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type: "Bill"
title: "BD HIGHER ED-CEASE AND DESIST"
description: "Amends the Private Business and Vocational Schools Act of 2012. Provides that the Board of Higher Education may issue a cease and desist order to any school operating without the required permit of approval and may impose a civil penalty. Sets forth various requirements for the cease and desist order and the penalty. Amends the Private College Act and the Academic Degree Act to make similar changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "HB 4738"
citation: "Illinois HB 4738 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Katie Stuart", "Michael W. Halpin"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-05"
last_action: "2024-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21364da4-fea7-4b58-9ec9-0a3e444a6344"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=4738&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=152413&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "505cc3c4c18c5e78dfa15afcc818c42f39e68646b779af7a09b7dd28d6c9aae3"
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 4738 (103rd) — BD HIGHER ED-CEASE AND DESIST
Amends the Private Business and Vocational Schools Act of 2012. Provides that the Board of Higher Education may issue a cease and desist order to any school operating without the required permit of approval and may impose a civil penalty. Sets forth various requirements for the cease and desist order and the penalty. Amends the Private College Act and the Academic Degree Act to make similar changes.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB4738.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB4738eng.pdf)
3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB4738ham001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB4738enr.pdf)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1080** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **560** (pass) · lower
- Higher Education — **100** (pass) · lower
- Higher Education — **90** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Katie Stuart — primary (person)
- Michael W. Halpin — primary (person)
- Laura M. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-02-05** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Katie Stuart `filing`
- **2024-02-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-02-06** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-03-05** Assigned to Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-19** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Katie Stuart `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-19** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-03-20** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Higher Education Committee
- **2024-03-21** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Higher Education Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-21** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 010-000-000
- **2024-03-22** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-04-11** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-04-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2024-04-17** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-18** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-04-18** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 30, 2024 `reading-1`
- **2024-04-24** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Michael W. Halpin
- **2024-04-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-04-24** Referred to Assignments
- **2024-04-30** Assigned to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-30** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 10, 2024
- **2024-05-08** Do Pass Higher Education; 009-000-000
- **2024-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 9, 2024 `reading-2`
- **2024-05-09** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-05-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2024-05-15** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-15** Passed Both Houses
- **2024-05-15** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
- **2024-06-13** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-07-19** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-22** Effective Date January 1, 2025
- **2024-07-22** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0683 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/21364da4-fea7-4b58-9ec9-0a3e444a6344`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).