---
type: "Bill"
title: "COM COL TRUSTEES-QUORUM"
description: "Amends the Public Community College Act. Provides that for all meetings of a board of trustees, a quorum of members must be physically present at the location of the meeting. Effective July 1, 2007."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "SB 402"
citation: "Illinois SB 402 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-02-07"
last_action: "2007-08-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd3bc17c-a14c-4d03-9827-89c79d50964f"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=402&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=28038&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "738c4ab1d6eb8abf18fddbc429f076f1a8076df09479ff82edf57e5fc7996a1d"
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 402 (95th) — COM COL TRUSTEES-QUORUM

Amends the Public Community College Act. Provides that for all meetings of a board of trustees, a quorum of members must be physically present at the location of the meeting. Effective July 1, 2007.

## 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=09500SB0402&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=28038&DocNum=402&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0402eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=28038&DocNum=402&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0402enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=28038&DocNum=402&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Deanna Demuzio — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-07** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Deanna Demuzio `filing`
- **2007-02-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-02-07** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-21** Assigned to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-02** Do Pass Higher Education; 010-000-000 `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
- **2007-03-15** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-03-15** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2007-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-15** Chief House Sponsor Rep. William B. Black
- **2007-03-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-15** 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; 010-000-001 `committee-passage`
- **2007-05-17** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-05-22** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-05-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-05-23** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-05-23** Passed Both Houses
- **2007-06-21** 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 . . . . . . . . . 95-0117 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fd3bc17c-a14c-4d03-9827-89c79d50964f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).