republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/102nd/hb-226.md

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Bill	HIGHER ED ADMISSION-NO TESTING	Creates the Higher Education Fair Admissions Act. Provides that a public institution of higher education may not require applicants who are residents of Illinois to submit standardized college admissions test scores to the institution as a part of the admissions process. Provides that the submission of standardized test scores to the institution shall be at the option of the applicant. Requires the adoption of a policy. Effective January 1, 2022.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	102nd	HB 226	Illinois HB 226 (102nd)	bill		enacted	Christopher Belt LaToya Greenwood	3	36	2	2021-01-22	2021-07-09	openstates	ocd-bill/f414755e-16b9-4c41-8e2d-6db840c48fa6	https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=226&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=128098&SessionID=110&GA=102	4b3ed96c21204e15efe52177a3e93d212a672f840bd41da0ec566f9e7b426514	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 226 (102nd) — HIGHER ED ADMISSION-NO TESTING

Creates the Higher Education Fair Admissions Act. Provides that a public institution of higher education may not require applicants who are residents of Illinois to submit standardized college admissions test scores to the institution as a part of the admissions process. Provides that the submission of standardized test scores to the institution shall be at the option of the applicant. Requires the adoption of a policy. Effective January 1, 2022.

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 — 45–9 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 109–8 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Christopher Belt — primary (person)
• LaToya Greenwood — primary (person)
• Adriane Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Carol Ammons — cosponsor (person)
• Elgie R. Sims, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Jacqueline Y. Collins — cosponsor (person)
• Kambium Buckner — cosponsor (person)
• Mattie Hunter — cosponsor (person)
• Maurice A. West, II — cosponsor (person)
• Nicholas K. Smith — cosponsor (person)
• Patricia Van Pelt — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-22 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. LaToya Greenwood filing
• 2021-01-22 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-01-22 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2021-02-23 Assigned to Higher Education Committee referral-committee
• 2021-02-24 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicholas K. Smith
• 2021-03-25 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
• 2021-03-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kambium Buckner
• 2021-03-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II
• 2021-03-25 Do Pass / Consent Calendar Higher Education Committee; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2021-04-08 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Consent Calendar
• 2021-04-14 Second Reading - Consent Calendar reading-2
• 2021-04-14 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Consent Calendar reading-2
• 2021-04-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Consent Calendar
• 2021-04-16 Third Reading - Consent Calendar - First Day reading-3
• 2021-04-21 Third Reading - Consent Calendar - Passed 109-008-000 passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-21 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2021-04-21 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 22, 2021 reading-1
• 2021-04-22 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt
• 2021-04-22 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-04-22 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2021-04-28 Assigned to Higher Education referral-committee
• 2021-05-05 Do Pass Higher Education; 011-003-000 committee-passage
• 2021-05-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2021
• 2021-05-13 Second Reading reading-2
• 2021-05-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2021
• 2021-05-19 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2021-05-20 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
• 2021-05-20 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt
• 2021-05-21 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
• 2021-05-25 Third Reading - Passed; 045-009-000 passage, reading-3
• 2021-05-25 Passed Both Houses
• 2021-05-26 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
• 2021-06-23 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-07-09 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2021-07-09 Effective Date January 1, 2022
• 2021-07-09 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0054 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f414755e-16b9-4c41-8e2d-6db840c48fa6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).