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type: "Bill"
title: "COM COL-TRUSTEE TRAINING"
description: "Amends the Public Community College Act. With regard to all community college districts with elected board trustees who are elected after the effective date of the amendatory Act or appointed to fill a vacancy of at least one year's duration of an elected trustee after the effective date of the amendatory Act, provides that every voting member of a community college district's board elected or appointed for an elected trustee for a term beginning after the effective date of the amendatory Act, within a year after the effective date of the amendatory Act and during the third and fifth year of his or her term, shall complete a minimum of 4 hours of professional development leadership training. Provides that the community college district shall maintain on its Internet website, if any, the names of all elected voting trustees of the community college district's board who have successfully completed the training. Provides that the training may be provided by an association established for the purpose of training community college district board trustees or by other qualified providers approved by the Illinois Community College Board. Effective January 1, 2017."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "99th"
identifier: "SB 2157"
citation: "Illinois SB 2157 (99th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 62
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-07-14"
last_action: "2016-07-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6ce4ce7-2965-4f0e-852c-41d49bfdb450"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2157&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=91880&SessionID=88&GA=99"
source_hash: "2ca41c8ec8a251c26841da3991da4b275805cb1425d6159b4073fe33858c4e5f"
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 2157 (99th) — COM COL-TRUSTEE TRAINING
Amends the Public Community College Act. With regard to all community college districts with elected board trustees who are elected after the effective date of the amendatory Act or appointed to fill a vacancy of at least one year's duration of an elected trustee after the effective date of the amendatory Act, provides that every voting member of a community college district's board elected or appointed for an elected trustee for a term beginning after the effective date of the amendatory Act, within a year after the effective date of the amendatory Act and during the third and fifth year of his or her term, shall complete a minimum of 4 hours of professional development leadership training. Provides that the community college district shall maintain on its Internet website, if any, the names of all elected voting trustees of the community college district's board who have successfully completed the training. Provides that the training may be provided by an association established for the purpose of training community college district board trustees or by other qualified providers approved by the Illinois Community College Board. Effective January 1, 2017.
## 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=09900SB2157&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=91880&DocNum=2157&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB2157eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=91880&DocNum=2157&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB2157enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=91880&DocNum=2157&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **9617** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **4110** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Bill Cunningham — primary (person)
- Carol Ammons — cosponsor (person)
- Frances Ann Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Jack D. Franks — cosponsor (person)
- Jeanne M Ives — cosponsor (person)
- Linda Chapa LaVia — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Batinick — cosponsor (person)
- Reginald Phillips — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2015-07-14** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Bill Cunningham `filing`
- **2015-07-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-07-14** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2015-07-21** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Connelly
- **2015-08-17** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Thomas Cullerton
- **2015-09-09** Assigned to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2015-09-09** To Subcommittee on Public Higher Education Executive Compensation
- **2015-09-09** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Bill Cunningham `amendment-introduction`
- **2015-09-09** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2015-10-10** Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2015-10-20** Re-assigned to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2015-10-20** To Subcommittee on Public Higher Education Executive Compensation
- **2016-01-07** Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2016-02-16** Re-assigned to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2016-02-16** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Higher Education
- **2016-02-17** To Subcommittee on Public Higher Education Executive Compensation
- **2016-03-01** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Bill Cunningham `amendment-introduction`
- **2016-03-01** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-02** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Higher Education
- **2016-03-02** Reported Back To Higher Education; 003-000-000
- **2016-03-02** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2016-03-03** Do Pass as Amended Higher Education; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2016-03-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 8, 2016
- **2016-03-17** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Bill Cunningham `amendment-introduction`
- **2016-03-17** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-30** Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Bill Cunningham `amendment-introduction`
- **2016-03-30** Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-30** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Assignments Refers to Higher Education
- **2016-04-05** Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Assignments Refers to Higher Education
- **2016-04-06** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommend Do Adopt Higher Education; 007-003-000
- **2016-04-06** Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Recommend Do Adopt Higher Education; 007-003-000
- **2016-04-08** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-12** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-04-12** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted; Cunningham `amendment-passage`
- **2016-04-12** Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Adopted; Cunningham `amendment-passage`
- **2016-04-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 13, 2016
- **2016-04-14** Third Reading - Passed; 041-010-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2016-04-14** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) `amendment-failure`
- **2016-04-14** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2016-04-20** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Burke
- **2016-04-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-04-20** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-21** Assigned to Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-03** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Peter Breen
- **2016-05-04** Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 011-005-000 `committee-passage`
- **2016-05-05** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2016-05-10** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Deb Conroy
- **2016-05-17** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Frances Ann Hurley
- **2016-05-17** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jeanne M Ives
- **2016-05-17** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2016-05-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2016-05-24** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 096-017-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2016-05-24** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- **2016-05-24** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
- **2016-05-24** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2016-05-24** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark Batinick
- **2016-05-24** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Reginald Phillips
- **2016-05-24** Passed Both Houses
- **2016-06-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-07-29** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2016-07-29** Effective Date January 1, 2017
- **2016-07-29** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0692 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6ce4ce7-2965-4f0e-852c-41d49bfdb450`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).