---
type: "Bill"
title: "FINANCE-APPROP FOR EDUCATION"
description: "Amends the State Finance Act. Provides that within 150 (currently, 120) days after the conclusion of each fiscal year, each State-supported institution of higher learning must provide, through the Illinois Board of Higher Education, a financial report to the Governor and General Assembly documenting the institution's revenues and expenditures of funds for that fiscal year ending June 30 for all funds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "101st"
identifier: "SB 1939"
citation: "Illinois SB 1939 (101st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 56
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-15"
last_action: "2019-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c517aa7-749d-4fee-87c7-065950f8ca6f"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1939&GAID=15&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=119857&SessionID=108&GA=101"
source_hash: "51c52f38ac1bd0d420062284dc52e6531cac630589fd77dfbed1f25dcbf7480a"
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 1939 (101st) — FINANCE-APPROP FOR EDUCATION

Amends the State Finance Act. Provides that within 150 (currently, 120) days after the conclusion of each fiscal year, each State-supported institution of higher learning must provide, through the Illinois Board of Higher Education, a financial report to the Governor and General Assembly documenting the institution's revenues and expenditures of funds for that fiscal year ending June 30 for all funds.

## 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=10100SB1939&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=119857&DocNum=1939&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100SB1939eng&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=119857&DocNum=1939&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100SB1939enr&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=119857&DocNum=1939&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence, Amendment 2 — **48–9** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence — **48–9** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **83–29** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jay Hoffman — primary (person)
- Martin A. Sandoval — primary (person)
- Omar Aquino — cosponsor (person)
- Ram Villivalam — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-15** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Pat McGuire `filing`
- **2019-02-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-15** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** Assigned to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Do Pass Higher Education; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 14, 2019
- **2019-04-09** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 10, 2019
- **2019-04-10** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-04-11** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2019-04-29** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Gregory Harris
- **2019-04-30** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-30** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-10** Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-16** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-16** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2019
- **2019-05-20** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Gregory Harris `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-20** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-20** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Executive Committee
- **2019-05-22** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Executive Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-22** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Executive Committee; 007-005-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-22** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-05-22** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2019-05-22** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2019-05-31** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) June 30, 2019
- **2019-06-01** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Jay Hoffman
- **2019-06-01** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jay Hoffman `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-06-01** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-01** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-01** House Floor Amendment No. 2 (M1) Moved to Suspend Rule 15(d)-Rep. Kathleen Willis
- **2019-06-01** House Floor Amendment No. 2 (M1) Motion to Suspend Rule 15(d) - Prevailed
- **2019-06-01** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-06-01** 3/5 Vote Required
- **2019-06-01** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 083-029-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-06-02** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1, 2
- **2019-06-02** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1, 2 - June 2, 2019
- **2019-06-02** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
- **2019-06-02** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Martin A. Sandoval `filing`
- **2019-06-02** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-02** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Martin A. Sandoval `filing`
- **2019-06-02** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-02** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Be Approved for Consideration Assignments
- **2019-06-02** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Be Approved for Consideration Assignments
- **2019-06-02** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam
- **2019-06-02** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Omar Aquino
- **2019-06-02** 3/5 Vote Required
- **2019-06-02** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 048-009-001
- **2019-06-02** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Senate Concurs 048-009-001
- **2019-06-02** Senate Concurs
- **2019-06-02** Passed Both Houses
- **2019-06-06** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-28** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-28** Effective Date June 28, 2019
- **2019-06-28** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0032 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9c517aa7-749d-4fee-87c7-065950f8ca6f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).