republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/97th/sb-2818.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "DCFS-YOUTH SCHOLARSHIPS"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "SB 2818"
citation: "Illinois SB 2818 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2012-01-18"
last_action: "2012-07-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6207703e-5e23-4700-aa65-cba785d1f7d0"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2818&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=63194&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "bbeaccf25cc75fa78463d31a27bd4c2f329ea4b3ff00f629cef53585a1f1f2f2"
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 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](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB2818&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=63194&DocNum=2818&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB2818eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=63194&DocNum=2818&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB2818enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=63194&DocNum=2818&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6207703e-5e23-4700-aa65-cba785d1f7d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).