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Bill	PERSONNEL-INTERNSHIPS	Amends the Personnel Code. Provides that State agencies, when hiring for internships and student assistant positions, shall give preference to a qualified applicant who is, or has been, a dependent child in foster care, a homeless youth, or a formerly incarcerated youth. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	100th	HB 2987	Illinois HB 2987 (100th)	bill		enacted		3	52	2	2017-02-09	2017-08-18	openstates	ocd-bill/bd9dd9e9-22fa-45a4-8086-6d60e6e1019c	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2987&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=104523&SessionID=91&GA=100	0b8ffe6588e597f9b673cd0fc0e5dfe8c0a414ce5cf9830e3df87aeaa1ba9aa5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2987 (100th) — PERSONNEL-INTERNSHIPS

Amends the Personnel Code. Provides that State agencies, when hiring for internships and student assistant positions, shall give preference to a qualified applicant who is, or has been, a dependent child in foster care, a homeless youth, or a formerly incarcerated youth. Effective immediately.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 67–47 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Emil Jones, III — cosponsor (person)
• Justin Slaughter — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-09 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Justin Slaughter filing
• 2017-02-09 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-02-09 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2017-02-22 Assigned to Personnel & Pensions Committee referral-committee
• 2017-03-24 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Justin Slaughter amendment-introduction
• 2017-03-24 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2017-03-27 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Personnel & Pensions Committee
• 2017-03-30 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Personnel & Pensions Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2017-03-30 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Personnel & Pensions Committee; 010-003-001 committee-passage
• 2017-03-30 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-04-03 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Fiscal Note Requested as Amended by Rep. Tom Demmer
• 2017-04-18 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Fiscal Note Filed as Amended
• 2017-04-19 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Fiscal Note Filed as Amended
• 2017-04-24 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Justin Slaughter amendment-introduction
• 2017-04-24 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2017-04-24 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
• 2017-04-24 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2017-04-24 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
• 2017-04-24 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elaine Nekritz
• 2017-04-24 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Melissa Conyears-Ervin
• 2017-04-24 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
• 2017-04-24 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi
• 2017-04-24 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper
• 2017-04-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anna Moeller
• 2017-04-26 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Personnel & Pensions Committee
• 2017-04-26 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Gregory Harris
• 2017-04-26 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2017-04-26 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-04-27 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Personnel & Pensions Committee; 008-006-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-04-27 Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2017-04-27 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2017-04-27 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-04-27 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 067-047-000 reading-3, passage
• 2017-05-02 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2017-05-02 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2017-05-02 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
• 2017-05-02 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-05-02 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2017-05-02 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III
• 2017-05-04 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt
• 2017-05-05 Assigned to State Government referral-committee
• 2017-05-12 Do Pass State Government; 006-000-000 committee-passage
• 2017-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 15, 2017
• 2017-05-15 Second Reading reading-2
• 2017-05-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 16, 2017
• 2017-05-25 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
• 2017-05-25 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2017-05-25 Passed Both Houses
• 2017-06-23 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-08-18 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2017-08-18 Effective Date January 1, 2018
• 2017-08-18 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0141 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bd9dd9e9-22fa-45a4-8086-6d60e6e1019c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).