republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/102nd/sb-3645.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "DCFS-PAT MCGUIRE FELLOWSHIP"
description: "Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Requires the Department of Children and Family Services to establish and administer the Pat McGuire Child Welfare Education Fellowship Pilot Program to provide financial assistance to a diverse pool of eligible students (rather than to eligible students) who commit to seek and maintain employment at a purchase of service agency that contracts with the Department upon graduation from a participating institution with a degree in social work."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "102nd"
identifier: "SB 3645"
citation: "Illinois SB 3645 (102nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Katie Stuart", "Kimberly A. Lightford"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-21"
last_action: "2022-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e0313ab-6f69-47a9-b9ac-a22ba4686efc"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3645&GAID=16&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=138640&SessionID=110&GA=102"
source_hash: "5a60d2e0ff3260e13e35015c6290d7eea082e1c24c975fb22346c8e339925b57"
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 3645 (102nd) — DCFS-PAT MCGUIRE FELLOWSHIP

Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Requires the Department of Children and Family Services to establish and administer the Pat McGuire Child Welfare Education Fellowship Pilot Program to provide financial assistance to a diverse pool of eligible students (rather than to eligible students) who commit to seek and maintain employment at a purchase of service agency that contracts with the Department upon graduation from a participating institution with a degree in social work.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB3645.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB3645eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB3645enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **109–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **54–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Katie Stuart — primary (person)
- Kimberly A. Lightford — primary (person)
- Anne Stava-Murray — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Camille Y. Lilly — cosponsor (person)
- Dagmara Avelar — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Jacqueline Y. Collins — cosponsor (person)
- John Connor — cosponsor (person)
- Karina Villa — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly M. Burke — cosponsor (person)
- LaToya Greenwood — cosponsor (person)
- Lindsey LaPointe — cosponsor (person)
- Maura Hirschauer — cosponsor (person)
- Nicholas K. Smith — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-21** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford `filing`
- **2022-01-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-01-21** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-01** Assigned to Health `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. John Connor
- **2022-02-09** Do Pass Health; 014-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 10, 2022
- **2022-02-10** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Karina Villa
- **2022-02-24** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 25, 2022
- **2022-02-25** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-25** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2022-02-25** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2022-03-09** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
- **2022-03-09** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Burke
- **2022-03-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-03-09** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09** Assigned to Appropriations-Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-24** Do Pass / Short Debate Appropriations-Human Services Committee; 022-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-24** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2022-03-25** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2022-03-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2022-03-30** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
- **2022-03-31** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lindsey LaPointe
- **2022-04-01** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-01** Passed Both Houses
- **2022-04-01** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicholas K. Smith
- **2022-04-01** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Maura Hirschauer
- **2022-04-01** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Anne Stava-Murray
- **2022-04-01** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Dagmara Avelar
- **2022-04-01** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez
- **2022-04-01** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. LaToya Greenwood
- **2022-04-01** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
- **2022-04-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-13** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-13** Effective Date January 1, 2023
- **2022-05-13** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0848 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e0313ab-6f69-47a9-b9ac-a22ba4686efc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).