---
type: "Bill"
title: "HIGHER ED-BD MEMBER COMPENSATE"
description: "Amends the Board of Higher Education Act and the Public Community College Act. Provides that a student member who serves on the Board of Higher Education or the Illinois Community College Board shall receive a scholarship award of $500 for each semester in which the student member is enrolled and serving."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "104th"
identifier: "SB 1475"
citation: "Illinois SB 1475 (104th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Koehler", "Norma Hernandez"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-31"
last_action: "2025-08-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6251ee94-9440-4d8f-b1d3-5e717749eaba"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=1475&GAID=18&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=160037&SessionID=114"
source_hash: "c31ba8fb512cd563c42937b26e7a2c8106a3a437eb9a048bad2843bda14fa4f9"
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 1475 (104th) — HIGHER ED-BD MEMBER COMPENSATE

Amends the Board of Higher Education Act and the Public Community College Act. Provides that a student member who serves on the Board of Higher Education or the Illinois Community College Board shall receive a scholarship award of $500 for each semester in which the student member is enrolled and serving.

## 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/SB/PDF/10400SB1475.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1475eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1475enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Higher Education — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **99–14** (pass) · lower
- Higher Education — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David Koehler — primary (person)
- Norma Hernandez — primary (person)
- Lakesia Collins — cosponsor (person)
- Li Arellano, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-31** Filed with Secretary by Sen. David Koehler `filing`
- **2025-01-31** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-31** Referred to Assignments
- **2025-02-11** Assigned to Appropriations- Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-21** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 11, 2025
- **2025-04-01** Re-referred to Assignments
- **2025-04-01** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 11, 2025
- **2025-04-01** Re-referred to Higher Education
- **2025-04-09** Do Pass Higher Education; 013-000-000
- **2025-04-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 10, 2025 `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 11, 2025
- **2025-04-10** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Norma Hernandez
- **2025-04-11** Third Reading - Passed; 051-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-11** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Li Arellano, Jr.
- **2025-04-11** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Lakesia Collins
- **2025-04-11** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2025-04-17** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-17** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2025-04-17** Assigned to Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-23** Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 010-000-000
- **2025-04-24** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-05-16** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-05-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2025-05-22** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 099-014-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-22** Passed Both Houses
- **2025-06-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-08-15** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2025-08-15** Effective Date January 1, 2026
- **2025-08-15** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0380 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6251ee94-9440-4d8f-b1d3-5e717749eaba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).