104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1378 Introduced 1/29/2025, by Sen. Chapin Rose SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 110 ILCS 1010/3 from Ch. 144, par. 233 Amends the Academic Degree Act. With respect to a public university, provides that only the board of trustees of the university may award an honorary degree, and the university's faculty shall have no role in the award of the honorary degree. LRB104 06343 LNS 16379 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1378 Introduced 1/29/2025, by Sen. Chapin Rose SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 110 ILCS 1010/3 from Ch. 144, par. 233 110 ILCS 1010/3 from Ch. 144, par. 233 Amends the Academic Degree Act. With respect to a public university, provides that only the board of trustees of the university may award an honorary degree, and the university's faculty shall have no role in the award of the honorary degree. LRB104 06343 LNS 16379 b LRB104 06343 LNS 16379 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1378 Introduced 1/29/2025, by Sen. Chapin Rose SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 110 ILCS 1010/3 from Ch. 144, par. 233 110 ILCS 1010/3 from Ch. 144, par. 233 110 ILCS 1010/3 from Ch. 144, par. 233 Amends the Academic Degree Act. With respect to a public university, provides that only the board of trustees of the university may award an honorary degree, and the university's faculty shall have no role in the award of the honorary degree. LRB104 06343 LNS 16379 b LRB104 06343 LNS 16379 b LRB104 06343 LNS 16379 b A BILL FOR SB1378LRB104 06343 LNS 16379 b SB1378 LRB104 06343 LNS 16379 b SB1378 LRB104 06343 LNS 16379 b 1 AN ACT concerning education. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Academic Degree Act is amended by changing 5 Section 3 as follows: 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1378 Introduced 1/29/2025, by Sen. Chapin Rose SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 110 ILCS 1010/3 from Ch. 144, par. 233 110 ILCS 1010/3 from Ch. 144, par. 233 110 ILCS 1010/3 from Ch. 144, par. 233 Amends the Academic Degree Act. With respect to a public university, provides that only the board of trustees of the university may award an honorary degree, and the university's faculty shall have no role in the award of the honorary degree. LRB104 06343 LNS 16379 b LRB104 06343 LNS 16379 b LRB104 06343 LNS 16379 b A BILL FOR 110 ILCS 1010/3 from Ch. 144, par. 233 LRB104 06343 LNS 16379 b SB1378 LRB104 06343 LNS 16379 b