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+type: "Bill"
+title: "VOCATIONAL ACADEMIES ACT"
+description: "Creates the Vocational Academies Act. Allows a school district, in partnership with community colleges, local employers, and community-based organizations, to establish a vocational academy that is eligible for a grant from the State Board of Education if the vocational academy meets specified requirements. Effective immediately."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "94th"
+identifier: "HB 3646"
+citation: "Illinois HB 3646 (94th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 30
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2005-02-24"
+last_action: "2005-07-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/748bbc26-5ddb-4dec-9109-2865ea38f648"
+source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3646&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=20082&SessionID=50&GA=94"
+source_hash: "94c99424e1bfbf9d60c152bcb2733467176b43e51bf1076903a1d069af79c316"
+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 3646 (94th) — VOCATIONAL ACADEMIES ACT
+
+Creates the Vocational Academies Act. Allows a school district, in partnership with community colleges, local employers, and community-based organizations, to establish a vocational academy that is eligible for a grant from the State Board of Education if the vocational academy meets specified requirements. Effective immediately.
+
+## 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=09400HB3646&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=20082&DocNum=3646&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB3646eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=20082&DocNum=3646&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB3646enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=20082&DocNum=3646&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **53–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Robert W. Pritchard — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2005-02-24** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Robert W. Pritchard `filing`
+- **2005-02-24** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2005-02-24** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2005-03-01** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2005-03-09** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 020-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2005-03-10** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2005-03-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis
+- **2005-03-15** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2005-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2005-03-16** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2005-03-16** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Rosemary Mulligan
+- **2005-03-16** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ruth Munson
+- **2005-03-16** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carolyn H. Krause
+- **2005-03-16** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. James H. Meyer
+- **2005-03-17** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
+- **2005-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 6, 2005 `reading-1`
+- **2005-04-13** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John M. Sullivan
+- **2005-04-14** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2005-04-14** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2005-04-21** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
+- **2005-05-04** Do Pass Education; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2005-05-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 5, 2005
+- **2005-05-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2005-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 11, 2005
+- **2005-05-16** Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2005-05-16** Passed Both Houses
+- **2005-06-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2005-07-14** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2005-07-14** Effective Date July 14, 2005
+- **2005-07-14** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0220 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/748bbc26-5ddb-4dec-9109-2865ea38f648`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
+