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Bill	HIGHER ED-SOCIAL WORK/EDUCATOR	Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Allows the Illinois Student Assistance Commission to award Post-Master of Social Work School Social Work Professional Educator License scholarships to an individual who has a valid Illinois-licensed clinical social work license or social work license and a Master of Social Work degree for the purpose of obtaining a Professional Educator License with an endorsement in social work. Sets forth various terms and conditions of the scholarship, including that a recipient of the scholarship must work at a public or nonpublic not-for-profit preschool, elementary school, or secondary school located in this State for at least 2 of the 5 years immediately following the recipient's graduation or termination of studies. Effective January 1, 2022.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	102nd	SB 661	Illinois SB 661 (102nd)	bill		enacted	Ann Gillespie Lindsey LaPointe	6	59	2	2021-02-24	2021-08-27	openstates	ocd-bill/5457c922-9886-46ac-b342-091902a89390	https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=661&GAID=16&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=133264&SessionID=110&GA=102	27e4d1118864276f39276a13cc6d9cc3fd1c2ddfa55724907975e698a4468909	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 661 (102nd) — HIGHER ED-SOCIAL WORK/EDUCATOR

Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Allows the Illinois Student Assistance Commission to award Post-Master of Social Work School Social Work Professional Educator License scholarships to an individual who has a valid Illinois-licensed clinical social work license or social work license and a Master of Social Work degree for the purpose of obtaining a Professional Educator License with an endorsement in social work. Sets forth various terms and conditions of the scholarship, including that a recipient of the scholarship must work at a public or nonpublic not-for-profit preschool, elementary school, or secondary school located in this State for at least 2 of the 5 years immediately following the recipient's graduation or termination of studies. Effective January 1, 2022.

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. House Amendment 001 (committee substitute) — source
4. House Amendment 002 (committee substitute) — source
5. Senate Amendment 001 (committee substitute) — source
6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 52–1 (pass) · upper
• Concurrence, Amendment 2 — 51–6 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ann Gillespie — primary (person)
• Lindsey LaPointe — primary (person)
• Barbara Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
• Camille Y. Lilly — cosponsor (person)
• Carol Ammons — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
• Jonathan Carroll — cosponsor (person)
• Kelly M. Cassidy — cosponsor (person)
• Laura Fine — cosponsor (person)
• Maurice A. West, II — cosponsor (person)
• William Davis — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-24 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ann Gillespie 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 Postponed - Higher Education
• 2021-03-24 Postponed - Higher Education
• 2021-04-14 Do Pass Higher Education; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2021-04-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 15, 2021
• 2021-04-20 Second Reading reading-2
• 2021-04-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 21, 2021
• 2021-04-20 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ann Gillespie amendment-introduction
• 2021-04-20 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2021-04-21 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Higher Education
• 2021-04-23 Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As April 30, 2021 reading-3
• 2021-04-28 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Higher Education; 013-000-000
• 2021-04-28 Recalled to Second Reading reading-2
• 2021-04-28 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Gillespie amendment-passage
• 2021-04-28 Third Reading - Passed; 052-001-000 passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-28 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Fine
• 2021-04-28 Arrived in House introduction
• 2021-04-28 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jonathan Carroll
• 2021-04-29 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-04-29 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2021-05-04 Assigned to Higher Education Committee referral-committee
• 2021-05-06 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Lindsey LaPointe
• 2021-05-06 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan Carroll
• 2021-05-06 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
• 2021-05-11 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Lindsey LaPointe amendment-introduction
• 2021-05-11 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2021-05-12 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II
• 2021-05-12 Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 006-004-000 committee-passage
• 2021-05-12 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 amendment-failure
• 2021-05-13 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2021-05-13 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
• 2021-05-18 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
• 2021-05-19 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Lindsey LaPointe amendment-introduction
• 2021-05-19 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2021-05-24 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Higher Education Committee
• 2021-05-25 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Higher Education Committee; 006-004-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-25 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2021-05-25 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2021-05-25 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2021-05-27 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 072-044-001 passage, reading-3
• 2021-05-27 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis
• 2021-05-27 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
• 2021-05-27 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez
• 2021-05-27 Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 2
• 2021-05-27 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 2 - May 28, 2021
• 2021-05-28 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Ann Gillespie filing
• 2021-05-28 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2021-05-29 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Higher Education referral-committee
• 2021-05-30 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Higher Education; 011-002-000
• 2021-05-30 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Senate Concurs 051-006-000
• 2021-05-30 Senate Concurs
• 2021-05-30 Passed Both Houses
• 2021-06-28 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-08-27 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2021-08-27 Effective Date January 1, 2022
• 2021-08-27 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0621 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5457c922-9886-46ac-b342-091902a89390. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).