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Bill	COLLEGE PLANNING ACT	Creates the College Planning Act. Establishes the College Planning Program, to be administered by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission. Provides that the Commission shall utilize the Program to target low-income and potential first-generation college students with programs to promote college awareness and planning. Sets forth provisions concerning the qualifications to participate in the Program, the benefits and services provided by the Commission, and Program disqualification. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 1710	Illinois HB 1710 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	44	2	2011-02-16	2011-08-10	openstates	ocd-bill/f4fa4536-d45a-48de-93e6-db45f64de079	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1710&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=58888&SessionID=84&GA=97	1e73843e3ba9f1e2645f70e8ce5d32fd293550a4140d0726008dbd08ec616d17	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 1710 (97th) — COLLEGE PLANNING ACT

Creates the College Planning Act. Establishes the College Planning Program, to be administered by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission. Provides that the Commission shall utilize the Program to target low-income and potential first-generation college students with programs to promote college awareness and planning. Sets forth provisions concerning the qualifications to participate in the Program, the benefits and services provided by the Commission, and Program disqualification. Effective immediately.

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 — 42–13 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 110–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ira I. Silverstein — cosponsor (person)
• Robert W. Pritchard — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-16 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Robert W. Pritchard filing
• 2011-02-16 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-02-16 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-02-22 Assigned to Higher Education Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-01 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
• 2011-03-03 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
• 2011-03-03 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Sacia
• 2011-03-09 Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-03-10 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-03-10 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
• 2011-03-15 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol A. Sente
• 2011-03-17 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen May
• 2011-03-17 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-03-29 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah Mell
• 2011-03-31 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Derrick Smith
• 2011-03-31 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Al Riley
• 2011-03-31 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Fred Crespo
• 2011-03-31 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marlow H. Colvin
• 2011-03-31 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-03-31 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Esther Golar
• 2011-03-31 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Lee Jackson, Sr.
• 2011-03-31 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2011-03-31 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
• 2011-03-31 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2011-04-06 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2011-04-06 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-06 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Edward D. Maloney
• 2011-04-07 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-07 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-04-12 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
• 2011-04-27 Assigned to Higher Education referral-committee
• 2011-05-05 Held in Higher Education
• 2011-05-10 Do Pass Higher Education; 007-003-000 committee-passage
• 2011-05-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 11, 2011
• 2011-05-12 Second Reading reading-2
• 2011-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2011
• 2011-05-17 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
• 2011-05-17 Third Reading - Passed; 042-013-000 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 August 10, 2011
• 2011-08-10 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0289 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f4fa4536-d45a-48de-93e6-db45f64de079. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).