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+type: "Bill"
+title: "BD HIGHER ED-MISC"
+description: "Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Removes obsolete language with regard to members of the Board of Higher Education, a vocational education committee, and the Tuition and Fee Waiver Task Force. Allows for the filing of electronic copies of reports to the General Assembly. Repeals provisions concerning a matching grant program for engineering colleges, a State student cooperative work program, a Parks College feasibility study, and a technology grant program. Makes technical changes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "100th"
+identifier: "HB 3255"
+citation: "Illinois HB 3255 (100th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-02-09"
+last_action: "2017-08-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a1a309e-592e-4277-b279-7af6ceba9df5"
+source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3255&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=104932&SessionID=91&GA=100"
+source_hash: "1be979851b8f7ecd8abcbce22670fe5917298110591605421d9e8f11ed71c8a6"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
+---
+
+# Illinois HB 3255 (100th) — BD HIGHER ED-MISC
+
+Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Removes obsolete language with regard to members of the Board of Higher Education, a vocational education committee, and the Tuition and Fee Waiver Task Force. Allows for the filing of electronic copies of reports to the General Assembly. Repeals provisions concerning a matching grant program for engineering colleges, a State student cooperative work program, a Parks College feasibility study, and a technology grant program. Makes technical changes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB3255&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=104932&DocNum=3255&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB3255eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=104932&DocNum=3255&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB3255enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=104932&DocNum=3255&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **56–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Norine K. Hammond — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-02-09** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Norine K. Hammond `filing`
+- **2017-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-09** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-22** Assigned to Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-15** Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 019-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2017-03-16** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2017-03-23** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2017-03-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2017-03-30** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2017-04-04** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
+- **2017-04-04** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 5, 2017 `reading-1`
+- **2017-04-18** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Jil Tracy
+- **2017-04-20** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2017-04-20** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
+- **2017-05-02** Assigned to Higher Education `referral-committee`
+- **2017-05-09** Do Pass Higher Education; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2017-05-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2017
+- **2017-05-19** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2017-05-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 22, 2017
+- **2017-05-25** Third Reading - Passed; 056-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2017-05-25** Passed Both Houses
+- **2017-06-23** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-08-18** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2017-08-18** Effective Date January 1, 2018
+- **2017-08-18** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0167 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7a1a309e-592e-4277-b279-7af6ceba9df5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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