---
type: "Bill"
title: "COM COL-COURSE INSTRUCTOR-AI"
description: "Amends the Public Community College Act. Provides that the board of trustees of a community college district shall require the primary instructor of a course to meet specified qualifications set forth in the Illinois Administrative Code and any other applicable rules adopted by the Illinois Community College Board. Provides that a course may not, in lieu of a primary instructor, use artificial intelligence or a generative artificial intelligence program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "104th"
identifier: "HB 1859"
citation: "Illinois HB 1859 (104th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Abdelnasser Rashid", "Mike Porfirio"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 48
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-01-29"
last_action: "2025-08-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23961561-7a73-4617-af60-47312db2e927"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=1859&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=159421&SessionID=114"
source_hash: "6cc42be0116d90083ca825c2aaa636e1444243c9aecf5d77b2a918f848084d4c"
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 1859 (104th) — COM COL-COURSE INSTRUCTOR-AI

Amends the Public Community College Act. Provides that the board of trustees of a community college district shall require the primary instructor of a course to meet specified qualifications set forth in the Illinois Administrative Code and any other applicable rules adopted by the Illinois Community College Board. Provides that a course may not, in lieu of a primary instructor, use artificial intelligence or a generative artificial intelligence program.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB1859.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB1859eng.pdf)
3. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB1859sam001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB1859enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Concurrence — **93–22** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **87–17** (pass) · lower
- Executive — **7–3** (pass) · upper
- Higher Education — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **46–12** (pass) · upper
- Executive — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Higher Education — **12–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Abdelnasser Rashid — primary (person)
- Mike Porfirio — primary (person)
- Diane Blair-Sherlock — cosponsor (person)
- Hoan Huynh — cosponsor (person)
- Karina Villa — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin John Olickal — cosponsor (person)
- Lindsey LaPointe — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- Norma Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Ryan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-29** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid `filing`
- **2025-01-29** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-29** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2025-02-13** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Diane Blair-Sherlock
- **2025-02-19** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Crawford
- **2025-02-25** Assigned to Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal
- **2025-02-26** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rick Ryan
- **2025-03-04** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Norma Hernandez
- **2025-03-04** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Hoan Huynh
- **2025-03-04** Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Hoan Huynh
- **2025-03-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lindsey LaPointe
- **2025-03-05** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Hoan Huynh
- **2025-03-05** Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 012-000-000
- **2025-03-06** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-03-18** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-03-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 087-017-001 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-08** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-08** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-08** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Mike Porfirio
- **2025-04-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-08** Referred to Assignments
- **2025-04-23** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-29** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Karina Villa
- **2025-05-01** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mike Porfirio `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-01** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
- **2025-05-06** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive
- **2025-05-09** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 23, 2025
- **2025-05-14** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-15** Do Pass as Amended Executive; 007-003-000
- **2025-05-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-15** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 20, 2025
- **2025-05-21** Third Reading - Passed; 046-012-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-21** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2025-05-21** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- **2025-05-21** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid
- **2025-05-21** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee
- **2025-05-28** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Higher Education Committee
- **2025-05-29** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Higher Education Committee; 009-000-000
- **2025-05-30** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 093-022-000
- **2025-05-30** House Concurs
- **2025-05-30** Passed Both Houses
- **2025-06-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-08-15** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2025-08-15** Effective Date January 1, 2026
- **2025-08-15** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0201 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/23961561-7a73-4617-af60-47312db2e927`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).