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type: "Bill"
title: "BD HIGHER ED-REDUCE PROGRAMS"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "SB 1883"
citation: "Illinois SB 1883 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-10"
last_action: "2011-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/004b0a8d-ab77-4d0e-9296-cb63f504e03c"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1883&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=58001&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "39dd0848d80018246f3ccbad1f23862c983fe383db7396833be338824395dc5a"
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 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](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB1883&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=58001&DocNum=1883&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB1883eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=58001&DocNum=1883&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB1883enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=58001&DocNum=1883&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1113** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **580** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/004b0a8d-ab77-4d0e-9296-cb63f504e03c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).