republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/102nd/sb-641.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "HIGHER ED VETERANS SERVICE ACT"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "102nd"
identifier: "SB 641"
citation: "Illinois SB 641 (102nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kelly M. Burke", "Laura M. Murphy"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-24"
last_action: "2021-08-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6bc1b35-7a9f-45ef-9612-c7b3d5588b1f"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=641&GAID=16&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=133240&SessionID=110&GA=102"
source_hash: "d7cc3d2339531fa839f48e472acff4c1457eff8297074f59a5c27f2918a88545"
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 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](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB0641.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB0641eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB0641enr.pdf)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a6bc1b35-7a9f-45ef-9612-c7b3d5588b1f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).