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type: "Bill"
title: "ILL ARTICULATION INITIATIVE"
description: "Creates the Illinois Articulation Initiative Act. Requires all public institutions of higher education to participate in the Illinois Articulation Initiative through submission and review of their courses for statewide transfer consistency. Requires (i) all sending and receiving institutions to maintain a complete Illinois Articulation Initiative General Education Core Curriculum package to ensure seamless transfer; (ii) all institutions to maintain up to 4 core courses in an Illinois Articulation Initiative major, provided the institution has equivalent majors and courses; and (iii) all institutions to provide faculty, as appointed by the Board of Higher Education and the Illinois Community College Board, to serve on panels in the review of courses. Provides that all courses approved for Illinois Articulation Initiative codes must be directly transferable either as a part of the General Education Core Curriculum package or as equivalent major courses, insofar as a specific major is offered at the receiving institution. Provides that students receiving the General Education Core Curriculum package must not be required to take additional freshmen or sophomore level general education courses and must be able to transfer seamlessly. Sets forth the duties of the Board of Higher Education and the Illinois Community College Board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "99th"
identifier: "SB 3301"
citation: "Illinois SB 3301 (99th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-02-19"
last_action: "2016-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8575f3fd-13ff-46e3-99c6-348899eb0874"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3301&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=96660&SessionID=88&GA=99"
source_hash: "fbfff6bb2960ba95c2ed58fd9920c99345a3959342406da562316a0f54262b6f"
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 SB 3301 (99th) — ILL ARTICULATION INITIATIVE
Creates the Illinois Articulation Initiative Act. Requires all public institutions of higher education to participate in the Illinois Articulation Initiative through submission and review of their courses for statewide transfer consistency. Requires (i) all sending and receiving institutions to maintain a complete Illinois Articulation Initiative General Education Core Curriculum package to ensure seamless transfer; (ii) all institutions to maintain up to 4 core courses in an Illinois Articulation Initiative major, provided the institution has equivalent majors and courses; and (iii) all institutions to provide faculty, as appointed by the Board of Higher Education and the Illinois Community College Board, to serve on panels in the review of courses. Provides that all courses approved for Illinois Articulation Initiative codes must be directly transferable either as a part of the General Education Core Curriculum package or as equivalent major courses, insofar as a specific major is offered at the receiving institution. Provides that students receiving the General Education Core Curriculum package must not be required to take additional freshmen or sophomore level general education courses and must be able to transfer seamlessly. Sets forth the duties of the Board of Higher Education and the Illinois Community College Board.
## 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=09900SB3301&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=96660&DocNum=3301&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB3301eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=96660&DocNum=3301&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB3301enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=96660&DocNum=3301&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1110** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **520** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Camille Y. Lilly — cosponsor (person)
- Chapin Rose — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2016-02-19** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Chapin Rose `filing`
- **2016-02-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-02-19** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-08** Assigned to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-16** Postponed - Higher Education
- **2016-04-01** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Chapin Rose `amendment-introduction`
- **2016-04-01** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-05** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Higher Education
- **2016-04-05** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2016-04-06** Do Pass as Amended Higher Education; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2016-04-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 7, 2016
- **2016-04-14** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-04-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 18, 2016
- **2016-04-21** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
- **2016-04-21** Third Reading - Passed; 052-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2016-04-21** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2016-05-03** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
- **2016-05-03** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-05-03** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-03** Assigned to Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-11** Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 017-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2016-05-12** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2016-05-18** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2016-05-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2016-05-23** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2016-05-23** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
- **2016-05-23** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
- **2016-05-23** Passed Both Houses
- **2016-06-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-07-22** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2016-07-22** Effective Date January 1, 2017
- **2016-07-22** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0636 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8575f3fd-13ff-46e3-99c6-348899eb0874`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).