---
type: "Bill"
title: "EDUCATION-TECH"
description: "Amends the College Campus Press Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "HB 307"
citation: "Illinois HB 307 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kam Buckner", "Napoleon Harris, III"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 65
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-12-05"
last_action: "2024-08-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3605cb30-c59c-4bd1-a6e3-056ef3ade6fb"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=307&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=142139&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "ac23ff92a638e8820acd84e7edeb311c392d59d40bd2e358cdc438a1d5a31a43"
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 307 (103rd) — EDUCATION-TECH

Amends the College Campus Press Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB0307.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB0307eng.pdf)
3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB0307ham001.pdf)
4. **House Amendment 002** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB0307ham002.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB0307enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **58–1** (pass) · lower
- Higher Education, Amendment 2 — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Executive — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower
- Higher Education, Amendment 1 — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Executive — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kam Buckner — primary (person)
- Napoleon Harris, III — primary (person)
- Bill Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Camille Y. Lilly — cosponsor (person)
- Cristina Castro — cosponsor (person)
- Curtis J. Tarver, II — cosponsor (person)
- Debbie Meyers-Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Doris Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Emanuel "Chris" Welch — cosponsor (person)
- Emil Jones, III — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly A. Lightford — cosponsor (person)
- Laura M. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Meg Loughran Cappel — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Porfirio — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Faraci — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-05** Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch `filing`
- **2023-01-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-12** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-02-23** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 011-000-000
- **2023-03-01** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate ** `reading-2`
- **2023-03-16** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-03-16** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate ** `reading-2`
- **2023-03-27** Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-04-15** Approved for Consideration Rules Committee; 005-000-000
- **2024-04-15** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-04-15** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Kam Buckner
- **2024-04-15** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Kam Buckner `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-15** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-04-15** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Higher Education Committee
- **2024-04-16** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Higher Education Committee; 009-000-001 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-17** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Kam Buckner `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-17** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-04-18** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch
- **2024-04-18** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Higher Education Committee
- **2024-04-19** Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-04-19** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-04-19** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-05-09** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin
- **2024-05-13** Approved for Consideration Rules Committee; 005-000-000
- **2024-05-13** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-05-13** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 005-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-13** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Higher Education Committee
- **2024-05-13** Third Reading Deadline Extended-Rule May 24, 2024
- **2024-05-15** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Higher Education Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-16** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-16** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-16** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
- **2024-05-16** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-05-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2024-05-16** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-16** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II
- **2024-05-17** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-05-17** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-05-17** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
- **2024-05-17** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-05-17** Referred to Assignments
- **2024-05-20** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Napoleon Harris, III
- **2024-05-20** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-20** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Paul Faraci
- **2024-05-20** Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 24, 2024
- **2024-05-22** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Bill Cunningham
- **2024-05-22** Waive Posting Notice
- **2024-05-22** Do Pass Executive; 011-000-000
- **2024-05-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 22, 2024 `reading-2`
- **2024-05-22** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-05-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 23, 2024
- **2024-05-23** Third Reading - Passed; 058-001-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-23** Passed Both Houses
- **2024-05-24** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
- **2024-05-24** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
- **2024-05-24** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Porfirio
- **2024-05-24** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Doris Turner
- **2024-05-24** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
- **2024-05-25** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III
- **2024-05-26** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel
- **2024-06-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-08-02** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2024-08-02** Effective Date January 1, 2025
- **2024-08-02** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0724 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3605cb30-c59c-4bd1-a6e3-056ef3ade6fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).