---
type: "Bill"
title: "COM COL-SEC-WORKING CASH FUND"
description: "Amends the Public Community College Act. Provides that the position of secretary of a board of trustees of a community college district may be held by a member of the board. Provides that if the secretary is not a member of the board, the secretary may receive compensation as fixed by the board prior to the election of the secretary. Provides that if a district abolishes its working cash fund, the transfer of any balance must take place at the close of the then current fiscal year. Allows a community college district to abate its working cash fund upon the adoption of a resolution and transfer part of the balance at any time. Provides that if a community college district elects to abolish or abate its working cash fund, it shall have the authority to again create a working cash fund at any time (rather than if a district elects to abolish its working cash fund, it shall not establish another working cash fund unless approved by the voters). Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "HB 1133"
citation: "Illinois HB 1133 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Christopher Belt", "Jay Hoffman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-12"
last_action: "2023-07-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0f6663d-e019-488b-8e90-e0b02a92a1ba"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=1133&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=143161&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "77690215ca77870ceb2d5b5228262e4a92f109282a2e75970a07023e7c76aed6"
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 HB 1133 (103rd) — COM COL-SEC-WORKING CASH FUND

Amends the Public Community College Act. Provides that the position of secretary of a board of trustees of a community college district may be held by a member of the board. Provides that if the secretary is not a member of the board, the secretary may receive compensation as fixed by the board prior to the election of the secretary. Provides that if a district abolishes its working cash fund, the transfer of any balance must take place at the close of the then current fiscal year. Allows a community college district to abate its working cash fund upon the adoption of a resolution and transfer part of the balance at any time. Provides that if a community college district elects to abolish or abate its working cash fund, it shall have the authority to again create a working cash fund at any time (rather than if a district elects to abolish its working cash fund, it shall not establish another working cash fund unless approved by the voters). Effective immediately.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB1133.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB1133eng.pdf)
3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB1133ham001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB1133enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Higher Education — **8–5** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **76–35** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **36–20** (pass) · lower
- Higher Education, Amendment 1 — **7–4** (pass) · lower
- Higher Education — **8–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Christopher Belt — primary (person)
- Jay Hoffman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jay Hoffman `filing`
- **2023-01-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-12** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-02-07** Assigned to Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 008-004-000
- **2023-02-16** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-03-09** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jay Hoffman `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-09** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-03-14** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Higher Education Committee
- **2023-03-15** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Higher Education Committee; 007-004-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-21** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-21** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-03-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2023-03-23** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 076-035-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-23** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-03-23** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-23** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt
- **2023-03-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-23** Referred to Assignments
- **2023-04-26** Assigned to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-28** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 6, 2023
- **2023-05-05** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 11, 2023
- **2023-05-10** Do Pass Higher Education; 008-005-000
- **2023-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 11, 2023 `reading-2`
- **2023-05-11** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2023
- **2023-05-11** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 25, 2023
- **2023-05-12** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 19, 2023
- **2023-05-17** Third Reading - Passed; 036-020-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-17** Passed Both Houses
- **2023-06-15** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-07-28** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2023-07-28** Effective Date July 28, 2023
- **2023-07-28** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0278 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f0f6663d-e019-488b-8e90-e0b02a92a1ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).