---
type: "Bill"
title: "PREPAID TUITION CONTRACT-WARD"
description: "PREPAID TUITION CONTRACT-WARD"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "91st"
identifier: "SB 1537"
citation: "Illinois SB 1537 (91st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 38
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2000-01-27T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "2000-06-22T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37430a29-ab05-4ba4-8ba6-cc28aacd1c62"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/91gatoc.html"
source_hash: "354d2f12ad639d06ad06630889c6a7bc183a58e91ea0f1b8d612a309938d5d81"
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 1537 (91st) — PREPAID TUITION CONTRACT-WARD

## Version chain

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

1. **SB1537** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/sbgroups/sb/910SB1537LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BLACK — cosponsor (person)
- MATHIAS — cosponsor (person)
- RIGHTER — cosponsor (person)
- WATSON — cosponsor (person)
- WOOLARD — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-01-27T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2000-01-27T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-02T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-09T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS 009-000-000 SESE
- **2000-02-09T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 00-02-10
- **2000-02-15T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **2000-02-15T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 00-02-16
- **2000-02-23T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 057-001-000 `reading-3`
- **2000-02-23T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **2000-02-23T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING
- **2000-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** HOUSE SPONSOR WIRSING
- **2000-02-25T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2000-02-25T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2000-03-09T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE HIGHER ED `referral-committee`
- **2000-03-10T00:00:00-06:00** ALTERNATE PRIMARY SPONSOR CHANGED TO RIGHTER
- **2000-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 014-000-000 HHED
- **2000-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2000-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR WOOLARD
- **2000-03-28T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR BLACK
- **2000-04-04T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **2000-04-04T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2000-04-06T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION PREVAILED- RECALL TO 2ND READING
- **2000-04-06T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-RIGHTER
- **2000-04-06T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **2000-04-06T00:00:00-05:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **2000-04-07T00:00:00-05:00** 3RD READING
- **2000-04-07T00:00:00-05:00** DEADLINE EXTENDED
- **2000-04-07T00:00:00-05:00** - APRIL 14, 2000
- **2000-04-07T00:00:00-05:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **2000-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR MATHIAS
- **2000-04-13T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2000-04-13T00:00:00-05:00** TABLED PURSUANT TO RULE 40(a) HA #1
- **2000-04-13T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 116-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2000-04-13T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **2000-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2000-06-22T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **2000-06-22T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 00-06-22
- **2000-06-22T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0867

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/37430a29-ab05-4ba4-8ba6-cc28aacd1c62`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).