---
type: "Bill"
title: "HGH ED-MERIT SCHOLARSHIP-90TH"
description: "HGH ED-MERIT SCHOLARSHIP-90TH"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "91st"
identifier: "HB 80"
citation: "Illinois HB 80 (91st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 46
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1998-12-21T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1999-07-16T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ab929c7-d286-4fba-9d28-90c3c32f2645"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/91gatoc.html"
source_hash: "f7911ff20b93b899521d5798284f305422c64f8a15ade7ac298c8cec965c3218"
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 80 (91st) — HGH ED-MERIT SCHOLARSHIP-90TH

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0080** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/hbgroups/hb/910HB0080LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BELLOCK — cosponsor (person)
- BOST — cosponsor (person)
- ERWIN — cosponsor (person)
- MAITLAND — cosponsor (person)
- MITCHELL,JERRY — cosponsor (person)
- MYERS,RICHARD — cosponsor (person)
- O'CONNOR — cosponsor (person)
- WALSH,T — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1998-12-21T00:00:00-06:00** PREFILED WITH CLERK
- **1998-12-21T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR MYERS,RICHARD
- **1998-12-21T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR BOST
- **1999-01-14T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-01-14T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1999-01-27T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE HIGHER ED `referral-committee`
- **1999-01-28T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BELLOCK
- **1999-02-19T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 015-000-000 HHED
- **1999-02-19T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-03-04T00:00:00-06:00** JOINT-SPONSOR CHANGED TO ERWIN
- **1999-03-16T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-O'CONNOR
- **1999-03-16T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **1999-03-16T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1999-03-16T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** TABLED PURSUANT TO RULE 40(a) HOUSE AMEND #1
- **1999-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 113-000-002 `reading-3`
- **1999-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MITCHELL,JERRY
- **1999-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **1999-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 99-03-19
- **1999-04-15T00:00:00-05:00** CHIEF SPONSOR MAITLAND
- **1999-04-15T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR WALSH,T
- **1999-04-20T00:00:00-05:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-04-20T00:00:00-05:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-22T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-28T00:00:00-05:00** POSTPONED
- **1999-04-28T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-EDUCATION S
- **1999-04-28T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1999-05-05T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-EDUCATION S
- **1999-05-05T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1999-05-05T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS AS AMENDED 010-000-000 SESE
- **1999-05-05T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 99-05-06
- **1999-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1999-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 99-05-07
- **1999-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 058-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1999-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **1999-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01,02
- **1999-05-17T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION FILED CONCUR 01,02/O'CONNOR
- **1999-05-17T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION REFERRED TO HRUL
- **1999-05-17T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01,02
- **1999-05-19T00:00:00-05:00** BE APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION 01,02/HRUL
- **1999-05-19T00:00:00-05:00** HSE CONCURS IN SEN AMENDMENTS (NO.) 01,02/116-000-000
- **1999-05-19T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1999-06-17T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1999-07-16T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1999-07-16T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 00-07-01
- **1999-07-16T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0128

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7ab929c7-d286-4fba-9d28-90c3c32f2645`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).