---
type: "Bill"
title: "ISAC-STUDENT MEMBER-SCHOLARSHP"
description: "Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Removes the prohibition on allowing the student member of the Illinois Student Assistance Commission to receive a scholarship or grant pursuant to the Act during his or her term of office with the Commission. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "99th"
identifier: "HB 3897"
citation: "Illinois HB 3897 (99th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-02-27"
last_action: "2015-07-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2e7cc5f-e863-48e7-8337-5ea0f2b68aee"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3897&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=90110&SessionID=88&GA=99"
source_hash: "2b6214c552be93330cf89d81b0316e4795ec50cd29ad159d757f5995ec497566"
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 3897 (99th) — ISAC-STUDENT MEMBER-SCHOLARSHP

Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Removes the prohibition on allowing the student member of the Illinois Student Assistance Commission to receive a scholarship or grant pursuant to the Act during his or her term of office with the Commission. 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=09900HB3897&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=90110&DocNum=3897&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB3897eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=90110&DocNum=3897&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB3897enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=90110&DocNum=3897&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **105–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chad Hays — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-27** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Norine K. Hammond `filing`
- **2015-02-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-02-27** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-12** Assigned to Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-18** Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 015-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2015-03-19** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2015-04-14** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Chad Hays `amendment-introduction`
- **2015-04-14** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-14** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Chad Hays
- **2015-04-14** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Norine K. Hammond
- **2015-04-15** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Higher Education Committee
- **2015-04-16** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Higher Education Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-16** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2015-04-16** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2015-04-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2015-04-17** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 105-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2015-04-21** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2015-04-21** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 22, 2015 `reading-1`
- **2015-04-21** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Dale A. Righter
- **2015-04-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-22** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-29** Assigned to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-06** Do Pass Higher Education; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2015-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2015
- **2015-05-18** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-05-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 19, 2015
- **2015-05-22** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2015 `reading-3`
- **2015-05-26** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2015-05-26** Passed Both Houses
- **2015-06-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-07-30** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-30** Effective Date July 30, 2015
- **2015-07-30** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0198 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2e7cc5f-e863-48e7-8337-5ea0f2b68aee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).