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Bill	BD HIGHER ED-COLL BAC DEGREE	Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Provides that the Board of Higher Education shall implement and administer a grant program, to be referred to as the Collaborative Baccalaureate Degree Development Grant Program, to help deliver upper division courses and bachelor's degree programs offered by bachelor's degree-granting colleges and universities at a location geographically convenient to student populations currently being served by existing public community colleges. Provides that a grant application must be jointly submitted by one public community college and one or more public or private, not-for-profit, 4-year colleges or universities. Provides that the Board shall require that each partnering institution (both the community college and the 4-year institution or institutions) must also invest in the partnership.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	SB 1883	Illinois SB 1883 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	37	2	2009-02-20	2009-08-14	openstates	ocd-bill/7661a58b-617d-4de6-b37c-d87140bac1b8	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1883&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=44750&SessionID=76&GA=96	f758f244795490d9efa80e31f89cd337f28a40b5c5ac1f2db1bce16a67645162	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1883 (96th) — BD HIGHER ED-COLL BAC DEGREE

Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Provides that the Board of Higher Education shall implement and administer a grant program, to be referred to as the Collaborative Baccalaureate Degree Development Grant Program, to help deliver upper division courses and bachelor's degree programs offered by bachelor's degree-granting colleges and universities at a location geographically convenient to student populations currently being served by existing public community colleges. Provides that a grant application must be jointly submitted by one public community college and one or more public or private, not-for-profit, 4-year colleges or universities. Provides that the Board shall require that each partnering institution (both the community college and the 4-year institution or institutions) must also invest in the partnership.

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 — 105–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• J. Bradley Burzynski — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-02-20 Filed with Secretary by Sen. J. Bradley Burzynski filing
• 2009-02-20 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-02-20 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-03-04 Assigned to Higher Education referral-committee
• 2009-03-04 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Deanna Demuzio
• 2009-03-06 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Gary Forby
• 2009-03-10 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. J. Bradley Burzynski; -Demuzio amendment-introduction
• 2009-03-10 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-03-10 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Higher Education
• 2009-03-10 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2009-03-11 Do Pass as Amended Higher Education; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-03-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 12, 2009
• 2009-03-11 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Edward D. Maloney
• 2009-03-17 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Christine Radogno
• 2009-03-24 Second Reading reading-2
• 2009-03-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 25, 2009
• 2009-04-01 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-04-01 Arrived in House introduction
• 2009-04-01 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2009-04-03 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
• 2009-04-03 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
• 2009-04-06 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-04-06 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-04-14 Assigned to Higher Education Committee referral-committee
• 2009-04-22 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland
• 2009-04-22 Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 005-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-04-22 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-04-23 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin A. McCarthy
• 2009-04-23 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-04-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-05-18 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 105-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-05-18 Passed Both Houses
• 2009-05-18 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Al Riley
• 2009-06-16 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2009-08-14 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2009-08-14 Effective Date August 14, 2009
• 2009-08-14 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0535 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7661a58b-617d-4de6-b37c-d87140bac1b8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).