republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/104th/hb-2572.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "VETS' DEPENDENTS SCH GRANTS"
description: "Amends the School Code and the Deceased, Disabled, and MIA/POW Veterans' Dependents Educational Opportunity Grant Act. In provisions concerning the Deceased, Disabled, and MIA/POW Veterans' Dependents scholarship and the Deceased, Disabled, and MIA/POW Veterans' Dependents Educational Opportunity Grant program, provides that the Department of Veterans' Affairs shall determine, by rule, the eligibility of the persons who apply for the scholarship or grant (rather than the Department shall determine the eligibility of the persons who apply For the scholarship or grant)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "104th"
identifier: "HB 2572"
citation: "Illinois HB 2572 (104th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brandun Schweizer", "Paul Faraci"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-02-04"
last_action: "2025-08-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/419bcaa0-98b2-4f7d-ac6e-854b7e5d7f86"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=2572&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=160444&SessionID=114"
source_hash: "f3b332fe7c31ac6a2ebe9aae04c2b38ccb95590508ed266bc37444c6920891c7"
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 HB 2572 (104th) — VETS' DEPENDENTS SCH GRANTS

Amends the School Code and the Deceased, Disabled, and MIA/POW Veterans' Dependents Educational Opportunity Grant Act. In provisions concerning the Deceased, Disabled, and MIA/POW Veterans' Dependents scholarship and the Deceased, Disabled, and MIA/POW Veterans' Dependents Educational Opportunity Grant program, provides that the Department of Veterans' Affairs shall determine, by rule, the eligibility of the persons who apply for the scholarship or grant (rather than the Department shall determine the eligibility of the persons who apply For the scholarship or grant).

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2572.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2572eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2572enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Veterans' Affairs — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Veterans Affairs — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brandun Schweizer — primary (person)
- Paul Faraci — primary (person)
- Christopher Belt — cosponsor (person)
- Doris Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Graciela Guzmán — cosponsor (person)
- Jason R. Bunting — cosponsor (person)
- Javier L. Cervantes — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly A. Lightford — cosponsor (person)
- Laura M. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Sheehan — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Jacobs — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie A. Kifowit — cosponsor (person)
- Suzy Glowiak Hilton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-04** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Brandun Schweizer `filing`
- **2025-02-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-04** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2025-02-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick Sheehan
- **2025-02-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jason R. Bunting
- **2025-03-04** Assigned to Veterans' Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-11** Do Pass / Short Debate Veterans' Affairs Committee; 016-000-000
- **2025-03-12** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-03-19** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-03-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2025-04-01** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
- **2025-04-08** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-08** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul Jacobs
- **2025-04-09** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-09** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 10, 2025 `reading-1`
- **2025-04-23** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Paul Faraci
- **2025-04-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-23** Referred to Assignments
- **2025-04-23** Assigned to Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-07** Do Pass Veterans Affairs; 007-000-000
- **2025-05-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 8, 2025 `reading-2`
- **2025-05-08** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2025
- **2025-05-14** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Graciela Guzmán
- **2025-05-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading **
- **2025-05-22** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Doris Turner
- **2025-05-22** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-22** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Javier L. Cervantes
- **2025-05-22** Passed Both Houses
- **2025-05-26** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
- **2025-05-27** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton
- **2025-05-27** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt
- **2025-05-29** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
- **2025-06-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-08-15** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2025-08-15** Effective Date January 1, 2026
- **2025-08-15** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0238 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/419bcaa0-98b2-4f7d-ac6e-854b7e5d7f86`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).