---
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).