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Bill	DCFS-YOUTH SCHOLARSHIPS	Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Changes the class of persons who qualify for scholarships and fee waivers granted by the Department of Children and Family Services to youth (rather than children) under care, youth who aged out of care at age 18 or older, or youth (rather than children) formerly under the care who have been adopted or are in a guardianship placement (rather than subsidized guardianship program). Limits the Department's selection of scholarship recipients to students who have earned a high school diploma from an accredited institution or a certificate of general education development (GED), or who have met the State criteria for high school graduation (rather than students who have completed 4 years in an accredited high school). Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	SB 2818	Illinois SB 2818 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	31	2	2012-01-18	2012-07-13	openstates	ocd-bill/6207703e-5e23-4700-aa65-cba785d1f7d0	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2818&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=63194&SessionID=84&GA=97	bbeaccf25cc75fa78463d31a27bd4c2f329ea4b3ff00f629cef53585a1f1f2f2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2818 (97th) — DCFS-YOUTH SCHOLARSHIPS

Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Changes the class of persons who qualify for scholarships and fee waivers granted by the Department of Children and Family Services to youth (rather than children) under care, youth who aged out of care at age 18 or older, or youth (rather than children) formerly under the care who have been adopted or are in a guardianship placement (rather than subsidized guardianship program). Limits the Department's selection of scholarship recipients to students who have earned a high school diploma from an accredited institution or a certificate of general education development (GED), or who have met the State criteria for high school graduation (rather than students who have completed 4 years in an accredited high school). 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 — 115–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 53–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Mattie Hunter — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-01-18 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mattie Hunter filing
• 2012-01-18 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-01-18 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-01-31 Assigned to Higher Education referral-committee
• 2012-02-03 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mattie Hunter amendment-introduction
• 2012-02-03 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-02-10 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-8(c-1) - Referred to Higher Education referral-committee
• 2012-02-28 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2012-02-28 Do Pass as Amended Higher Education; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-02-28 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 29, 2012
• 2012-03-01 Second Reading reading-2
• 2012-03-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 6, 2012
• 2012-03-22 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
• 2012-03-22 Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-03-22 Arrived in House introduction
• 2012-03-26 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Constance A. Howard
• 2012-03-26 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2012-03-26 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
• 2012-03-26 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-03-26 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2012-04-10 Assigned to Human Services Committee referral-committee
• 2012-04-18 Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-04-18 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-04-24 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2012-04-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-04-25 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-04-25 Passed Both Houses
• 2012-05-24 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2012-07-13 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2012-07-13 Effective Date July 13, 2012
• 2012-07-13 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0799 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6207703e-5e23-4700-aa65-cba785d1f7d0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).