republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/97th/hb-1710.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "COLLEGE PLANNING ACT"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "HB 1710"
citation: "Illinois HB 1710 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-16"
last_action: "2011-08-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4fa4536-d45a-48de-93e6-db45f64de079"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1710&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=58888&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "1e73843e3ba9f1e2645f70e8ce5d32fd293550a4140d0726008dbd08ec616d17"
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 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](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB1710&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=58888&DocNum=1710&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB1710eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=58888&DocNum=1710&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB1710enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=58888&DocNum=1710&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f4fa4536-d45a-48de-93e6-db45f64de079`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).