---
type: "Bill"
title: "BD HIGHER ED-NONTRAD STU MEMBR"
description: "Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Adds an additional student member to the Board of Higher Education, which person must be a non-traditional undergraduate student who is at least 24 years old and represents the views of non-traditional students, such as a person who is employed or is a parent."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "SB 2312"
citation: "Illinois SB 2312 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2006-01-12"
last_action: "2006-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14a3fd42-2b12-4ffa-bb3f-fd4de94698f8"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2312&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=22955&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "acc842e6881362c025a3e5ce360b62adb3bb08be20633c7443730dd699c3cc0d"
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 2312 (94th) — BD HIGHER ED-NONTRAD STU MEMBR

Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Adds an additional student member to the Board of Higher Education, which person must be a non-traditional undergraduate student who is at least 24 years old and represents the views of non-traditional students, such as a person who is employed or is a parent.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB2312&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=22955&DocNum=2312&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB2312eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=22955&DocNum=2312&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB2312enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=22955&DocNum=2312&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Edward D. Maloney — primary (person)
- Naomi D. Jakobsson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-01-12** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Edward D. Maloney `filing`
- **2006-01-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-01-12** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2006-01-19** Assigned to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2006-01-31** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2006-02-08** Do Pass Higher Education; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2006-02-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 9, 2006
- **2006-02-09** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2006-02-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 14, 2006
- **2006-02-09** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. John M. Sullivan
- **2006-02-14** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-02-14** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2006-02-14** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-02-15** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Kevin Joyce
- **2006-02-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-02-15** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-02-27** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Deanna Demuzio
- **2006-03-01** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
- **2006-03-08** Assigned to Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-03-08** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Susan Garrett
- **2006-03-23** Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2006-03-24** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2006-03-28** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2006-03-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2006-03-29** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-03-29** Passed Both Houses
- **2006-04-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2006-06-22** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2006-06-22** Effective Date January 1, 2007
- **2006-06-22** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0905 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/14a3fd42-2b12-4ffa-bb3f-fd4de94698f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).