Illinois House Bill 2424

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: Introduced on February 14 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2023-12-14 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael T. Marron
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Transportation to provide higher education student loan repayment assistance in the form of an annual after-tax bonus of $15,000 per year, for not more than 5 years, to any engineer employed by the Department if (i) the engineer is a graduate of a college or university located in this State, (ii) the engineer provides documentation to the Department of the repayment of higher education student loans taken to attend a college or university located in this State, and (iii) the engineer remains in the employ of the Department for at least 5 years. Provides that if the engineer leaves the employ of the Department prior to serving 5 years, the engineer must return all bonuses made to the engineer by the Department pursuant to these provisions. Effective immediately.

IDOT-BONUS FOR STUDENT LOANS

Rep. Harry Benton [D]

Rep. Ryan Spain [R]

Rep. Michael Marron [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-12-14	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael T. Marron
2023-05-19	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2023-03-10	House	Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Extended-Rule May 19, 2023
2023-03-08	House	To Violence Reduction & Prevention Subcommittee
2023-02-28	House	Assigned to Appropriations-Public Safety Committee
2023-02-23	House	Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Benton
2023-02-23	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Benton
2023-02-22	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ryan Spain
2023-02-15	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2023-02-15	House	First Reading
2023-02-14	House	Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Harry Benton
2023-02-14	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Michael T. Marron

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
20	2705	2705-617	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2424&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=112&GA=103
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/HB/10300HB2424.htm