IL HB 1859
enactedCOM COL-COURSE INSTRUCTOR-AI
Illinois · 104th General Assembly, 2026 Session · lower
Quick answers
Did IL HB 1859 pass?
Yes. IL HB 1859 has been enacted into law as of 2025-08-15. Latest recorded action (2025-08-15): Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0201
What is IL HB 1859 about?
IL HB 1859 is a bill in the 104th General Assembly, 2026 Session titled “COM COL-COURSE INSTRUCTOR-AI”.
Who sponsors IL HB 1859?
Mike Porfirio, Abdelnasser Rashid are the primary sponsors of IL HB 1859, joined by 8 cosponsors.
- Introduced
- 2025-04-08
- Latest action
- 2025-08-15 — Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0201
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- Mike Porfirioprimary
- Abdelnasser Rashidprimary
- Hoan Huynhcosponsor
- Diane Blair-Sherlockcosponsor
- Kevin John Olickalcosponsor
- Rick Ryancosponsor
- Norma Hernandezcosponsor
- Lindsey LaPointecosponsor
- Karina Villacosponsor
- Michael Crawfordcosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-01-29
Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid
filing
2025-01-29
First Reading
reading-1
2025-01-29
Referred to Rules Committee
2025-02-13
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Diane Blair-Sherlock
2025-02-19
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Crawford
2025-02-25
Assigned to Higher Education Committee
referral-committee
2025-02-26
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal
2025-02-26
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rick Ryan
2025-03-04
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Norma Hernandez
2025-03-04
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Hoan Huynh
2025-03-04
Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Hoan Huynh
2025-03-05
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lindsey LaPointe
2025-03-05
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Hoan Huynh
2025-03-05
Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 012-000-000
2025-03-06
Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
reading-2
2025-03-18
Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2
2025-03-18
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
2025-04-07
Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 087-017-001
passage,reading-3
2025-04-08
Arrive in Senate
introduction
2025-04-08
Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
reading-1
2025-04-08
Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Mike Porfirio
2025-04-08
First Reading
reading-1
2025-04-08
Referred to Assignments
2025-04-23
Assigned to Executive
referral-committee
2025-04-29
Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Karina Villa
2025-05-01
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mike Porfirio
amendment-introduction
2025-05-01
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
2025-05-06
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive
2025-05-09
Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 23, 2025
2025-05-14
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted
amendment-passage
2025-05-15
Do Pass as Amended Executive; 007-003-000
2025-05-15
Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading
reading-2
2025-05-15
Second Reading
reading-2
2025-05-15
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 20, 2025
2025-05-21
Third Reading - Passed; 046-012-000
passage,reading-3
2025-05-21
Arrived in House
