---
type: "Bill"
title: "CAREER AND WORKFORCE-MASONRY"
description: "Amends the Career and Workforce Transition Act. Provides that a public community college district shall accept up to 30 credit hours transferred from an institution approved by the Illinois Community College Board if a student has completed a masonry program at that institution."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "HB 5369"
citation: "Illinois HB 5369 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mary Gill", "Ram Villivalam"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-09"
last_action: "2024-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e61d5bd-bbba-4226-b435-3752eb7de6d4"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=5369&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=153616&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "3f863ee05389ecb692d5af7f2ec458010ece86593d57a0682206af42a6ffebad"
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 5369 (103rd) — CAREER AND WORKFORCE-MASONRY

Amends the Career and Workforce Transition Act. Provides that a public community college district shall accept up to 30 credit hours transferred from an institution approved by the Illinois Community College Board if a student has completed a masonry program at that institution.

## 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/10300HB5369.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB5369eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB5369enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Higher Education — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **59–0** (pass) · lower
- Higher Education — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mary Gill — primary (person)
- Ram Villivalam — primary (person)
- Brandun Schweizer — cosponsor (person)
- Dale Fowler — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Vella — cosponsor (person)
- Michael J. Kelly — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Jacobs — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie A. Kifowit — cosponsor (person)
- Willie Preston — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-09** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Mary Gill `filing`
- **2024-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-02-09** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-03-05** Assigned to Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-03** Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 011-000-000
- **2024-04-04** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Swanson
- **2024-04-04** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul Jacobs
- **2024-04-04** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-04-11** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-04-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2024-04-17** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-17** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Kelly
- **2024-04-17** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
- **2024-04-17** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Vella
- **2024-04-17** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandun Schweizer
- **2024-04-18** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-04-18** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-04-18** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam
- **2024-04-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-04-18** Referred to Assignments
- **2024-04-24** Assigned to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-01** Do Pass Higher Education; 008-000-000
- **2024-05-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 2, 2024 `reading-2`
- **2024-05-02** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 7, 2024
- **2024-05-16** Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-16** Passed Both Houses
- **2024-05-16** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Willie Preston
- **2024-05-16** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale Fowler
- **2024-06-13** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-07-19** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-19** Effective Date January 1, 2025
- **2024-07-19** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0710 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7e61d5bd-bbba-4226-b435-3752eb7de6d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).