---
type: "Bill"
title: "HIGHER ED-COMPETENCY LEARNING"
description: "Amends various acts relating to the governance of public universities in Illinois. Provides that if a university offers a competency-based learning program, it must notify a student if he or she becomes eligible for the program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "101st"
identifier: "HB 2852"
citation: "Illinois HB 2852 (101st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-14"
last_action: "2019-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7872f83-8d4e-4c9a-91f4-db11fc71d5df"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2852&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=119152&SessionID=108&GA=101"
source_hash: "468e9f9b6e2aaee02d9c7c70e4ac4ce97fb8783fa7e06fcb31c226180b20f3bc"
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 2852 (101st) — HIGHER ED-COMPETENCY LEARNING

Amends various acts relating to the governance of public universities in Illinois. Provides that if a university offers a competency-based learning program, it must notify a student if he or she becomes eligible for the program.

## 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=10100HB2852&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=119152&DocNum=2852&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB2852eng&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=119152&DocNum=2852&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB2852enr&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=119152&DocNum=2852&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carol Ammons — cosponsor (person)
- Celina Villanueva — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Severin — cosponsor (person)
- Elgie R. Sims, Jr. — primary (person)
- Nicholas K. Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-14** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Nicholas K. Smith `filing`
- **2019-02-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-14** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26** Assigned to Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
- **2019-03-06** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Celina Villanueva
- **2019-03-06** Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 019-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-07** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-03-07** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Severin
- **2019-03-19** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2019-03-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-03-27** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-03-27** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-03-27** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 28, 2019 `reading-1`
- **2019-04-09** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
- **2019-04-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-09** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Assigned to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02** Do Pass Higher Education; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2019
- **2019-05-16** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 17, 2019
- **2019-05-21** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-05-21** Passed Both Houses
- **2019-06-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-08-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-09** Effective Date January 1, 2020
- **2019-08-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0271 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e7872f83-8d4e-4c9a-91f4-db11fc71d5df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).