# Illinois HB1859: COM COL-COURSE INSTRUCTOR-AI Illinois HB1859, COM COL-COURSE INSTRUCTOR-AI, is a 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2025-08-15 (Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0201); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB1859-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Illinois HB1859 - State: Illinois - Session: 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) - Title: COM COL-COURSE INSTRUCTOR-AI - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-29 - Last action: 2025-08-15, Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0201 - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 10 - Subjects: higher education, assignments, executive - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 6 (254 yes, 54 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary Amends the Public Community College Act. Provides that the board of trustees of a community college district shall require the primary instructor of a course to meet specified qualifications set forth in the Illinois Administrative Code and any other applicable rules adopted by the Illinois Community College Board. Provides that a course may not, in lieu of a primary instructor, use artificial intelligence or a generative artificial intelligence program. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Cosponsor: Abdelnasser Rashid (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Diane Blair-Sherlock (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Hoan Huynh (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Karina Villa (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Kevin John Olickal (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Lindsey LaPointe (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Michael Crawford (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Mike Porfirio (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Norma Hernandez (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Rick Ryan (Democratic), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-05-30 | House | Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs | pass | 93 | 22 | | | 2025-05-29 | House | Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Higher Education Committee; | pass | 9 | 0 | | | 2025-05-21 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; | pass | 46 | 12 | | | 2025-05-15 | Senate | Do Pass as Amended Executive; | pass | 7 | 3 | | | 2025-04-07 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed | pass | 87 | 17 | 1 | | 2025-03-05 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; | pass | 12 | 0 | | ## Actions (48) - 2025-08-15: Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0201 (House) - 2025-08-15: Effective Date January 1, 2026 (House) - 2025-08-15: Governor Approved (House) - 2025-06-24: Sent to the Governor (House) - 2025-05-30: Passed Both Houses (House) - 2025-05-30: House Concurs (House) - 2025-05-30: Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 093-022-000 (House) - 2025-05-29: Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Higher Education Committee; 009-000-000 (House) - 2025-05-28: Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Higher Education Committee (House) - 2025-05-21: Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2025-05-21: Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid (House) - 2025-05-21: Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1 (House) - 2025-05-21: Arrived in House (House) - 2025-05-21: Third Reading - Passed; 046-012-000 (Senate) - 2025-05-15: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 20, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-05-15: Second Reading (Senate) - 2025-05-15: Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading (Senate) - 2025-05-15: Do Pass as Amended Executive; 007-003-000 (Senate) - 2025-05-14: Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted (Senate) - 2025-05-09: Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 23, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-05-06: Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive (Senate) - 2025-05-01: Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2025-05-01: Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mike Porfirio (Senate) - 2025-04-29: Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Karina Villa (Senate) - 2025-04-23: Assigned to Executive (Senate) - 2025-04-08: Referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2025-04-08: First Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-08: Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Mike Porfirio (Senate) - 2025-04-08: Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-08: Arrive in Senate (Senate) - 2025-04-07: Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 087-017-001 (House) - 2025-03-18: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-03-18: Second Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-03-06: Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-03-05: Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 012-000-000 (House) - 2025-03-05: Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Hoan Huynh (House) - 2025-03-05: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lindsey LaPointe (House) - 2025-03-04: Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Hoan Huynh (House) - 2025-03-04: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Hoan Huynh (House) - 2025-03-04: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Norma Hernandez (House) - 2025-02-26: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rick Ryan (House) - 2025-02-26: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal (House) - 2025-02-25: Assigned to Higher Education Committee (House) - 2025-02-19: Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Crawford (House) - 2025-02-13: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Diane Blair-Sherlock (House) - 2025-01-29: Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2025-01-29: First Reading (House) - 2025-01-29: Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid (House) ## Bill text - Engrossed: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB1859eng.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB1859enr.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB1859.pdf) - Senate Amendment 1: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB1859sam001.pdf) ## Related bills - HB5198: AFFORDABLE HOUSING-CILAS (passed house) - SB1937: PENSION CODE-VARIOUS (passed senate) - HB2563: CONDO-RESERVE STUDY (in committee) - HB4701: LIMITATIONS FACILITY FEES ACT (in committee) - SB3008: DHS-ABLE PROGRAM INFO MATERIAL (passed senate) - SB3484: VEH CD-PLATES-REGISTRATION (signed) ## Sources - [Engrossed (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB1859eng.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB1859enr.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB1859.pdf) - [Senate Amendment 1 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB1859sam001.pdf) ## Related - [HB5198: AFFORDABLE HOUSING-CILAS](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB5198-2025-2026) - [SB1937: PENSION CODE-VARIOUS](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB1937-2025-2026) - [HB2563: CONDO-RESERVE STUDY](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB2563-2025-2026) - [HB4701: LIMITATIONS FACILITY FEES ACT](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB4701-2025-2026) - [SB3008: DHS-ABLE PROGRAM INFO MATERIAL](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB3008-2025-2026) - [SB3484: VEH CD-PLATES-REGISTRATION](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB3484-2025-2026) - [Illinois bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/illinois/bills) - [Illinois state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/illinois) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB1859-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).