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type: "Bill"
title: "PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES-GOVERNANCE"
description: "Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. Makes a technical change in the definition of \"Department\"."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "99th"
identifier: "SB 579"
citation: "Illinois SB 579 (99th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-01-28"
last_action: "2016-08-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73837764-b68d-4f6c-a50e-c65dfd8d90bf"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=579&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=84542&SessionID=88&GA=99"
source_hash: "e7c4cd9c334e6dda3ce2e54e6b14c955b7f48705cd7ade218fefc8227fe02819"
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 579 (99th) — PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES-GOVERNANCE
Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. Makes a technical change in the definition of "Department".
## 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=09900SB0579&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=84542&DocNum=579&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB0579eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=84542&DocNum=579&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB0579enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=84542&DocNum=579&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **9516** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **500** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Iris Y. Martinez — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2015-01-28** Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton `filing`
- **2015-01-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-01-28** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-18** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-26** Do Pass Executive; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2015-03-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 14, 2015
- **2015-04-15** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 16, 2015
- **2015-04-21** Re-referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-13** Approved for Consideration Assignments
- **2016-04-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 14, 2016
- **2016-04-20** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
- **2016-04-21** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Iris Y. Martinez `amendment-introduction`
- **2016-04-21** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-21** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. William Delgado
- **2016-04-21** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Be Approved for Consideration Assignments
- **2016-04-21** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-04-21** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Martinez `amendment-passage`
- **2016-04-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2016-04-21** Third Reading - Passed; 050-000-002 `reading-3, passage`
- **2016-04-22** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2016-04-22** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
- **2016-04-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-04-22** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-09** Assigned to Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-13** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 27, 2016
- **2016-05-18** Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 015-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2016-05-18** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2016-05-19** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2016-05-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2016-05-23** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
- **2016-05-24** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 095-016-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2016-05-24** Passed Both Houses
- **2016-06-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-08-05** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2016-08-05** Effective Date August 5, 2016
- **2016-08-05** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0734 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/73837764-b68d-4f6c-a50e-c65dfd8d90bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).