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type: "Bill"
title: "ENTREPRENEUR ASSISTANCE CENTER"
description: "Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to establish and support, subject to appropriation, entrepreneurship assistance centers, including the issuance of grants, at career education agencies and not-for-profit corporations. Provides criteria for the selection and designation of centers. Provides requirements for the establishment and operation of each center. Provides requirements for grant applicants. Provides reporting requirements. Defines terms."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "102nd"
identifier: "HB 665"
citation: "Illinois HB 665 (102nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elgie R. Sims, Jr.", "Marcus C. Evans, Jr."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-05"
last_action: "2021-08-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e82daa2c-3c07-45d7-a93e-ff93d3527bc6"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=665&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=129154&SessionID=110&GA=102"
source_hash: "f4560db7ac57856f8d1342f0f6118ce363b089cff49d1b60ed4caa6009a7494f"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---
# Illinois HB 665 (102nd) — ENTREPRENEUR ASSISTANCE CENTER
Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to establish and support, subject to appropriation, entrepreneurship assistance centers, including the issuance of grants, at career education agencies and not-for-profit corporations. Provides criteria for the selection and designation of centers. Provides requirements for the establishment and operation of each center. Provides requirements for grant applicants. Provides reporting requirements. Defines terms.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB0665.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB0665eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB0665enr.pdf)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1080** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **590** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Elgie R. Sims, Jr. — primary (person)
- Marcus C. Evans, Jr. — primary (person)
- Carol Ammons — cosponsor (person)
- Deanne M. Mazzochi — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly A. Lightford — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Batinick — cosponsor (person)
- Napoleon Harris, III — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia Van Pelt — cosponsor (person)
- Rita Mayfield — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-05** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr. `filing`
- **2021-02-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-08** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02** Assigned to Economic Opportunity & Equity Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** Do Pass / Consent Calendar Economic Opportunity & Equity Committee; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-17** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Consent Calendar
- **2021-03-22** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark Batinick
- **2021-03-26** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
- **2021-04-06** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
- **2021-04-13** Second Reading - Consent Calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-04-13** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Consent Calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-04-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Consent Calendar
- **2021-04-16** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deanne M. Mazzochi
- **2021-04-16** Third Reading - Consent Calendar - Passed 108-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-19** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-19** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-23** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
- **2021-04-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-23** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** Assigned to Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-06** Do Pass Commerce; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2021
- **2021-05-11** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Napoleon Harris, III
- **2021-05-13** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2021
- **2021-05-13** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
- **2021-05-26** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt
- **2021-05-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** May 28, 2021
- **2021-05-29** Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-29** Passed Both Houses
- **2021-06-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-08-06** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-06** Effective Date January 1, 2022
- **2021-08-06** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0272 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e82daa2c-3c07-45d7-a93e-ff93d3527bc6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).