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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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enacted | 3 | 40 | 2 | 2011-02-16 | 2011-07-25 | openstates | ocd-bill/e47d67e5-c164-435e-9d7f-7036d13eed2f | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1876&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=59065&SessionID=84&GA=97 | 479a4abf1e02d26f01c35c7519936c06b4b6e2839a6483b4e870b54c8f5effa4 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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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.
Votes
- Third Reading — 116–0 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 57–0 (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).