---
type: "Bill"
title: "TASK FORCE HIGHER ED PRIV LOAN"
description: "Amends the Northeastern Illinois University Law. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Board of Trustees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "SB 647"
citation: "Illinois SB 647 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-06"
last_action: "2011-01-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f9d7a9b-226d-44ba-a797-0546e6883063"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=647&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=41535&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "ef404021be35ca3110f2a6c012dd63b04a86392847b8b5278fcffadb9777c7a8"
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 647 (96th) — TASK FORCE HIGHER ED PRIV LOAN

Amends the Northeastern Illinois University Law. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Board of Trustees.

## 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=09600SB0647&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=41535&DocNum=647&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB0647eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=41535&DocNum=647&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB0647enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=41535&DocNum=647&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **54–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dan Kotowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-06** Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton `filing`
- **2009-02-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-06** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-05** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-12** Do Pass Executive; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-03-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 17, 2009
- **2009-04-03** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As April 30, 2009 `reading-3`
- **2009-04-23** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-04-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 28, 2009
- **2009-08-15** Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-11-15** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Dan Kotowski
- **2010-11-16** Approved for Consideration Assignments
- **2010-11-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading November 17, 2010
- **2010-11-16** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dan Kotowski `amendment-introduction`
- **2010-11-16** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-11-16** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Higher Education
- **2010-11-16** Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As January 11, 2011
- **2010-11-16** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Higher Education; 009-000-000
- **2010-11-16** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-11-16** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Kotowski `amendment-passage`
- **2010-11-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading November 17, 2010
- **2010-11-17** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Edward D. Maloney
- **2010-11-17** 3/5 Vote Required
- **2010-11-17** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-11-17** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2010-11-29** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
- **2010-11-29** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-11-29** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-01-03** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) January 11, 2011
- **2011-01-03** Assigned to Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-01-03** Moved to Suspend Rule 25 Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
- **2011-01-03** Suspend Rule 25 - Prevailed
- **2011-01-04** Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 005-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-01-04** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-01-04** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2011-01-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-01-05** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-01-05** Passed Both Houses
- **2011-01-13** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2011-01-27** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2011-01-27** Effective Date January 27, 2011
- **2011-01-27** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1510 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0f9d7a9b-226d-44ba-a797-0546e6883063`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).