| IL | SB3855 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates the Engineering Students of Illinois Scholarship Act. Creates the Engineering Students of Illinois Scholarship Program, to be administered by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, to provide scholarship assistance until July 1, 2031 to ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-07-08 To Senate Assignments Committee |
| IL | SB2202 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Public Higher Education Act. Provides that every faculty member of a public institution of higher education has the right to certain freedoms without fear of direct or indirect retaliation by the institution or discipline up to and includi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-07-02 To Senate Assignments Committee |
| IL | SB3688 | Enroll
Sine Die | Amends the Medical School Curriculum Act. Requires each and every medical school established, maintained, and operated by the State of Illinois to include in the curriculum the study of perimenopause and menopause recognition and management, as speci... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-30 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen |
| IL | SB3731 | Enroll
Sine Die | Creates the First 2026 General Revisory Act. Combines multiple versions of Sections amended by more than one Public Act. Renumbers Sections of various Acts to eliminate duplication. Corrects obsolete cross-references and technical errors. Makes styli... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-29 Sent to the Governor |
| IL | SB2771 | Enroll
Sine Die | Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that the Act may be referred to as Tammurra's Act. Amends the Public Higher Education Act, the University of Illinois Hospital Act, and the Hospital Licensing Act. R... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-29 Sent to the Governor |
| IL | HB4421 | Pass | Amends the Illinois State University Law. Repeals a provision regarding the Illinois Institute for Entrepreneurship Education. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-26 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0489 |
| IL | HB3595 | Pass | Amends various Acts by replacing the terms "day care", "daycare", and "day-care", in relation to the care of a child, with the term "early care and education" and from "facility" to "provider". Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Provides that the fol... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-26 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0480 |
| IL | HB5093 | Pass | Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities in Illinois to make changes concerning in-state tuition to remove a condition concerning attending high school or a community college while residing in this State and not having es... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-26 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0511 |
| IL | HB4420 | Pass | Amends the College Campus Press Act. Defines "public media produced at a State-sponsored institution of higher learning". Provides that all public media produced at a State-sponsored institution of higher learning is a public forum for expression by ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-26 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0488 |
| IL | HB4754 | Pass | Amends the Know Before You Owe Private Education Loan Act. Provides that the annual report to the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation and the Student Loan Ombudsman shall include the total number and dollar amount (instead of the volu... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-26 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0504 |
| IL | HB5460 | Enroll
Sine Die | Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Provides that the Post-Master of Social Work School Social Work Professional Educator License scholarships may also be known as School Social Work scholarships. Includes, as a qualified applicant su... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-26 Sent to the Governor |
| IL | HB5552 | Enroll
Sine Die | Amends the School Code. Makes changes to provisions regarding departments and functions of the State Board of Education, the teacher supply and demand report, waivers and modifications of mandates and administrative rules, audits of a school district... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-25 Sent to the Governor |
| IL | HB1028 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends, repeals, and reenacts various Acts. Restores the statutes to the form in which they existed before their amendment by Public Acts 101-652, 102-28, and 102-1104. Makes other technical changes. Effective immediately. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-23 To House Rules Committee |
| IL | SB3314 | Enroll
Sine Die | Amends the Board of Higher Education Act and the Public Community College Act. Provides that, by September 1, 2028 and every September 1 thereafter, the Board of Higher Education or the Illinois Community College Board, respectively, shall compile an... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-18 Sent to the Governor |
| IL | HB5204 | Enroll
Sine Die | Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that the Governor shall appoint to the Illinois Early Learning Council (i) a representative of a statewide advocacy organization that represents multiple Head Start ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-18 Sent to the Governor |
| IL | SB3720 | Enroll
Sine Die | Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following change. Provides that each State university shall automatically provide, to any transfer student who is accepted to the State university with at least 30 hours of academic credit at a... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-18 Sent to the Governor |
| IL | HB4979 | Enroll
Sine Die | Amends the Preventing Sexual Violence in Higher Education Act to make a change concerning the topics of the base survey. Amends the Board of Education Act to remove the requirement that each student member of the Board of Higher Education shall serve... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-18 Sent to the Governor |
| IL | HB5135 | Enroll
Sine Die | Amends the Adult Education Act and the Public Community College Act. With respect to the annual report on adult education for the preceding school year by the Illinois Community College Board, removes the requirement to include a summary of State rei... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-18 Sent to the Governor |
| IL | SB3722 | Enroll
Sine Die | Removes references to the Department of Human Services' Division of Mental Health and Division of Substance Use Prevention and Recovery in various Acts, including, but not limited to, the Substance Use Disorder Act, the Mental Health and Developmenta... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-18 Sent to the Governor |
| IL | HB0862 | Pass | Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Amends various Acts to provide for the creation, dissolution, renaming, and revised use of various statutorily created funds and for the transfer of moneys among funds. Amends... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-16 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0465 |
| IL | SB0013 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates the Adequate and Equitable Public University Funding Act. Provides that, after the effective date of the Act, all general operating expenses for public universities shall be distributed by the Board of Higher Education through a funding formu... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-01 To Senate Assignments Committee |
| IL | SB0419 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the College Planning Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-01 To Senate Assignments Committee |
| IL | SB0418 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the College Campus Press Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-01 To Senate Assignments Committee |
| IL | HB5491 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Makes a technical change concerning the Act's purpose. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-01 To Senate Assignments Committee |
| IL | HB4990 | Engross
Sine Die | Reinserts the provisions of the bill as amended by Senate Amendment No. 1 with the following changes. Provides that, beginning August 1, 2027, any party that is aggrieved by a material failure of a higher education institution to substantially comply... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-01 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee |
