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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "ILL ARTICULATION INITIATIVE"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "SB 3594"
citation: "Illinois SB 3594 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cristina Castro", "Katie Stuart"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-02-09"
last_action: "2024-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/970f93c3-218f-4ad0-bd5e-28f62813fa60"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=3594&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=153336&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "cabad471cd650fb4c28dcf80bab6c216defd9544d0515bfd108b08da44fa7753"
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 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](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB3594.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB3594eng.pdf)
3. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB3594sam001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB3594enr.pdf)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/970f93c3-218f-4ad0-bd5e-28f62813fa60`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).