---
type: "Bill"
title: "EDUCATION-TECH"
description: "Amends the Higher Education Fair Admissions Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "104th"
identifier: "HB 460"
citation: "Illinois HB 460 (104th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara Hernandez", "Celina Villanueva"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 49
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-12-17"
last_action: "2025-08-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f83cf37-3c0d-4383-bc37-a4b4f253567a"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=460&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=156138&SessionID=114"
source_hash: "a59bdf595b935343bc7a463f14cab5dac58dde0aa9981698eb6eda7031310195"
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 460 (104th) — EDUCATION-TECH

Amends the Higher Education Fair Admissions 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://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB0460.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB0460eng.pdf)
3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB0460ham001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB0460enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Executive — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Higher Education — **9–4** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **34–18** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **70–40** (pass) · lower
- Higher Education, Amendment 1 — **7–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barbara Hernandez — primary (person)
- Celina Villanueva — primary (person)
- Aarón M. Ortíz — cosponsor (person)
- Edgar González, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Hoan Huynh — cosponsor (person)
- Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Javier L. Cervantes — cosponsor (person)
- Lilian Jiménez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-17** Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch `filing`
- **2025-01-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-09** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2025-03-04** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12** Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 012-000-000
- **2025-03-12** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate ** `reading-2`
- **2025-03-25** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-03-25** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-04-07** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Barbara Hernandez `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-07** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
- **2025-04-07** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Higher Education Committee
- **2025-04-07** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Barbara Hernandez
- **2025-04-07** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Higher Education Committee; 007-002-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Aarón M. Ortíz
- **2025-04-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lilian Jiménez
- **2025-04-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.
- **2025-04-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez
- **2025-04-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Edgar González, Jr.
- **2025-04-11** Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
- **2025-04-11** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
- **2025-05-06** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 005-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-06** Approved for Consideration Rules Committee; 005-000-000
- **2025-05-06** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-05-06** Third Reading Deadline Extended-Rule May 31, 2025
- **2025-05-20** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2025-05-20** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 070-040-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-20** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-05-20** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading May 21, 2025 `reading-1`
- **2025-05-20** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
- **2025-05-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-05-20** Referred to Assignments
- **2025-05-21** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Hoan Huynh
- **2025-05-22** Assigned to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-22** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Celina Villanueva
- **2025-05-22** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 23, 2025
- **2025-05-23** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As June 1, 2025
- **2025-05-28** Rule 2-10 Third Reading/Passage Deadline Established As June 1, 2025
- **2025-05-28** Do Pass Higher Education; 009-004-000
- **2025-05-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 29, 2025 `reading-2`
- **2025-05-29** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 30, 2025
- **2025-05-30** Third Reading - Passed; 034-018-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-30** Passed Both Houses
- **2025-05-30** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Javier L. Cervantes
- **2025-06-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-08-15** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2025-08-15** Effective Date January 1, 2026
- **2025-08-15** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0164 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2f83cf37-3c0d-4383-bc37-a4b4f253567a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).