republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/100th/hb-305.md

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Bill	MUNI-PD COLLEGE REQUIREMENTS	Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that the requirement that a police applicant possess an associate's degree may also be waived if the applicant has successfully received credit for a minimum of 60 credit hours toward a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university (currently, this requirement may be waived only if the applicant has served for 24 months of active duty or 180 days combat duty in the United States Armed Forces). Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	100th	HB 305	Illinois HB 305 (100th)	bill		enacted		3	57	3	2017-01-10	2017-09-08	openstates	ocd-bill/76c18023-9e95-4105-876c-62e38b9f0655	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=305&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=99461&SessionID=91&GA=100	74a6e8fb1e01c5e0d8c6d1e49d7fe511cd0e6bb0e8757179b0b3f8f45c7931ce	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 305 (100th) — MUNI-PD COLLEGE REQUIREMENTS

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that the requirement that a police applicant possess an associate's degree may also be waived if the applicant has successfully received credit for a minimum of 60 credit hours toward a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university (currently, this requirement may be waived only if the applicant has served for 24 months of active duty or 180 days combat duty in the United States Armed Forces). Effective immediately.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 55–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 110–0 (pass) · lower
• Concurrence, Amendment 1 — 101–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Laura M. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
• Thomas M. Bennett — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-10 Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Thomas M. Bennett filing
• 2017-01-11 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-01-11 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2017-01-25 Assigned to Cities & Villages Committee referral-committee
• 2017-02-08 Do Pass / Short Debate Cities & Villages Committee; 013-000-000 committee-passage
• 2017-02-08 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-02-15 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Anthony DeLuca
• 2017-02-15 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Joe Sosnowski
• 2017-02-15 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen Willis
• 2017-02-15 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
• 2017-02-15 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
• 2017-02-15 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2017-02-15 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Al Riley
• 2017-02-15 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Grant Wehrli
• 2017-02-15 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Brad Halbrook
• 2017-02-15 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ryan Spain
• 2017-02-15 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tony McCombie
• 2017-02-16 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2017-02-16 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-02-16 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Halpin
• 2017-02-16 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sam Yingling
• 2017-02-22 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2017-02-28 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2017-02-28 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2017-02-28 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Jason A. Barickman
• 2017-02-28 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-02-28 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2017-03-20 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan McConchie
• 2017-04-25 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2017-05-05 Postponed - Local Government
• 2017-05-09 Waive Posting Notice
• 2017-05-10 Do Pass Local Government; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2017-05-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 11, 2017
• 2017-05-10 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jason A. Barickman amendment-introduction
• 2017-05-10 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2017-05-15 Second Reading reading-2
• 2017-05-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 16, 2017
• 2017-05-15 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Local Government
• 2017-05-17 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Local Government; 009-000-000
• 2017-05-26 Recalled to Second Reading reading-2
• 2017-05-26 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Barickman amendment-passage
• 2017-05-26 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
• 2017-05-26 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
• 2017-05-26 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2017-05-28 Arrived in House introduction
• 2017-05-28 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
• 2017-05-28 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Thomas M. Bennett
• 2017-05-28 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2017-05-29 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 005-000-000
• 2017-06-23 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 101-000-000
• 2017-06-23 3/5 Vote Required
• 2017-06-23 House Concurs
• 2017-06-23 Passed Both Houses
• 2017-07-21 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-09-08 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2017-09-08 Effective Date September 8, 2017
• 2017-09-08 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0467 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/76c18023-9e95-4105-876c-62e38b9f0655. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).