---
type: "Bill"
title: "HIGHER ED-TRANSFER-FEE WAIVER"
description: "Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities in Illinois. Provides that the governing board of each public university shall waive any admissions application fee for a student transferring from a public community college in this State if the transferring student is enrolled in the last semester of a degree program and is on schedule to graduate with a degree. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "SB 3081"
citation: "Illinois SB 3081 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara Hernández", "Celina Villanueva"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 59
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-02-02"
last_action: "2024-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0ace785-e15d-4cc3-91a3-7ad797f371a8"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=3081&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=152145&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "3283de4057e4674460729f203d2f8cf5ccb39ecf55245c60eea0e7a727831df6"
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 3081 (103rd) — HIGHER ED-TRANSFER-FEE WAIVER

Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities in Illinois. Provides that the governing board of each public university shall waive any admissions application fee for a student transferring from a public community college in this State if the transferring student is enrolled in the last semester of a degree program and is on schedule to graduate with a degree. Effective immediately.

## 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/SB/PDF/10300SB3081.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB3081eng.pdf)
3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB3081ham001.pdf)
4. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB3081sam001.pdf)
5. **Senate Amendment 002** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB3081sam002.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB3081enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Higher Education — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Higher Education — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Education, Amendment 1 — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · lower
- Higher Education — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Higher Education, Amendment 2 — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence, Amendment 1 — **58–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barbara Hernández — primary (person)
- Celina Villanueva — primary (person)
- Adriane Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Cristina Castro — cosponsor (person)
- Dagmara Avelar — cosponsor (person)
- Doris Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Emil Jones, III — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly A. Lightford — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly Du Buclet — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Edly-Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon Chung — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-02** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Celina Villanueva `filing`
- **2024-02-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-02-02** Referred to Assignments
- **2024-02-14** Assigned to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21** Postponed - Higher Education
- **2024-03-08** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Celina Villanueva `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-08** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
- **2024-03-12** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Higher Education
- **2024-03-12** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-13** Do Pass as Amended Higher Education; 011-000-000
- **2024-03-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 14, 2024 `reading-2`
- **2024-04-02** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Celina Villanueva `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-02** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments
- **2024-04-09** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Higher Education
- **2024-04-10** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Higher Education; 011-000-000
- **2024-04-10** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-04-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 11, 2024
- **2024-04-11** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
- **2024-04-11** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
- **2024-04-11** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-11** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Doris Turner
- **2024-04-11** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
- **2024-04-11** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III
- **2024-04-11** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Simmons
- **2024-04-11** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2024-04-12** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
- **2024-04-12** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernández
- **2024-04-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-04-15** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-04-18** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kimberly Du Buclet
- **2024-04-24** Assigned to Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-01** Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 012-000-000
- **2024-05-02** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-05-02** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sharon Chung
- **2024-05-13** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2024-05-16** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Barbara Hernández `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-05-16** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-05-17** Third Reading/Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 24, 2024
- **2024-05-20** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 005-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-22** Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-05-22** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2024-05-22** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-22** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Dagmara Avelar
- **2024-05-22** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1
- **2024-05-22** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - May 22, 2024
- **2024-05-23** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Celina Villanueva `filing`
- **2024-05-23** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments
- **2024-05-23** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Education
- **2024-05-24** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Education; 013-000-000
- **2024-05-24** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 058-000-000
- **2024-05-24** Senate Concurs
- **2024-05-24** Passed Both Houses
- **2024-06-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-08-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2024-08-09** Effective Date August 9, 2024
- **2024-08-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0936 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d0ace785-e15d-4cc3-91a3-7ad797f371a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).