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type: "Bill"
title: "HIGHER ED-REMEDIAL COURSEWORK"
description: "Amends the Board of Higher Education Act and the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Provides that if a State university determines that a student needs remedial coursework, then the university must require that the student complete the remedial coursework before pursuing his or her course of study. Provides that a student is not ineligible for Monetary Award Program consideration if (1) a State university that the student was enrolled at required that the student complete remedial coursework; (2) by subtracting the total number of semester credit hours, not to exceed 15 semester credit hours, of required remedial coursework that the student successfully completed and received award payments for, the student has received less than the equivalent of 135 semester credit hours of award payments; and (3) the student began his or her post-secondary course of study during the 2007-2008 academic year. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "SB 313"
citation: "Illinois SB 313 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-02-07"
last_action: "2007-08-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5fd8ec8-930f-4389-94e7-52bd4804838a"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=313&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=27914&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "3a27c015b114a69b3680c1ee134ae1499d74c24c4893e7967c1e5be47a001c9f"
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 313 (95th) — HIGHER ED-REMEDIAL COURSEWORK
Amends the Board of Higher Education Act and the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Provides that if a State university determines that a student needs remedial coursework, then the university must require that the student complete the remedial coursework before pursuing his or her course of study. Provides that a student is not ineligible for Monetary Award Program consideration if (1) a State university that the student was enrolled at required that the student complete remedial coursework; (2) by subtracting the total number of semester credit hours, not to exceed 15 semester credit hours, of required remedial coursework that the student successfully completed and received award payments for, the student has received less than the equivalent of 135 semester credit hours of award payments; and (3) the student began his or her post-secondary course of study during the 2007-2008 academic year. Effective immediately.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0313&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=27914&DocNum=313&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0313eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=27914&DocNum=313&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0313enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=27914&DocNum=313&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **580** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1130** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Edward D. Maloney — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2007-02-07** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Edward D. Maloney `filing`
- **2007-02-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-02-07** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-21** Assigned to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-28** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Edward D. Maloney `amendment-introduction`
- **2007-02-28** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-01** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Higher Education
- **2007-03-02** Postponed - Higher Education
- **2007-03-07** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2007-03-08** Do Pass as Amended Higher Education; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-03-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 13, 2007
- **2007-03-13** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-03-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 14, 2007
- **2007-03-14** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Edward D. Maloney `amendment-introduction`
- **2007-03-14** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-20** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Edward D. Maloney `amendment-introduction`
- **2007-03-20** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-27** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Rules Refers to Higher Education
- **2007-03-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommend Do Adopt Higher Education; 010-000-000
- **2007-03-29** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-03-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted; Maloney `amendment-passage`
- **2007-03-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2007-03-29** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-03-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) `amendment-failure`
- **2007-03-30** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2007-03-30** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-04-19** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Richard P. Myers
- **2007-04-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-04-20** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-30** Assigned to Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-16** Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 008-000-003 `committee-passage`
- **2007-05-17** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-05-21** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-05-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-05-22** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
- **2007-05-22** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-002 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-05-22** Passed Both Houses
- **2007-06-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-17** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-17** Effective Date August 17, 2007
- **2007-08-17** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0272 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a5fd8ec8-930f-4389-94e7-52bd4804838a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).