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Bill	UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS ACT	Creates the Bridge Program for Underrepresented Students Act. Defines terms. Provides that each public university in this State may establish a Bridge Program for underrepresented students. Specifies program requirements. Provides that a public university that establishes a Bridge Program shall, on or before September 1, 2019 and on or before September 1 of each subsequent year, publish on its website and make available to the public a report on the Program. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	100th	HB 5696	Illinois HB 5696 (100th)	bill		enacted		3	48	2	2018-02-16	2018-08-24	openstates	ocd-bill/1ae30e73-551f-44f0-a251-dd642234cb43	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5696&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=111780&SessionID=91&GA=100	2bdac122308ef151dcc40e8dc6e7a34e450e1f41b74c9206f5af9421ab3cc25a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 5696 (100th) — UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS ACT

Creates the Bridge Program for Underrepresented Students Act. Defines terms. Provides that each public university in this State may establish a Bridge Program for underrepresented students. Specifies program requirements. Provides that a public university that establishes a Bridge Program shall, on or before September 1, 2019 and on or before September 1 of each subsequent year, publish on its website and make available to the public a report on the Program. 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 — 57–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 111–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bill Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
• Cristina Castro — cosponsor (person)
• Daniel Biss — cosponsor (person)
• Emanuel Chris Welch — primary (person)
• Emil Jones, III — cosponsor (person)
• Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant — cosponsor (person)
• Kwame Raoul — cosponsor (person)
• Martin A. Sandoval — cosponsor (person)
• Michael E. Hastings — cosponsor (person)
• Napoleon Harris, III — cosponsor (person)
• Omar Aquino — cosponsor (person)
• Scott M. Bennett — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-16 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch filing
• 2018-02-16 First Reading reading-1
• 2018-02-16 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2018-02-27 Assigned to Higher Education Committee referral-committee
• 2018-04-12 Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 020-000-000 committee-passage
• 2018-04-12 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
• 2018-04-12 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicholas K Smith
• 2018-04-12 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
• 2018-04-12 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Halpin
• 2018-04-12 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. LaToya Greenwood
• 2018-04-13 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2018-04-17 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2018-04-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2018-04-19 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2018-04-19 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
• 2018-04-19 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan Carroll
• 2018-04-23 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2018-04-23 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2018-04-23 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
• 2018-04-23 First Reading reading-1
• 2018-04-23 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2018-04-26 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2018-04-26 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Bill Cunningham
• 2018-04-26 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
• 2018-04-26 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
• 2018-04-27 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Omar Aquino
• 2018-04-30 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
• 2018-05-01 Assigned to Higher Education referral-committee
• 2018-05-02 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
• 2018-05-03 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
• 2018-05-03 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Daniel Biss
• 2018-05-09 Do Pass Higher Education; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2018-05-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2018
• 2018-05-09 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant
• 2018-05-09 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III
• 2018-05-09 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael E. Hastings
• 2018-05-09 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Scott M. Bennett
• 2018-05-10 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Napoleon Harris, III
• 2018-05-15 Second Reading reading-2
• 2018-05-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 16, 2018
• 2018-05-25 Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2018 reading-3
• 2018-05-29 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2018-05-29 Passed Both Houses
• 2018-05-30 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Kwame Raoul
• 2018-06-27 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-08-24 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2018-08-24 Effective Date August 24, 2018
• 2018-08-24 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-1063 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1ae30e73-551f-44f0-a251-dd642234cb43. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).