Bill Title: Creates the Strengthening Community Media Act. Provides that a local news organization shall not be sold to a company without giving written notice 120 days before the sales occurs to specified individuals and organizations. Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Creates the Journalism Student Scholarship Program. Provides that the Illinois Student Assistance Commission shall award scholarships to students who will work at a local news organization in the State for a period of not less than 2 years.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-0)

Status: (Passed) 2024-08-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-1021 [SB3592 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

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Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator Steve Stadelman [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-034	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Rachel Ventura [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-043	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator David Koehler [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-046	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Kimberly Lightford [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-004	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Doris Turner [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-048	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Karina Villa [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-025	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Laura Ellman [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-021	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Celina Villanueva [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-012	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Cristina Castro [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-022	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Dave Vella [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-068	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Harry Benton [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-097	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Sonya Harper [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-006	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Abdelnasser Rashid [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-021	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Norma Hernandez [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-077	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Lilian Jimenez [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-004	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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