republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/103rd/hb-4738.md

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Bill	BD HIGHER ED-CEASE AND DESIST	Amends the Private Business and Vocational Schools Act of 2012. Provides that the Board of Higher Education may issue a cease and desist order to any school operating without the required permit of approval and may impose a civil penalty. Sets forth various requirements for the cease and desist order and the penalty. Amends the Private College Act and the Academic Degree Act to make similar changes.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	103rd	HB 4738	Illinois HB 4738 (103rd)	bill		enacted	Katie Stuart Michael W. Halpin	4	31	4	2024-02-05	2024-07-22	openstates	ocd-bill/21364da4-fea7-4b58-9ec9-0a3e444a6344	https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=4738&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=152413&SessionID=112	505cc3c4c18c5e78dfa15afcc818c42f39e68646b779af7a09b7dd28d6c9aae3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4738 (103rd) — BD HIGHER ED-CEASE AND DESIST

Amends the Private Business and Vocational Schools Act of 2012. Provides that the Board of Higher Education may issue a cease and desist order to any school operating without the required permit of approval and may impose a civil penalty. Sets forth various requirements for the cease and desist order and the penalty. Amends the Private College Act and the Academic Degree Act to make similar changes.

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. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 108–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 56–0 (pass) · lower
• Higher Education — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Higher Education — 9–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Katie Stuart — primary (person)
• Michael W. Halpin — primary (person)
• Laura M. Murphy — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-05 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Katie Stuart filing
• 2024-02-06 First Reading reading-1
• 2024-02-06 Referred to Rules Committee
• 2024-03-05 Assigned to Higher Education Committee referral-committee
• 2024-03-19 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Katie Stuart amendment-introduction
• 2024-03-19 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
• 2024-03-20 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Higher Education Committee
• 2024-03-21 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Higher Education Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2024-03-21 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 010-000-000
• 2024-03-22 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2024-04-11 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2024-04-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2024-04-17 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2024-04-18 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2024-04-18 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 30, 2024 reading-1
• 2024-04-24 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Michael W. Halpin
• 2024-04-24 First Reading reading-1
• 2024-04-24 Referred to Assignments
• 2024-04-30 Assigned to Higher Education referral-committee
• 2024-04-30 Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 10, 2024
• 2024-05-08 Do Pass Higher Education; 009-000-000
• 2024-05-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 9, 2024 reading-2
• 2024-05-09 Second Reading reading-2
• 2024-05-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
• 2024-05-15 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2024-05-15 Passed Both Houses
• 2024-05-15 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
• 2024-06-13 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-07-19 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2024-07-22 Effective Date January 1, 2025
• 2024-07-22 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0683 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/21364da4-fea7-4b58-9ec9-0a3e444a6344. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).