republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/93rd/hb-1448.md

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Bill	CRIM CD-FALSE ACADEMIC DEGREE	Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that it is unlawful for a person to knowingly manufacture or produce a false academic degree or for a person to knowingly use a false academic degree for the purpose of obtaining employment or admission to an Illinois institution of higher learning or admission to an advanced degree program at an Illinois institution of higher learning or for the purpose of obtaining a promotion or higher compensation in employment. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	93rd	HB 1448	Illinois HB 1448 (93rd)	bill		enacted		3	35	2	2003-02-06	2003-07-22	openstates	ocd-bill/312902b5-e0c5-412f-a408-97173aea21d1	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1448&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=2238&SessionID=3&GA=93	9e77c0644bf65cdc432c221668ad1895bc44d49033e88dd769ca6512e921c7cf	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 1448 (93rd) — CRIM CD-FALSE ACADEMIC DEGREE

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that it is unlawful for a person to knowingly manufacture or produce a false academic degree or for a person to knowingly use a false academic degree for the purpose of obtaining employment or admission to an Illinois institution of higher learning or admission to an advanced degree program at an Illinois institution of higher learning or for the purpose of obtaining a promotion or higher compensation in employment. 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. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 56–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 117–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Roger L. Eddy — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-02-06 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Roger L. Eddy filing
• 2003-02-06 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-02-06 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2003-02-11 Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee referral-committee
• 2003-03-03 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Churchill
• 2003-03-03 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
• 2003-03-03 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Frank Aguilar
• 2003-03-03 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
• 2003-03-06 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee amendment-introduction
• 2003-03-06 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2003-03-06 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 013-000-000 committee-passage
• 2003-03-06 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-03-20 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2003-03-20 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2003-03-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2003-03-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2003-03-21 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
• 2003-03-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-03-21 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2003-03-25 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2003-03-25 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 26, 2003 reading-1
• 2003-04-03 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Dale A. Righter
• 2003-04-03 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-04-03 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-04-16 Assigned to Education referral-committee
• 2003-04-29 Do Pass Education; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2003-04-29 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 30, 2003
• 2003-05-06 Second Reading reading-2
• 2003-05-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 7, 2003
• 2003-05-09 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2003-05-09 Passed Both Houses
• 2003-06-06 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2003-07-22 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2003-07-22 Effective Date July 22, 2003
• 2003-07-22 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0239 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/312902b5-e0c5-412f-a408-97173aea21d1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).