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Bill	HIGHER ED-VET & GUARD GRANTS	Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Makes changes concerning veteran grants with regard to who qualifies for assistance, the type of assistance, notification to the postsecondary institution, and administration of the program. Makes changes concerning the Illinois National Guard grant program with regard to who is eligible for a grant and what the grant covers. Effective July 1, 2005.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	94th	HB 815	Illinois HB 815 (94th)	bill		enacted		3	45	2	2005-02-02	2005-08-15	openstates	ocd-bill/62c8b50f-6859-4a68-9ad6-20cdd58eb834	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=815&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=15405&SessionID=50&GA=94	7efb3af98a16a31164747de79952b6687e6142960c1a6fc346f708e02c714a59	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 815 (94th) — HIGHER ED-VET & GUARD GRANTS

Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Makes changes concerning veteran grants with regard to who qualifies for assistance, the type of assistance, notification to the postsecondary institution, and administration of the program. Makes changes concerning the Illinois National Guard grant program with regard to who is eligible for a grant and what the grant covers. Effective July 1, 2005.

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 — 57–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 114–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Edward D. Maloney — cosponsor (person)
• Ira I. Silverstein — cosponsor (person)
• Jacqueline Y. Collins — cosponsor (person)
• James F. Clayborne, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Jim Watson — primary (person)
• Mattie Hunter — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2005-02-02 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jim Watson filing
• 2005-02-02 Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2005-02-02 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-02-02 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2005-02-03 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
• 2005-02-03 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Aaron Schock
• 2005-02-08 Assigned to Higher Education Committee referral-committee
• 2005-02-17 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black
• 2005-02-17 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
• 2005-02-17 Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2005-02-18 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-02-18 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
• 2005-02-18 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Constance A. Howard
• 2005-02-18 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David E. Miller
• 2005-02-18 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Bill Mitchell
• 2005-02-18 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2005-02-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-02-23 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Roger Jenisch
• 2005-02-23 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Bob Biggins
• 2005-02-24 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-02-25 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2005-02-25 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 1, 2005 reading-1
• 2005-02-25 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
• 2005-02-28 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Deanna Demuzio
• 2005-03-01 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-03-01 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2005-03-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
• 2005-03-08 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robin Kelly
• 2005-03-17 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Washington
• 2005-04-13 Assigned to Higher Education referral-committee
• 2005-05-04 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Edward D. Maloney
• 2005-05-05 Do Pass Higher Education; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2005-05-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2005
• 2005-05-11 Second Reading reading-2
• 2005-05-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 12, 2005
• 2005-05-18 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-05-18 Passed Both Houses
• 2005-05-28 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr.
• 2005-05-28 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2005-05-28 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
• 2005-05-29 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
• 2005-06-16 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 . . . . . . . . . 94-0583 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/62c8b50f-6859-4a68-9ad6-20cdd58eb834. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).