---
type: "Bill"
title: "STATE GOVERNMENT-TECH"
description: "Amends the Public Education Affinity Credit Card Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "99th"
identifier: "HB 573"
citation: "Illinois HB 573 (99th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-02-02"
last_action: "2015-07-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23f9a372-4bfb-4992-883b-e8f7090184fb"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=573&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=85025&SessionID=88&GA=99"
source_hash: "38fb67bfd53c87fed28d348654f5dda7cb691211d342e0261021146c89c36b6c"
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 573 (99th) — STATE GOVERNMENT-TECH

Amends the Public Education Affinity Credit Card Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the Act.

## 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=09900HB0573&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=85025&DocNum=573&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB0573eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=85025&DocNum=573&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB0573enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=85025&DocNum=573&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anna Moeller — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-02** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Michael J. Madigan `filing`
- **2015-02-03** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-02-03** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-02-17** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-27** Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) April 30, 2015
- **2015-04-14** Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2015-04-14** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate **
- **2015-04-16** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Anna Moeller `amendment-introduction`
- **2015-04-16** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-16** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2015-04-20** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Anna Moeller
- **2015-04-20** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Executive Committee
- **2015-04-20** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Executive Committee; 008-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-21** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2015-04-21** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2015-04-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2015-04-22** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2015-04-22** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2015-04-22** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-22** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton
- **2015-04-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-23** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-28** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Michael Noland
- **2015-04-29** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-06** Do Pass Judiciary; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2015-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2015
- **2015-05-12** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-05-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2015
- **2015-05-22** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2015 `reading-3`
- **2015-05-30** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Karen McConnaughay
- **2015-05-30** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2015-05-30** Passed Both Houses
- **2015-06-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-07-31** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-31** Effective Date July 31, 2015
- **2015-07-31** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0210 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/23f9a372-4bfb-4992-883b-e8f7090184fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).