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Bill	HIGHER ED-STATE SCHOLAR PRO	Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Provides that, subject to appropriation, each State Scholar who enrolls or is enrolled in an institution of higher learning in this State shall also receive a one-time grant of $1,000 to be applied to tuition and mandatory fees and paid directly to the institution of higher learning. Adds a provision concerning the rulemaking authority of the Illinois Student Assistance Commission as it relates to the State Scholar Program.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	95th	SB 437	Illinois SB 437 (95th)	bill		enacted		3	45	2	2007-02-08	2008-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/77a75d9f-b992-4f0b-9629-d5161a0fd76d	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=437&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=28158&SessionID=51&GA=95	eec54f618ca0d9cc501af573b3db9d912b605fca8913e8680847f67d2162cb03	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 437 (95th) — HIGHER ED-STATE SCHOLAR PRO

Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Provides that, subject to appropriation, each State Scholar who enrolls or is enrolled in an institution of higher learning in this State shall also receive a one-time grant of $1,000 to be applied to tuition and mandatory fees and paid directly to the institution of higher learning. Adds a provision concerning the rulemaking authority of the Illinois Student Assistance Commission as it relates to the State Scholar Program.

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 — 106–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• David E. Miller — cosponsor (person)
• Edward D. Maloney — primary (person)
• Jack D. Franks — cosponsor (person)
• John E. Bradley — cosponsor (person)
• Linda Chapa LaVia — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2007-02-08 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Edward D. Maloney filing
• 2007-02-08 First Reading reading-1
• 2007-02-08 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2007-02-21 Assigned to Higher Education referral-committee
• 2007-03-02 Do Pass Higher Education; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2007-03-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 6, 2007
• 2007-03-06 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Edward D. Maloney amendment-introduction
• 2007-03-06 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2007-03-13 Second Reading reading-2
• 2007-03-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 14, 2007
• 2007-03-21 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Higher Education
• 2007-03-22 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Higher Education; 010-000-000
• 2007-03-29 Recalled to Second Reading reading-2
• 2007-03-29 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Maloney amendment-passage
• 2007-03-29 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
• 2007-03-29 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2007-03-30 Arrived in House introduction
• 2007-03-30 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2007-04-10 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Kevin A. McCarthy
• 2007-04-11 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Brady
• 2007-04-11 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. James D. Brosnahan
• 2007-04-11 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin Joyce
• 2007-04-16 First Reading reading-1
• 2007-04-16 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2007-04-17 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang
• 2007-04-30 Assigned to Executive Committee referral-committee
• 2007-05-18 Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 25, 2007
• 2007-05-25 Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2007
• 2007-05-31 Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2007-12-11 Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) January 10, 2008
• 2007-12-11 Assigned to Higher Education Committee referral-committee
• 2008-01-09 Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2008-01-09 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2008-01-09 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2008-01-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2008-01-10 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. David E. Miller
• 2008-01-10 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. John E. Bradley
• 2008-01-10 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2008-01-10 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2008-01-10 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 106-000-009 reading-3, passage
• 2008-01-10 Passed Both Houses
• 2008-02-08 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2008-04-08 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2008-04-08 Effective Date January 1, 2009
• 2008-04-08 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0715 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/77a75d9f-b992-4f0b-9629-d5161a0fd76d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).