---
type: "Bill"
title: "COM COL-BASE OPERATING GRANTS"
description: "Amends the Public Community College Act. Removes a provision that requires a portion of a base operating grant to be allocated on the basis of non-residential gross square footage of space maintained by a community college district. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "SB 1688"
citation: "Illinois SB 1688 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-02-15"
last_action: "2013-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c618a928-0280-4706-8618-277358012d7a"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1688&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=72567&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "09c56c48724966647c6e93778d835eabfe973bcc9c5472289c9752e929bb776b"
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 1688 (98th) — COM COL-BASE OPERATING GRANTS

Amends the Public Community College Act. Removes a provision that requires a portion of a base operating grant to be allocated on the basis of non-residential gross square footage of space maintained by a community college district. 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=09800SB1688&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=72567&DocNum=1688&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB1688eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=72567&DocNum=1688&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB1688enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=72567&DocNum=1688&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Daniel Biss — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-15** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Daniel Biss `filing`
- **2013-02-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-02-15** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-27** Assigned to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-05** Do Pass Higher Education; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2013-03-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 6, 2013
- **2013-03-12** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-03-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 13, 2013
- **2013-03-22** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Melinda Bush
- **2013-04-10** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2013-04-10** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2013-04-10** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
- **2013-04-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-11** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-15** Assigned to Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-01** Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2013-05-02** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2013-05-09** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2013-05-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2013-05-15** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2013-05-15** Passed Both Houses
- **2013-06-13** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-06-28** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2013-06-28** Effective Date June 28, 2013
- **2013-06-28** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0046 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c618a928-0280-4706-8618-277358012d7a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).