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type: "Bill"
title: "HIGHER ED-ACHIEVE PROG-GRANTS"
description: "Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Subject to appropriation, requires the Illinois Student Assistance Commission to award grants to eligible students who are participants in the Clinical Center Achieve Program at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. Provides that the Commission shall award grants to student participants based on a needs-based formula, as determined by the Commission, with the amount of the grant equal to the amount of fees charged the student as a participant of the program. Effective July 1, 2009."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 168"
citation: "Illinois HB 168 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-01-13"
last_action: "2009-08-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3e88c7c-ac1b-4314-80b8-751d212c236f"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=168&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=40185&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "332fd463a7c7764670ca47a65bb03894358ca1a8e7a9bd98b179c3e5fa2f1040"
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 HB 168 (96th) — HIGHER ED-ACHIEVE PROG-GRANTS
Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Subject to appropriation, requires the Illinois Student Assistance Commission to award grants to eligible students who are participants in the Clinical Center Achieve Program at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. Provides that the Commission shall award grants to student participants based on a needs-based formula, as determined by the Commission, with the amount of the grant equal to the amount of fees charged the student as a participant of the program. Effective July 1, 2009.
## 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=09600HB0168&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=40185&DocNum=168&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB0168eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=40185&DocNum=168&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB0168enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=40185&DocNum=168&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **530** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1150** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Elizabeth Coulson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2009-01-13** Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Elizabeth Coulson `filing`
- **2009-01-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-01-14** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-04** Assigned to Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Luis Arroyo
- **2009-02-19** Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 006-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-02-20** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-02-24** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-02-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-02-25** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Bost
- **2009-02-25** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland
- **2009-02-25** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis
- **2009-02-25** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
- **2009-02-25** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Susana A. Mendoza
- **2009-02-25** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-02-25** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2009-02-25** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading February 26, 2009 `reading-1`
- **2009-02-27** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. David Luechtefeld
- **2009-02-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-27** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-22** Assigned to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-29** Postponed - Higher Education
- **2009-05-06** Do Pass Higher Education; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2009
- **2009-05-06** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
- **2009-05-14** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2009
- **2009-05-15** Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-05-15** Passed Both Houses
- **2009-06-12** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-11** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-11** Effective Date August 11, 2009
- **2009-08-11** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0229 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b3e88c7c-ac1b-4314-80b8-751d212c236f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).