republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/100th/sb-2559.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "EDU LOAN INFO PILOT PROGRAM"
description: "Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Provides that, beginning with the 2019-2020 academic year, the Board of Higher Education shall develop a 3-year education loan information pilot program for use by each public institution of higher education that enrolls students who are eligible to receive financial aid. Defines \"education loan\". Provides that the program shall require that each public institution of higher education that receives education loan information for a student enrolled at the institution provide annually to the student or the parent or guardian of the student certain information relating to the education loans. Provides that a public institution of higher education is not liable for any representations made during the pilot program. Repeals the provision on June 1, 2023."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "100th"
identifier: "SB 2559"
citation: "Illinois SB 2559 (100th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-06"
last_action: "2018-08-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1947bafb-18a8-4e13-8d98-249599f1db9b"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2559&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=109467&SessionID=91&GA=100"
source_hash: "e32479903cbdb815390892077edae6f6fed8d6728a2c6bf6ac6049021c95fd6e"
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 SB 2559 (100th) — EDU LOAN INFO PILOT PROGRAM

Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Provides that, beginning with the 2019-2020 academic year, the Board of Higher Education shall develop a 3-year education loan information pilot program for use by each public institution of higher education that enrolls students who are eligible to receive financial aid. Defines "education loan". Provides that the program shall require that each public institution of higher education that receives education loan information for a student enrolled at the institution provide annually to the student or the parent or guardian of the student certain information relating to the education loans. Provides that a public institution of higher education is not liable for any representations made during the pilot program. Repeals the provision on June 1, 2023.

## 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=10000SB2559&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=109467&DocNum=2559&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000SB2559eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=109467&DocNum=2559&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000SB2559enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=109467&DocNum=2559&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **51–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steve Stadelman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-06** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Steve Stadelman `filing`
- **2018-02-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-02-06** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-14** Assigned to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-12** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Steve Stadelman `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-12** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-13** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Higher Education
- **2018-04-10** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-11** Do Pass as Amended Higher Education; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 12, 2018
- **2018-04-23** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-04-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 24, 2018
- **2018-04-24** Third Reading - Passed; 051-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-24** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2018-04-24** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Litesa E. Wallace
- **2018-04-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-04-24** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-02** Assigned to Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-09** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
- **2018-05-09** Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 018-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2018-05-10** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2018-05-16** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2018-05-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2018-05-21** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 102-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-05-21** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper
- **2018-05-21** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Juliana Stratton
- **2018-05-21** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
- **2018-05-21** Passed Both Houses
- **2018-06-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-08-17** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2018-08-17** Effective Date January 1, 2019
- **2018-08-17** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0926 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1947bafb-18a8-4e13-8d98-249599f1db9b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).