| IL | SB3907 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends various Acts by replacing the terms "day care", "daycare", and "day-care", in relation to the care of a child, with the term "early care and education" and from "facility" to "provider". Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Provides that the fol... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-01 To Senate Assignments Committee |
| IL | SB0294 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the University of Illinois Act. Provides that a county is entitled to a scholarship in the University of Illinois for the benefit of the children of persons who served in the armed forces of the United States any time on or after August 2, 199... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-22 To Senate Assignments Committee |
| IL | SB1273 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Community Behavioral Health Care Professional Loan Repayment Act. Adds a licensed occupational therapist and a licensed occupational therapy assistant to the list of health care professionals that may receive a grant of $15,000 or less per... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-22 To Senate Assignments Committee |
| IL | SB2874 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the University of Illinois Act. In provisions concerning scholarships for the children of veterans, provides that an honorary scholarship may also be given to the children of persons who served at any time during the invasion of Panama between... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-22 To Senate Assignments Committee |
| IL | SB3154 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Requires the Illinois Student Assistance Commission to establish the Adult Learner Flexible Education Grant Program to facilitate access to online postsecondary education for adults over the age of ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-22 To Senate Assignments Committee |
| IL | SB3279 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act with respect to the Illinois Veteran grant program. Changes the definition of "qualified applicant" to include a person who, among satisfying other requirements, does not meet requirements regarding ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-22 To Senate Assignments Committee |
| IL | SB3482 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Mental Health Early Action on Campus Act. Requires the Board of Higher Education to establish the Mental Health Council. Establishes the student membership of the Council. Provides that the Council shall make recommendations to the Board r... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-22 To Senate Assignments Committee |
| IL | SB2893 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act with respect to the monetary award program. Beginning with the 2027-2028 academic year through the 2031-2032 academic year, provides that an applicant who is otherwise eligible for grant assistance u... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-22 To Senate Assignments Committee |
| IL | SB2977 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Subject to appropriation, requires the Board of Higher Education to create a school counselor stipend program. Provides that an educator preparation program shall notify the Board of all eligible students and... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-22 To Senate Assignments Committee |
| IL | SB3511 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Election Code. Provides that the date of the general election on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November in even-numbered years shall be a State holiday known as General Election Day and shall be observed throughout the State.... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-22 To Senate Assignments Committee |
| IL | HB5466 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the Community Behavioral Health Care Professional Loan Repayment Program Act. Provides, that to be eligible for assistance under the Community Behavioral Health Care Professional Loan Repayment Program, the Illinois Student Assistance Commissi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-22 To Senate Assignments Committee |
| IL | SB3802 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Workforce Development through Charitable Loan Repayment Act. Changes the definition of "qualified community foundation" to mean a community foundation or similar publicly supported organization that is organized or operating in the State a... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-22 To Senate Assignments Committee |
| IL | SB3912 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Illinois State University Law. Repeals a provision regarding the Illinois Institute for Entrepreneurship Education. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-08 To Senate Assignments Committee |
| IL | SB3467 | Intro
Sine Die | Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that, on or before August 1, 2027, each higher education institution shall update its comprehensive policy to ensure compliance with the amendatory Act. Requires eac... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-08 To Senate Assignments Committee |
| IL | HB5319 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Public Community College Act. Allows the board of trustees of a community college district to establish and offer a baccalaureate degree program and confer a bachelor's degree if specified conditions are met. Requires the board of trustees... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-07 To House Rules Committee |
| IL | SB4034 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Public Community College Act. Allows the board of trustees of a community college district to establish and offer a baccalaureate degree program and confer a bachelor's degree if specified conditions are met. Requires the board of trustees... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-06 To Senate Assignments Committee |
| IL | SB0171 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act. Modifies the provisions of the Act to apply to veterans and veteran-owned businesses. Modifies a Section concerning the short title. Changes the title of the Act... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-24 To Senate Assignments Committee |
| IL | HB4097 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Public Higher Education Act, the Board of Higher Education Act, and the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Provides that a resident of the State who is not lawfully present in the United States is not eligible, on the basis of reside... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-23 To House Rules Committee |
| IL | HB1581 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates the Adequate and Equitable Public University Funding Act. Provides that all general operating expenses for public universities shall be distributed by the Board of Higher Education through a funding formula for eligible public institutions an... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-22 To House Rules Committee |
| IL | HB0951 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the Illinois Works Jobs Program Act. Creates the Illinois Municipal Works and Service Trainee Program. Provides that the goals of the Illinois Municipal Works and Service Trainee Program are to establish a regional workforce training program l... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-21 To Senate Assignments Committee |
| IL | HB4343 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Board of Higher Education Act, various Acts relating to the governance of public universities in Illinois, and the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Requires the Board of Higher Education to establish a pathway program in which any ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-20 To House Rules Committee |
| IL | HB5463 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Changes the name of the School and Municipal Social Work Shortage Loan Repayment Program to the Social Worker and School Counselor Shortage Loan Repayment Program. Allows a school counselor to apply... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-20 To Senate Assignments Committee |
| IL | HB5462 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Human Services Professional Loan Repayment Program Act. Provides that a recipient may receive an award through the Human Services Professional Loan Repayment Program for a maximum of 4 years. With regard to eligibility for the Program, req... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-20 To House Rules Committee |
| IL | HB2168 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Dual Credit Quality Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-17 To House Rules Committee |
| IL | HB2172 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Educational Partnership Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-17 To House Rules Committee |