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| Bill | PUBLIC UNIV-ENROLLMENT-VETERAN | Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities in Illinois. Provides that the governing board of each public university shall, with respect to each campus of the university that administers a priority registration system, grant the same priority in that system as graduate students receive to a service member or veteran who is a resident of this State for any academic term attended for 4 academic years, which he or she shall use within 15 years after leaving military service. Provides that a former service member who received a dishonorable discharge or a bad conduct discharge is not eligible for priority registration. Provides that the priority registration shall apply to registration for all degree and certificate programs offered by the university after the military or veteran status of the student has been verified by the university. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 98th | SB 2245 | Illinois SB 2245 (98th) |
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enacted | 3 | 47 | 2 | 2013-02-15 | 2013-08-12 | openstates | ocd-bill/10cc7545-2cb3-4ab5-833e-d159b6d37b68 | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2245&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=73837&SessionID=85&GA=98 | ea71aa63885e758dcf198faa9481d756a7b66011b197a096fa775a8891c581aa | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois SB 2245 (98th) — PUBLIC UNIV-ENROLLMENT-VETERAN
Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities in Illinois. Provides that the governing board of each public university shall, with respect to each campus of the university that administers a priority registration system, grant the same priority in that system as graduate students receive to a service member or veteran who is a resident of this State for any academic term attended for 4 academic years, which he or she shall use within 15 years after leaving military service. Provides that a former service member who received a dishonorable discharge or a bad conduct discharge is not eligible for priority registration. Provides that the priority registration shall apply to registration for all degree and certificate programs offered by the university after the military or veteran status of the student has been verified by the university.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 54–0 (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — 115–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Dale A. Righter — primary (person)
- Elgie R. Sims, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Martin J. Moylan — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Mussman — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2013-02-15 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dale A. Righter
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 - 2013-03-08 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dale A. Righter
amendment-introduction - 2013-03-08 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
referral-committee - 2013-03-13 Postponed - Higher Education
- 2013-03-14 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Higher Education
- 2013-03-19 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted
amendment-passage - 2013-03-19 Do Pass as Amended Higher Education; 012-000-000
committee-passage - 2013-03-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 20, 2013
- 2013-03-20 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Kotowski
- 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 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
- 2013-04-11 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dale A. Righter
amendment-introduction - 2013-04-11 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments
referral-committee - 2013-04-11 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Melinda Bush
- 2013-04-16 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Higher Education
- 2013-04-17 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Higher Education; 011-000-000
- 2013-04-17 Recalled to Second Reading
reading-2 - 2013-04-17 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Righter
amendment-passage - 2013-04-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 18, 2013
- 2013-04-18 Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2013-04-18 Arrived in House
introduction - 2013-04-22 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Katherine Cloonen
- 2013-04-29 First Reading
reading-1 - 2013-04-29 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2013-04-29 Assigned to Higher Education Committee
referral-committee - 2013-04-30 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Brad E. Halbrook
- 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 Co-Sponsor Rep. Martin J. Moylan
- 2013-05-13 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
- 2013-05-16 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David R. Leitch
- 2013-05-16 Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. David R. Leitch
- 2013-05-16 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
- 2013-05-21 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert Rita
- 2013-05-21 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2013-05-21 Passed Both Houses
- 2013-06-19 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2013-08-12 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2013-08-12 Effective Date January 1, 2014
- 2013-08-12 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0316
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/10cc7545-2cb3-4ab5-833e-d159b6d37b68. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).