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| 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) |
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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 |
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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.
Votes
- Third Reading — 51–4 (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — 95–22 (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).