Illinois House Bill 901 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Introduced on January 24 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-10-16 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Requires the Illinois Student Assistance Commission to implement and administer a program, beginning with the 2020-2021 academic year, to award College Promise grants to Illinois residents seeking an associate degree from a public community college or a bachelor's degree from a public university. Provides that a College Promise grant shall be equal to the cost of tuition and mandatory fees at the public institution attended less all other student aid, subject to appropriation from the College Promise Fund; defines "student aid". Sets forth the terms and conditions of the program. Amends the State Finance Act to create the College Promise Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Effective immediately.

HIGHER ED-COLLEGE PROMISE

Rep. Will Guzzardi [D]	Rep. Linda LaVia [D]	Rep. Barbara Hernandez [D]	Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin [D]
Rep. Mary Flowers [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-10-16	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
2019-06-28	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin
2019-04-01	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez
2019-03-29	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2019-03-22	House	To Special Issues Subcommittee (HED)
2019-02-05	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
2019-02-05	House	Assigned to Higher Education Committee
2019-01-28	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2019-01-28	House	First Reading
2019-01-24	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Will Guzzardi

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
110	947	23	New Code	See Bill Text
30	105	5.891	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=901&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=108&GA=101
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/HB/10100HB0901.htm