---
type: "Bill"
title: "UNIV-INSTATE TUITION-MILITARY"
description: "Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities in Illinois. Provides that if a person is on active military duty and stationed in Illinois, then a university's governing board shall deem that person and any of his or her dependents Illinois residents for tuition purposes. Effective July 1, 2004."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "HB 3877"
citation: "Illinois HB 3877 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 45
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-10-30"
last_action: "2004-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/255bf77c-da26-4970-a793-e692f2da9542"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3877&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=7468&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "c7aef495469d5e5790ec65dd84f034eba90e10bbe47378ff2e81d937a68cd353"
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 3877 (93rd) — UNIV-INSTATE TUITION-MILITARY

Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities in Illinois. Provides that if a person is on active military duty and stationed in Illinois, then a university's governing board shall deem that person and any of his or her dependents Illinois residents for tuition purposes. Effective July 1, 2004.

## 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=09300HB3877&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=7468&DocNum=3877&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB3877eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=7468&DocNum=3877&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB3877enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=7468&DocNum=3877&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dan Brady — primary (person)
- Edward D. Maloney — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-10-30** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Dan Brady `filing`
- **2003-11-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-11-04** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-24** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael K. Smith
- **2004-02-24** Assigned to Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-24** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William J. Grunloh
- **2004-02-24** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa M. Dugan
- **2004-02-24** Sponsor Removed Rep. Michael K. Smith
- **2004-03-04** Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2004-03-04** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2004-03-04** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
- **2004-03-04** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael K. Smith
- **2004-03-04** Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
- **2004-03-23** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2004-03-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2004-03-24** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William Delgado
- **2004-03-24** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Careen Gordon
- **2004-03-24** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lovana Jones
- **2004-03-24** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert F. Flider
- **2004-03-24** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin Joyce
- **2004-03-24** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- **2004-03-24** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2004-03-24** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2004-03-24** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia Bailey
- **2004-03-24** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Shane Cultra
- **2004-03-24** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2004-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 25, 2004 `reading-1`
- **2004-03-25** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Bill Brady
- **2004-03-25** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-03-25** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2004-03-25** Assigned to State Government `referral-committee`
- **2004-03-31** Do Pass State Government; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2004-03-31** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 1, 2004
- **2004-04-01** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2004-04-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 20, 2004
- **2004-04-20** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Edward D. Maloney
- **2004-05-05** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2004-05-05** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Gary Forby
- **2004-05-05** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. John M. Sullivan
- **2004-05-05** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2004-05-05** Passed Both Houses
- **2004-06-03** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2004-07-15** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2004-07-15** Effective Date July 15, 2004
- **2004-07-15** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0738 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/255bf77c-da26-4970-a793-e692f2da9542`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).