republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/99th/hb-5566.md

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Bill	COLLEGE AFFORDABILITY BOARD	Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Creates the College Affordability Board to research and recommend to the General Assembly innovative tuition and financial aid policies to keep postsecondary education affordable for Illinois students. Sets forth provisions concerning the members of the Board, meetings of the Board, support from the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, and an annual report to the General Assembly.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	99th	HB 5566	Illinois HB 5566 (99th)	bill		enacted		3	37	2	2016-02-09	2016-07-28	openstates	ocd-bill/9ff3af72-0aaf-4f4b-be00-a6e88ab4f9d7	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5566&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=94995&SessionID=88&GA=99	84a800e5bcfaf870f4cea04f8606a1c8225a431d2b07e4a3c9dfa63dd8b8f749	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 5566 (99th) — COLLEGE AFFORDABILITY BOARD

Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Creates the College Affordability Board to research and recommend to the General Assembly innovative tuition and financial aid policies to keep postsecondary education affordable for Illinois students. Sets forth provisions concerning the members of the Board, meetings of the Board, support from the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, and an annual report to the General Assembly.

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 — 53–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 105–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Elgie R. Sims, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-09 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Elgie R. Sims, Jr. filing
• 2016-02-10 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-02-10 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2016-03-23 Assigned to Higher Education Committee referral-committee
• 2016-04-05 Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 017-000-000 committee-passage
• 2016-04-06 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-04-14 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Luis Arroyo
• 2016-04-15 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Elgie R. Sims, Jr. amendment-introduction
• 2016-04-15 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2016-04-15 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2016-04-15 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2016-04-18 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Higher Education Committee
• 2016-04-20 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Higher Education Committee; 015-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-04-21 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
• 2016-04-21 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
• 2016-04-21 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth
• 2016-04-21 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2016-04-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-04-22 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 105-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2016-04-25 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2016-04-25 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading May 3, 2016 reading-1
• 2016-05-03 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter
• 2016-05-03 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-05-03 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2016-05-03 Assigned to Higher Education referral-committee
• 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
• 2016-05-17 Second Reading reading-2
• 2016-05-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 18, 2016
• 2016-05-26 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pat McGuire
• 2016-05-26 Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2016-05-26 Passed Both Houses
• 2016-05-30 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
• 2016-06-24 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-07-28 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2016-07-28 Effective Date January 1, 2017
• 2016-07-28 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0643 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9ff3af72-0aaf-4f4b-be00-a6e88ab4f9d7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).