Files
2026-07-06 17:27:20 -04:00

7.0 KiB
Raw Permalink Blame History

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags
type title description jurisdiction legislature session identifier citation classification subjects status primary_sponsors version_count action_count vote_count first_action last_action source source_identifier source_url source_hash vintage source_snapshot retrieved_at confidence tags
Bill HIGHER ED-LINCOLN PROMISE ZONE Creates the Lincoln Promise Zone Act. Allows the city councils of Rockford, Aurora, and East St. Louis to each create a promise zone. Provides that the promise zone shall raise funds from private sources at least sufficient to provide each eligible student who resides within the promise zone and who graduates from a public high school located within that promise zone with the tuition necessary to obtain an associate degree or its equivalent at the local community college during the 2015-2016 and 2016-1017 academic years. Provides for the creation of a Lincoln Promise Zone Authority for the promise zone. Sets forth the membership of the Board of the Authority and the Authority's powers and duties. Requires the Authority to prepare and adopt a promise zone development plan. Creates a review committee to review promise zone development plans and their implementation. Requires the review committee to report to the General Assembly on all aspects of the Act's implementation on or before December 31, 2017. Abolishes the Authorities on January 31, 2018, and repeals the Act on January 31, 2018. Effective immediately. us/states/il Illinois General Assembly 98th HB 194 Illinois HB 194 (98th)
bill
enacted
3 44 2 2013-01-23 2013-08-09 openstates ocd-bill/ffaa201b-073d-4acf-b7bf-8a2948c18e6e http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=194&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=69401&SessionID=85&GA=98 3185aae391006494570f323055711c96faf0b522eab3c354ce934effd12b6e6d 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
legislation
bill
us-il

Illinois HB 194 (98th) — HIGHER ED-LINCOLN PROMISE ZONE

Creates the Lincoln Promise Zone Act. Allows the city councils of Rockford, Aurora, and East St. Louis to each create a promise zone. Provides that the promise zone shall raise funds from private sources at least sufficient to provide each eligible student who resides within the promise zone and who graduates from a public high school located within that promise zone with the tuition necessary to obtain an associate degree or its equivalent at the local community college during the 2015-2016 and 2016-1017 academic years. Provides for the creation of a Lincoln Promise Zone Authority for the promise zone. Sets forth the membership of the Board of the Authority and the Authority's powers and duties. Requires the Authority to prepare and adopt a promise zone development plan. Creates a review committee to review promise zone development plans and their implementation. Requires the review committee to report to the General Assembly on all aspects of the Act's implementation on or before December 31, 2017. Abolishes the Authorities on January 31, 2018, and repeals the Act on January 31, 2018. 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 — 514 (pass) · upper
  • Third Reading — 9522 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Linda Chapa LaVia — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2013-01-23 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia filing
  • 2013-01-23 First Reading reading-1
  • 2013-01-23 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
  • 2013-02-04 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee referral-committee
  • 2013-02-06 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles E. Jefferson
  • 2013-02-06 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lawrence M. Walsh, Jr.
  • 2013-02-06 Remove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lawrence M. Walsh, Jr.
  • 2013-02-20 Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 009-002-000 committee-passage
  • 2013-02-20 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
  • 2013-02-21 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Lee Jackson, Sr.
  • 2013-02-21 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lawrence M. Walsh, Jr.
  • 2013-02-25 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
  • 2013-02-26 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
  • 2013-02-26 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
  • 2013-02-26 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
  • 2013-02-26 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Esther Golar
  • 2013-02-26 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
  • 2013-02-26 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
  • 2013-02-27 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
  • 2013-02-27 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
  • 2013-02-28 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John M. Cabello
  • 2013-02-28 Motion moved to Previous Question - Rep. D'Amico (M1)
  • 2013-02-28 Motion Prevailed
  • 2013-02-28 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 095-022-000 reading-3, passage
  • 2013-02-28 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol A. Sente
  • 2013-02-28 Arrive in Senate introduction
  • 2013-02-28 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
  • 2013-02-28 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr.
  • 2013-02-28 First Reading reading-1
  • 2013-02-28 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
  • 2013-03-05 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
  • 2013-03-06 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Steve Stadelman
  • 2013-03-12 Assigned to Higher Education referral-committee
  • 2013-03-19 Postponed - Higher Education
  • 2013-04-17 Do Pass Higher Education; 011-000-000 committee-passage
  • 2013-04-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 18, 2013
  • 2013-05-02 Second Reading reading-2
  • 2013-05-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 6, 2013
  • 2013-05-15 Third Reading - Passed; 051-004-000 reading-3, passage
  • 2013-05-15 Passed Both Houses
  • 2013-06-13 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
  • 2013-08-09 Governor Approved executive-signature
  • 2013-08-09 Effective Date August 9, 2013
  • 2013-08-09 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0198 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ffaa201b-073d-4acf-b7bf-8a2948c18e6e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).