republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/96th/hb-2253.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "COM COL-POLICE-PUBLIC SAFETY"
description: "Amends the Public Community College Act. Removes provisions allowing the board of trustees of a community college district to appoint persons to be members of the security department of the community college. Allows instead for the appointment of sworn and non-sworn members of the community college district police department, department of public safety, or security department. Sets forth requirements and other provisions concerning both sworn and non-sworn members. Allows the board of trustees to establish regulations that are determined to be necessary for the protection of community college students, staff, visitors, properties, and interests or for the proper maintenance, operation, or development of any community college or colleges under the jurisdiction of the board and to prescribe fines and penalties for the violation of these regulations. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 2253"
citation: "Illinois HB 2253 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-18"
last_action: "2009-08-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f5206c1-6b05-4e77-ab6b-18cb2319b459"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2253&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=44109&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "c4818c772c51dc4de2d177f01630c830feed605591cf8e88a1e02f20f6c25e26"
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 2253 (96th) — COM COL-POLICE-PUBLIC SAFETY

Amends the Public Community College Act. Removes provisions allowing the board of trustees of a community college district to appoint persons to be members of the security department of the community college. Allows instead for the appointment of sworn and non-sworn members of the community college district police department, department of public safety, or security department. Sets forth requirements and other provisions concerning both sworn and non-sworn members. Allows the board of trustees to establish regulations that are determined to be necessary for the protection of community college students, staff, visitors, properties, and interests or for the proper maintenance, operation, or development of any community college or colleges under the jurisdiction of the board and to prescribe fines and penalties for the violation of these regulations. 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=09600HB2253&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=44109&DocNum=2253&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB2253eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=44109&DocNum=2253&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB2253enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=44109&DocNum=2253&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Robert W. Pritchard — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2009-02-18** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Robert W. Pritchard `filing`
- **2009-02-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-18** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-23** Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-05** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2009-03-05** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2009-03-05** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-03-05** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-03-10** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Robert W. Pritchard `amendment-introduction`
- **2009-03-10** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-16** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-23** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-03-23** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-03-26** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2009-03-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-04-01** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-04-02** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2009-04-02** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-02** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Edward D. Maloney
- **2009-04-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-02** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-22** Assigned to Criminal Law `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-30** To Criminal Law Subcommittee on Firearms
- **2009-05-07** Do Pass Criminal Law; 007-000-001 `committee-passage`
- **2009-05-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 12, 2009
- **2009-05-12** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-05-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2009
- **2009-05-14** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-05-14** Passed Both Houses
- **2009-06-12** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-11** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-11** Effective Date August 11, 2009
- **2009-08-11** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0269 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4f5206c1-6b05-4e77-ab6b-18cb2319b459`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).