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Bill	IDOT-ENGINEERING SCHOLARSHIP	Amends the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois to create the Diversity in Engineering Scholarship Program. Defines "targeted group member" as a person belonging to a class of race, color, or sex, whose percent of the workforce within the Department's professional classification which includes civil engineers is less than that class's percent of the statewide labor market for such job activities as recorded in the Department's annual affirmative action plan. Defines "eligible student" as a targeted group member who: (i) is an Illinois resident at the time of scholarship application; (ii) is enrolled full-time at any Illinois college or university in any program leading toward a degree in civil engineering; (iii) agrees to conditions required by the Department, including the obligation to work for the Department after graduation if a position is offered for at least one year for each academic year the student receives a scholarship. Provides that the Department of Transportation, subject to appropriation, shall award scholarships to up to 20 students each year in the amount of no more than $7,500 per academic year. Provides that the Department shall promulgate rules as necessary to implement and administer the scholarship program.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 1256	Illinois HB 1256 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	40	2	2011-02-08	2011-08-10	openstates	ocd-bill/b47a9a3b-cc18-4aa7-b31e-107cce58b432	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1256&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=57232&SessionID=84&GA=97	02d4d1ec8a097a5e03c9ebdc5e6e5efee798b485c4dafc112762c32614ffabe9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 1256 (97th) — IDOT-ENGINEERING SCHOLARSHIP

Amends the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois to create the Diversity in Engineering Scholarship Program. Defines "targeted group member" as a person belonging to a class of race, color, or sex, whose percent of the workforce within the Department's professional classification which includes civil engineers is less than that class's percent of the statewide labor market for such job activities as recorded in the Department's annual affirmative action plan. Defines "eligible student" as a targeted group member who: (i) is an Illinois resident at the time of scholarship application; (ii) is enrolled full-time at any Illinois college or university in any program leading toward a degree in civil engineering; (iii) agrees to conditions required by the Department, including the obligation to work for the Department after graduation if a position is offered for at least one year for each academic year the student receives a scholarship. Provides that the Department of Transportation, subject to appropriation, shall award scholarships to up to 20 students each year in the amount of no more than $7,500 per academic year. Provides that the Department shall promulgate rules as necessary to implement and administer the scholarship 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 — 114–2 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 54–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Marlow H. Colvin — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-08 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Marlow H. Colvin filing
• 2011-02-08 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-02-08 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-02-14 Assigned to Higher Education Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-09 Motion Do Pass - Lost Higher Education Committee; 005-006-000 committee-failure
• 2011-03-09 Remains in Higher Education Committee
• 2011-03-10 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
• 2011-03-16 Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-03-17 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-03-29 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-03-29 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-03-30 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
• 2011-03-30 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
• 2011-03-30 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
• 2011-03-30 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-002-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-03-30 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robyn Gabel
• 2011-03-30 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William D. Burns
• 2011-03-30 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis
• 2011-03-30 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Lee Jackson, Sr.
• 2011-03-30 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
• 2011-03-30 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Constance A. Howard
• 2011-03-30 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
• 2011-03-31 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2011-03-31 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 6, 2011 reading-1
• 2011-03-31 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson
• 2011-04-07 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2011-04-07 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-07 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-04-27 Assigned to Transportation referral-committee
• 2011-05-05 Postponed - Transportation
• 2011-05-10 Do Pass Transportation; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-05-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 11, 2011
• 2011-05-13 Second Reading reading-2
• 2011-05-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 16, 2011
• 2011-05-17 Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-05-17 Passed Both Houses
• 2011-06-15 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2011-08-10 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2011-08-10 Effective Date January 1, 2012
• 2011-08-10 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0288 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b47a9a3b-cc18-4aa7-b31e-107cce58b432. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).