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Bill	HIGHER ED-ADMISSIONS-VETERANS	Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities in Illinois. Requires the governing board of each public university to establish an admissions process in which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an application for admission to the University as a freshman student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on active duty during the fall semester. Allows the university to request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who was on active duty during the fall semester. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	99th	HB 4627	Illinois HB 4627 (99th)	bill		enacted		3	51	2	2016-02-01	2016-08-15	openstates	ocd-bill/a708bda0-52c4-4bb4-8a27-2dc7bd3c117b	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4627&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=93830&SessionID=88&GA=99	e32f993df557d922e339ea055b6b691015408510bee644b602e7b9901831105b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4627 (99th) — HIGHER ED-ADMISSIONS-VETERANS

Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities in Illinois. Requires the governing board of each public university to establish an admissions process in which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an application for admission to the University as a freshman student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on active duty during the fall semester. Allows the university to request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who was on active duty during the fall semester. 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 — 54–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 115–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Gary Forby — cosponsor (person)
• Heather A. Steans — cosponsor (person)
• Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant — cosponsor (person)
• John G. Mulroe — cosponsor (person)
• Julie A. Morrison — cosponsor (person)
• Laura M. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
• Michael E. Hastings — cosponsor (person)
• Michael W. Tryon — primary (person)
• Mr. Dan McConchie — cosponsor (person)
• Scott M. Bennett — cosponsor (person)
• Thomas Cullerton — cosponsor (person)
• Wm. Sam McCann — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-01 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Michael W. Tryon filing
• 2016-02-01 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-02-01 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2016-02-10 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
• 2016-02-11 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Al Riley
• 2016-02-11 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jeanne M Ives
• 2016-02-11 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David Harris
• 2016-02-11 Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. David Harris
• 2016-04-06 Assigned to Higher Education Committee referral-committee
• 2016-04-08 Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) April 22, 2016
• 2016-04-14 Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 013-000-000 committee-passage
• 2016-04-14 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-04-14 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Christine Winger
• 2016-04-15 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2016-04-15 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2016-04-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-04-19 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Morrison
• 2016-04-20 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2016-04-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2016-04-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
• 2016-04-20 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2016-04-20 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2016-04-20 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
• 2016-04-20 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Muñoz
• 2016-04-20 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-04-20 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2016-04-27 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Scott M. Bennett
• 2016-05-03 Assigned to Higher Education referral-committee
• 2016-05-03 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Karen McConnaughay
• 2016-05-11 Do Pass Higher Education; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2016-05-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 12, 2016
• 2016-05-12 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Gary Forby
• 2016-05-12 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Heather A. Steans
• 2016-05-13 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
• 2016-05-17 Second Reading reading-2
• 2016-05-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 18, 2016
• 2016-05-18 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Melinda Bush
• 2016-05-19 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan McConchie
• 2016-05-24 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Wm. Sam McCann
• 2016-05-24 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Thomas Cullerton
• 2016-05-24 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael E. Hastings
• 2016-05-24 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant
• 2016-05-24 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
• 2016-05-24 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. John G. Mulroe
• 2016-05-24 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
• 2016-05-24 Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2016-05-24 Passed Both Houses
• 2016-06-22 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-08-15 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2016-08-15 Effective Date August 15, 2016
• 2016-08-15 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0806 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a708bda0-52c4-4bb4-8a27-2dc7bd3c117b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).