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| Bill | INS CD-COVERAGE-SICK STUDENTS | Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971, the Counties Code, the Illinois Municipal Code, the School Code, the Illinois Insurance Code, the Health Maintenance Organization Act, and the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act to require the continuation of coverage for a dependent college student who takes a medical leave of absence or reduces his or her course load to part-time status because of an illness or injury. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 95th | HB 5285 | Illinois HB 5285 (95th) |
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enacted | 4 | 69 | 4 | 2008-02-14 | 2008-09-12 | openstates | ocd-bill/2d0064aa-eb12-42e5-af49-ed62a123b656 | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5285&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=36542&SessionID=51&GA=95 | 2d56f28de411510f56c905c7108feb623bf57e89cb206a69dc5d1ec576f76a4a | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois HB 5285 (95th) — INS CD-COVERAGE-SICK STUDENTS
Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971, the Counties Code, the Illinois Municipal Code, the School Code, the Illinois Insurance Code, the Health Maintenance Organization Act, and the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act to require the continuation of coverage for a dependent college student who takes a medical leave of absence or reduces his or her course load to part-time status because of an illness or injury.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
- Re-Enrolled (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Motion — 35–17 (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — 56–1 (pass) · upper
- Motion — 70–21 (fail) · lower
- Third Reading — 105–3 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Charles E. Jefferson — primary (person)
- Iris Y. Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Noland — cosponsor (person)
- William Delgado — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2008-02-14 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Charles E. Jefferson
filing - 2008-02-14 First Reading
reading-1 - 2008-02-14 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2008-02-22 Assigned to Health Care Availability and Access Committee
referral-committee - 2008-03-04 Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Availability and Access Committee; 011-000-000
committee-passage - 2008-03-05 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2008-03-05 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Fred Crespo
- 2008-03-05 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Esther Golar
- 2008-03-05 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Annazette Collins
- 2008-03-05 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. LaShawn K. Ford
- 2008-03-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
- 2008-03-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- 2008-03-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
- 2008-03-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J Verschoore
- 2008-03-13 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Charles E. Jefferson
amendment-introduction - 2008-03-13 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2008-03-24 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-000-000
committee-passage-favorable - 2008-04-01 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2008-04-01 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote
amendment-passage - 2008-04-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2008-04-03 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 105-003-000
reading-3, passage - 2008-04-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael K. Smith
- 2008-04-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
- 2008-04-08 Arrive in Senate
introduction - 2008-04-08 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 9, 2008
reading-1 - 2008-04-09 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Rickey R. Hendon
- 2008-04-10 First Reading
reading-1 - 2008-04-10 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2008-04-30 Assigned to Insurance
referral-committee - 2008-05-08 Do Pass Insurance; 010-000-000
committee-passage - 2008-05-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 13, 2008
- 2008-05-13 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2008-05-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2008
- 2008-05-20 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter
- 2008-05-20 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
- 2008-05-20 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- 2008-05-20 Third Reading - Passed; 056-001-000
reading-3, passage - 2008-05-20 Passed Both Houses
- 2008-06-18 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2008-08-06 Governor Amendatory Veto
executive-veto - 2008-08-13 Placed on Calendar Amendatory Veto August 13, 2008
- 2008-08-13 Amendatory Veto Motion - Motion Filed Accept Amendatory Veto Rep. Charles E. Jefferson
- 2008-08-13 Amendatory Veto Motion - Motion Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2008-08-13 Amendatory Veto Motion - Accept Motion Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-002-000
committee-passage-favorable - 2008-08-13 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland
- 2008-08-13 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
- 2008-08-13 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Julie Hamos
- 2008-08-13 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg
- 2008-08-13 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Constance A. Howard
- 2008-08-13 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Washington
- 2008-08-13 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen May
- 2008-08-13 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur L. Turner
- 2008-08-13 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elga L. Jefferies
- 2008-08-13 Accept Amendatory Veto - House Passed 070-021-000
- 2008-08-18 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Noland
- 2008-08-19 Placed on Calendar Amendatory Veto August 19, 2008
- 2008-08-19 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
- 2008-08-19 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Dan Kotowski
- 2008-08-19 Amendatory Veto Motion - Motion Filed Accept Amendatory Veto Sen. Dan Kotowski
- 2008-08-19 Amendatory Veto Motion - Motion Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2008-08-19 Amendatory Veto Motion - Approved for Consideration Rules
- 2008-08-19 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. William Delgado
- 2008-08-19 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
- 2008-08-19 Accept Amendatory Veto - Senate Passed 035-017-001
- 2008-08-19 Both Houses Accepted Amendatory Veto
- 2008-09-09 Returned to Governor for Certification
- 2008-09-12 Governor Certifies Changes
- 2008-09-12 Effective Date June 1, 2009
- 2008-09-12 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0958
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2d0064aa-eb12-42e5-af49-ed62a123b656. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).