republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/101st/hb-2852.md

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Bill	HIGHER ED-COMPETENCY LEARNING	Amends various acts relating to the governance of public universities in Illinois. Provides that if a university offers a competency-based learning program, it must notify a student if he or she becomes eligible for the program.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	101st	HB 2852	Illinois HB 2852 (101st)	bill		enacted		3	28	2	2019-02-14	2019-08-09	openstates	ocd-bill/e7872f83-8d4e-4c9a-91f4-db11fc71d5df	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2852&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=119152&SessionID=108&GA=101	468e9f9b6e2aaee02d9c7c70e4ac4ce97fb8783fa7e06fcb31c226180b20f3bc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2852 (101st) — HIGHER ED-COMPETENCY LEARNING

Amends various acts relating to the governance of public universities in Illinois. Provides that if a university offers a competency-based learning program, it must notify a student if he or she becomes eligible for the program.

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 — 112–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Carol Ammons — cosponsor (person)
• Celina Villanueva — cosponsor (person)
• Dave Severin — cosponsor (person)
• Elgie R. Sims, Jr. — primary (person)
• Nicholas K. Smith — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-14 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Nicholas K. Smith filing
• 2019-02-14 First Reading reading-1
• 2019-02-14 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2019-02-26 Assigned to Higher Education Committee referral-committee
• 2019-03-06 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
• 2019-03-06 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Celina Villanueva
• 2019-03-06 Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 019-000-000 committee-passage
• 2019-03-07 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2019-03-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Severin
• 2019-03-19 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2019-03-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2019-03-27 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2019-03-27 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2019-03-27 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 28, 2019 reading-1
• 2019-04-09 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
• 2019-04-09 First Reading reading-1
• 2019-04-09 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2019-04-24 Assigned to Higher Education referral-committee
• 2019-05-02 Do Pass Higher Education; 013-000-000 committee-passage
• 2019-05-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2019
• 2019-05-16 Second Reading reading-2
• 2019-05-16 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 17, 2019
• 2019-05-21 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2019-05-21 Passed Both Houses
• 2019-06-19 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-08-09 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2019-08-09 Effective Date January 1, 2020
• 2019-08-09 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0271 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e7872f83-8d4e-4c9a-91f4-db11fc71d5df. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).