---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-FAFSA COMPLETION"
description: "Amends the School Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, the required support regarding the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) shall include providing time during the school day, not requiring a student to be excused from regularly scheduled class time, to complete or receive help with completion of a financial aid application. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "104th"
identifier: "HB 3097"
citation: "Illinois HB 3097 (104th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aarón M. Ortíz", "Javier L. Cervantes"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 53
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-06"
last_action: "2025-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e6b7c88-da12-408c-b2e4-f56d4c342196"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=3097&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=161473&SessionID=114"
source_hash: "ed2ea3697f68ad72eb349d27b44254914bb982f10c33f567b0e1549ab8e71158"
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 3097 (104th) — SCH CD-FAFSA COMPLETION

Amends the School Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, the required support regarding the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) shall include providing time during the school day, not requiring a student to be excused from regularly scheduled class time, to complete or receive help with completion of a financial aid application. Effective immediately.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB3097.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB3097eng.pdf)
3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB3097ham001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB3097enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Elem Sec Ed: Adm., Lic. & Charter, Amendment 1 — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Education — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Elem Sec Ed: Adm., Lic. & Charter — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **84–24** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Aarón M. Ortíz — primary (person)
- Javier L. Cervantes — primary (person)
- Amy Briel — cosponsor (person)
- Anna Moeller — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Diane Blair-Sherlock — cosponsor (person)
- Emanuel "Chris" Welch — cosponsor (person)
- Graciela Guzmán — cosponsor (person)
- Hoan Huynh — cosponsor (person)
- Janet Yang Rohr — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly A. Lightford — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Faver Dias — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Mattie Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Maura Hirschauer — cosponsor (person)
- Maurice A. West, II — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Porfirio — cosponsor (person)
- Sue Scherer — cosponsor (person)
- Theresa Mah — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-06** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Theresa Mah `filing`
- **2025-02-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-18** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2025-03-04** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Aarón M. Ortíz
- **2025-03-05** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II
- **2025-03-05** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Crawford
- **2025-03-05** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Maura Hirschauer
- **2025-03-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sue Scherer
- **2025-03-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias
- **2025-03-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anna Moeller
- **2025-03-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Janet Yang Rohr
- **2025-03-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Bob Morgan
- **2025-03-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa Davis
- **2025-03-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Amy Briel
- **2025-03-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Diane Blair-Sherlock
- **2025-03-05** Remove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Aarón M. Ortíz
- **2025-03-12** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools; 009-000-000
- **2025-03-13** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-03-24** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch
- **2025-03-25** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-03-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2025-03-26** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Aarón M. Ortíz
- **2025-03-26** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah
- **2025-04-04** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Aarón M. Ortíz `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-04** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
- **2025-04-07** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools
- **2025-04-09** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools; 008-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-10** Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2025-04-10** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 084-024-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Hoan Huynh
- **2025-04-14** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-14** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 29, 2025 `reading-1`
- **2025-04-25** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Javier L. Cervantes
- **2025-04-25** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-25** Referred to Assignments
- **2025-04-29** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-06** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Graciela Guzmán
- **2025-05-07** Do Pass Education; 014-000-000
- **2025-05-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 8, 2025 `reading-2`
- **2025-05-08** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2025
- **2025-05-22** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Porfirio
- **2025-05-22** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-22** Passed Both Houses
- **2025-05-22** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2025-05-26** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
- **2025-06-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-30** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-30** Effective Date June 30, 2025
- **2025-06-30** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0014 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9e6b7c88-da12-408c-b2e4-f56d4c342196`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).