republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/100th/hb-3255.md

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Bill	BD HIGHER ED-MISC	Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Removes obsolete language with regard to members of the Board of Higher Education, a vocational education committee, and the Tuition and Fee Waiver Task Force. Allows for the filing of electronic copies of reports to the General Assembly. Repeals provisions concerning a matching grant program for engineering colleges, a State student cooperative work program, a Parks College feasibility study, and a technology grant program. Makes technical changes.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	100th	HB 3255	Illinois HB 3255 (100th)	bill		enacted		3	25	2	2017-02-09	2017-08-18	openstates	ocd-bill/7a1a309e-592e-4277-b279-7af6ceba9df5	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3255&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=104932&SessionID=91&GA=100	1be979851b8f7ecd8abcbce22670fe5917298110591605421d9e8f11ed71c8a6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 3255 (100th) — BD HIGHER ED-MISC

Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Removes obsolete language with regard to members of the Board of Higher Education, a vocational education committee, and the Tuition and Fee Waiver Task Force. Allows for the filing of electronic copies of reports to the General Assembly. Repeals provisions concerning a matching grant program for engineering colleges, a State student cooperative work program, a Parks College feasibility study, and a technology grant program. Makes technical changes.

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 — 110–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 56–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Norine K. Hammond — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-09 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Norine K. Hammond filing
• 2017-02-09 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-02-09 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2017-02-22 Assigned to Higher Education Committee referral-committee
• 2017-03-15 Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 019-000-000 committee-passage
• 2017-03-16 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-03-23 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2017-03-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-03-30 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2017-04-04 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2017-04-04 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 5, 2017 reading-1
• 2017-04-18 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Jil Tracy
• 2017-04-20 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-04-20 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2017-05-02 Assigned to Higher Education referral-committee
• 2017-05-09 Do Pass Higher Education; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2017-05-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2017
• 2017-05-19 Second Reading reading-2
• 2017-05-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 22, 2017
• 2017-05-25 Third Reading - Passed; 056-001-000 reading-3, passage
• 2017-05-25 Passed Both Houses
• 2017-06-23 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-08-18 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2017-08-18 Effective Date January 1, 2018
• 2017-08-18 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0167 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7a1a309e-592e-4277-b279-7af6ceba9df5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).