---
type: "Bill"
title: "MIA/POW SCHOLARSHIP-VETS GRANT"
description: "Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Provides that a person is a qualified applicant if, despite not meeting other residency requirements, the applicant is a resident of Illinois at the time of application and at some point after leaving federal active duty service was a resident of Illinois for 15 consecutive years. Effective July 1, 2019."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "101st"
identifier: "SB 1467"
citation: "Illinois SB 1467 (101st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 68
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-13"
last_action: "2019-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d45f36a-54b7-412f-900e-b3bb403ec4e1"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1467&GAID=15&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=118290&SessionID=108&GA=101"
source_hash: "bf8db4b62f22a1558f9856ad1ba2252819824feb00ad1df1b4e4bea6a89645ae"
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 SB 1467 (101st) — MIA/POW SCHOLARSHIP-VETS GRANT

Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Provides that a person is a qualified applicant if, despite not meeting other residency requirements, the applicant is a resident of Illinois at the time of application and at some point after leaving federal active duty service was a resident of Illinois for 15 consecutive years. Effective July 1, 2019.

## 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=10100SB1467&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=118290&DocNum=1467&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100SB1467eng&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=118290&DocNum=1467&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100SB1467enr&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=118290&DocNum=1467&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **104–9** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **54–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Anne Stava-Murray — primary (person)
- Antonio Muñoz — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Belt — cosponsor (person)
- Cristina Castro — cosponsor (person)
- Debbie Meyers-Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Elgie R. Sims, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Jacqueline Y. Collins — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant — cosponsor (person)
- Laura M. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Martin A. Sandoval — cosponsor (person)
- Napoleon Harris, III — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia Van Pelt — primary (person)
- Stephanie A. Kifowit — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-13** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Patricia Van Pelt `filing`
- **2019-02-13** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-13** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Assigned to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-07** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Pat McGuire `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-07** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Higher Education
- **2019-03-19** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-20** Do Pass as Amended Higher Education; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 21, 2019
- **2019-03-20** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Napoleon Harris, III
- **2019-03-27** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 28, 2019
- **2019-03-29** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
- **2019-04-04** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
- **2019-04-04** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Bill Cunningham
- **2019-04-04** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant
- **2019-04-04** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Muñoz
- **2019-04-05** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Patricia Van Pelt `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-05** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-05** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
- **2019-04-09** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Higher Education
- **2019-04-09** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
- **2019-04-09** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt
- **2019-04-09** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Higher Education; 010-000-000
- **2019-04-10** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-10** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Van Pelt `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-10** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-04-10** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2019-04-11** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2019-04-11** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Anne Stava-Murray
- **2019-04-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-11** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** Assigned to Appropriations-Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-10** Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15** Assigned to Appropriations-Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2019
- **2019-05-17** Fiscal Note Filed
- **2019-05-20** Pension Note Filed
- **2019-05-20** State Debt Impact Note Filed
- **2019-05-21** Do Pass / Short Debate Appropriations-Higher Education Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-21** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-05-22** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2019-05-22** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2019-05-23** State Mandates Fiscal Note Requested by Rep. Grant Wehrli
- **2019-05-23** Balanced Budget Note Requested by Rep. Grant Wehrli
- **2019-05-23** Correctional Note Requested by Rep. Grant Wehrli
- **2019-05-23** Home Rule Note Requested by Rep. Grant Wehrli
- **2019-05-23** Housing Affordability Impact Note Requested by Rep. Grant Wehrli
- **2019-05-23** Judicial Note Requested by Rep. Grant Wehrli
- **2019-05-23** Land Conveyance Appraisal Note Requested by Rep. Grant Wehrli
- **2019-05-23** Judicial Note Filed
- **2019-05-23** Correctional Note Filed
- **2019-05-24** State Mandates Fiscal Note Filed
- **2019-05-24** Home Rule Note Filed
- **2019-05-24** Balanced Budget Note Filed
- **2019-05-26** Housing Affordability Impact Note Filed
- **2019-05-27** Land Conveyance Appraisal Note Filed
- **2019-05-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-05-27** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 104-009-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-05-27** Passed Both Houses
- **2019-05-27** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
- **2019-05-27** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin
- **2019-06-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-08-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-09** Effective Date August 9, 2019
- **2019-08-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0334 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d45f36a-54b7-412f-900e-b3bb403ec4e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).