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| Bill | HIGHER ED-TRANSFERABLE COURSES | Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Requires the Board to implement and administer a statewide program, using the World Wide Web, to assist students, advisors, faculty, and administrators from public and private institutions of higher education in obtaining consistent and accurate information about transfer courses and their applicability towards degree completion by publishing course equivalency guides, academic programs, courses offered, transfer course evaluations, and degree requirements. Effective immediately. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 94th | HB 2515 | Illinois HB 2515 (94th) |
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enacted | 3 | 62 | 2 | 2005-02-17 | 2005-08-02 | openstates | ocd-bill/349253fd-fd08-4a5c-9054-c7854b58cbc1 | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2515&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=17722&SessionID=50&GA=94 | ab1dc0299ccd15251b1ef14fcd4fb9447a1ded424f3d0aebf1b4cfce4929a1f5 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois HB 2515 (94th) — HIGHER ED-TRANSFERABLE COURSES
Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Requires the Board to implement and administer a statewide program, using the World Wide Web, to assist students, advisors, faculty, and administrators from public and private institutions of higher education in obtaining consistent and accurate information about transfer courses and their applicability towards degree completion by publishing course equivalency guides, academic programs, courses offered, transfer course evaluations, and degree requirements. Effective immediately.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 114–0 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 47–10 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Aaron Schock — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2005-02-17 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Aaron Schock
filing - 2005-02-17 Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin A. McCarthy
- 2005-02-17 Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Bost
- 2005-02-18 First Reading
reading-1 - 2005-02-18 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2005-02-23 Assigned to Higher Education Committee
referral-committee - 2005-02-24 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Roger L. Eddy
- 2005-03-02 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Higher Education Committee
amendment-introduction - 2005-03-02 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Higher Education Committee; by Voice Vote
amendment-passage - 2005-03-02 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 011-000-000
committee-passage - 2005-03-03 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2005-03-03 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
- 2005-03-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Brady
- 2005-03-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Raymond Poe
- 2005-03-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Constance A. Howard
- 2005-03-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Chapin Rose
- 2005-03-24 Pension Note Filed As Amended by HA 1
- 2005-03-28 State Debt Impact Note Filed As Amended by HA 1
- 2005-03-28 Land Conveyance Appraisal Note Filed
- 2005-03-28 Fiscal Note Filed As Amended
- 2005-03-28 Judicial Note Filed As Amended by HA 1
- 2005-03-30 Fiscal Note Filed As Amended by HA 1
- 2005-03-30 Housing Affordability Impact Note Filed
- 2005-03-31 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tom Cross
- 2005-04-04 State Mandates Fiscal Note Filed As Amended
- 2005-04-05 Home Rule Note Filed As Amended by HA 1
- 2005-04-05 Balanced Budget Note Filed As Amended by HA 1
- 2005-04-05 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
- 2005-04-05 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2005-04-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2005-04-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David R. Leitch
- 2005-04-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Richard P. Myers
- 2005-04-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Julie Hamos
- 2005-04-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
- 2005-04-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- 2005-04-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- 2005-04-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
- 2005-04-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur L. Turner
- 2005-04-06 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2005-04-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Milton Patterson
- 2005-04-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. James H. Meyer
- 2005-04-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Shane Cultra
- 2005-04-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Calvin L. Giles
- 2005-04-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Suzanne Bassi
- 2005-04-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Renee Kosel
- 2005-04-07 Arrive in Senate
introduction - 2005-04-07 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 8, 2005
reading-1 - 2005-04-13 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Susan Garrett
- 2005-04-14 First Reading
reading-1 - 2005-04-14 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2005-04-21 Assigned to Higher Education
referral-committee - 2005-05-05 Do Pass Higher Education; 009-001-001
committee-passage - 2005-05-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2005
- 2005-05-10 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2005-05-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 11, 2005
- 2005-05-19 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- 2005-05-19 Third Reading - Passed; 047-010-001
reading-3, passage - 2005-05-19 Passed Both Houses
- 2005-06-17 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2005-08-02 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2005-08-02 Effective Date August 2, 2005
- 2005-08-02 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0420
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/349253fd-fd08-4a5c-9054-c7854b58cbc1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).