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type: "Bill"
title: "HIGHER ED-SUPPORT WORKER"
description: "Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities and community colleges in Illinois. Provides that if a student has a personal support worker through the Home-Based Support Services Program for Adults with Mental Disabilities under the Developmental Disability and Mental Disability Services Act, the governing board of the public university or community college district must permit the personal support worker to attend class with the student but is not responsible for providing or paying for the personal support worker. Provides that if the personal support worker's attendance in class is solely to provide personal support services to the student, the governing board may not charge the personal support worker tuition and fees for such attendance. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "102nd"
identifier: "HB 3359"
citation: "Illinois HB 3359 (102nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Bos", "Dan McConchie"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-19"
last_action: "2021-08-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72b81626-e332-404f-a03a-f75f9419cadf"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3359&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=132294&SessionID=110&GA=102"
source_hash: "5659130a10cf44f279574e6707961ffd0805b2d9af6857de8a9d37d3913b62e0"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---
# Illinois HB 3359 (102nd) — HIGHER ED-SUPPORT WORKER
Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities and community colleges in Illinois. Provides that if a student has a personal support worker through the Home-Based Support Services Program for Adults with Mental Disabilities under the Developmental Disability and Mental Disability Services Act, the governing board of the public university or community college district must permit the personal support worker to attend class with the student but is not responsible for providing or paying for the personal support worker. Provides that if the personal support worker's attendance in class is solely to provide personal support services to the student, the governing board may not charge the personal support worker tuition and fees for such attendance. Effective immediately.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB3359.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB3359eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB3359enr.pdf)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1130** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Chris Bos — primary (person)
- Dan McConchie — primary (person)
- Andrew S. Chesney — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Brady — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Ugaste — cosponsor (person)
- Deanne M. Mazzochi — cosponsor (person)
- Frances Ann Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- John Connor — cosponsor (person)
- Laura M. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Batinick — cosponsor (person)
- Maurice A. West, II — cosponsor (person)
- Michael T. Marron — cosponsor (person)
- Norine K. Hammond — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Jacobs — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Spain — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-19** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Chris Bos `filing`
- **2021-02-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-22** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** Assigned to Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II
- **2021-03-25** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark Batinick
- **2021-03-25** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Brady
- **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. Michael T. Marron
- **2021-03-25** Do Pass / Consent Calendar Higher Education Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-29** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Andrew S. Chesney
- **2021-04-08** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Consent Calendar
- **2021-04-14** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ryan Spain
- **2021-04-15** Second Reading - Consent Calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-04-15** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Consent Calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-04-16** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Frances Ann Hurley
- **2021-04-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Consent Calendar
- **2021-04-21** Third Reading - Consent Calendar - First Day `reading-3`
- **2021-04-22** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deanne M. Mazzochi
- **2021-04-22** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Ugaste
- **2021-04-22** Third Reading - Consent Calendar - Passed 113-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-23** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-23** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 27, 2021 `reading-1`
- **2021-05-04** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Dan McConchie
- **2021-05-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-05-04** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-11** 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
- **2021-05-20** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-05-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 21, 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`
- **2021-08-23** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-23** Effective Date August 23, 2021
- **2021-08-23** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0568 `became-law`
- **2021-08-25** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. John Connor
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/72b81626-e332-404f-a03a-f75f9419cadf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).