HIGHER ED-PAY DURING CLOSURE
Summary
Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities and community colleges in Illinois. Requires the governing board of each public university and community college district to pay employees and contractors their daily, regular rate of pay and benefits if a campus is closed due to a city, county, or State declaration of a winter weather emergency.
Bill status
signed
all 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
House Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
Aug 2024
Introduced Apr 11, 2024
Signed Aug 2, 2024
Floor votes · House May 14, 2024
How they voted
89–19
Passed · 8 other
Total votes 116
May 14, 2024
D
Democratic76
90% Yea
R
Republican40
50% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
57
Key actions
7
Committee
9
Amendments
4
Aug 2, 2024
Signed into law
Governor Approved
lower
May 14, 2024
Lower · Passed
Passed Both Houses
lower
May 14, 2024
Lower · Passed
Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 090-019-000
lower
May 1, 2024
Lower · Passed
Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 012-000-000
lower
Apr 24, 2024
Committee
Assigned to Higher Education Committee
lower
Apr 12, 2024
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
Apr 11, 2024
Introduced
Arrived in House
lower
Apr 11, 2024
Lower · Passed
Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000
lower
Apr 10, 2024
Lower · Passed
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted
lower
Apr 10, 2024
Introduced
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Higher Education; 011-000-000
lower
Apr 9, 2024
Introduced
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Higher Education
lower
Mar 28, 2024
Committee
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
lower
Mar 28, 2024
Introduced
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Doris Turner
lower
Mar 13, 2024
Lower · Passed
Do Pass Higher Education; 011-000-000
lower
Jan 10, 2024
Committee
Re-assigned to Higher Education
lower
Mar 10, 2023
Committee
Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
lower
Feb 7, 2023
Committee
Assigned to Higher Education
lower
Feb 2, 2023
Committee
Referred to Assignments
lower
2 primary · 22 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Doris Turner
DDemocratic
P
Sharon Chung
DDemocratic
Co
Anthony DeLuca
DDemocratic
Co
Carol Ammons
DDemocratic
Co
Dale Fowler
RRepublican
Co
Dave Koehler
DDemocratic
Co
Dave Severin
RRepublican
Co
Dave Vella
DDemocratic
Co
Gregg Johnson
DDemocratic
Co
Harry Benton
DDemocratic
Co
Jay Hoffman
DDemocratic
Co
Katie Stuart
DDemocratic
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