republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/102nd/sb-3761.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "HIGHER ED-SOCIAL WORKER-GRANT"
description: "Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Renames the School Social Work Shortage Loan Repayment Program to School and Municipal Social Work Shortage Loan Repayment Program. Expands the Program to require the Illinois Student Assistance Commission to, each year, receive and consider applications from eligible social workers working for an Illinois municipality who do not report directly to a police department (now the Program only accepts applications from social workers who are employed by a public elementary or secondary school in this State) to encourage a grant recipient to use the financial assistance for the repayment of educational loans."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "102nd"
identifier: "SB 3761"
citation: "Illinois SB 3761 (102nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ann Gillespie", "Mark L. Walker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-21"
last_action: "2022-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eba28cca-cd94-4d96-8640-f994bc8d8e5e"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3761&GAID=16&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=138797&SessionID=110&GA=102"
source_hash: "eb39ead48d4984e0cdde3476d791103aa5d0fa4f16ee0c60a061de5e1a1219ce"
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 3761 (102nd) — HIGHER ED-SOCIAL WORKER-GRANT

Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Renames the School Social Work Shortage Loan Repayment Program to School and Municipal Social Work Shortage Loan Repayment Program. Expands the Program to require the Illinois Student Assistance Commission to, each year, receive and consider applications from eligible social workers working for an Illinois municipality who do not report directly to a police department (now the Program only accepts applications from social workers who are employed by a public elementary or secondary school in this State) to encourage a grant recipient to use the financial assistance for the repayment of educational loans.

## 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/10200SB3761.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB3761eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB3761enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **94–16** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ann Gillespie — primary (person)
- Mark L. Walker — primary (person)
- Denyse Wang Stoneback — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Fine — cosponsor (person)
- Maura Hirschauer — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Mussman — cosponsor (person)
- Ram Villivalam — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne Ness — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-21** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ann Gillespie `filing`
- **2022-01-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-01-21** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-01** Assigned to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Waive Posting Notice
- **2022-02-09** Do Pass Higher Education; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 10, 2022
- **2022-02-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 15, 2022
- **2022-02-16** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-16** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Fine
- **2022-02-16** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2022-02-16** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Mark L. Walker
- **2022-02-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-02-16** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-07** Assigned to Appropriations-Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam
- **2022-03-25** Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-05** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) April 8, 2022
- **2022-04-05** Assigned to Appropriations-Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-05** Moved to Suspend Rule 21 Rep. Jay Hoffman
- **2022-04-05** Suspend Rule 21 - Prevailed
- **2022-04-07** Do Pass / Short Debate Appropriations-Higher Education Committee; 010-005-000 `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-07** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2022-04-07** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2022-04-07** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2022-04-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2022-04-08** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 094-016-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-08** Passed Both Houses
- **2022-04-08** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Maura Hirschauer
- **2022-04-08** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz
- **2022-04-08** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Suzanne Ness
- **2022-04-08** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Denyse Wang Stoneback
- **2022-04-08** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
- **2022-05-06** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-27** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-27** Effective Date January 1, 2023
- **2022-05-27** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-1022 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eba28cca-cd94-4d96-8640-f994bc8d8e5e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).