---
type: "Bill"
title: "CHILD WELFARE-LOAN FORGIVENESS"
description: "Creates the Child Welfare Student Loan Forgiveness Act. Establishes the Child Welfare Student Loan Forgiveness Program to provide loan assistance, subject to appropriation, to eligible students for upper-division undergraduate and graduate study in social work or human services. Provides that forgivable loans may be awarded for a maximum of 2 academic years and requires a loan recipient to work in child welfare at the Department of Children and Family Services, its successor, or a contracting agency for at least the number of years for which the loan is received. Sets maximum amounts for the loans at $4,000 for loans awarded at the undergraduate level and $8,000 for loans awarded at the graduate level. Contains provisions concerning eligibility, repayment, credit, and a penalty for non-compliance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 1343"
citation: "Illinois HB 1343 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-09"
last_action: "2005-08-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4628d61b-1f22-4d0a-adab-4a5c6d6d7ff6"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1343&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=16109&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "25a7c80d2e8a0f0f57822eba6aa8f24c2c3ca6b48c2917e306e2b28313987709"
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 1343 (94th) — CHILD WELFARE-LOAN FORGIVENESS

Creates the Child Welfare Student Loan Forgiveness Act. Establishes the Child Welfare Student Loan Forgiveness Program to provide loan assistance, subject to appropriation, to eligible students for upper-division undergraduate and graduate study in social work or human services. Provides that forgivable loans may be awarded for a maximum of 2 academic years and requires a loan recipient to work in child welfare at the Department of Children and Family Services, its successor, or a contracting agency for at least the number of years for which the loan is received. Sets maximum amounts for the loans at $4,000 for loans awarded at the undergraduate level and $8,000 for loans awarded at the graduate level. Contains provisions concerning eligibility, repayment, credit, and a penalty for non-compliance.

## 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=09400HB1343&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=16109&DocNum=1343&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB1343eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=16109&DocNum=1343&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB1343enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=16109&DocNum=1343&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **40–16** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mattie Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- William Delgado — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-02-09** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. William Delgado `filing`
- **2005-02-09** Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
- **2005-02-09** Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios
- **2005-02-09** Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Chavez
- **2005-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-09** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-10** Assigned to Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-17** Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-02-18** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-03-02** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-03-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-03-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang
- **2005-03-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Milton Patterson
- **2005-03-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Richard T. Bradley
- **2005-03-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert Rita
- **2005-03-10** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-006 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-03-15** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2005-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 16, 2005 `reading-1`
- **2005-04-07** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
- **2005-04-11** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Christine Radogno
- **2005-04-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-11** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-13** Assigned to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-05** Do Pass Higher Education; 007-003-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-05-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2005
- **2005-05-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 11, 2005
- **2005-05-11** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2005-05-11** Third Reading - Passed; 040-016-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-11** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-05-29** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2005-06-09** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-08** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-08** Effective Date January 1, 2006
- **2005-08-08** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0497 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4628d61b-1f22-4d0a-adab-4a5c6d6d7ff6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).