republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/99th/sb-3301.md

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Bill	ILL ARTICULATION INITIATIVE	Creates the Illinois Articulation Initiative Act. Requires all public institutions of higher education to participate in the Illinois Articulation Initiative through submission and review of their courses for statewide transfer consistency. Requires (i) all sending and receiving institutions to maintain a complete Illinois Articulation Initiative General Education Core Curriculum package to ensure seamless transfer; (ii) all institutions to maintain up to 4 core courses in an Illinois Articulation Initiative major, provided the institution has equivalent majors and courses; and (iii) all institutions to provide faculty, as appointed by the Board of Higher Education and the Illinois Community College Board, to serve on panels in the review of courses. Provides that all courses approved for Illinois Articulation Initiative codes must be directly transferable either as a part of the General Education Core Curriculum package or as equivalent major courses, insofar as a specific major is offered at the receiving institution. Provides that students receiving the General Education Core Curriculum package must not be required to take additional freshmen or sophomore level general education courses and must be able to transfer seamlessly. Sets forth the duties of the Board of Higher Education and the Illinois Community College Board.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	99th	SB 3301	Illinois SB 3301 (99th)	bill		enacted		3	32	2	2016-02-19	2016-07-22	openstates	ocd-bill/8575f3fd-13ff-46e3-99c6-348899eb0874	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3301&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=96660&SessionID=88&GA=99	fbfff6bb2960ba95c2ed58fd9920c99345a3959342406da562316a0f54262b6f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 3301 (99th) — ILL ARTICULATION INITIATIVE

Creates the Illinois Articulation Initiative Act. Requires all public institutions of higher education to participate in the Illinois Articulation Initiative through submission and review of their courses for statewide transfer consistency. Requires (i) all sending and receiving institutions to maintain a complete Illinois Articulation Initiative General Education Core Curriculum package to ensure seamless transfer; (ii) all institutions to maintain up to 4 core courses in an Illinois Articulation Initiative major, provided the institution has equivalent majors and courses; and (iii) all institutions to provide faculty, as appointed by the Board of Higher Education and the Illinois Community College Board, to serve on panels in the review of courses. Provides that all courses approved for Illinois Articulation Initiative codes must be directly transferable either as a part of the General Education Core Curriculum package or as equivalent major courses, insofar as a specific major is offered at the receiving institution. Provides that students receiving the General Education Core Curriculum package must not be required to take additional freshmen or sophomore level general education courses and must be able to transfer seamlessly. Sets forth the duties of the Board of Higher Education and the Illinois Community College Board.

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 — 111–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 52–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Camille Y. Lilly — cosponsor (person)
• Chapin Rose — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-19 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Chapin Rose filing
• 2016-02-19 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-02-19 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2016-03-08 Assigned to Higher Education referral-committee
• 2016-03-16 Postponed - Higher Education
• 2016-04-01 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Chapin Rose amendment-introduction
• 2016-04-01 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2016-04-05 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Higher Education
• 2016-04-05 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2016-04-06 Do Pass as Amended Higher Education; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2016-04-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 7, 2016
• 2016-04-14 Second Reading reading-2
• 2016-04-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 18, 2016
• 2016-04-21 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
• 2016-04-21 Third Reading - Passed; 052-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2016-04-21 Arrived in House introduction
• 2016-05-03 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
• 2016-05-03 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-05-03 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2016-05-03 Assigned to Higher Education Committee referral-committee
• 2016-05-11 Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 017-000-000 committee-passage
• 2016-05-12 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-05-18 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2016-05-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-05-23 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2016-05-23 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
• 2016-05-23 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
• 2016-05-23 Passed Both Houses
• 2016-06-21 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-07-22 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2016-07-22 Effective Date January 1, 2017
• 2016-07-22 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0636 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8575f3fd-13ff-46e3-99c6-348899eb0874. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).