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type: "Bill"
title: "HIGHER ED-TRANSFERABLE COURSES"
description: "Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Requires the Board to implement and administer a statewide program, using the World Wide Web, to assist students, advisors, faculty, and administrators from public and private institutions of higher education in obtaining consistent and accurate information about transfer courses and their applicability towards degree completion by publishing course equivalency guides, academic programs, courses offered, transfer course evaluations, and degree requirements. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 2515"
citation: "Illinois HB 2515 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 62
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-17"
last_action: "2005-08-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/349253fd-fd08-4a5c-9054-c7854b58cbc1"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2515&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=17722&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "ab1dc0299ccd15251b1ef14fcd4fb9447a1ded424f3d0aebf1b4cfce4929a1f5"
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 2515 (94th) — HIGHER ED-TRANSFERABLE COURSES
Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Requires the Board to implement and administer a statewide program, using the World Wide Web, to assist students, advisors, faculty, and administrators from public and private institutions of higher education in obtaining consistent and accurate information about transfer courses and their applicability towards degree completion by publishing course equivalency guides, academic programs, courses offered, transfer course evaluations, and degree requirements. Effective immediately.
## 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=09400HB2515&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=17722&DocNum=2515&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB2515eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=17722&DocNum=2515&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB2515enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=17722&DocNum=2515&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1140** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **4710** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Aaron Schock — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2005-02-17** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Aaron Schock `filing`
- **2005-02-17** Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin A. McCarthy
- **2005-02-17** Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Bost
- **2005-02-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-18** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-23** Assigned to Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-24** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Roger L. Eddy
- **2005-03-02** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Higher Education Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2005-03-02** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Higher Education Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2005-03-02** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-03-03** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-03-03** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
- **2005-03-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Brady
- **2005-03-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Raymond Poe
- **2005-03-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Constance A. Howard
- **2005-03-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Chapin Rose
- **2005-03-24** Pension Note Filed As Amended by HA 1
- **2005-03-28** State Debt Impact Note Filed As Amended by HA 1
- **2005-03-28** Land Conveyance Appraisal Note Filed
- **2005-03-28** Fiscal Note Filed As Amended
- **2005-03-28** Judicial Note Filed As Amended by HA 1
- **2005-03-30** Fiscal Note Filed As Amended by HA 1
- **2005-03-30** Housing Affordability Impact Note Filed
- **2005-03-31** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tom Cross
- **2005-04-04** State Mandates Fiscal Note Filed As Amended
- **2005-04-05** Home Rule Note Filed As Amended by HA 1
- **2005-04-05** Balanced Budget Note Filed As Amended by HA 1
- **2005-04-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
- **2005-04-05** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-04-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-04-06** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David R. Leitch
- **2005-04-06** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Richard P. Myers
- **2005-04-06** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Julie Hamos
- **2005-04-06** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
- **2005-04-06** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- **2005-04-06** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2005-04-06** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
- **2005-04-06** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur L. Turner
- **2005-04-06** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-04-06** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Milton Patterson
- **2005-04-06** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. James H. Meyer
- **2005-04-06** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Shane Cultra
- **2005-04-06** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Calvin L. Giles
- **2005-04-06** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Suzanne Bassi
- **2005-04-06** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Renee Kosel
- **2005-04-07** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2005-04-07** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 8, 2005 `reading-1`
- **2005-04-13** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Susan Garrett
- **2005-04-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-14** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-21** Assigned to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-05** Do Pass Higher Education; 009-001-001 `committee-passage`
- **2005-05-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2005
- **2005-05-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 11, 2005
- **2005-05-19** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2005-05-19** Third Reading - Passed; 047-010-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-19** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-06-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-02** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-02** Effective Date August 2, 2005
- **2005-08-02** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0420 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/349253fd-fd08-4a5c-9054-c7854b58cbc1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).