republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/103rd/sb-3594.md

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Bill	ILL ARTICULATION INITIATIVE	Amends the Illinois Articulation Initiative Act. In the provisions concerning participation, provides that all public institutions of higher education shall submit and maintain at least one core course (instead of up to 4 core courses) in each of the Illinois Articulation Initiative majors, provided that the public institution has equivalent majors and courses. Provides that if a public institution does not have an equivalent major, lower-division courses, or both, that align with the major panel's descriptors and course approval criteria, then the public institution shall be considered to be compliant with those provisions, as determined by the director of the Illinois Articulation Initiative. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	103rd	SB 3594	Illinois SB 3594 (103rd)	bill		enacted	Cristina Castro Katie Stuart	4	31	5	2024-02-09	2024-08-09	openstates	ocd-bill/970f93c3-218f-4ad0-bd5e-28f62813fa60	https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=3594&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=153336&SessionID=112	cabad471cd650fb4c28dcf80bab6c216defd9544d0515bfd108b08da44fa7753	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 3594 (103rd) — ILL ARTICULATION INITIATIVE

Amends the Illinois Articulation Initiative Act. In the provisions concerning participation, provides that all public institutions of higher education shall submit and maintain at least one core course (instead of up to 4 core courses) in each of the Illinois Articulation Initiative majors, provided that the public institution has equivalent majors and courses. Provides that if a public institution does not have an equivalent major, lower-division courses, or both, that align with the major panel's descriptors and course approval criteria, then the public institution shall be considered to be compliant with those provisions, as determined by the director of the Illinois Articulation Initiative. Effective immediately.

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. Senate Amendment 001 (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Higher Education — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Higher Education — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Higher Education — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 111–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 59–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Cristina Castro — primary (person)
• Katie Stuart — primary (person)
• Brandun Schweizer — cosponsor (person)
• Carol Ammons — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-09 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Cristina Castro filing
• 2024-02-09 First Reading reading-1
• 2024-02-09 Referred to Assignments
• 2024-02-20 Assigned to Higher Education referral-committee
• 2024-02-22 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Cristina Castro amendment-introduction
• 2024-02-22 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
• 2024-02-28 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Higher Education
• 2024-03-06 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2024-03-06 Do Pass as Amended Higher Education; 011-000-000
• 2024-03-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 7, 2024 reading-2
• 2024-03-14 Second Reading reading-2
• 2024-03-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 20, 2024
• 2024-04-10 Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2024-04-10 Arrived in House introduction
• 2024-04-10 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
• 2024-04-11 First Reading reading-1
• 2024-04-11 Referred to Rules Committee
• 2024-04-15 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
• 2024-05-17 Third Reading/Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 24, 2024
• 2024-05-23 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2024-05-23 Passed Both Houses
• 2024-05-23 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandun Schweizer
• 2024-05-23 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
• 2024-06-21 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-08-09 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2024-08-09 Effective Date August 9, 2024
• 2024-08-09 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-1022 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/970f93c3-218f-4ad0-bd5e-28f62813fa60. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).