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Bill	HIGHER ED VETERANS SERVICE ACT	Amends the Higher Education Veterans Service Act. With regard to the requirement to advertise the office location and phone number of and Internet access to the Coordinator of Veterans and Military Personnel and Student Services, provides that the advertisement must also include the website and any social media accounts of the public college or university. Requires each public college and university to annually report to the Board of Higher Education on the efforts of the public college or university in attracting, recruiting, and retaining veterans and military personnel. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	102nd	SB 641	Illinois SB 641 (102nd)	bill		enacted	Kelly M. Burke Laura M. Murphy	3	37	2	2021-02-24	2021-08-06	openstates	ocd-bill/a6bc1b35-7a9f-45ef-9612-c7b3d5588b1f	https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=641&GAID=16&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=133240&SessionID=110&GA=102	d7cc3d2339531fa839f48e472acff4c1457eff8297074f59a5c27f2918a88545	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 641 (102nd) — HIGHER ED VETERANS SERVICE ACT

Amends the Higher Education Veterans Service Act. With regard to the requirement to advertise the office location and phone number of and Internet access to the Coordinator of Veterans and Military Personnel and Student Services, provides that the advertisement must also include the website and any social media accounts of the public college or university. Requires each public college and university to annually report to the Board of Higher Education on the efforts of the public college or university in attracting, recruiting, and retaining veterans and military personnel. 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 — 56–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 116–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Kelly M. Burke — primary (person)
• Laura M. Murphy — primary (person)
• Brian W. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
• Carol Ammons — cosponsor (person)
• Celina Villanueva — cosponsor (person)
• Chapin Rose — cosponsor (person)
• Cristina Castro — cosponsor (person)
• Dagmara Avelar — cosponsor (person)
• Dale Fowler — cosponsor (person)
• Elgie R. Sims, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Natalie A. Manley — cosponsor (person)
• Rachelle Crowe — cosponsor (person)
• Thomas Cullerton — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-24 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Laura M. Murphy filing
• 2021-02-24 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-02-24 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2021-03-09 Assigned to Higher Education referral-committee
• 2021-03-16 Do Pass Higher Education; 014-000-000 committee-passage
• 2021-03-16 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 17, 2021
• 2021-03-17 Second Reading reading-2
• 2021-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** March 23, 2021
• 2021-03-23 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Brian W. Stewart
• 2021-03-23 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale Fowler
• 2021-04-16 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachelle Crowe
• 2021-04-20 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Celina Villanueva
• 2021-04-20 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Thomas Cullerton
• 2021-04-20 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Chapin Rose
• 2021-04-20 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
• 2021-04-21 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
• 2021-04-21 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-22 Arrived in House introduction
• 2021-04-22 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Burke
• 2021-04-23 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-04-23 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2021-04-28 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
• 2021-04-28 Assigned to Higher Education Committee referral-committee
• 2021-05-12 Do Pass / Consent Calendar Higher Education Committee; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2021-05-13 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Consent Calendar
• 2021-05-19 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley
• 2021-05-24 Second Reading - Consent Calendar reading-2
• 2021-05-24 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Consent Calendar reading-2
• 2021-05-25 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Consent Calendar
• 2021-05-26 Third Reading - Consent Calendar - First Day reading-3
• 2021-05-27 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Dagmara Avelar
• 2021-05-27 Third Reading - Consent Calendar - Passed 116-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2021-05-27 Passed Both Houses
• 2021-06-25 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-08-06 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2021-08-06 Effective Date August 6, 2021
• 2021-08-06 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0295 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a6bc1b35-7a9f-45ef-9612-c7b3d5588b1f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).