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type: "Bill"
title: "UNIVERSITY UNIFORM ADMISSION"
description: "Amends the Public University Uniform Admission Pilot Program Act. Beginning with the 2022-2023 academic year, requires the University of Illinois to create a 4-year uniform admission system pilot program under the Act to admit first-time freshman students for each semester of the pilot program; makes corresponding changes. Provides that if an institution requires a student's successful completion of certain curriculum requirements prior to or concurrently with enrollment at the institution, then the institution shall identify and connect the student to a community college that offers the required curriculum and that has an articulation agreement with the institution or the institution shall offer the required curriculum through online instruction to the student. Provides that for purposes of determining enrollment capacity, priority in the admission of applicants to an institution must be given to applicants who are residents of this State and admission to an institution may not be denied to an applicant who is a State resident based on the institution's enrollment capacity unless 100% of the enrollment capacity is filled exclusively by students who are State residents."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "102nd"
identifier: "HB 796"
citation: "Illinois HB 796 (102nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Cunningham", "Deanne M. Mazzochi"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 56
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-08"
last_action: "2021-07-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ccc7bc2c-fb8c-4e37-8fd7-a6a1a8975cda"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=796&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=129351&SessionID=110&GA=102"
source_hash: "89329c2affb185b1cd28676295a60568bf87a4daebbd32b622d3c0d070725b96"
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 796 (102nd) — UNIVERSITY UNIFORM ADMISSION
Amends the Public University Uniform Admission Pilot Program Act. Beginning with the 2022-2023 academic year, requires the University of Illinois to create a 4-year uniform admission system pilot program under the Act to admit first-time freshman students for each semester of the pilot program; makes corresponding changes. Provides that if an institution requires a student's successful completion of certain curriculum requirements prior to or concurrently with enrollment at the institution, then the institution shall identify and connect the student to a community college that offers the required curriculum and that has an articulation agreement with the institution or the institution shall offer the required curriculum through online instruction to the student. Provides that for purposes of determining enrollment capacity, priority in the admission of applicants to an institution must be given to applicants who are residents of this State and admission to an institution may not be denied to an applicant who is a State resident based on the institution's enrollment capacity unless 100% of the enrollment capacity is filled exclusively by students who are State residents.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB0796.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB0796eng.pdf)
3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB0796ham001.pdf)
4. **House Amendment 002** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB0796ham002.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB0796enr.pdf)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1110** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **570** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Bill Cunningham — primary (person)
- Deanne M. Mazzochi — primary (person)
- Amy Grant — cosponsor (person)
- Bradley Stephens — cosponsor (person)
- Carol Ammons — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Bos — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Carroll — cosponsor (person)
- Julie A. Morrison — cosponsor (person)
- Katie Stuart — cosponsor (person)
- La Shawn K. Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Batinick — cosponsor (person)
- Mattie Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia Van Pelt — cosponsor (person)
- Rachelle Crowe — cosponsor (person)
- Scott M. Bennett — cosponsor (person)
- Seth Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Morrison — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Weber — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-08** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Deanne M. Mazzochi `filing`
- **2021-02-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02** Assigned to Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Deanne M. Mazzochi `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-24** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-25** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 `amendment-failure`
- **2021-04-08** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2021-04-12** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Deanne M. Mazzochi `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-12** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-13** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2021-04-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2021-04-14** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Higher Education Committee
- **2021-04-14** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
- **2021-04-14** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
- **2021-04-14** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Seth Lewis
- **2021-04-14** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Amy Grant
- **2021-04-14** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark Batinick
- **2021-04-14** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Chris Bos
- **2021-04-14** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Bradley Stephens
- **2021-04-14** Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
- **2021-04-15** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Higher Education Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-20** Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2021-04-20** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2021-04-20** Removed from Short Debate Status
- **2021-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Standard Debate
- **2021-04-20** Third Reading - Standard Debate - Passed 111-000-001 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-20** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
- **2021-04-20** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
- **2021-04-20** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan Carroll
- **2021-04-20** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tom Weber
- **2021-04-20** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Morrison
- **2021-04-21** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-21** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-21** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Bill Cunningham
- **2021-04-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-21** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** Assigned to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-05** Do Pass Higher Education; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2021
- **2021-05-06** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 10, 2021
- **2021-05-24** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Scott M. Bennett
- **2021-05-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** May 25, 2021
- **2021-05-26** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachelle Crowe
- **2021-05-26** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2021-05-26** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
- **2021-05-26** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt
- **2021-05-27** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-27** Passed Both Houses
- **2021-06-23** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-30** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-30** Effective Date January 1, 2022
- **2021-07-30** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0187 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ccc7bc2c-fb8c-4e37-8fd7-a6a1a8975cda`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).