---
type: "Bill"
title: "COMMUNITY COLLEGE-DIRECTORY"
description: "COMMUNITY COLLEGE-DIRECTORY"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "90th"
identifier: "SB 837"
citation: "Illinois SB 837 (90th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 59
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1997-02-07T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1997-08-22T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d7b0699-a131-4fc3-a688-ce8ba6bf8ad1"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/90gatoc.html"
source_hash: "e51a152102cb55546f3c589c403638090bb2c2ea77afe3c5d4f6e773a6275212"
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 837 (90th) — COMMUNITY COLLEGE-DIRECTORY

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0837** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/sbgroups/sb/900SB0837LV.html)

## Sponsors

- MAHAR — cosponsor (person)
- MCKEON — cosponsor (person)
- MORROW — cosponsor (person)
- OBAMA — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1997-02-07T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-02-07T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-02-19T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **1997-03-05T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS 009-000-000 SESE
- **1997-03-05T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 97-03-06
- **1997-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1997-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 97-03-12
- **1997-03-13T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 057-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-03-14T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **1997-03-14T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING
- **1997-03-21T00:00:00-06:00** HOUSE SPONSOR MORROW
- **1997-03-21T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-03-21T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-04-08T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE HIGHER ED `referral-committee`
- **1997-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** STATE DEBT IMPACT NOTE FILED AS ENGROSSED
- **1997-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** COMMITTEE HIGHER ED
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 014-000-000 HHED
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED WIRSING
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED WIRSING
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-HOWARD
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-HOWARD
- **1997-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** RULES REFERS TO HHED
- **1997-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-HOWARD
- **1997-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** BE ADOPTED HHED/008-006-000
- **1997-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE FILED
- **1997-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** FISCAL NOTE FILED
- **1997-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1997-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-HOWARD
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED 063-055-000 `passage`
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** VERIFIED
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 062-054-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR MCKEON
- **1997-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** SECRETARYS DESK - CONCURRENCE 01
- **1997-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **1997-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01/OBAMA
- **1997-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION REFERRED TO SRUL
- **1997-05-20T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR MAHAR
- **1997-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **1997-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION NON-CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01-OBAMA
- **1997-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** SEN NON-CONCURS IN HSE AMENDMENTS (NO.) 01
- **1997-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **1997-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER NON-CONCURRENCE 01
- **1997-05-23T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO RECEDE - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01/MORROW
- **1997-05-23T00:00:00-05:00** REFERRED TO RULES COMMITTEE/RULE 75(A) 01 `referral-committee`
- **1997-05-23T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER NON-CONCURRENCE 01
- **1997-05-29T00:00:00-05:00** BE APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION 01/HRUL
- **1997-05-29T00:00:00-05:00** HSE RECEDES FROM AMENDMENT (NO.) 01/118-000-000
- **1997-05-29T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1997-06-27T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1997-08-22T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1997-08-22T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 97-08-22
- **1997-08-22T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0521

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d7b0699-a131-4fc3-a688-ce8ba6bf8ad1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).