republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/99th/hb-6009.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "BD HIGHER ED-ILL COM COL BD"
description: "Amends the State Finance Act, the Board of Higher Education Act, and the Public Community College Act. Provides for the Board of Higher Education's master plan for community colleges to be made in cooperation with the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB). Provides that community college performance metrics must be adopted by the ICCB by rule. Removes the need for approval from the Board of Higher Education or for ICCB approval with respect to certain community college provisions. Removes provisions requiring uniform financial accounting and reporting standards and principles for community colleges and requiring the ICCB to file copies of uniform financial statements from audit reports with the Board of Higher Education. Requires a community college district to report administrator and faculty salaries and benefits to the ICCB instead of the Board of Higher Education. Repeals Sections concerning a State university and college information system, an annual community college education study and report, the Academic Improvement Trust Fund for Community College Foundations, adverse court decision grants, State Community College District No. 601, and a mobile response workforce training pilot program. Effective July 1, 2016."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "99th"
identifier: "HB 6009"
citation: "Illinois HB 6009 (99th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-02-11"
last_action: "2016-07-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/657d1909-a0c8-401d-9342-8bfc190d6143"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=6009&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=95516&SessionID=88&GA=99"
source_hash: "60cef08f942ae817bfec79db45e583e1737252ee9d8f557fb4dea2c402793f4f"
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 HB 6009 (99th) — BD HIGHER ED-ILL COM COL BD

Amends the State Finance Act, the Board of Higher Education Act, and the Public Community College Act. Provides for the Board of Higher Education's master plan for community colleges to be made in cooperation with the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB). Provides that community college performance metrics must be adopted by the ICCB by rule. Removes the need for approval from the Board of Higher Education or for ICCB approval with respect to certain community college provisions. Removes provisions requiring uniform financial accounting and reporting standards and principles for community colleges and requiring the ICCB to file copies of uniform financial statements from audit reports with the Board of Higher Education. Requires a community college district to report administrator and faculty salaries and benefits to the ICCB instead of the Board of Higher Education. Repeals Sections concerning a State university and college information system, an annual community college education study and report, the Academic Improvement Trust Fund for Community College Foundations, adverse court decision grants, State Community College District No. 601, and a mobile response workforce training pilot program. Effective July 1, 2016.

## 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=09900HB6009&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=95516&DocNum=6009&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB6009eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=95516&DocNum=6009&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB6009enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=95516&DocNum=6009&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **74–29** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chad Hays — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-11** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Chad Hays `filing`
- **2016-02-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-02-11** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-23** Assigned to Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-05** Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 017-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2016-04-06** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2016-04-06** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Chad Hays `amendment-introduction`
- **2016-04-06** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-06** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-04-14** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2016-04-14** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2016-04-14** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2016-04-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2016-04-15** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 074-029-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2016-04-15** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
- **2016-04-18** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2016-04-18** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-04-18** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Scott M. Bennett
- **2016-04-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-04-18** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-26** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Pat McGuire
- **2016-04-26** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Scott M. Bennett
- **2016-04-27** Approved for Consideration Assignments
- **2016-04-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 3, 2016
- **2016-05-17** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-05-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 18, 2016
- **2016-05-27** Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2016
- **2016-05-29** Third Reading - Passed; 046-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2016-05-29** Passed Both Houses
- **2016-06-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-07-28** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2016-07-28** Effective Date July 28, 2016
- **2016-07-28** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0655 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/657d1909-a0c8-401d-9342-8bfc190d6143`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).