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Bill	HIGHER ED-STU-MILITARY SERVICE	Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities in Illinois and amends the Public Community College Act. Requires public institutions of higher education to allow a currently enrolled student who is called to active military service to complete any unfinished courses at a later date at no additional charge, unless course credit has already been given or the student received a full refund upon withdrawing from the course (in which case the student's record shall reflect that the withdrawal is due to active military service). Provides that the student must be given priority over other students in reenrolling in the course or courses. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	94th	HB 3724	Illinois HB 3724 (94th)	bill		enacted		3	47	2	2005-02-24	2005-08-15	openstates	ocd-bill/dd9877a8-e092-48aa-99f7-10cb2c11a57f	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3724&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=20258&SessionID=50&GA=94	4418a5d76b828aec2030bc3a7387781f101844d991397f46f936cd1f373a4c17	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 3724 (94th) — HIGHER ED-STU-MILITARY SERVICE

Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities in Illinois and amends the Public Community College Act. Requires public institutions of higher education to allow a currently enrolled student who is called to active military service to complete any unfinished courses at a later date at no additional charge, unless course credit has already been given or the student received a full refund upon withdrawing from the course (in which case the student's record shall reflect that the withdrawal is due to active military service). Provides that the student must be given priority over other students in reenrolling in the course or courses. 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 — 114–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Antonio Munoz — cosponsor (person)
• Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson — cosponsor (person)
• Roger Jenisch — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2005-02-24 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Roger Jenisch filing
• 2005-02-24 Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Bost
• 2005-02-24 Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. James H. Meyer
• 2005-02-24 Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Brady
• 2005-02-24 Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David R. Leitch
• 2005-02-25 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-02-25 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2005-03-01 Assigned to Higher Education Committee referral-committee
• 2005-03-09 Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2005-03-10 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-03-16 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
• 2005-03-16 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Roger Jenisch amendment-introduction
• 2005-03-16 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2005-04-05 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 005-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2005-04-06 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2005-04-06 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2005-04-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-04-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Constance A. Howard
• 2005-04-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Washington
• 2005-04-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin Joyce
• 2005-04-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael K. Smith
• 2005-04-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John D'Amico
• 2005-04-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
• 2005-04-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. James D. Brosnahan
• 2005-04-07 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-04-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2005-04-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2005-04-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
• 2005-04-08 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2005-04-08 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 11, 2005 reading-1
• 2005-04-13 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Susan Garrett
• 2005-04-14 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-04-14 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2005-04-21 Assigned to Higher Education referral-committee
• 2005-05-05 Do Pass Higher Education; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2005-05-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2005
• 2005-05-10 Second Reading reading-2
• 2005-05-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 11, 2005
• 2005-05-19 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-05-19 Passed Both Houses
• 2005-05-28 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson
• 2005-05-30 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Munoz
• 2005-05-30 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2005-06-17 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2005-08-15 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2005-08-15 Effective Date August 15, 2005
• 2005-08-15 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0587 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dd9877a8-e092-48aa-99f7-10cb2c11a57f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).