---
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).