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Bill	SCH CD/COMM COLL-SW IL COLLEGE	Amends the School Code. Provides that students in grades 11 and 12 of East St. Louis School District 189 may take courses at Southwestern Illinois College for dual credit at no cost to the student. Amends the Public Community College Act to make conforming changes.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	100th	HB 3601	Illinois HB 3601 (100th)	bill		enacted		3	35	2	2017-02-10	2017-08-18	openstates	ocd-bill/1188693d-4642-4041-bb97-66536446c448	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3601&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=105515&SessionID=91&GA=100	e2ab9400c5f5d9f528100e1ce5f727c15356aa12d7464b410838a0414eff18d4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 3601 (100th) — SCH CD/COMM COLL-SW IL COLLEGE

Amends the School Code. Provides that students in grades 11 and 12 of East St. Louis School District 189 may take courses at Southwestern Illinois College for dual credit at no cost to the student. Amends the Public Community College Act to make conforming 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 — 112–1 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 54–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• LaToya Greenwood — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-10 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. LaToya Greenwood filing
• 2017-02-10 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-02-10 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2017-03-01 Assigned to Community College Access & Affordability Committee referral-committee
• 2017-03-22 Do Pass / Short Debate Community College Access & Affordability Committee; 006-001-000 committee-passage
• 2017-03-23 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-03-30 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. LaToya Greenwood amendment-introduction
• 2017-03-30 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2017-04-04 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Community College Access & Affordability Committee
• 2017-04-06 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Community College Access & Affordability Committee; 007-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-04-18 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. LaToya Greenwood amendment-introduction
• 2017-04-18 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2017-04-24 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-04-24 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2017-04-24 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2017-04-24 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2017-04-25 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2017-04-25 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-04-26 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-001-000 reading-3, passage
• 2017-04-27 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2017-04-27 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2017-04-27 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr.
• 2017-04-27 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-04-27 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2017-05-02 Assigned to Education referral-committee
• 2017-05-09 Do Pass Education; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2017-05-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2017
• 2017-05-23 Second Reading reading-2
• 2017-05-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 24, 2017
• 2017-05-25 Third Reading - Passed; 054-001-000 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 . . . . . . . . . 100-0190 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1188693d-4642-4041-bb97-66536446c448. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).