Illinois Senate Bill 705 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-0)
Status: Failed on January 9 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

Amends the Higher Education Veterans Service Act. Provides that a required survey and guidebook shall be made available on the homepage of a campus website or a veteran Internet link (instead of just the survey being made available on the homepage of the campus Internet link). Requires the survey to be sent to the Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, and State Comptroller. Requires each public college and university to make its best efforts to hire a veteran of the armed services as the Coordinator of Veterans and Military Personnel Student Services.

HIGHER ED-VETERANS SERVICE ACT

Sen. Andy Manar [D]	Sen. Patricia Van Pelt [D]	Sen. Thomas Cullerton [D]	Sen. Iris Martinez [D]
Sen. Michael Hastings [D]	Sen. Omar Aquino [D]	Sen. William Cunningham [D]	Sen. Antonio Munoz [D]
Sen. Melinda Bush [D]	Sen. William Haine [D]	Sen. Jacqueline Collins [D]	Rep. Kelly Burke [D]
Rep. Katie Stuart [D]

2017-05-03 - Senate - Third Reading in Senate (Y: 55 N: 0 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-09	Senate	Session Sine Die
2017-05-31	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2017-05-26	House	Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2017
2017-05-23	House	Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
2017-05-19	House	Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 26, 2017
2017-05-15	House	Assigned to Higher Education Committee
2017-05-09	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2017-05-09	House	First Reading
2017-05-03	House	Chief House Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Burke
2017-05-03	House	Arrived in House
2017-05-03	Senate	Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000
2017-04-28	Senate	Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2017
2017-03-15	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
2017-03-15	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 16, 2017
2017-03-15	Senate	Second Reading
2017-02-27	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
2017-02-22	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Melinda Bush
2017-02-17	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Muñoz
2017-02-16	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Bill Cunningham
2017-02-16	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael E. Hastings
2017-02-16	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
2017-02-16	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 28, 2017
2017-02-16	Senate	Do Pass Veterans Affairs; 006-000-000
2017-02-15	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Omar Aquino
2017-02-14	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Thomas Cullerton
2017-02-08	Senate	Assigned to Veterans Affairs
2017-02-01	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt
2017-01-30	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2017-01-30	Senate	First Reading
2017-01-30	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Andy Manar

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
110	49	15	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=705&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=91&GA=100
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/SB/10000SB0705.htm
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/SB/10000SB0705eng.htm
Roll Call	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/votehistory/100/senate/10000SB0705_05032017_002000T.pdf