---
type: "Bill"
title: "GREAT START PROGRAM"
description: "GREAT START PROGRAM"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "91st"
identifier: "HB 4021"
citation: "Illinois HB 4021 (91st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 111
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2000-01-27T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "2000-06-15T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4cebd074-bbf4-459f-96e0-7a6cf58a0a3d"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/91gatoc.html"
source_hash: "3d3ee887ed5dacbb1bb46b6994005b9c7e990a42bb6dae04ed83c60378b8f20c"
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 4021 (91st) — GREAT START PROGRAM

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB4021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/hbgroups/hb/910HB4021LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BASSI — cosponsor (person)
- BELLOCK — cosponsor (person)
- BLACK — cosponsor (person)
- BOLAND — cosponsor (person)
- COULSON — cosponsor (person)
- DART — cosponsor (person)
- DAVIS,MONIQUE — cosponsor (person)
- DILLARD — cosponsor (person)
- DONAHUE — cosponsor (person)
- FLOWERS — cosponsor (person)
- FRITCHEY — cosponsor (person)
- GARRETT — cosponsor (person)
- GASH — cosponsor (person)
- HAMOS — cosponsor (person)
- HOWARD — cosponsor (person)
- LOPEZ — cosponsor (person)
- MATHIAS — cosponsor (person)
- MAUTINO — cosponsor (person)
- MCGUIRE — cosponsor (person)
- MCKEON — cosponsor (person)
- MULLIGAN — cosponsor (person)
- NOVAK — cosponsor (person)
- OBAMA — cosponsor (person)
- OSTERMAN — cosponsor (person)
- PARKER — cosponsor (person)
- PERSICO — cosponsor (person)
- SAVIANO — cosponsor (person)
- SCHMITZ — cosponsor (person)
- SCHOENBERG — cosponsor (person)
- SCOTT — cosponsor (person)
- SCULLY — cosponsor (person)
- SHARP — cosponsor (person)
- TROTTER — cosponsor (person)
- WINTERS — cosponsor (person)
- WIRSING — cosponsor (person)
- WOJCIK — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-01-27T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2000-01-27T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR MULLIGAN
- **2000-01-27T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR HOWARD
- **2000-01-27T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR GARRETT
- **2000-01-27T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-02T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE HUMAN SERVS `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-03T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SCHOENBERG
- **2000-02-03T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BOLAND
- **2000-02-03T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR HAMOS
- **2000-02-03T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR GASH
- **2000-02-03T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR DART
- **2000-02-09T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 013-000-000 HHSV
- **2000-02-09T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2000-02-09T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SCULLY
- **2000-02-10T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MOORE,ANDREA
- **2000-02-15T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BELLOCK
- **2000-02-15T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SHARP
- **2000-02-15T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR FRITCHEY
- **2000-02-15T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SCOTT
- **2000-02-15T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MCKEON
- **2000-02-15T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR LOPEZ
- **2000-02-15T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-COULSON
- **2000-02-15T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **2000-02-15T00:00:00-06:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2000-02-16T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-COULSON
- **2000-02-16T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **2000-02-16T00:00:00-06:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2000-02-16T00:00:00-06:00** JOINT-SPONSOR CHANGED TO WIRSING
- **2000-02-16T00:00:00-06:00** JOINT-SPONSOR CHANGED TO GARRETT
- **2000-02-16T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR FLOWERS
- **2000-02-16T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR FEIGENHOLTZ
- **2000-02-16T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BLACK
- **2000-02-17T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR OSMOND
- **2000-02-17T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BASSI
- **2000-02-17T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR WINTERS
- **2000-02-17T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR OSTERMAN
- **2000-02-17T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MAUTINO
- **2000-02-22T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-COULSON
- **2000-02-22T00:00:00-06:00** RULES REFERS TO HHSV
- **2000-02-22T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-COULSON
- **2000-02-22T00:00:00-06:00** RULES REFERS TO HHSV
- **2000-02-22T00:00:00-06:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2000-02-22T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR DAVIS,MONIQUE
- **2000-02-22T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR TENHOUSE
- **2000-02-22T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SCHMITZ
- **2000-02-22T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR PERSICO
- **2000-02-23T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-COULSON
- **2000-02-23T00:00:00-06:00** RECOMMENDS BE ADOPTED HHSV/012-000-000
- **2000-02-23T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-COULSON
- **2000-02-23T00:00:00-06:00** RECOMMENDS BE ADOPTED HHSV/012-000-000
- **2000-02-23T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **2000-02-23T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-COULSON
- **2000-02-23T00:00:00-06:00** WITHDRAWN
- **2000-02-23T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-COULSON
- **2000-02-23T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **2000-02-23T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2000-02-23T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR WOJCIK
- **2000-02-23T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SAVIANO
- **2000-02-23T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR NOVAK
- **2000-02-23T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MATHIAS
- **2000-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 114-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2000-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **2000-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 00-02-25
- **2000-02-25T00:00:00-06:00** CHIEF SPONSOR DONAHUE
- **2000-02-25T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2000-02-25T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2000-03-01T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR DILLARD
- **2000-03-01T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR OBAMA
- **2000-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR TROTTER
- **2000-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR PARKER
- **2000-03-07T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR CULLERTON
- **2000-03-07T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR RONEN,C
- **2000-03-09T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE PUBLIC HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2000-03-09T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR DEL VALLE
- **2000-03-15T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR VIVERITO
- **2000-03-22T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MUNOZ
- **2000-03-22T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SMITH
- **2000-03-22T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MITCHELL
- **2000-03-22T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR JACOBS
- **2000-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MADIGAN,L
- **2000-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR RADOGNO
- **2000-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SULLIVAN
- **2000-03-28T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-PUB HEALTH S
- **2000-03-28T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **2000-03-28T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS AS AMENDED 011-000-000 SPBH
- **2000-03-28T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 00-03-29
- **2000-03-28T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SIEBEN
- **2000-03-28T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR LINK
- **2000-03-28T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR WELCH
- **2000-03-28T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR LIGHTFORD
- **2000-03-28T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SHAW
- **2000-03-28T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR DEL VALLE
- **2000-03-29T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **2000-03-29T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 00-03-30
- **2000-03-29T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MOLARO
- **2000-04-04T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR O'DANIEL
- **2000-04-05T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 056-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2000-04-05T00:00:00-05:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **2000-04-05T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01
- **2000-04-06T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION FILED CONCUR 01/COULSON
- **2000-04-06T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION REFERRED TO HRUL
- **2000-04-06T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01
- **2000-04-06T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MCGUIRE
- **2000-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION FILED CONCUR 01/COULSON
- **2000-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION HRUL/004-000-000
- **2000-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** HSE CONCURS IN SEN AMENDMENTS (NO.) 01/114-001-000
- **2000-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **2000-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2000-06-15T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **2000-06-15T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 00-06-15
- **2000-06-15T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0831

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4cebd074-bbf4-459f-96e0-7a6cf58a0a3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).