republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/99th/sb-2158.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "COM COL-EMPLOYEE CONTRACT"
description: "Amends the Public Community College Act. Provides that, beginning 60 days prior to the Tuesday following the first Monday of April in odd-numbered years until the first organizational meeting of a new board of trustees of a community college district, no addendum to modify and amend an employee agreement between a district and another party may be agreed to or executed, nor may an employment contract be made and entered into between the board of an established district and another party. Provides that if the current board must take such action at any time during the 60 days prior to the Tuesday following the first Monday of April in odd-numbered years until the first organizational meeting of the new board due to a reasonable emergency (a defined term), then that action must be terminated within 30 days after the first organizational meeting, unless the new board, by resolution, reaffirms the agreed-upon addendum or new employment contract."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "99th"
identifier: "SB 2158"
citation: "Illinois SB 2158 (99th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 49
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-07-14"
last_action: "2016-07-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/00260068-77d5-4c32-857a-29a0d25f3ea9"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2158&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=91881&SessionID=88&GA=99"
source_hash: "64f54cb5faaf7222665bb3c4b98f68f2ed7a570f473e7a10220c72543cf5a2d5"
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 2158 (99th) — COM COL-EMPLOYEE CONTRACT

Amends the Public Community College Act. Provides that, beginning 60 days prior to the Tuesday following the first Monday of April in odd-numbered years until the first organizational meeting of a new board of trustees of a community college district, no addendum to modify and amend an employee agreement between a district and another party may be agreed to or executed, nor may an employment contract be made and entered into between the board of an established district and another party. Provides that if the current board must take such action at any time during the 60 days prior to the Tuesday following the first Monday of April in odd-numbered years until the first organizational meeting of the new board due to a reasonable emergency (a defined term), then that action must be terminated within 30 days after the first organizational meeting, unless the new board, by resolution, reaffirms the agreed-upon addendum or new employment contract.

## 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=09900SB2158&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=91881&DocNum=2158&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB2158eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=91881&DocNum=2158&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB2158enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=91881&DocNum=2158&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bill Cunningham — primary (person)
- Brian W. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
- Deb Conroy — 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)

## 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`
- **2015-07-20** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Kotowski
- **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
- **2015-10-10** 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`
- **2016-02-17** To Subcommittee on Public Higher Education Executive Compensation
- **2016-02-22** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Bill Cunningham `amendment-introduction`
- **2016-02-22** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-01** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Higher Education
- **2016-03-02** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
- **2016-03-02** Reported Back To Higher Education; 003-000-000
- **2016-03-02** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 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
- **2016-03-08** Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Sen. Laura M. Murphy
- **2016-04-12** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-04-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 13, 2016
- **2016-04-18** Third Reading - Passed; 047-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2016-04-18** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2016-04-18** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Burke
- **2016-04-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-04-18** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-26** Assigned to Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-04** Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 017-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2016-05-05** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2016-05-05** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
- **2016-05-09** Added Alternate 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
- **2016-05-25** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2016-05-25** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- **2016-05-25** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2016-05-25** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark Batinick
- **2016-05-25** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Brian W. Stewart
- **2016-05-25** Passed Both Houses
- **2016-06-23** 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 . . . . . . . . . 99-0693 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/00260068-77d5-4c32-857a-29a0d25f3ea9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).