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type: "Bill"
title: "HIGHER ED-DUAL CREDIT QUALITY"
description: "Creates the Dual Credit Quality Act. Requires the Illinois Community College Board and the Board of Higher Education to develop policies to permit multiple appropriate measures using differentiated assessment for granting eligibility for dual credit to students (a dual credit course being a college course taken by a high school student for credit at both the college and high school level). Sets forth provisions concerning policies to protect the academic standing of students who are not successful in dual credit courses, standards that institutions of higher learning must meet if offering dual credit courses, oversight and review of dual credit programs, and a statewide longitudinal data system to identify high school students who participate in dual credit courses and track their success in high school and postsecondary education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 1079"
citation: "Illinois HB 1079 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 74
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-11"
last_action: "2009-08-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb31faf3-2175-4627-afbb-b61a4719158e"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1079&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=42757&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "11483979cd3e94e1da0254de32264ea7a484e7ffd5426d0a9e3769edbb550ddc"
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 HB 1079 (96th) — HIGHER ED-DUAL CREDIT QUALITY
Creates the Dual Credit Quality Act. Requires the Illinois Community College Board and the Board of Higher Education to develop policies to permit multiple appropriate measures using differentiated assessment for granting eligibility for dual credit to students (a dual credit course being a college course taken by a high school student for credit at both the college and high school level). Sets forth provisions concerning policies to protect the academic standing of students who are not successful in dual credit courses, standards that institutions of higher learning must meet if offering dual credit courses, oversight and review of dual credit programs, and a statewide longitudinal data system to identify high school students who participate in dual credit courses and track their success in high school and postsecondary education.
## 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=09600HB1079&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=42757&DocNum=1079&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB1079eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=42757&DocNum=1079&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB1079enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=42757&DocNum=1079&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1160** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **560** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Roger L. Eddy — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2009-02-11** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Roger L. Eddy `filing`
- **2009-02-11** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin A. McCarthy
- **2009-02-11** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black
- **2009-02-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-11** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-18** Assigned to Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-26** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2009-03-03** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry L. Mitchell
- **2009-03-03** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
- **2009-03-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Bost
- **2009-03-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael W. Tryon
- **2009-03-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe
- **2009-03-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jil Tracy
- **2009-03-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Bob Biggins
- **2009-03-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Timothy L. Schmitz
- **2009-03-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Richard P. Myers
- **2009-03-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kay Hatcher
- **2009-03-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Darlene J. Senger
- **2009-03-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rich Brauer
- **2009-03-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark H. Beaubien, Jr.
- **2009-03-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandy Cole
- **2009-03-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael G. Connelly
- **2009-03-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Randy Ramey, Jr.
- **2009-03-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2009-03-04** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Higher Education Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2009-03-04** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Higher Education Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2009-03-04** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-03-05** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-03-12** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
- **2009-03-17** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-03-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dennis M. Reboletti
- **2009-03-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Franco Coladipietro
- **2009-03-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ronald A. Wait
- **2009-03-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John D. Cavaletto
- **2009-03-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Raymond Poe
- **2009-03-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ron Stephens
- **2009-03-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Edward J. Acevedo
- **2009-03-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios
- **2009-03-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Susana A. Mendoza
- **2009-03-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Constance A. Howard
- **2009-03-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
- **2009-03-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
- **2009-03-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. André M. Thapedi
- **2009-03-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anthony DeLuca
- **2009-03-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- **2009-03-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
- **2009-03-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan A. Gordon
- **2009-03-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
- **2009-03-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Renée Kosel
- **2009-03-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David Reis
- **2009-03-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
- **2009-03-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Sacia
- **2009-03-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Bill Mitchell
- **2009-03-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond
- **2009-03-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Suzanne Bassi
- **2009-03-18** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-03-19** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2009-03-19** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-19** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Deanna Demuzio
- **2009-03-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-19** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-26** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Edward D. Maloney
- **2009-04-22** Assigned to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-29** Do Pass Higher Education; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-04-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 30, 2009
- **2009-05-12** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-05-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2009
- **2009-05-13** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-05-13** Passed Both Houses
- **2009-06-11** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-10** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-10** Effective Date January 1, 2010
- **2009-08-10** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0194 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eb31faf3-2175-4627-afbb-b61a4719158e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).