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Bill	U OF I-9/11 VET CHILD SCHLRSHP	Amends the University of Illinois Act. In a Section concerning scholarships for children of veterans, adds any time on or after September 11, 2001 and until Congress or the President orders that persons in service are no longer eligible for the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal to the list of periods of hostilities for which each county shall be entitled, annually, to one honorary scholarship in the University.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	95th	HB 486	Illinois HB 486 (95th)	bill		enacted		3	54	2	2007-01-30	2007-08-13	openstates	ocd-bill/0c536943-9ae2-4023-a284-05ce4ff9c5ea	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=486&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=27488&SessionID=51&GA=95	c045fd39daa9be7fd130447128dcb7e32b3bd7c54a2f3a023f7ebc02e71cf147	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 486 (95th) — U OF I-9/11 VET CHILD SCHLRSHP

Amends the University of Illinois Act. In a Section concerning scholarships for children of veterans, adds any time on or after September 11, 2001 and until Congress or the President orders that persons in service are no longer eligible for the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal to the list of periods of hostilities for which each county shall be entitled, annually, to one honorary scholarship in the University.

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 — 59–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 112–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jim Watson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2007-01-30 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jim Watson filing
• 2007-02-01 First Reading reading-1
• 2007-02-01 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2007-02-07 Assigned to Executive Committee referral-committee
• 2007-03-06 Re-assigned to Higher Education Committee referral-committee
• 2007-03-14 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Higher Education Committee amendment-introduction
• 2007-03-14 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Higher Education Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2007-03-14 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2007-03-15 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2007-03-20 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
• 2007-03-20 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jil Tracy
• 2007-03-20 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2007-03-20 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David E. Miller
• 2007-03-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
• 2007-03-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John D'Amico
• 2007-03-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Bost
• 2007-03-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ron Stephens
• 2007-03-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Bill Mitchell
• 2007-03-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ed Sullivan, Jr.
• 2007-03-27 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2007-03-27 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2007-04-17 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
• 2007-04-17 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
• 2007-04-17 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
• 2007-04-17 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2007-04-17 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. James H. Meyer
• 2007-04-17 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry R. Ramey, Jr.
• 2007-04-17 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Sacia
• 2007-04-17 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dennis M. Reboletti
• 2007-04-17 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Roger L. Eddy
• 2007-04-17 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Tryon
• 2007-04-17 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Shane Cultra
• 2007-04-17 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Richard P. Myers
• 2007-04-17 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
• 2007-04-20 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2007-04-20 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2007-04-20 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Dan Kotowski
• 2007-04-20 First Reading reading-1
• 2007-04-20 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2007-04-23 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Bill Brady
• 2007-04-25 Assigned to State Government and Veterans Affairs referral-committee
• 2007-05-02 Do Pass State Government and Veterans Affairs; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2007-05-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 3, 2007
• 2007-05-03 Second Reading reading-2
• 2007-05-03 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 8, 2007
• 2007-05-15 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Noland
• 2007-05-16 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kirk W. Dillard
• 2007-05-16 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
• 2007-05-16 Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2007-05-16 Passed Both Houses
• 2007-06-14 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2007-08-13 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2007-08-13 Effective Date January 1, 2008
• 2007-08-13 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0064 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0c536943-9ae2-4023-a284-05ce4ff9c5ea. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).