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Bill	HIGHER ED-NATIONAL GUARD GRANT	Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Provides that if the recipient of an Illinois National Guard Grant ceases to be a member of the Illinois National Guard while enrolled in a course of study under that grant but (i) has served in the Illinois National Guard for at least 5 years and (ii) has served a cumulative total of at least 6 months of active duty, then that recipient shall continue to be eligible for a grant for one year after membership in the Illinois National Guard ended, provided that the recipient has not already received the exemption from tuition and fees for the equivalent of 4 years of full-time enrollment. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	93rd	SB 2755	Illinois SB 2755 (93rd)	bill		enacted		3	33	2	2004-02-05	2004-08-03	openstates	ocd-bill/05c0dd47-2fd0-4035-8424-97146f2dc5f0	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2755&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=9587&SessionID=3&GA=93	ff62c415780f88490db866fce836f0e454ef52a46ca21e20fc63389d0a60485e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2755 (93rd) — HIGHER ED-NATIONAL GUARD GRANT

Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Provides that if the recipient of an Illinois National Guard Grant ceases to be a member of the Illinois National Guard while enrolled in a course of study under that grant but (i) has served in the Illinois National Guard for at least 5 years and (ii) has served a cumulative total of at least 6 months of active duty, then that recipient shall continue to be eligible for a grant for one year after membership in the Illinois National Guard ended, provided that the recipient has not already received the exemption from tuition and fees for the equivalent of 4 years of full-time enrollment. 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 — 115–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 55–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Donald L. Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
• John M. Sullivan — primary (person)
• Patricia Reid Lindner — cosponsor (person)
• Ruth Munson — cosponsor (person)
• Sidney H. Mathias — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2004-02-05 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John M. Sullivan filing
• 2004-02-05 First Reading reading-1
• 2004-02-05 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2004-02-10 Assigned to Education referral-committee
• 2004-02-19 Do Pass Education; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2004-02-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 20, 2004
• 2004-02-19 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Gary Forby
• 2004-02-20 Second Reading reading-2
• 2004-02-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 24, 2004
• 2004-03-25 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2004-03-26 Arrived in House introduction
• 2004-03-26 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2004-03-26 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2004-03-26 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2004-03-26 First Reading reading-1
• 2004-03-26 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2004-03-30 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John E. Bradley
• 2004-04-02 Assigned to Higher Education Committee referral-committee
• 2004-04-28 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin A. McCarthy
• 2004-04-29 Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 013-000-000 committee-passage
• 2004-04-29 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2004-05-04 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2004-05-04 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2004-05-11 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2004-05-11 Passed Both Houses
• 2004-05-11 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia Reid Lindner
• 2004-05-11 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Ruth Munson
• 2004-05-11 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
• 2004-05-11 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
• 2004-06-09 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2004-08-03 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2004-08-03 Effective Date August 3, 2004
• 2004-08-03 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0856 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/05c0dd47-2fd0-4035-8424-97146f2dc5f0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).