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+type: "Bill"
+title: "HIGHER ED-ADMISSIONS-AG SCI/ED"
+description: "Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities in Illinois. With respect to the high school coursework that a person must satisfactorily complete for university admission, adds agricultural sciences as a course option for the science category and agricultural education as a course option for the electives category."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "102nd"
+identifier: "SB 1624"
+citation: "Illinois SB 1624 (102nd)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Doris Turner", "Lance Yednock"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 67
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-02-26"
+last_action: "2021-08-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96b4f568-6fed-4e47-9cfc-f5af8e29c47f"
+source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1624&GAID=16&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=134257&SessionID=110&GA=102"
+source_hash: "92e0c28b04b147b6556e07cd244c6e9812432b721309e6f909b73e46181282f6"
+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 SB 1624 (102nd) — HIGHER ED-ADMISSIONS-AG SCI/ED
+
+Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities in Illinois. With respect to the high school coursework that a person must satisfactorily complete for university admission, adds agricultural sciences as a course option for the science category and agricultural education as a course option for the electives category.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB1624.pdf)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB1624eng.pdf)
+3. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB1624sam001.pdf)
+4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB1624enr.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Doris Turner — primary (person)
+- Lance Yednock — primary (person)
+- Andrew S. Chesney — cosponsor (person)
+- Bill Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
+- Brian W. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
+- Camille Y. Lilly — cosponsor (person)
+- Celina Villanueva — cosponsor (person)
+- Chapin Rose — cosponsor (person)
+- Christopher Belt — cosponsor (person)
+- Cristina Castro — cosponsor (person)
+- Dale Fowler — cosponsor (person)
+- Dan Brady — cosponsor (person)
+- Daniel Swanson — cosponsor (person)
+- Darren Bailey — cosponsor (person)
+- Elgie R. Sims, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Jason Plummer — cosponsor (person)
+- Jil Tracy — cosponsor (person)
+- Kambium Buckner — cosponsor (person)
+- Karina Villa — cosponsor (person)
+- Katie Stuart — cosponsor (person)
+- Kimberly A. Lightford — cosponsor (person)
+- Mattie Hunter — cosponsor (person)
+- Meg Loughran Cappel — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael E. Hastings — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael T. Marron — cosponsor (person)
+- Neil Anderson — cosponsor (person)
+- Norine K. Hammond — cosponsor (person)
+- Patrick J. Joyce — cosponsor (person)
+- Rachelle Crowe — cosponsor (person)
+- Sally J. Turner — cosponsor (person)
+- Scott M. Bennett — cosponsor (person)
+- Steve McClure — cosponsor (person)
+- Sue Rezin — cosponsor (person)
+- Sue Scherer — cosponsor (person)
+- Terri Bryant — cosponsor (person)
+- Tony McCombie — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-26** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Doris Turner `filing`
+- **2021-02-26** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-02-26** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-09** Assigned to Higher Education `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-11** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Sally J. Turner
+- **2021-03-16** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Sue Rezin
+- **2021-03-16** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt
+- **2021-03-16** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Darren Bailey
+- **2021-03-16** Do Pass Higher Education; 014-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2021-03-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 17, 2021
+- **2021-03-16** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale Fowler
+- **2021-03-17** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
+- **2021-03-17** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Patrick J. Joyce
+- **2021-03-17** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** March 23, 2021
+- **2021-03-17** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Terri Bryant
+- **2021-03-17** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
+- **2021-03-23** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Brian W. Stewart
+- **2021-03-25** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jason Plummer
+- **2021-03-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Doris Turner `amendment-introduction`
+- **2021-03-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-07** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Higher Education
+- **2021-04-14** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Higher Education; 012-000-000
+- **2021-04-14** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Neil Anderson
+- **2021-04-15** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Jil Tracy
+- **2021-04-16** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachelle Crowe
+- **2021-04-21** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael E. Hastings
+- **2021-04-21** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Bill Cunningham
+- **2021-04-21** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
+- **2021-04-21** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
+- **2021-04-21** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-21** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; D. Turner `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-04-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** March 23, 2021
+- **2021-04-21** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel
+- **2021-04-22** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Chapin Rose
+- **2021-04-22** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Celina Villanueva
+- **2021-04-22** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Karina Villa
+- **2021-04-23** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-26** Arrived in House `introduction`
+- **2021-04-26** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Lance Yednock
+- **2021-04-27** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kambium Buckner
+- **2021-04-27** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-04-27** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-04** Assigned to Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-11** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
+- **2021-05-12** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sue Scherer
+- **2021-05-12** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Brady
+- **2021-05-12** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael T. Marron
+- **2021-05-12** Do Pass / Consent Calendar Higher Education Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2021-05-12** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Norine K. Hammond
+- **2021-05-13** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Consent Calendar
+- **2021-05-24** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Andrew S. Chesney
+- **2021-05-24** Second Reading - Consent Calendar `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-24** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Consent Calendar `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-25** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
+- **2021-05-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Consent Calendar
+- **2021-05-26** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel Swanson
+- **2021-05-26** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Tony McCombie
+- **2021-05-26** Third Reading - Consent Calendar - First Day `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-27** Third Reading - Consent Calendar - Passed 116-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-05-27** Passed Both Houses
+- **2021-06-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-07-22** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Scott M. Bennett
+- **2021-08-17** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Steve McClure
+- **2021-08-17** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2021-08-17** Effective Date January 1, 2022
+- **2021-08-17** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0404 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/96b4f568-6fed-4e47-9cfc-f5af8e29c47f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
+