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INTERSCHOLASTIC ORG-NEWS MEDIA Amends the Interscholastic Athletic Organization Act. Changes the short title of the Act to the Interscholastic Athletic and Academic Organization Act. Provides that no public elementary or public secondary school in this State nor any association or other entity that sponsors, regulates, or in any manner provides for interscholastic athletic, academic, or other form of competition among schools and students within this State may infringe upon or attempt to regulate in any manner the dissemination of news or the use of visual images by the news media of interscholastic athletic, academic, or other form of competition among schools and students within this State. In a provision concerning the payment of dues and fees, changes a reference from any association or other entity that has as one of its purposes promoting, sponsoring, or regulating or in any manner providing for interscholastic athletics or any form of athletic competition among schools [...]

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  • 04/02/2008 - Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Joseph M. Lyons
  • 04/02/2008 - Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Aaron Schock
  • 04/02/2008 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
  • 04/01/2008 - First Reading
  • 04/01/2008 - Referred to Rules Committee

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File name Last Updated
SB1997 Bill Text Engrossed PDF04/02/2008
SB1997 Bill Text Introduced PDF02/07/2008