republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/94th/hb-3488.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "HEALTH ED-GRANT CONSIDERATIONS"
description: "Amends the Health Services Education Grants Act. Provides that the Board of Higher Education is authorized to distribute funds to non-profit health service educational institutions in the State by grants under the Act (now, the Board is authorized to distribute funds equitably to the institutions). Provides that all grants under the Act shall be administered subject to funding availability and that nothing in the Act shall be construed to mandate that grants be given to any one class of institution or to every institution within a class. Provides that in determining grant eligibility and amounts, the Board shall consider public demand for health services, workforce needs and shortages, and programmatic priorities. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 3488"
citation: "Illinois HB 3488 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-23"
last_action: "2005-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ec5568a-f048-405d-8cde-1b1f3997f10a"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3488&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=19754&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "611b3b2a6fd8628ca88ab397729a70d5112f4df760377ee40ffb7a92ac4a7fef"
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 3488 (94th) — HEALTH ED-GRANT CONSIDERATIONS

Amends the Health Services Education Grants Act. Provides that the Board of Higher Education is authorized to distribute funds to non-profit health service educational institutions in the State by grants under the Act (now, the Board is authorized to distribute funds equitably to the institutions). Provides that all grants under the Act shall be administered subject to funding availability and that nothing in the Act shall be construed to mandate that grants be given to any one class of institution or to every institution within a class. Provides that in determining grant eligibility and amounts, the Board shall consider public demand for health services, workforce needs and shortages, and programmatic priorities. Effective immediately.

## 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=09400HB3488&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=19754&DocNum=3488&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB3488eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=19754&DocNum=3488&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB3488enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=19754&DocNum=3488&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kevin A. McCarthy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-02-23** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Kevin A. McCarthy `filing`
- **2005-02-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-23** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-01** Assigned to Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-09** Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 009-002-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-03-10** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-04-08** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-04-08** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-04-12** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Kevin A. McCarthy `amendment-introduction`
- **2005-04-12** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-13** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-04-13** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2005-04-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-04-14** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-04-15** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2005-04-15** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 19, 2005 `reading-1`
- **2005-04-20** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Edward D. Maloney
- **2005-04-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-21** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-21** 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
- **2005-05-16** Third Reading - Passed; 052-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-16** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-06-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-07-12** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-07-12** Effective Date July 12, 2005
- **2005-07-12** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0193 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ec5568a-f048-405d-8cde-1b1f3997f10a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).