introduction
2025-05-21
Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
2025-05-21
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid
2025-05-21
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee
2025-05-28
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Higher Education Committee
2025-05-29
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Higher Education Committee; 009-000-000
2025-05-30
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 093-022-000
2025-05-30
House Concurs
2025-05-30
Passed Both Houses
2025-06-24
Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt
2025-08-15
Governor Approved
executive-signature
2025-08-15
Effective Date January 1, 2026
2025-08-15
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0201
became-law
Versions
Documents
Votes
Higher Education
2025-03-05 · pass · 12-0
Member-level votes (12)
- Chung, Sharon: yes
- Blair-Sherlock, Diane: yes
- Gong-Gershowitz, Jennifer: yes
- Friess, David: yes
- Hernandez, Norma: yes
- Hernandez, Barbara: yes
- Rashid, Abdelnasser: yes
- Katz Muhl, Tracy: yes
- Stuart, Katie: yes
- Rosenthal, Wayne A: yes
- Ugaste, Dan: yes
- Swanson, Dan: yes
Third Reading
2025-04-07 · pass · 87-17
Member-level votes (117)
- Mussman: yes
- Ness: yes
- Guzzardi: yes
- Andrade: yes
- Haas: yes
- Avelar: yes
- Olickal: yes
- Ortíz, Aarón: yes
- Hammond: yes
- Blair-Sherlock: yes
- Rashid: yes
- Hanson: yes
- Briel: yes
- Reick: yes
- Harper: yes
- Buckner: yes
- Rita: yes
- Rosenthal: yes
- Hernandez, Barbara: yes
- Ryan: yes
- Hernandez, Lisa: yes
- Canty: yes
- Sanalitro: yes
- Hernandez, Norma: yes
- Cassidy: yes
- Hirschauer: yes
- Chung: yes
- Schmidt: yes
- Coffey: yes
- Huynh: yes
- Costa Howard: yes
- Severin: yes
- Crawford: yes
- Crespo: yes
- Slaughter: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Croke: yes
- Smith: yes
- Katz Muhl: yes
- Spain: yes
- Davis, Lisa: yes
- Stava-Murray: yes
- Davis, Will: yes
- Stephens: yes
- Deering: yes
- Stuart: yes
- La Ha: yes
- Delgado: yes
- Swanson: yes
- LaPointe: yes
- DeLuca: yes
- Syed: yes
- Deuter: yes
- Tarver: yes
- Mah: yes
- Didech: yes
- Manley: yes
- Du Buclet: yes
- Ugaste: yes
- Mason: yes
- Elik: yes
- Vella: yes
- Evans: yes
- Walsh: yes
- McCombie: yes
- Faver Dias: yes
- Ford: yes
- Meier: yes
- Friess: yes
- West: yes
- Meyers-Martin: yes
- Fritts: yes
- Gabel: yes
- Williams, Ann: yes
- Moeller: yes
- Gill: yes
- Williams, Jawaharial: yes
- Gong-Gershowitz: yes
- Windhorst: yes
- Morgan: yes
- González, Edgar: yes
- Yang Rohr: yes
- Morris: yes
- Gordon-Booth: yes
- Moylan: yes
- Grasse: yes
- Niemerg: no
- Halbrook: no
- Hauter: no
- Bunting: no
- Cabello: no
- Jacobs: no
- Sheehan: no
- Davidsmeyer: no
- Sosnowski: no
- Davis, Jed: no
- Keicher: no
- McLaughlin: no
- Weber: no
- Wilhour: no
- Miller: no
- Moore: no
- Grant: no
- Guerrero-Cuellar: other
- Ammons: excused
- Benton: excused
- Scherer: excused
- Hoffman: excused
- Jiménez: excused
- Jones: excused
- Kelly: excused
- Kifowit: excused
- Lilly: excused
- Mayfield: excused
- Weaver: excused
- Schweizer: not voting
- Tipsword: not voting
Executive
2025-05-14 · pass · 7-3
Member-level votes (13)
- Aquino, Omar: yes
- Castro, Cristina: yes
- Cunningham, Bill: yes
- Harris III, Napoleon: yes
- Holmes, Linda: yes
- Sims Jr., Elgie R: yes
- Murphy, Laura M: yes
- Anderson, Neil: no
- Bryant, Terri: no
- Tracy, Jil: no
- Curran, John F: not voting
