---
type: "Bill"
title: "HIGHER ED-VET CAMPUS SERVICE"
description: "Creates the Higher Education Veterans Service Act. Requires all public colleges and universities to conduct a survey of the services and programs that are provided for veterans, active duty military personnel, and their families, at each of their respective campuses; sets forth the survey requirements. Requires each public college and university to appoint a Coordinator of Veterans and Military Personnel Student Services on each campus of the college or university that has an onsite, daily, full-time student headcount above 1,000 students; sets forth requirements concerning the coordinator. Provides that the Board of Higher Education and the Department of Veterans' Affairs may issue a best practices report to highlight those programs and services that are most beneficial to veterans and active duty military personnel. Sets forth additional provisions concerning a college's or university's best efforts and the fiscal impact of programs and services. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "SB 1624"
citation: "Illinois SB 1624 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 46
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-19"
last_action: "2009-08-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bea52a45-c860-48cc-bf0f-bfee49e058bc"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1624&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=44284&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "f02cc378674aeaaeab20dd184f39cdafbc62f12111f86c203f8b5b986d335e37"
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 1624 (96th) — HIGHER ED-VET CAMPUS SERVICE

Creates the Higher Education Veterans Service Act. Requires all public colleges and universities to conduct a survey of the services and programs that are provided for veterans, active duty military personnel, and their families, at each of their respective campuses; sets forth the survey requirements. Requires each public college and university to appoint a Coordinator of Veterans and Military Personnel Student Services on each campus of the college or university that has an onsite, daily, full-time student headcount above 1,000 students; sets forth requirements concerning the coordinator. Provides that the Board of Higher Education and the Department of Veterans' Affairs may issue a best practices report to highlight those programs and services that are most beneficial to veterans and active duty military personnel. Sets forth additional provisions concerning a college's or university's best efforts and the fiscal impact of programs and services. 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=09600SB1624&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=44284&DocNum=1624&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB1624eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=44284&DocNum=1624&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB1624enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=44284&DocNum=1624&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Al Riley — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Kotowski — primary (person)
- Eddie Washington — cosponsor (person)
- Emily McAsey — cosponsor (person)
- Jehan A. Gordon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-19** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dan Kotowski `filing`
- **2009-02-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-19** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-25** Assigned to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-26** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Noland
- **2009-02-26** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson
- **2009-02-26** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael W. Frerichs
- **2009-02-27** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Bond
- **2009-03-05** Do Pass Higher Education; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-03-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 6, 2009
- **2009-03-05** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Bill Brady
- **2009-03-30** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-03-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 31, 2009
- **2009-04-01** 3/5 Vote Required
- **2009-04-01** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. J. Bradley Burzynski
- **2009-04-01** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
- **2009-04-01** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Edward D. Maloney
- **2009-04-01** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III
- **2009-04-01** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Randall M. Hultgren
- **2009-04-01** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-04-01** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2009-04-01** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-01** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Mark L. Walker
- **2009-04-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-01** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-14** Assigned to Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-22** Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 005-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-04-22** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-04-23** Fiscal Note Requested by Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
- **2009-04-23** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-04-23** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-04-28** Fiscal Note Filed
- **2009-04-30** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan A. Gordon
- **2009-05-06** Fiscal Note Filed
- **2009-05-06** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-05-13** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Washington
- **2009-05-14** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-05-14** Passed Both Houses
- **2009-05-14** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Emily McAsey
- **2009-05-14** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
- **2009-05-14** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Al Riley
- **2009-06-12** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-07** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-07** Effective Date August 7, 2009
- **2009-08-07** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0133 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bea52a45-c860-48cc-bf0f-bfee49e058bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).