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Bill	HIGHER ED-MEDICAL PROVIDERS	Amends the Veterans' Home Nurses' Loan Repayment Act. Renames the Act as the Veterans' Home Medical Providers' Loan Repayment Act. Renames the Nurse Loan Repayment Program as the Medical Providers Loan Repayment Program. Requires that the program provide assistance, subject to appropriation, to eligible physicians and nurses (rather than nurses). Provides that an applicant is eligible for a grant under the program if the Illinois Student Assistance Commission finds that the applicant is working as a physician, registered professional nurse, or certified nursing assistant (rather than as a registered professional nurse). Makes related changes. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	99th	HB 5938	Illinois HB 5938 (99th)	bill		enacted		3	38	2	2016-02-11	2016-08-15	openstates	ocd-bill/3f292e98-1b15-4225-b79e-349368637cc0	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5938&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=95428&SessionID=88&GA=99	248ffe8667e039f1a4d7694619a81f64b4b85ea705a60683e4c549e7d633dd8b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 5938 (99th) — HIGHER ED-MEDICAL PROVIDERS

Amends the Veterans' Home Nurses' Loan Repayment Act. Renames the Act as the Veterans' Home Medical Providers' Loan Repayment Act. Renames the Nurse Loan Repayment Program as the Medical Providers Loan Repayment Program. Requires that the program provide assistance, subject to appropriation, to eligible physicians and nurses (rather than nurses). Provides that an applicant is eligible for a grant under the program if the Illinois Student Assistance Commission finds that the applicant is working as a physician, registered professional nurse, or certified nursing assistant (rather than as a registered professional nurse). Makes related changes. 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 — 50–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 112–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Heather A. Steans — cosponsor (person)
• Randy E. Frese — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-11 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Randy E. Frese filing
• 2016-02-11 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-02-11 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2016-03-23 Assigned to Human Services Committee referral-committee
• 2016-04-05 Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 014-000-000 committee-passage
• 2016-04-05 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-04-08 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Randy E. Frese amendment-introduction
• 2016-04-08 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2016-04-12 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Human Services Committee
• 2016-04-13 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Human Services Committee; 012-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-04-15 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2016-04-15 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2016-04-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-04-18 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2016-04-19 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2016-04-19 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 20, 2016 reading-1
• 2016-04-27 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
• 2016-04-27 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-04-27 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2016-05-03 Assigned to Revenue referral-committee
• 2016-05-04 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Pamela J. Althoff amendment-introduction
• 2016-05-04 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2016-05-10 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Revenue
• 2016-05-12 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Revenue
• 2016-05-12 Do Pass Revenue; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2016-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 17, 2016
• 2016-05-12 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Heather A. Steans
• 2016-05-13 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2016-05-17 Second Reading reading-2
• 2016-05-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 18, 2016
• 2016-05-27 Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2016
• 2016-05-29 Third Reading - Passed; 050-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2016-05-29 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) amendment-failure
• 2016-05-29 Passed Both Houses
• 2016-06-27 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 . . . . . . . . . 99-0813 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3f292e98-1b15-4225-b79e-349368637cc0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).