---
type: "Bill"
title: "UNIV CIV SERV-HEARING OFFICERS"
description: "Amends the State Universities Civil Service Act. Authorizes a hearing officer (in addition to a hearing board) appointed by the University Civil Service Merit Board to preside over demotion, removal, and discharge hearings. Makes technical changes. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "SB 110"
citation: "Illinois SB 110 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-01-31"
last_action: "2007-08-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d3b60bc-dc34-48b2-9f6a-2804f73c8f70"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=110&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=27327&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "46e4b6749ba4fa8359e3ed42a4d2d3534ebfce9363275a0835de1543188d56e5"
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 110 (95th) — UNIV CIV SERV-HEARING OFFICERS

Amends the State Universities Civil Service Act. Authorizes a hearing officer (in addition to a hearing board) appointed by the University Civil Service Merit Board to preside over demotion, removal, and discharge hearings. Makes technical changes. Effective immediately.

## 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=09500SB0110&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=27327&DocNum=110&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0110eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=27327&DocNum=110&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0110enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=27327&DocNum=110&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Donne E. Trotter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-01-31** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Donne E. Trotter `filing`
- **2007-01-31** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-01-31** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-07** Assigned to Labor `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-02** Do Pass Labor; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-03-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 2, 2007
- **2007-03-02** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-03-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 6, 2007
- **2007-03-22** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-03-22** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2007-03-22** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-27** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
- **2007-03-27** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Al Riley
- **2007-03-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-27** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-30** Assigned to Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-16** Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-05-17** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-05-21** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-05-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-05-22** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black
- **2007-05-22** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-05-22** Passed Both Houses
- **2007-06-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-13** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-13** Effective Date August 13, 2007
- **2007-08-13** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0113 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3d3b60bc-dc34-48b2-9f6a-2804f73c8f70`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).