---
type: "Bill"
title: "COM COL BD OF TRUSTEES-CHAIR"
description: "Amends the Public Community College Act. Changes references from \"chairman\" to \"chairperson\" of the board of trustees of a community college district; makes related changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "SB 2042"
citation: "Illinois SB 2042 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 52
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2011-02-10"
last_action: "2011-08-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ed4b048-db0f-4072-8499-78443c0732c2"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2042&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=58189&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "e0132a9317f6a2735e1e097fabad5b0f39e29f5434fe09344fb2f6398f734a17"
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 2042 (97th) — COM COL BD OF TRUSTEES-CHAIR

Amends the Public Community College Act. Changes references from "chairman" to "chairperson" of the board of trustees of a community college district; makes related changes.

## 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=09700SB2042&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=58189&DocNum=2042&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB2042eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=58189&DocNum=2042&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB2042enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=58189&DocNum=2042&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence, Amendment 1 — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence, Amendment 2 — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dwight Kay — cosponsor (person)
- Larry K. Bomke — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-10** Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Millner `filing`
- **2011-02-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-10** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-02** Assigned to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-09** Do Pass Higher Education; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-03-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 10, 2011
- **2011-03-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-03-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 14, 2011
- **2011-04-14** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-04-14** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2011-04-15** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-15** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Mike Bost
- **2011-04-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-15** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-25** Assigned to Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-04** Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-05-05** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-05-05** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Rich Brauer
- **2011-05-06** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Watson
- **2011-05-06** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Rich Brauer `amendment-introduction`
- **2011-05-06** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-11** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Higher Education Committee
- **2011-05-12** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Higher Education Committee; 007-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-13** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Dwight Kay
- **2011-05-16** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Rich Brauer `amendment-introduction`
- **2011-05-16** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-16** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2011-05-16** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-05-18** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-18** Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2011-05-18** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-05-19** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-05-19** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1, 2
- **2011-05-19** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1, 2 - May 20, 2011
- **2011-05-20** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Larry K. Bomke
- **2011-05-20** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Larry K. Bomke `filing`
- **2011-05-20** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-20** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Larry K. Bomke `filing`
- **2011-05-20** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-24** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to State Government and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-24** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to State Government and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-25** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt State Government and Veterans Affairs; 007-000-000
- **2011-05-25** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt State Government and Veterans Affairs; 007-000-000
- **2011-05-26** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 058-000-000
- **2011-05-26** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Senate Concurs 058-000-000
- **2011-05-26** Passed Both Houses
- **2011-06-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2011-08-23** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2011-08-23** Effective Date August 23, 2011
- **2011-08-23** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0539 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5ed4b048-db0f-4072-8499-78443c0732c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).