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Bill	HIGHER ED-NATIONAL GUARD GRANT	Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act in the provision concerning the Illinois National Guard and Naval Militia grant program. Provides that beginning with the 2013-2014 academic year, any person who has served over 10 years in the Illinois National Guard shall be awarded an additional grant to the State-controlled university or community college of his or her choice, consisting of an exemption from tuition and fees for not more than the equivalent of an additional 2 years of full-time enrollment, including summer terms. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	SB 2229	Illinois SB 2229 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	36	2	2013-02-15	2013-08-12	openstates	ocd-bill/ee33f694-0a85-4400-9d54-d7485a4e23f7	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2229&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=73823&SessionID=85&GA=98	ab934cf885d1bbfbf8e7af06fd8fe387c5fa1d3a0467d4ccaea233f6e044b1c0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2229 (98th) — HIGHER ED-NATIONAL GUARD GRANT

Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act in the provision concerning the Illinois National Guard and Naval Militia grant program. Provides that beginning with the 2013-2014 academic year, any person who has served over 10 years in the Illinois National Guard shall be awarded an additional grant to the State-controlled university or community college of his or her choice, consisting of an exemption from tuition and fees for not more than the equivalent of an additional 2 years of full-time enrollment, including summer terms. 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 — 105–8 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 53–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Elgie R. Sims, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Martin J. Moylan — cosponsor (person)
• Michael W. Frerichs — primary (person)
• Michelle Mussman — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-15 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael W. Frerichs filing
• 2013-02-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-02-15 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2013-03-05 Assigned to Higher Education referral-committee
• 2013-03-12 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Wm. Sam McCann
• 2013-03-13 Do Pass Higher Education; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2013-03-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 14, 2013
• 2013-03-21 Second Reading reading-2
• 2013-03-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 10, 2013
• 2013-04-01 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Chapin Rose
• 2013-04-11 Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2013-04-11 Arrived in House introduction
• 2013-04-11 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Deborah Conroy
• 2013-04-11 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-04-11 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2013-04-24 Assigned to Higher Education Committee referral-committee
• 2013-05-01 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Jerry F. Costello, II
• 2013-05-07 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Deborah Conroy
• 2013-05-07 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry F. Costello, II
• 2013-05-08 Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 012-000-000 committee-passage
• 2013-05-09 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-05-10 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2013-05-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-05-10 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Katherine Cloonen
• 2013-05-10 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Martin J. Moylan
• 2013-05-13 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
• 2013-05-16 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
• 2013-05-21 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 105-008-002 reading-3, passage
• 2013-05-21 Passed Both Houses
• 2013-05-21 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Lee Jackson, Sr.
• 2013-05-21 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
• 2013-05-21 Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Eddie Lee Jackson, Sr.
• 2013-06-19 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-08-12 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2013-08-12 Effective Date August 12, 2013
• 2013-08-12 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0314 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ee33f694-0a85-4400-9d54-d7485a4e23f7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).