---
type: "Bill"
title: "OPTOMETRIC ED SCHOLARSHIP ACT"
description: "OPTOMETRIC ED SCHOLARSHIP ACT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "92nd"
identifier: "HB 4037"
citation: "Illinois HB 4037 (92nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 40
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2002-01-29T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "2002-06-26T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d30a5e2e-f1ac-49aa-ba61-a886538c37de"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/92gatoc.html"
source_hash: "8ed578978f3c0bc90942839c1c6acc3913b35bdc11411ec1515a6a553631d677"
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 4037 (92nd) — OPTOMETRIC ED SCHOLARSHIP ACT

## Version chain

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

1. **HB4037** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/hbgroups/hb/920HB4037LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BLACK — cosponsor (person)
- BOLAND — cosponsor (person)
- FOWLER — cosponsor (person)
- MYERS — cosponsor (person)
- SIEBEN — cosponsor (person)
- WOOLARD — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-01-29T00:00:00-06:00** FILED WITH CLERK `introduction`
- **2002-01-29T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2002-01-29T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2002-01-30T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE HIGHER ED `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-05T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR BLACK
- **2002-02-07T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 010-000-000 HHED
- **2002-02-07T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2002-02-14T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR BOLAND
- **2002-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **2002-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-FOWLER
- **2002-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **2002-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **2002-03-21T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-FOWLER
- **2002-03-21T00:00:00-06:00** RULES REFERS TO HHED
- **2002-03-21T00:00:00-06:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **2002-03-22T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-FOWLER
- **2002-03-22T00:00:00-06:00** RECOMMENDS BE ADOPTED HHED/007-000-000
- **2002-03-22T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-FOWLER
- **2002-03-22T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **2002-03-22T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2002-04-01T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 110-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2002-04-02T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **2002-04-02T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 02-04-03
- **2002-04-02T00:00:00-06:00** CHIEF SPONSOR SIEBEN
- **2002-04-03T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2002-04-03T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-17T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-18T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR WOOLARD
- **2002-04-24T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS 008-000-000 SESE
- **2002-04-24T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 02-04-25
- **2002-04-25T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **2002-04-25T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 02-05-06
- **2002-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR MYERS
- **2002-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR TROTTER
- **2002-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 056-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2002-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **2002-06-05T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2002-06-26T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **2002-06-26T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 02-06-26
- **2002-06-26T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0569

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d30a5e2e-f1ac-49aa-ba61-a886538c37de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).