republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/102nd/hb-3218.md

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Bill	HIGHER ED-ADMISSIONS-AG SCI/ED	Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities in Illinois. With respect to the high school coursework that a person must satisfactorily complete for university admission, adds agricultural sciences as a course option for the science category and agricultural education as a course option for the electives category.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	102nd	HB 3218	Illinois HB 3218 (102nd)	bill		enacted	Elgie R. Sims, Jr. Nicholas K. Smith	5	46	1	2021-02-19	2021-08-17	openstates	ocd-bill/16e4cec0-c562-40f8-98cd-f4f48609857e	https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3218&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=132145&SessionID=110&GA=102	b4b51d04ee7f53667de07fa0ed4b2a5ecc6ca1b17bdd4ae8d7d7415cb3710626	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 3218 (102nd) — HIGHER ED-ADMISSIONS-AG SCI/ED

Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities in Illinois. With respect to the high school coursework that a person must satisfactorily complete for university admission, adds agricultural sciences as a course option for the science category and agricultural education as a course option for the electives category.

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. House Amendment 001 (committee substitute) — source
4. House Amendment 002 (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 116–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Elgie R. Sims, Jr. — primary (person)
• Nicholas K. Smith — primary (person)
• Carol Ammons — cosponsor (person)
• Dan Brady — cosponsor (person)
• Katie Stuart — cosponsor (person)
• LaToya Greenwood — cosponsor (person)
• Laura M. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
• Norine K. Hammond — cosponsor (person)
• Paul Jacobs — cosponsor (person)
• Sonya M. Harper — cosponsor (person)
• Sue Scherer — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-19 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Nicholas K. Smith filing
• 2021-02-19 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-02-19 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2021-03-16 Assigned to Higher Education Committee referral-committee
• 2021-03-23 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
• 2021-03-25 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Nicholas K. Smith amendment-introduction
• 2021-03-25 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2021-03-25 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
• 2021-03-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Norine K. Hammond
• 2021-03-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul Jacobs
• 2021-03-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Brady
• 2021-03-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sue Scherer
• 2021-03-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. LaToya Greenwood
• 2021-03-25 Do Pass / Consent Calendar Higher Education Committee; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2021-03-25 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 amendment-failure
• 2021-03-25 Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Norine K. Hammond
• 2021-04-08 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Consent Calendar
• 2021-04-09 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Nicholas K. Smith amendment-introduction
• 2021-04-09 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2021-04-12 Removed from Consent Calendar Status Rep. Greg Harris
• 2021-04-12 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2021-04-13 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-15 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2021-04-15 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2021-04-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2021-04-21 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-21 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Norine K. Hammond
• 2021-04-21 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper
• 2021-04-21 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2021-04-21 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 22, 2021 reading-1
• 2021-04-23 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
• 2021-04-23 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-04-23 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2021-05-10 Assigned to Higher Education referral-committee
• 2021-05-19 Do Pass Higher Education; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2021-05-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 20, 2021
• 2021-05-24 Second Reading reading-2
• 2021-05-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 25, 2021
• 2021-05-27 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
• 2021-05-27 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** May 28, 2021
• 2021-05-29 Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2021-05-29 Passed Both Houses
• 2021-06-25 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-08-17 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2021-08-17 Effective Date January 1, 2022
• 2021-08-17 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0403 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/16e4cec0-c562-40f8-98cd-f4f48609857e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).