeling, and providing download speeds of at least one gigabyte per second and upload speeds of at least one gigabyte per second. Requires the Council to study the feasibility of connecting all Illinois public schools, public libraries, and State-owned correctional institutions or facilities to the Illinois Century Network by January 1, 2030. Provides that the Office of Broadband within the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall support and assist the Council in the development of the study. Provides that the Council shall issue a report on its findings, recommendations, options for expansion, and any recommended legislation to the General Assembly by January 1, 2024.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-08-04 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0483 [SB0851 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator Rachel Ventura [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-043	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jay Hoffman [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-113	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Carol Ammons [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-103	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Sharon Chung [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-091	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	N/A
Representative Joyce Mason [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-061	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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