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type: "Bill"
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title: "PUBLIC UNIV-ENROLLMENT-VETERAN"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
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legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
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session: "98th"
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identifier: "SB 2245"
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citation: "Illinois SB 2245 (98th)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 47
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2013-02-15"
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last_action: "2013-08-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10cc7545-2cb3-4ab5-833e-d159b6d37b68"
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source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2245&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=73837&SessionID=85&GA=98"
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source_hash: "ea71aa63885e758dcf198faa9481d756a7b66011b197a096fa775a8891c581aa"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
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---
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# Illinois SB 2245 (98th) — PUBLIC UNIV-ENROLLMENT-VETERAN
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB2245&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=73837&DocNum=2245&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB2245eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=73837&DocNum=2245&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB2245enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=73837&DocNum=2245&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **54–0** (pass) · upper
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- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Dale A. Righter — primary (person)
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- Elgie R. Sims, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Martin J. Moylan — cosponsor (person)
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- Michelle Mussman — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2013-02-15** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dale A. Righter `filing`
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- **2013-02-15** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2013-02-15** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
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- **2013-03-05** Assigned to Higher Education `referral-committee`
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- **2013-03-08** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dale A. Righter `amendment-introduction`
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- **2013-03-08** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
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- **2013-03-13** Postponed - Higher Education
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- **2013-03-14** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Higher Education
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- **2013-03-19** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
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- **2013-03-19** Do Pass as Amended Higher Education; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2013-03-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 20, 2013
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- **2013-03-20** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Kotowski
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- **2013-03-21** Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2013-03-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 10, 2013
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- **2013-04-01** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Chapin Rose
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- **2013-04-11** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
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- **2013-04-11** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dale A. Righter `amendment-introduction`
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- **2013-04-11** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
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- **2013-04-11** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Melinda Bush
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- **2013-04-16** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Higher Education
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- **2013-04-17** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Higher Education; 011-000-000
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- **2013-04-17** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2013-04-17** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Righter `amendment-passage`
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- **2013-04-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 18, 2013
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- **2013-04-18** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2013-04-18** Arrived in House `introduction`
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- **2013-04-22** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Katherine Cloonen
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- **2013-04-29** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2013-04-29** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2013-04-29** Assigned to Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2013-04-30** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Brad E. Halbrook
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- **2013-05-08** Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2013-05-09** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2013-05-10** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2013-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2013-05-10** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Martin J. Moylan
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- **2013-05-13** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
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- **2013-05-16** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David R. Leitch
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- **2013-05-16** Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. David R. Leitch
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- **2013-05-16** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
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- **2013-05-21** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert Rita
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- **2013-05-21** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2013-05-21** Passed Both Houses
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- **2013-06-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2013-08-12** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
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- **2013-08-12** Effective Date January 1, 2014
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- **2013-08-12** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0316 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/10cc7545-2cb3-4ab5-833e-d159b6d37b68`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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