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| Bill | DEPLOYED MILITARY-CHILD CARE | Creates the Helping Heroes Child Care Program Act and amends the State Finance Act. Establishes the Helping Heroes Child Care Program for the purpose of providing vouchers for child care to Illinois families who have one or more parents deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan by the armed services. Provides for the program to be administered by the Department of Human Services, but only if federal funding is made available for that purpose. Provides that any such federal moneys received by the State shall be deposited into the Fund for Child Care for Deployed Military Personnel, which is created as a special fund in the State treasury. Provides for income eligibility criteria to be established by the Department by rule. Provides that a family that received child care assistance before the parent's deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan is eligible only for a voucher for the cost of any additional hours of child care that are necessary by reason of that deployment. Provides that a family is not eligible for a child care voucher if the family receives child care services from the United States military. Repeals the Act on July 1, 2010. Effective immediately. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 94th | SB 328 | Illinois SB 328 (94th) |
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enacted | 3 | 61 | 2 | 2005-02-15 | 2005-06-15 | openstates | ocd-bill/10d042c8-be44-490d-b3ab-ff28f036f3a0 | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=328&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=15777&SessionID=50&GA=94 | 24db22fdd7278178e851fea4d60eca195d70f90b648dda046857664a85baf64f | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois SB 328 (94th) — DEPLOYED MILITARY-CHILD CARE
Creates the Helping Heroes Child Care Program Act and amends the State Finance Act. Establishes the Helping Heroes Child Care Program for the purpose of providing vouchers for child care to Illinois families who have one or more parents deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan by the armed services. Provides for the program to be administered by the Department of Human Services, but only if federal funding is made available for that purpose. Provides that any such federal moneys received by the State shall be deposited into the Fund for Child Care for Deployed Military Personnel, which is created as a special fund in the State treasury. Provides for income eligibility criteria to be established by the Department by rule. Provides that a family that received child care assistance before the parent's deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan is eligible only for a voucher for the cost of any additional hours of child care that are necessary by reason of that deployment. Provides that a family is not eligible for a child care voucher if the family receives child care services from the United States military. Repeals the Act on July 1, 2010. Effective immediately.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 115–0 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 56–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Annazette Collins — cosponsor (person)
- Arthur J. Wilhelmi — primary (person)
- Arthur L. Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Brandon W. Phelps — cosponsor (person)
- Careen M Gordon — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel V. Beiser — cosponsor (person)
- David E. Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Donald L. Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
- Eddie Washington — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth Coulson — cosponsor (person)
- Jack D. Franks — cosponsor (person)
- John D'Amico — cosponsor (person)
- John E. Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen A. Ryg — cosponsor (person)
- Kurt M. Granberg — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa M. Dugan — cosponsor (person)
- Michael K. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Boland — cosponsor (person)
- Milton Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Monique D. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Naomi D. Jakobsson — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick J Verschoore — cosponsor (person)
- Robin Kelly — cosponsor (person)
- Roger L. Eddy — cosponsor (person)
- William Davis — cosponsor (person)
- William Delgado — cosponsor (person)
- Wyvetter H. Younge — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2005-02-15 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Arthur J. Wilhelmi
filing - 2005-02-15 First Reading
reading-1 - 2005-02-15 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2005-02-17 Assigned to Health & Human Services
referral-committee - 2005-03-02 Postponed - Health & Human Services
- 2005-03-09 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
- 2005-03-10 Do Pass Health & Human Services; 011-000-000
committee-passage - 2005-03-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 15, 2005
- 2005-03-15 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2005-03-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 16, 2005
- 2005-03-15 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale A. Righter
- 2005-04-11 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Louis S. Viverito
- 2005-04-11 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. John M. Sullivan
- 2005-04-11 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2005-04-11 Arrived in House
introduction - 2005-04-11 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
reading-1 - 2005-04-12 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
- 2005-04-12 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- 2005-04-12 First Reading
reading-1 - 2005-04-12 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2005-04-13 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Edward J. Acevedo
- 2005-04-20 Assigned to Veterans Affairs Committee
referral-committee - 2005-04-27 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
- 2005-04-27 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. John E. Bradley
- 2005-04-27 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. David E. Miller
- 2005-04-27 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Robin Kelly
- 2005-04-27 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Milton Patterson
- 2005-04-27 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis
- 2005-04-27 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Wyvetter H. Younge
- 2005-04-27 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur L. Turner
- 2005-04-27 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Careen M Gordon
- 2005-04-28 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia Bailey
- 2005-04-28 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert F. Flider
- 2005-04-28 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
- 2005-04-28 Do Pass / Short Debate Veterans Affairs Committee; 010-000-000
committee-passage - 2005-04-28 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2005-04-28 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
- 2005-04-28 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa M. Dugan
- 2005-05-02 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kurt M. Granberg
- 2005-05-03 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2005-05-03 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2005-05-03 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
- 2005-05-03 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
- 2005-05-03 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg
- 2005-05-03 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Annazette Collins
- 2005-05-04 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Washington
- 2005-05-05 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2005-05-05 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Susan Garrett
- 2005-05-05 Passed Both Houses
- 2005-05-05 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- 2005-05-05 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland
- 2005-05-05 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J Verschoore
- 2005-05-05 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
- 2005-05-05 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Roger L. Eddy
- 2005-05-11 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. William Delgado
- 2005-05-18 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael K. Smith
- 2005-05-18 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. John D'Amico
- 2005-06-03 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2005-06-15 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2005-06-15 Effective Date June 15, 2005
- 2005-06-15 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0035
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/10d042c8-be44-490d-b3ab-ff28f036f3a0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).