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+type: "Bill"
+title: "PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES-GOVERNANCE"
+description: "Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. Makes a technical change in the definition of \"Department\"."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "99th"
+identifier: "SB 579"
+citation: "Illinois SB 579 (99th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 37
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2015-01-28"
+last_action: "2016-08-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73837764-b68d-4f6c-a50e-c65dfd8d90bf"
+source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=579&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=84542&SessionID=88&GA=99"
+source_hash: "e7c4cd9c334e6dda3ce2e54e6b14c955b7f48705cd7ade218fefc8227fe02819"
+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 579 (99th) — PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES-GOVERNANCE
+
+Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. Makes a technical change in the definition of "Department".
+
+## 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=09900SB0579&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=84542&DocNum=579&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB0579eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=84542&DocNum=579&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB0579enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=84542&DocNum=579&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **95–16** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Iris Y. Martinez — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2015-01-28** Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton `filing`
+- **2015-01-28** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2015-01-28** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
+- **2015-03-18** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
+- **2015-03-26** Do Pass Executive; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2015-03-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 14, 2015
+- **2015-04-15** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2015-04-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 16, 2015
+- **2015-04-21** Re-referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
+- **2016-04-13** Approved for Consideration Assignments
+- **2016-04-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 14, 2016
+- **2016-04-20** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
+- **2016-04-21** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Iris Y. Martinez `amendment-introduction`
+- **2016-04-21** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
+- **2016-04-21** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. William Delgado
+- **2016-04-21** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Be Approved for Consideration Assignments
+- **2016-04-21** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2016-04-21** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Martinez `amendment-passage`
+- **2016-04-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
+- **2016-04-21** Third Reading - Passed; 050-000-002 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2016-04-22** Arrived in House `introduction`
+- **2016-04-22** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
+- **2016-04-22** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2016-04-22** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2016-05-09** Assigned to Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2016-05-13** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 27, 2016
+- **2016-05-18** Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 015-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2016-05-18** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2016-05-19** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2016-05-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2016-05-23** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
+- **2016-05-24** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 095-016-001 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2016-05-24** Passed Both Houses
+- **2016-06-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2016-08-05** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2016-08-05** Effective Date August 5, 2016
+- **2016-08-05** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0734 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/73837764-b68d-4f6c-a50e-c65dfd8d90bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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