---
type: "Bill"
title: "HIGHR ED-GRADUATION INCENTIVE"
description: "HIGHR ED-GRADUATION INCENTIVE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "90th"
identifier: "HB 2565"
citation: "Illinois HB 2565 (90th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 57
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1998-01-27T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1998-08-14T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bbeee2cf-a3c0-4d09-963b-74f536dd1bf6"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/90gatoc.html"
source_hash: "63e0434d0f679683613f5cf35470c648088033b44e00fe6285311c0d4a3e633f"
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 2565 (90th) — HIGHR ED-GRADUATION INCENTIVE

## Version chain

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

1. **HB2565** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/hbgroups/hb/900HB2565LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BURZYNSKI — cosponsor (person)
- DAVIS,MONIQUE — cosponsor (person)
- DONAHUE — cosponsor (person)
- ERWIN — cosponsor (person)
- FANTIN — cosponsor (person)
- WINKEL — cosponsor (person)
- WIRSING — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1998-01-27T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1998-01-27T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1998-02-25T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE HIGHER ED `referral-committee`
- **1998-02-26T00:00:00-06:00** FISCAL NOTE FILED
- **1998-02-26T00:00:00-06:00** COMMITTEE HIGHER ED
- **1998-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-HIGHER ED H
- **1998-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1998-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-HIGHER ED H
- **1998-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1998-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 03-HIGHER ED H
- **1998-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1998-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS AMENDED/SHORT DEBATE 013-001-000 HHED
- **1998-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1998-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED AS AMENDED WIRSING
- **1998-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** STATE MNDT FISCAL NOTE RQSTD AS AMENDED WIRSING
- **1998-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1998-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** FISCAL NOTE FILED AS AMENDED
- **1998-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1998-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1998-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **1998-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR WIRSING
- **1998-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR FANTIN
- **1998-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR WINKEL
- **1998-03-26T00:00:00-06:00** STATE MNDT FISCAL NOTE FILED AS AMENDED
- **1998-03-26T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1998-03-26T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 113-000-001 `reading-3`
- **1998-03-31T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **1998-03-31T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 98-04-01
- **1998-04-01T00:00:00-06:00** CHIEF SPONSOR DONAHUE
- **1998-04-01T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1998-04-01T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1998-04-22T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **1998-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** POSTPONED
- **1998-05-05T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-EDUCATION S
- **1998-05-05T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1998-05-05T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-EDUCATION S
- **1998-05-05T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1998-05-05T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS AS AMENDED 007-001-001 SESE
- **1998-05-05T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 98-05-06
- **1998-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1998-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 98-05-07
- **1998-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR BURZYNSKI
- **1998-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 055-000-001 `reading-3`
- **1998-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **1998-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01,02
- **1998-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION FILED CONCUR 01,02/ERWIN
- **1998-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION REFERRED TO HRUL
- **1998-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01,02
- **1998-05-18T00:00:00-05:00** APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION - COMPLIANCE 01,02/HRUL
- **1998-05-18T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01,02
- **1998-05-20T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR DAVIS,MONIQUE
- **1998-05-20T00:00:00-05:00** HSE CONCURS IN SEN AMENDMENTS (NO.) 01,02/116-000-000
- **1998-05-20T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1998-06-18T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1998-08-14T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1998-08-14T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 98-08-14
- **1998-08-14T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0750

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bbeee2cf-a3c0-4d09-963b-74f536dd1bf6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).