---
type: "Bill"
title: "$BD HIGHER ED-TECH"
description: "Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Board of Higher Education for its FY16 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2015."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "99th"
identifier: "HB 317"
citation: "Illinois HB 317 (99th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-01-27"
last_action: "2015-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2036190f-9db6-46a6-86f5-e03c03274466"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=317&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=84183&SessionID=88&GA=99"
source_hash: "0ffe39cc65b90fbff69a9d54dd83888c946c6894ddf72588688572a6de22c39e"
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 317 (99th) — $BD HIGHER ED-TECH

Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Board of Higher Education for its FY16 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2015.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/99/HB/PDF/09900HB0317.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/99/HB/PDF/09900HB0317eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/99/HB/PDF/09900HB0317enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **32–26** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **72–45** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Michael J. Madigan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-01-27** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Michael J. Madigan `filing`
- **2015-01-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-01-27** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-01-28** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-02-04** Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2015-02-04** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2015-02-04** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2015-02-04** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2015-02-04** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
- **2015-03-23** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Michael J. Madigan `amendment-introduction`
- **2015-03-23** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-23** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Executive Committee
- **2015-03-23** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Durkin
- **2015-03-23** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
- **2015-03-24** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Executive Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-24** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Correctional Note Filed as Amended
- **2015-03-24** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Land Conveyance Appraisal Note Filed as Amended
- **2015-03-24** House Floor Amendment No. 1 State Mandates Fiscal Note Filed as Amended
- **2015-03-24** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Home Rule Note Filed as Amended
- **2015-03-24** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2015-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2015-03-24** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 072-045-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2015-03-24** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
- **2015-03-24** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2015-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-24** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Heather A. Steans
- **2015-03-24** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Christine Radogno
- **2015-03-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-24** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-24** Assigned to Appropriations I `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-24** Re-referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-24** Approved for Consideration Assignments
- **2015-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 25, 2015;
- **2015-03-25** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-03-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 26, 2015
- **2015-03-25** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton
- **2015-03-26** Third Reading - Passed; 032-026-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2015-03-26** Passed Both Houses
- **2015-03-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-03-26** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2015-03-26** Effective Date March 26, 2015
- **2015-03-26** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0001 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2036190f-9db6-46a6-86f5-e03c03274466`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).