republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/94th/hb-1051.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "TEACHER SCHOLARSHIPS-MISC"
description: "Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Makes changes concerning Minority Teachers of Illinois scholarships with respect to exceptions to the teaching obligation requirement. Makes changes concerning the Illinois Future Teacher Corps Program with respect to the teaching obligation requirement. Makes changes concerning special education teacher scholarships with respect to eligibility, certification of applicants, and the teaching obligation requirement. Repeals the Child Development Teacher Scholarship Act. Effective July 1, 2005, except that the special education teacher scholarship changes take effect on July 1, 2006."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 1051"
citation: "Illinois HB 1051 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-04"
last_action: "2005-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/533337cc-8646-43c4-802f-ba43ac1ff040"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1051&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=15751&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "b5409e73fdf32da5c09e0a1a60bf223c02ce6e09b665b899586ad4135137f6fe"
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 1051 (94th) — TEACHER SCHOLARSHIPS-MISC

Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Makes changes concerning Minority Teachers of Illinois scholarships with respect to exceptions to the teaching obligation requirement. Makes changes concerning the Illinois Future Teacher Corps Program with respect to the teaching obligation requirement. Makes changes concerning special education teacher scholarships with respect to eligibility, certification of applicants, and the teaching obligation requirement. Repeals the Child Development Teacher Scholarship Act. Effective July 1, 2005, except that the special education teacher scholarship changes take effect on July 1, 2006.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB1051&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=15751&DocNum=1051&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB1051eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=15751&DocNum=1051&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB1051enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=15751&DocNum=1051&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Susana A Mendoza — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-02-04** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Susana A Mendoza `filing`
- **2005-02-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-07** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-16** Assigned to Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-24** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin A. McCarthy
- **2005-02-24** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Higher Education Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2005-02-24** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Higher Education Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2005-02-24** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-02-24** Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Kevin A. McCarthy
- **2005-02-25** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-03-02** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-03-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-03-08** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Calvin L. Giles
- **2005-03-08** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Edward J. Acevedo
- **2005-03-08** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
- **2005-03-08** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Chavez
- **2005-03-08** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-03-09** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2005-03-09** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 10, 2005 `reading-1`
- **2005-03-09** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
- **2005-03-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-03-10** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-13** Assigned to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-05** Do Pass Higher Education; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-05-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2005
- **2005-05-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 11, 2005
- **2005-05-11** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-11** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-05-30** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
- **2005-06-09** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-07-07** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-07-07** Effective Date July 7, 2005
- **2005-07-07** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0133 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/533337cc-8646-43c4-802f-ba43ac1ff040`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).