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type: "Bill"
title: "PRIV BUS/VOC SCHOOL-EXEMPTION"
description: "Amends the Private Business and Vocational Schools Act. Removes the dates on which an educational institution must have enrolled a majority of its students in degree programs and maintained an accredited status in order to not be considered to be a private business and vocational school under the Act. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "HB 724"
citation: "Illinois HB 724 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-02-07"
last_action: "2007-08-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4a2077a-44bd-4392-ae36-b8eba342af29"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=724&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=27892&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "ed7ff9bb215a55361984d0d754114716f3913f96ee3b185786c9ad16325c73e3"
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 724 (95th) — PRIV BUS/VOC SCHOOL-EXEMPTION
Amends the Private Business and Vocational Schools Act. Removes the dates on which an educational institution must have enrolled a majority of its students in degree programs and maintained an accredited status in order to not be considered to be a private business and vocational school under the Act. 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=09500HB0724&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=27892&DocNum=724&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB0724eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=27892&DocNum=724&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB0724enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=27892&DocNum=724&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1120** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **580** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Kenneth Dunkin — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2007-02-07** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Kenneth Dunkin `filing`
- **2007-02-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-02-07** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-15** Assigned to Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-22** Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-02-23** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-03-02** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Susana A Mendoza
- **2007-03-02** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Julie Hamos
- **2007-03-02** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin A. McCarthy
- **2007-03-02** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-03-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-04-17** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-04-20** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2007-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-04-20** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2007-04-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-04-20** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-25** Assigned to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-02** Do Pass Higher Education; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 3, 2007
- **2007-05-15** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-05-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 16, 2007
- **2007-05-16** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-05-16** Passed Both Houses
- **2007-06-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-13** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-13** Effective Date August 13, 2007
- **2007-08-13** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0126 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b4a2077a-44bd-4392-ae36-b8eba342af29`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).