- Harmon, Don: not voting
- Lightford, Kimberly A: not voting
Third Reading
2025-05-21 · pass · 46-12
Member-level votes (58)
- Simmons: yes
- Joyce: yes
- Faraci: yes
- Sims: yes
- Koehler: yes
- Feigenholtz: yes
- Aquino: yes
- Stadelman: yes
- Lewis: yes
- Fine: yes
- Arellano, L.: yes
- Lightford: yes
- Glowiak Hilton: yes
- Belt: yes
- Turner, D.: yes
- Martwick: yes
- Guzmán: yes
- Turner, S.: yes
- Halpin: yes
- Castro: yes
- Ventura: yes
- Morrison: yes
- Harris, N.: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Villa: yes
- Murphy: yes
- Harriss, E.: yes
- Villanueva: yes
- Peters: yes
- Hastings: yes
- Collins: yes
- Villivalam: yes
- Hills: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Walker: yes
- Porfirio: yes
- Holmes: yes
- Curran: yes
- Preston: yes
- Hunter: yes
- DeWitte: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Edly-Allen: yes
- Jones, E.: yes
- Ellman: yes
- Anderson: no
- Syverson: no
- Fowler: no
- Balkema: no
- Tracy: no
- Bryant: no
- McClure: no
- Chesney: no
- Plummer: no
- Wilcox: no
- Rezin: no
- Rose: no
- Loughran Cappel: not voting
Higher Education
2025-05-29 · pass · 9-0
Member-level votes (12)
- Chung, Sharon: yes
- Blair-Sherlock, Diane: yes
- Gong-Gershowitz, Jennifer: yes
- Friess, David: yes
- Hernandez, Norma: yes
- Hernandez, Barbara: yes
- Rashid, Abdelnasser: yes
- Stuart, Katie: yes
- Swanson, Dan: yes
- Katz Muhl, Tracy: not voting
- Rosenthal, Wayne A: not voting
- Ugaste, Dan: not voting
Concurrence
2025-05-30 · pass · 93-22
Member-level votes (117)
- Mussman: yes
- Guerrero-Cuellar: yes
- Ammons: yes
- Ness: yes
- Guzzardi: yes
- Andrade: yes
- Haas: yes
- Avelar: yes
- Olickal: yes
- Benton: yes
- Ortíz: yes
- Hammond: yes
- Blair-Sherlock: yes
- Rashid: yes
- Hanson: yes
- Briel: yes
- Reick: yes
- Harper: yes
- Buckner: yes
- Rita: yes
- Rosenthal: yes
- Hernandez, Barbara: yes
- Ryan: yes
- Hernandez, Lisa: yes
- Canty: yes
- Sanalitro: yes
- Hernandez, Norma: yes
- Cassidy: yes
- Hirschauer: yes
- Chung: yes
- Schmidt: yes
- Hoffman: yes
- Coffey: yes
- Schweizer: yes
- Huynh: yes
- Costa Howard: yes
- Crawford: yes
- Jiménez: yes
- Crespo: yes
- Slaughter: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Croke: yes
- Smith: yes
- Jones: yes
- Katz Muhl: yes
- Spain: yes
- Davis, Lisa: yes
- Stava-Murray: yes
- Kelly: yes
- Davis, Will: yes
- Kifowit: yes
- Stuart: yes
- La Ha: yes
- Delgado: yes
- Swanson: yes
- LaPointe: yes
- DeLuca: yes
- Syed: yes
- Lilly: yes
- Deuter: yes
- Tarver: yes
- Mah: yes
- Didech: yes
- Manley: yes
- Du Buclet: yes
- Ugaste: yes
- Mason: yes
- Elik: yes
- Vella: yes
- Mayfield: yes
- Evans: yes
- Walsh: yes
- McCombie: yes
- Faver Dias: yes
- Ford: yes
- Friess: yes
- West: yes
- Meyers-Martin: yes
- Gabel: yes
- Williams, Ann: yes
- Moeller: yes
- Gill: yes
- Williams, Jawaharial: yes
- Gong-Gershowitz: yes
- Windhorst: yes
- Morgan: yes
- González: yes
- Yang Rohr: yes
- Morris: yes
- Gordon-Booth: yes
- Moylan: yes
- Grasse: yes
- Niemerg: no
- Halbrook: no
- Hauter: no
- Bunting: no
- Cabello: no
- Severin: no
- Jacobs: no
- Sheehan: no
- Davidsmeyer: no
- Sosnowski: no
- Davis, Jed: no
- Keicher: no
- Deering: no
- Tipsword: no
- Weaver: no
- Weber: no
- Meier: no
- Fritts: no
- Wilhour: no
- Miller: no
- Moore: no
- Grant: no
- Scherer: excused
- McLaughlin: excused
- Stephens: not voting
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