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Bill UNIV-TECH ENTREPRENEUR CENTERS Creates the University Technology Entrepreneur Center Act. Authorizes the board of trustees of each public university in this State to create a technology entrepreneur center for each campus of the university. Requires a center to provide material and personal infrastructure to selected innovators who possess an inventive concept that has not yet been offered for sale in the private-sector market, with the goal being to develop a concept to the point where it can become a business venture. Provides that a center may offer mentors, workshops, contacts with potential private-sector investors, and a structured course or courses of work-study to bring an innovation from conception to market. Provides that the work-study program, if offered, may offer business instruction, engineering instruction, or a structured combination of both forms of knowledge. us/states/il Illinois General Assembly 97th HB 1876 Illinois HB 1876 (97th)
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Illinois HB 1876 (97th) — UNIV-TECH ENTREPRENEUR CENTERS

Creates the University Technology Entrepreneur Center Act. Authorizes the board of trustees of each public university in this State to create a technology entrepreneur center for each campus of the university. Requires a center to provide material and personal infrastructure to selected innovators who possess an inventive concept that has not yet been offered for sale in the private-sector market, with the goal being to develop a concept to the point where it can become a business venture. Provides that a center may offer mentors, workshops, contacts with potential private-sector investors, and a structured course or courses of work-study to bring an innovation from conception to market. Provides that the work-study program, if offered, may offer business instruction, engineering instruction, or a structured combination of both forms of knowledge.

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 — 1160 (pass) · lower
  • Third Reading — 570 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Ira I. Silverstein — cosponsor (person)
  • Tom Cross — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2011-02-16 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Tom Cross filing
  • 2011-02-16 First Reading reading-1
  • 2011-02-16 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
  • 2011-02-22 Assigned to Higher Education Committee referral-committee
  • 2011-03-01 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
  • 2011-03-01 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jil Tracy
  • 2011-03-02 Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
  • 2011-03-03 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
  • 2011-03-03 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
  • 2011-03-03 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Tom Cross amendment-introduction
  • 2011-03-03 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
  • 2011-03-07 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Higher Education Committee
  • 2011-03-08 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
  • 2011-03-08 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
  • 2011-03-09 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Higher Education Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
  • 2011-03-17 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
  • 2011-03-17 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote amendment-passage
  • 2011-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
  • 2011-03-24 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dwight Kay
  • 2011-03-30 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Franco Coladipietro
  • 2011-03-30 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael G. Connelly
  • 2011-03-30 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 reading-3, passage
  • 2011-03-31 Arrive in Senate introduction
  • 2011-03-31 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 6, 2011 reading-1
  • 2011-04-04 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
  • 2011-04-06 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Matt Murphy
  • 2011-04-07 First Reading reading-1
  • 2011-04-07 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
  • 2011-04-27 Assigned to Higher Education referral-committee
  • 2011-05-05 Do Pass Higher Education; 008-000-000 committee-passage
  • 2011-05-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2011
  • 2011-05-06 Second Reading reading-2
  • 2011-05-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 10, 2011
  • 2011-05-12 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
  • 2011-05-12 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
  • 2011-05-12 Passed Both Houses
  • 2011-06-10 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
  • 2011-07-25 Governor Approved executive-signature
  • 2011-07-25 Effective Date January 1, 2012
  • 2011-07-25 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0196 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e47d67e5-c164-435e-9d7f-7036d13eed2f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).