---
type: "Bill"
title: "HIGHER ED-REFUGEE-TRANSCRIPT"
description: "Amends the Public Higher Education Act. Provides that each public institution of higher education shall pay on behalf of a refugee or reimburse a refugee for payment of any transcript evaluation fees that are required by the public institution of higher education to be paid during the admission process. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "SB 2690"
citation: "Illinois SB 2690 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hoan Huynh", "Mike Porfirio"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-10"
last_action: "2024-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/245327d6-dd3d-4c3a-ae24-dbcfd3da3bf8"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=2690&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=151334&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "bfc84f92f97f5837d99aaacd05e02c580cd564b4ac171cc408a55a9d294e3f0c"
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 2690 (103rd) — HIGHER ED-REFUGEE-TRANSCRIPT

Amends the Public Higher Education Act. Provides that each public institution of higher education shall pay on behalf of a refugee or reimburse a refugee for payment of any transcript evaluation fees that are required by the public institution of higher education to be paid during the admission process. Effective immediately.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB2690.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB2690eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB2690enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Higher Education — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Higher Education — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **87–22** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **57–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hoan Huynh — primary (person)
- Mike Porfirio — primary (person)
- Adriane Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Celina Villanueva — cosponsor (person)
- Karina Villa — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin John Olickal — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Edly-Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Mattie Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Michael E. Hastings — cosponsor (person)
- Michael W. Halpin — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel Ventura — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-10** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mike Porfirio `filing`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-01-10** Referred to Assignments
- **2024-01-31** Assigned to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-08** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael E. Hastings
- **2024-02-21** Do Pass Higher Education; 010-000-000
- **2024-02-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 22, 2024 `reading-2`
- **2024-03-07** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
- **2024-03-14** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 20, 2024
- **2024-04-10** Third Reading - Passed; 057-001-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-10** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Celina Villanueva
- **2024-04-10** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2024-04-10** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2024-04-10** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Hoan Huynh
- **2024-04-10** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael W. Halpin
- **2024-04-10** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Karina Villa
- **2024-04-10** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
- **2024-04-10** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachel Ventura
- **2024-04-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-04-11** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-04-11** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Simmons
- **2024-04-15** Assigned to Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-01** Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 012-000-000
- **2024-05-02** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-05-07** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal
- **2024-05-13** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2024-05-17** Third Reading/Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 24, 2024
- **2024-05-22** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 087-022-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-22** Passed Both Houses
- **2024-06-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-08-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2024-08-09** Effective Date August 9, 2024
- **2024-08-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0913 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/245327d6-dd3d-4c3a-ae24-dbcfd3da3bf8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).