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Bill	PRIV BUS/VOC SCHOOL-EXEMPTION	Amends the Private Business and Vocational Schools Act. Removes the dates on which an educational institution must have enrolled a majority of its students in degree programs and maintained an accredited status in order to not be considered to be a private business and vocational school under the Act. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	95th	HB 724	Illinois HB 724 (95th)	bill		enacted		3	28	2	2007-02-07	2007-08-13	openstates	ocd-bill/b4a2077a-44bd-4392-ae36-b8eba342af29	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=724&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=27892&SessionID=51&GA=95	ed7ff9bb215a55361984d0d754114716f3913f96ee3b185786c9ad16325c73e3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 724 (95th) — PRIV BUS/VOC SCHOOL-EXEMPTION

Amends the Private Business and Vocational Schools Act. Removes the dates on which an educational institution must have enrolled a majority of its students in degree programs and maintained an accredited status in order to not be considered to be a private business and vocational school under the Act. 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 — 112–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Kenneth Dunkin — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2007-02-07 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Kenneth Dunkin filing
• 2007-02-07 First Reading reading-1
• 2007-02-07 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2007-02-15 Assigned to Higher Education Committee referral-committee
• 2007-02-22 Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 013-000-000 committee-passage
• 2007-02-23 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2007-03-02 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Susana A Mendoza
• 2007-03-02 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Julie Hamos
• 2007-03-02 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin A. McCarthy
• 2007-03-02 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2007-03-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2007-04-17 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2007-04-20 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2007-04-20 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2007-04-20 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
• 2007-04-20 First Reading reading-1
• 2007-04-20 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2007-04-25 Assigned to Higher Education referral-committee
• 2007-05-02 Do Pass Higher Education; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2007-05-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 3, 2007
• 2007-05-15 Second Reading reading-2
• 2007-05-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 16, 2007
• 2007-05-16 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2007-05-16 Passed Both Houses
• 2007-06-14 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2007-08-13 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2007-08-13 Effective Date August 13, 2007
• 2007-08-13 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0126 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b4a2077a-44bd-4392-ae36-b8eba342af29. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).