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type: "Bill"
title: "EDUCATION-TECH"
description: "Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Makes a technical change concerning the Act's purpose."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "SB 2691"
citation: "Illinois SB 2691 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 48
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2008-02-15"
last_action: "2008-08-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2e67844-866b-402d-a338-c77231257123"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2691&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=37151&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "58096d55a7a596f97d57b609113efa6f2596e5ca7f2f2f683d5b61bcf524dd3e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---
# Illinois SB 2691 (95th) — EDUCATION-TECH
Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Makes a technical change concerning the Act's purpose.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB2691&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=37151&DocNum=2691&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB2691eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=37151&DocNum=2691&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB2691enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=37151&DocNum=2691&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1110** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **510** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- John M. Sullivan — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2008-02-15** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Emil Jones, Jr. `filing`
- **2008-02-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-02-15** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2008-03-05** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2008-03-12** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. James A. DeLeo
- **2008-03-13** Do Pass Executive; 008-005-000 `committee-passage`
- **2008-03-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 1, 2008
- **2008-04-01** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2008-04-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 2, 2008
- **2008-04-30** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John M. Sullivan `amendment-introduction`
- **2008-04-30** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-30** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Higher Education
- **2008-04-30** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2008 `reading-3`
- **2008-05-08** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Higher Education; 009-000-000
- **2008-05-08** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
- **2008-05-08** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. John M. Sullivan
- **2008-05-08** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Edward D. Maloney
- **2008-05-08** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael W. Frerichs
- **2008-05-08** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2008-05-08** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Sullivan `amendment-passage`
- **2008-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2008-05-08** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale A. Righter
- **2008-05-08** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Kirk W. Dillard
- **2008-05-08** Third Reading - Passed; 051-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2008-05-13** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2008-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-05-13** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
- **2008-05-13** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-05-13** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-28** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2008
- **2008-05-28** Assigned to Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-28** Moved to Suspend Rule 25 Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
- **2008-05-28** Motion to Suspend Rule 25 - Prevailed
- **2008-05-28** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin A. McCarthy
- **2008-05-28** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Brady
- **2008-05-28** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Richard P. Myers
- **2008-05-28** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Chapin Rose
- **2008-05-28** Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2008-05-28** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2008-05-28** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2008-05-28** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2008-05-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2008-05-30** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2008-05-30** Passed Both Houses
- **2008-06-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2008-08-22** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2008-08-22** Effective Date January 1, 2009
- **2008-08-22** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0881 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a2e67844-866b-402d-a338-c77231257123`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).