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+type: "Bill"
+title: "MIA/POW SCHOLARSHIP-NATL GUARD"
+description: "Amends the School Code. In a provision concerning MIA/POW scholarships, defines \"eligible veteran or serviceperson\" to include an Illinois National Guard member who is on active duty or is active on a training assignment and who has been declared to be a prisoner of war or missing in action, has died as the result of a service-connected disability, or is permanently disabled from service-connected causes. Effective immediately."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "93rd"
+identifier: "HB 4491"
+citation: "Illinois HB 4491 (93rd)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 54
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2004-02-03"
+last_action: "2004-07-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b5430f5-d668-4a95-ace1-7765f9f84db8"
+source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4491&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=8929&SessionID=3&GA=93"
+source_hash: "bb46e48f651df14394fb3cfae7ccd833447e83992fcde1d70d38b5ad709682c8"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
+---
+
+# Illinois HB 4491 (93rd) — MIA/POW SCHOLARSHIP-NATL GUARD
+
+Amends the School Code. In a provision concerning MIA/POW scholarships, defines "eligible veteran or serviceperson" to include an Illinois National Guard member who is on active duty or is active on a training assignment and who has been declared to be a prisoner of war or missing in action, has died as the result of a service-connected disability, or is permanently disabled from service-connected causes. Effective immediately.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB4491&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=8929&DocNum=4491&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB4491eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=8929&DocNum=4491&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB4491enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=8929&DocNum=4491&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Edward D. Maloney — cosponsor (person)
+- Kirk W. Dillard — cosponsor (person)
+- Ray Soden — cosponsor (person)
+- Ron Stephens — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2004-02-03** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Donald L. Moffitt `filing`
+- **2004-02-03** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2004-02-03** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2004-02-04** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
+- **2004-02-04** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Reitz
+- **2004-02-09** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Watson
+- **2004-02-09** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Bost
+- **2004-02-18** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe
+- **2004-02-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Sacia
+- **2004-02-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Chapin Rose
+- **2004-02-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Angelo Saviano
+- **2004-02-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
+- **2004-02-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
+- **2004-02-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. James H. Meyer
+- **2004-02-20** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Ron Stephens
+- **2004-02-20** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
+- **2004-02-24** Assigned to Veterans Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2004-03-04** Do Pass / Short Debate Veterans Affairs Committee; 015-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2004-03-04** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2004-03-04** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
+- **2004-03-24** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Richard P. Myers
+- **2004-03-24** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William J. Grunloh
+- **2004-03-24** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa M. Dugan
+- **2004-03-24** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Careen Gordon
+- **2004-03-24** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lovana Jones
+- **2004-03-24** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert F. Flider
+- **2004-03-24** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2004-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2004-03-25** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black
+- **2004-03-25** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
+- **2004-03-25** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John E. Bradley
+- **2004-03-25** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joseph M. Lyons
+- **2004-03-25** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
+- **2004-03-25** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2004-03-25** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
+- **2004-03-25** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 26, 2004 `reading-1`
+- **2004-03-26** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Denny Jacobs
+- **2004-03-26** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2004-03-26** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2004-04-15** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
+- **2004-04-20** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Edward D. Maloney
+- **2004-04-21** Do Pass Education; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2004-04-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 22, 2004
+- **2004-04-22** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2004-04-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 27, 2004
+- **2004-04-28** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ray Soden
+- **2004-05-05** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Barack Obama
+- **2004-05-05** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Kirk W. Dillard
+- **2004-05-05** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2004-05-05** Passed Both Houses
+- **2004-06-03** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2004-07-28** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2004-07-28** Effective Date July 28, 2004
+- **2004-07-28** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0825 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1b5430f5-d668-4a95-ace1-7765f9f84db8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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