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Bill	BD HIGHER ED-REDUCE PROGRAMS	Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Provides that, following notification to and a period of consultation with the appropriate board of control, the Board of Higher Education is authorized to take action on the dissolution or reduce in scope any and all existing programs of instruction, research, or public service that the Board finds to lack educational or economical justification at the public universities and community colleges. Requires each public university and community college to submit its plan for capital improvements of non-instructional facilities to the Board for approval before final commitments are made only if the total cost of the project as approved by the institution's board of control is in excess of $2 million.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	SB 1883	Illinois SB 1883 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	42	2	2011-02-10	2011-08-26	openstates	ocd-bill/004b0a8d-ab77-4d0e-9296-cb63f504e03c	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1883&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=58001&SessionID=84&GA=97	39dd0848d80018246f3ccbad1f23862c983fe383db7396833be338824395dc5a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1883 (97th) — BD HIGHER ED-REDUCE PROGRAMS

Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Provides that, following notification to and a period of consultation with the appropriate board of control, the Board of Higher Education is authorized to take action on the dissolution or reduce in scope any and all existing programs of instruction, research, or public service that the Board finds to lack educational or economical justification at the public universities and community colleges. Requires each public university and community college to submit its plan for capital improvements of non-instructional facilities to the Board for approval before final commitments are made only if the total cost of the project as approved by the institution's board of control is in excess of $2 million.

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 — 111–3 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Chad Hays — cosponsor (person)
• Edward D. Maloney — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-10 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Edward D. Maloney filing
• 2011-02-10 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-02-10 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-03-02 Assigned to Higher Education referral-committee
• 2011-03-10 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael W. Frerichs
• 2011-03-14 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Edward D. Maloney amendment-introduction
• 2011-03-14 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-03-15 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Higher Education
• 2011-03-15 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2011-03-15 Do Pass as Amended Higher Education; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-03-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 16, 2011
• 2011-04-08 Second Reading reading-2
• 2011-04-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 11, 2011
• 2011-04-14 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-04-14 Arrived in House introduction
• 2011-04-14 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-14 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Fred Crespo
• 2011-04-14 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-14 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-04-21 Assigned to Higher Education Committee referral-committee
• 2011-05-05 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
• 2011-05-13 Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 20, 2011
• 2011-05-20 Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 27, 2011
• 2011-05-25 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
• 2011-05-27 Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2011
• 2011-05-28 Motion Filed to Suspend Rule 25 Higher Education Committee; Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
• 2011-05-28 Motion to Suspend Rule 25 - Prevailed
• 2011-05-29 Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-05-29 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-05-29 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
• 2011-05-29 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin A. McCarthy
• 2011-05-29 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Fred Crespo
• 2011-05-29 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Chad Hays
• 2011-05-29 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-05-29 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-05-31 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-05-31 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-003-001 reading-3, passage
• 2011-05-31 Passed Both Houses
• 2011-06-29 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2011-08-26 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2011-08-26 Effective Date January 1, 2012
• 2011-08-26 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0610 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/004b0a8d-ab77-4d0e-9296-cb63f504e03c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).