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Bill	MIA/POW SCHOLARSHIP-NATL GUARD	Amends the School Code. In a provision concerning MIA/POW scholarships, defines "eligible veteran or serviceperson" to include an Illinois National Guard member who is on active duty or is active on a training assignment and who has been declared to be a prisoner of war or missing in action, has died as the result of a service-connected disability, or is permanently disabled from service-connected causes. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	93rd	HB 4491	Illinois HB 4491 (93rd)	bill		enacted		3	54	2	2004-02-03	2004-07-28	openstates	ocd-bill/1b5430f5-d668-4a95-ace1-7765f9f84db8	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4491&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=8929&SessionID=3&GA=93	bb46e48f651df14394fb3cfae7ccd833447e83992fcde1d70d38b5ad709682c8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4491 (93rd) — MIA/POW SCHOLARSHIP-NATL GUARD

Amends the School Code. In a provision concerning MIA/POW scholarships, defines "eligible veteran or serviceperson" to include an Illinois National Guard member who is on active duty or is active on a training assignment and who has been declared to be a prisoner of war or missing in action, has died as the result of a service-connected disability, or is permanently disabled from service-connected causes. 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 — 113–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Edward D. Maloney — cosponsor (person)
• Kirk W. Dillard — cosponsor (person)
• Ray Soden — cosponsor (person)
• Ron Stephens — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2004-02-03 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Donald L. Moffitt filing
• 2004-02-03 First Reading reading-1
• 2004-02-03 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2004-02-04 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2004-02-04 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Reitz
• 2004-02-09 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Watson
• 2004-02-09 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Bost
• 2004-02-18 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe
• 2004-02-18 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Sacia
• 2004-02-18 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Chapin Rose
• 2004-02-18 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Angelo Saviano
• 2004-02-18 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
• 2004-02-18 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
• 2004-02-18 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. James H. Meyer
• 2004-02-20 Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Ron Stephens
• 2004-02-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
• 2004-02-24 Assigned to Veterans Affairs Committee referral-committee
• 2004-03-04 Do Pass / Short Debate Veterans Affairs Committee; 015-000-000 committee-passage
• 2004-03-04 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2004-03-04 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
• 2004-03-24 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Richard P. Myers
• 2004-03-24 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William J. Grunloh
• 2004-03-24 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa M. Dugan
• 2004-03-24 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Careen Gordon
• 2004-03-24 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lovana Jones
• 2004-03-24 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert F. Flider
• 2004-03-24 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2004-03-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2004-03-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black
• 2004-03-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
• 2004-03-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John E. Bradley
• 2004-03-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joseph M. Lyons
• 2004-03-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
• 2004-03-25 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2004-03-25 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2004-03-25 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 26, 2004 reading-1
• 2004-03-26 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Denny Jacobs
• 2004-03-26 First Reading reading-1
• 2004-03-26 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2004-04-15 Assigned to Education referral-committee
• 2004-04-20 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Edward D. Maloney
• 2004-04-21 Do Pass Education; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2004-04-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 22, 2004
• 2004-04-22 Second Reading reading-2
• 2004-04-22 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 27, 2004
• 2004-04-28 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ray Soden
• 2004-05-05 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Barack Obama
• 2004-05-05 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Kirk W. Dillard
• 2004-05-05 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2004-05-05 Passed Both Houses
• 2004-06-03 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2004-07-28 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2004-07-28 Effective Date July 28, 2004
• 2004-07-28 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0825 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1b5430f5-d668-4a95-ace1-7765f9f84db8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).