---
type: "Bill"
title: "COM COL-CONTRACT BID-GIFT"
description: "Amends the Public Community College Act. Provides that the provisions of a Section requiring the award of a contract to the lowest responsible bidder do not prevent a community college from complying with the terms and conditions of a grant, gift, or bequest that calls for the procurement of a particular good or service or the use of a particular contractor, provided that the grant, gift, or bequest provides all funding for the contract. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "SB 3635"
citation: "Illinois SB 3635 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2012-02-10"
last_action: "2012-08-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a7b1f063-84ca-4984-ba3a-a9921478ca6d"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3635&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=65604&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "8e6864addcd1bbfb24fe0c728d56de55cf6c0369c403243d3a659fe38e335869"
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 3635 (97th) — COM COL-CONTRACT BID-GIFT

Amends the Public Community College Act. Provides that the provisions of a Section requiring the award of a contract to the lowest responsible bidder do not prevent a community college from complying with the terms and conditions of a grant, gift, or bequest that calls for the procurement of a particular good or service or the use of a particular contractor, provided that the grant, gift, or bequest provides all funding for the contract. 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=09700SB3635&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=65604&DocNum=3635&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB3635eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=65604&DocNum=3635&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB3635enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=65604&DocNum=3635&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **61–52** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **53–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Edward D. Maloney — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-10** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Edward D. Maloney `filing`
- **2012-02-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-02-10** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2012-02-22** Assigned to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2012-02-28** Postponed - Higher Education
- **2012-03-01** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Edward D. Maloney `amendment-introduction`
- **2012-03-01** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-06** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Higher Education
- **2012-03-06** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2012-03-07** Do Pass as Amended Higher Education; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2012-03-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 8, 2012
- **2012-03-08** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2012-03-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 21, 2012
- **2012-03-22** Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-03-22** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2012-03-23** Chief House Sponsor Rep. William Cunningham
- **2012-03-23** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-03-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-03-23** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-10** Assigned to Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-25** Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2012-04-26** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2012-05-02** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2012-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2012-05-25** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 061-052-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-05-25** Passed Both Houses
- **2012-06-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2012-08-17** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2012-08-17** Effective Date August 17, 2012
- **2012-08-17** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-1031 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a7b1f063-84ca-4984-ba3a-a9921478ca6d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).