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type: "Bill"
title: "MUNI-PD COLLEGE REQUIREMENTS"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "100th"
identifier: "HB 305"
citation: "Illinois HB 305 (100th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 57
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-10"
last_action: "2017-09-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76c18023-9e95-4105-876c-62e38b9f0655"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=305&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=99461&SessionID=91&GA=100"
source_hash: "74a6e8fb1e01c5e0d8c6d1e49d7fe511cd0e6bb0e8757179b0b3f8f45c7931ce"
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 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](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB0305&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=99461&DocNum=305&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB0305eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=99461&DocNum=305&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB0305enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=99461&DocNum=305&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **550** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1100** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence, Amendment 1 — **1010** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/76c18023-9e95-4105-876c-62e38b9f0655`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).