republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/103rd/sb-2862.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "BD HIGHER ED-IN-DEMAND JOBS"
description: "Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Provides that the Board of Higher Education shall compile, on an annual basis, a list of the most in-demand jobs in this State, along with the starting salary, the median salary, and the typical education level for those jobs. Provides that the Board shall make the list available to the public on its Internet website. Effective July 1, 2024."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "SB 2862"
citation: "Illinois SB 2862 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tom Bennett", "Travis Weaver"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 41
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-19"
last_action: "2024-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0a455f7-1644-4647-8c84-cf34b286b7fd"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=2862&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=151710&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "a512056a8778c6d273516adcc646f24f4ffde55474b554e31144e46582972663"
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 SB 2862 (103rd) — BD HIGHER ED-IN-DEMAND JOBS

Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Provides that the Board of Higher Education shall compile, on an annual basis, a list of the most in-demand jobs in this State, along with the starting salary, the median salary, and the typical education level for those jobs. Provides that the Board shall make the list available to the public on its Internet website. Effective July 1, 2024.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB2862.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB2862eng.pdf)
3. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB2862sam001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB2862enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Higher Education — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Higher Education, Amendment 1 — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **59–0** (pass) · lower
- Higher Education — **12–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tom Bennett — primary (person)
- Travis Weaver — primary (person)
- Amy Elik — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew S. Chesney — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Hernández — cosponsor (person)
- Dennis Tipsword, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Gregg Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Bunting — cosponsor (person)
- Jil Tracy — cosponsor (person)
- John F. Curran — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Jacobs — cosponsor (person)
- Tracy Katz Muhl — cosponsor (person)
- William E Hauter — cosponsor (person)
- Willie Preston — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-19** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Tom Bennett `filing`
- **2024-01-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-01-19** Referred to Assignments
- **2024-02-06** Assigned to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21** Do Pass Higher Education; 012-000-000
- **2024-02-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 22, 2024 `reading-2`
- **2024-02-22** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. John F. Curran
- **2024-02-22** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Jil Tracy
- **2024-03-12** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Tom Bennett `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-12** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
- **2024-03-20** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Higher Education
- **2024-03-20** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Andrew S. Chesney
- **2024-04-10** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Higher Education; 011-000-000
- **2024-04-10** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-04-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 11, 2024
- **2024-04-11** Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-11** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Willie Preston
- **2024-04-11** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2024-04-12** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Travis Weaver
- **2024-04-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-04-12** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-04-16** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Tracy Katz Muhl
- **2024-04-16** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. William E Hauter
- **2024-04-16** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Amy Elik
- **2024-04-16** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernández
- **2024-04-16** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Gregg Johnson
- **2024-04-16** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul Jacobs
- **2024-04-16** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dennis Tipsword, Jr.
- **2024-04-16** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jason Bunting
- **2024-04-24** Assigned to Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-01** Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 012-000-000
- **2024-05-02** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-05-13** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2024-05-15** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-15** Passed Both Houses
- **2024-06-13** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-07-01** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-01** Effective Date July 1, 2024
- **2024-07-01** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0633 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e0a455f7-1644-4647-8c84-cf34b286b7fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).