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Bill	PERSONNEL-NO BACH DEGREE REQ	Amends the Personnel Code. Provides that a State agency shall not require as a condition of eligibility for hire to a position in State employment that an applicant have a baccalaureate degree. Provides that the provisions shall not apply the knowledge, skills, or abilities required for the position for which an applicant is applying can only reasonably be obtained, as determined by the appointing authority, through a course of study in pursuit of, and culminating in the award of, a baccalaureate degree or advanced degree. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	104th	SB 1884	Illinois SB 1884 (104th)	bill		enacted	Kelly M. Cassidy Steve Stadelman	5	49	8	2025-02-06	2025-08-15	openstates	ocd-bill/4d0c8b35-ca42-496d-833c-c3d159c5a088	https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=1884&GAID=18&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=161093&SessionID=114	7edbe569a7ac355af19122b0890ca239476fa63256e5a123e6c1f877a0070a13	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1884 (104th) — PERSONNEL-NO BACH DEGREE REQ

Amends the Personnel Code. Provides that a State agency shall not require as a condition of eligibility for hire to a position in State employment that an applicant have a baccalaureate degree. Provides that the provisions shall not apply the knowledge, skills, or abilities required for the position for which an applicant is applying can only reasonably be obtained, as determined by the appointing authority, through a course of study in pursuit of, and culminating in the award of, a baccalaureate degree or advanced degree. 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. House Amendment 001 (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate Amendment 001 (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• State Government Administration, Amendment 1 — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• State Government — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 52–0 (pass) · upper
• State Government — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• State Government Administration — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• State Government, Amendment 1 — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 107–0 (pass) · lower
• Concurrence, Amendment 1 — 57–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Kelly M. Cassidy — primary (person)
• Steve Stadelman — primary (person)
• Doris Turner — cosponsor (person)
• Harry Benton — cosponsor (person)
• Jason Plummer — cosponsor (person)
• Mike Porfirio — cosponsor (person)
• Willie Preston — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-06 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Steve Stadelman filing
• 2025-02-06 First Reading reading-1
• 2025-02-06 Referred to Assignments
• 2025-02-18 Assigned to State Government referral-committee
• 2025-02-27 Postponed - State Government
• 2025-03-06 Postponed - State Government
• 2025-03-11 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Porfirio
• 2025-03-14 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Steve Stadelman amendment-introduction
• 2025-03-14 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
• 2025-03-18 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to State Government
• 2025-03-19 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2025-03-19 Do Pass as Amended State Government; 009-000-000
• 2025-03-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 20, 2025 reading-2
• 2025-03-20 Second Reading reading-2
• 2025-03-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 1, 2025
• 2025-04-03 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Doris Turner
• 2025-04-04 Third Reading - Passed; 052-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2025-04-04 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Jason Plummer
• 2025-04-04 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Willie Preston
• 2025-04-04 Arrived in House introduction
• 2025-04-04 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
• 2025-04-07 First Reading reading-1
• 2025-04-07 Referred to Rules Committee
• 2025-04-17 Assigned to State Government Administration Committee referral-committee
• 2025-05-07 Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 008-000-000
• 2025-05-08 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2025-05-09 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy amendment-introduction
• 2025-05-09 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
• 2025-05-13 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to State Government Administration Committee
• 2025-05-14 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted State Government Administration Committee; 008-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-16 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2025-05-16 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2025-05-23 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2025-05-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2025-05-23 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 107-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2025-05-23 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Benton
• 2025-05-26 Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1
• 2025-05-26 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - May 27, 2025
• 2025-05-27 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Steve Stadelman filing
• 2025-05-27 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments
• 2025-05-27 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to State Government
• 2025-05-29 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt State Government; 009-000-000
• 2025-05-31 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 057-000-000
• 2025-05-31 Senate Concurs
• 2025-05-31 Passed Both Houses
• 2025-06-27 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-08-15 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2025-08-15 Effective Date August 15, 2025
• 2025-08-15 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0397 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4d0c8b35-ca42-496d-833c-c3d159c5a088. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).