---
type: "Bill"
title: "COMMUNITY SENIOR SERVCS-GRANTS"
description: "Amends the Community Senior Services and Resources Act. Provides that the Department on Aging may award grants for the purposes of modifying the physical structure of a senior services and resource center or experimenting with innovative programming, which includes but is not limited to after-hours programming, to permit a senior services and resource center to appeal to a broader array of seniors. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 5301"
citation: "Illinois HB 5301 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2006-01-25"
last_action: "2006-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c826b1f-52a9-432e-926d-17b35281dbb0"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5301&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=24564&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "e758ad1852b4c4beeb21b04a6a55f36ec039ced6716570096c5c0a301bdfba1a"
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 5301 (94th) — COMMUNITY SENIOR SERVCS-GRANTS

Amends the Community Senior Services and Resources Act. Provides that the Department on Aging may award grants for the purposes of modifying the physical structure of a senior services and resource center or experimenting with innovative programming, which includes but is not limited to after-hours programming, to permit a senior services and resource center to appeal to a broader array of seniors. Effective immediately.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB5301&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=24564&DocNum=5301&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB5301eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=24564&DocNum=5301&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB5301enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=24564&DocNum=5301&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gary Forby — cosponsor (person)
- Michael K. Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-01-25** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Michael K. Smith `filing`
- **2006-01-25** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-01-25** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-01-26** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack McGuire
- **2006-01-26** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2006-01-31** Assigned to Aging Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-02-09** Do Pass / Short Debate Aging Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2006-02-09** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2006-02-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Osterman
- **2006-02-14** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
- **2006-02-14** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
- **2006-02-15** Fiscal Note Filed
- **2006-02-16** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2006-02-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2006-02-21** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J Verschoore
- **2006-02-21** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland
- **2006-02-21** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-02-22** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2006-02-22** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading February 23, 2006 `reading-1`
- **2006-02-28** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. George P. Shadid
- **2006-02-28** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kurt M. Granberg
- **2006-03-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-03-02** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2006-03-08** Assigned to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2006-03-15** Do Pass Health & Human Services; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2006-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 16, 2006
- **2006-03-16** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2006-03-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 22, 2006
- **2006-03-24** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Gary Forby
- **2006-03-27** Third Reading - Passed; 050-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-03-27** Passed Both Houses
- **2006-03-28** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles E. Jefferson
- **2006-04-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2006-06-16** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2006-06-16** Effective Date June 16, 2006
- **2006-06-16** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0864 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c826b1f-52a9-432e-926d-17b35281dbb0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).