Bill Status of HB 26   101st General Assembly

Short Description:  HIGHER ED-UNIFORM ADMISSION

House Sponsors
Rep. André Thapedi-Mary E. Flowers-Jehan Gordon-Booth-William Davis-Debbie Meyers-Martin, Norine K. Hammond, Jeff Keicher, Katie Stuart, Terri Bryant, Mark Batinick, Grant Wehrli, Natalie A. Manley and Deanne M. Mazzochi

Senate Sponsors
(Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins-Patricia Van Pelt and Jim Oberweis-Mattie Hunter)


Last Action  View All Actions

DateChamber Action
  8/23/2019HousePublic Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0448

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
New Act

Synopsis As Introduced
Creates the Public University Uniform Admission Act. Requires each public university in this State to admit first-time freshman applicants as undergraduate students if the applicant graduated with a grade point average in the top 10% or was certified to be in the top 10% of the student's high school graduating class in one of the 2 school years preceding the academic year for which the applicant is applying for admission and (1) the applicant graduated from an accredited public or private high school in this State or from a high school operated by the United States Department of Defense; (2) the applicant successfully completed the minimum college preparatory curriculum requirements for admission to the university and satisfied the ACT college admission assessment or the SAT college admission assessment composite score and subscores required for admission to the university; and (3) if the applicant graduated from a high school operated by the United States Department of Defense, the applicant is a State resident or is entitled to pay tuition fees at the rate provided for State residents. Provides that the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is not required to offer admission to applicants who qualify for automatic admission in excess of the number required to fill 75% of the university's enrollment capacity designated for first-time resident undergraduate students in an academic year. Sets forth other provisions concerning the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sets forth other provisions concerning admissions. Provides for additional preparation for college, student outreach, and rulemaking.

House Committee Amendment No. 1
Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Removes from the applicability of the Act the University of Illinois, Illinois State University, Governors State University, Northeastern Illinois University, and Chicago State University; makes conforming changes. Provides that, beginning with the 2020-2021 academic year, each institution shall create a 4-year uniform admission system pilot program under the Act (rather than create a permanent uniform admission system). Makes other changes. Repeals the Act on July 1, 2025.

 Fiscal Note, House Committee Amendment No. 1 (IL Board of Higher Education)
 House Bill 26 (H-AM 1) will not have a fiscal impact on the Illinois Board of Higher Education.

House Committee Amendment No. 2
With regard to the student outreach program, removes a provision requiring the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, after gathering information and recommendations from available sources and examining current outreach practices by institutions of higher education in this State and in other states, to prescribe best practice guidelines and standards to be used by institutions in conducting student outreach.

Senate Floor Amendment No. 1
Provides that an applicant who graduates in a graduating class of a school that has so few students that class rank does not make a reliable contribution toward assessing the student's college readiness is considered to have satisfied certain automatic admission requirements of the Act if, among other requirements, the student has (i) successfully completed the minimum college preparatory curriculum requirements established by law for admission to the institution and (rather than or) (ii) satisfied the ACT college admission assessment or the SAT college admission assessment composite score and subscores required for admission to the institution to which the applicant applied as well as any composite scores or subscores for colleges within that institution. Makes a technical correction.

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  11/30/2018HousePrefiled with Clerk by Rep. André Thapedi
  1/9/2019HouseFirst Reading
  1/9/2019HouseReferred to Rules Committee
  1/28/2019HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
  1/28/2019HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth
  1/29/2019HouseAssigned to Appropriations-Higher Education Committee
  2/14/2019HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis
  3/19/2019HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. André Thapedi
  3/19/2019HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
  3/19/2019HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin
  3/19/2019HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Norine K. Hammond
  3/19/2019HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Jeff Keicher
  3/20/2019HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Appropriations-Higher Education Committee
  3/20/2019HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
  3/20/2019HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Terri Bryant
  3/20/2019HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Fiscal Note Requested as Amended by Rep. André Thapedi
  3/21/2019HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Fiscal Note Filed as Amended
  3/22/2019HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. André Thapedi
  3/22/2019HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
  3/26/2019HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Appropriations-Higher Education Committee
  3/28/2019HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Appropriations-Higher Education Committee; by Voice Vote
  3/28/2019HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 2 Adopted in Appropriations-Higher Education Committee; by Voice Vote
  3/28/2019HouseDo Pass as Amended / Short Debate Appropriations-Higher Education Committee; 012-000-000
  3/29/2019HousePlaced on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
  4/2/2019HouseSecond Reading - Short Debate
  4/2/2019HousePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
  4/3/2019HouseThird Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000
  4/3/2019HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark Batinick
  4/3/2019HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Grant Wehrli
  4/4/2019SenateArrive in Senate
  4/4/2019SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of First Reading
  4/4/2019SenateChief Senate Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
  4/4/2019SenateFirst Reading
  4/4/2019SenateReferred to Assignments
  4/24/2019SenateAssigned to Higher Education
  5/8/2019SenatePostponed - Higher Education
  5/10/2019SenateRule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
  5/14/2019SenateRule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 17, 2019
  5/14/2019SenateRe-assigned to Higher Education
  5/14/2019SenateWaive Posting Notice
  5/15/2019SenateDo Pass Higher Education; 011-000-000
  5/15/2019SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 16, 2019
  5/16/2019SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
  5/16/2019SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
  5/16/2019SenateSecond Reading
  5/16/2019SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 17, 2019
  5/16/2019SenateAdded as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt
  5/21/2019SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Higher Education
  5/22/2019SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Higher Education; 013-000-000
  5/23/2019SenateAdded as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Jim Oberweis
  5/23/2019SenateRecalled to Second Reading
  5/23/2019SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Collins
  5/23/2019SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
  5/23/2019SenateThird Reading - Passed; 057-000-000
  5/23/2019SenateAdded as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
  5/23/2019HouseArrived in House
  5/23/2019HousePlaced on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
  5/24/2019HouseSenate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. André Thapedi
  5/24/2019HouseSenate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee
  5/24/2019HouseSenate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Appropriations-Higher Education Committee
  5/27/2019HouseSenate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Appropriations-Higher Education Committee; 012-000-000
  5/28/2019HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley
  5/29/2019HouseSenate Floor Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 117-000-000
  5/29/2019HouseHouse Concurs
  5/29/2019HousePassed Both Houses
  5/29/2019HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Deanne M. Mazzochi
  6/27/2019HouseSent to the Governor
  8/23/2019HouseGovernor Approved
  8/23/2019HouseEffective Date January 1, 2020
  8/23/2019HousePublic Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0448

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