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Bill	HIGHER ED-IDENTITY-PRIVATE	Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Provides that the identity and address of a scholarship, grant, or financial assistance applicant or recipient under the Act is private information and is exempt from inspection and copying under the Freedom of Information Act. Makes conforming changes in the Freedom of Information Act. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	100th	SB 3138	Illinois SB 3138 (100th)	bill		enacted		3	40	2	2018-02-15	2018-08-14	openstates	ocd-bill/e4642460-6388-41a7-9058-47cb37604b74	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3138&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=110728&SessionID=91&GA=100	2fe0f89fb95407259c3029081aab76b2d6c6d51dbd908c8f82d3de343dcffb12	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 3138 (100th) — HIGHER ED-IDENTITY-PRIVATE

Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Provides that the identity and address of a scholarship, grant, or financial assistance applicant or recipient under the Act is private information and is exempt from inspection and copying under the Freedom of Information Act. Makes conforming changes in the Freedom of Information Act. 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 — 50–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 115–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Scott M. Bennett — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-15 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Scott M. Bennett filing
• 2018-02-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2018-02-15 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2018-02-27 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2018-03-14 Postponed - Judiciary
• 2018-04-06 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Scott M. Bennett amendment-introduction
• 2018-04-06 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2018-04-10 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
• 2018-04-10 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
• 2018-04-10 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2018-04-11 Do Pass as Amended Judiciary; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2018-04-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 12, 2018
• 2018-04-20 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Scott M. Bennett amendment-introduction
• 2018-04-20 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2018-04-23 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
• 2018-04-23 Second Reading reading-2
• 2018-04-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 24, 2018
• 2018-04-24 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Postponed - Judiciary
• 2018-04-24 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary; 009-002-000
• 2018-04-26 Recalled to Second Reading reading-2
• 2018-04-26 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Bennett amendment-passage
• 2018-04-26 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
• 2018-04-26 Third Reading - Passed; 050-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2018-04-26 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
• 2018-04-26 Arrived in House introduction
• 2018-04-26 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
• 2018-04-26 First Reading reading-1
• 2018-04-26 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2018-05-07 Assigned to State Government Administration Committee referral-committee
• 2018-05-16 Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2018-05-18 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2018-05-23 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2018-05-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2018-05-25 Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2018
• 2018-05-28 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2018-05-28 Passed Both Houses
• 2018-06-26 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-08-14 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2018-08-14 Effective Date August 14, 2018
• 2018-08-14 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0887 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e4642460-6388-41a7-9058-47cb37604b74. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).