---
type: "Bill"
title: "NURSING EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIPS"
description: "Amends the Nursing Education Scholarship Law. Provides that \"approved institution\" includes specified institutions with pre-licensure nursing education programs and post-licensure nursing education programs approved by the Illinois Board of Higher Education or any successor agency with similar authority. Corrects a reference to the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "100th"
identifier: "HB 3490"
citation: "Illinois HB 3490 (100th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-10"
last_action: "2017-08-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17392635-862b-422e-8c4b-beddca1866f6"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3490&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=105330&SessionID=91&GA=100"
source_hash: "5f17a81f33c5b9ee1ff13eaa87ac646bbbd8a679f27c2938cce163a63eb92506"
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 3490 (100th) — NURSING EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIPS

Amends the Nursing Education Scholarship Law. Provides that "approved institution" includes specified institutions with pre-licensure nursing education programs and post-licensure nursing education programs approved by the Illinois Board of Higher Education or any successor agency with similar authority. Corrects a reference to the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. 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=10000HB3490&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=105330&DocNum=3490&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB3490eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=105330&DocNum=3490&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB3490enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=105330&DocNum=3490&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **105–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dan Brady — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-10** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Daniel V. Beiser `filing`
- **2017-02-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-10** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-10** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Dan Brady
- **2017-02-22** Assigned to Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08** Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 019-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-09** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2017-03-15** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2017-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2017-03-16** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 105-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-16** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Fred Crespo
- **2017-03-17** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2017-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 28, 2017 `reading-1`
- **2017-04-12** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Dave Syverson
- **2017-04-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-20** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-02** Assigned to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-09** Do Pass Higher Education; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2017
- **2017-05-19** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-05-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 22, 2017
- **2017-05-25** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-05-25** Passed Both Houses
- **2017-06-23** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-08-18** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-18** Effective Date August 18, 2017
- **2017-08-18** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0183 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/17392635-862b-422e-8c4b-beddca1866f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).