---
type: "Bill"
title: "EDUCATION-TECH"
description: "Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning establishment of the Illinois Student Assistance Commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "HB 4757"
citation: "Illinois HB 4757 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 50
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2012-02-03"
last_action: "2012-08-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dad580e9-73ba-4f29-8457-5630fd41aed3"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4757&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=64631&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "f05c8448905d11c9702b9df8758fdbe7001b2944a0b5ee9384f7113d91982de6"
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 4757 (97th) — EDUCATION-TECH

Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning establishment of the Illinois Student Assistance Commission.

## 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=09700HB4757&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=64631&DocNum=4757&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB4757eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=64631&DocNum=4757&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB4757enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=64631&DocNum=4757&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **87–24** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence — **87–27** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Donald L. Moffitt — primary (person)
- Emil Jones, III — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-03** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Tom Cross `filing`
- **2012-02-03** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-02-03** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-02-29** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-08** Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2012-03-08** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2012-03-14** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Donald L. Moffitt `amendment-introduction`
- **2012-03-14** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-14** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
- **2012-03-21** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Higher Education Committee
- **2012-03-22** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Higher Education Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-03-22** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2012-03-22** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2012-03-27** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Donald L. Moffitt `amendment-introduction`
- **2012-03-27** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-28** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-03-30** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Angelo Saviano
- **2012-03-30** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2012-03-30** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2012-03-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2012-03-30** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 087-024-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-03-30** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
- **2012-04-11** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2012-04-11** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 17, 2012 `reading-1`
- **2012-04-11** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Edward D. Maloney
- **2012-04-17** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-04-17** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-18** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2012-04-24** Assigned to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-25** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Edward D. Maloney `amendment-introduction`
- **2012-04-25** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-26** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III
- **2012-05-01** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Higher Education
- **2012-05-01** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-01** Do Pass as Amended Higher Education; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2012-05-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 2, 2012
- **2012-05-02** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2012-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 3, 2012
- **2012-05-17** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-05-18** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2012-05-18** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- **2012-05-21** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
- **2012-05-21** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-28** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000
- **2012-05-28** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 087-027-000
- **2012-05-28** Passed Both Houses
- **2012-06-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2012-08-06** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2012-08-06** Effective Date January 1, 2013
- **2012-08-06** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0899 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dad580e9-73ba-4f29-8457-5630fd41aed3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).