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type: "Bill"
title: "HIGHER ED-PREPAID TUITION-TAX"
description: "Amends the Illinois Prepaid Tuition Act. Provides that the intent of the Act is to both encourage and better enable Illinois families to help themselves finance the cost of higher education through a program that provides Illinois families with a method of State tax-free and federally tax-deferred, tax-exempt savings (instead of just tax-deferred savings) for higher education (instead of for college tuition). Removes a provision that provides that once a partial benefit of a prepaid tuition contract has been disbursed, any tax liability attributable to the contract and its assets becomes a tax liability of the qualified beneficiary, unless otherwise specified in the contract. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "HB 1656"
citation: "Illinois HB 1656 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 40
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-02-22"
last_action: "2007-08-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8cf442c6-ddb4-4ef4-83c2-a4c0e16b082e"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1656&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=30469&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "c50bc3de55994456f851238f3cfc22c182e77bc475d7420ff5b79390c56fb390"
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 1656 (95th) — HIGHER ED-PREPAID TUITION-TAX
Amends the Illinois Prepaid Tuition Act. Provides that the intent of the Act is to both encourage and better enable Illinois families to help themselves finance the cost of higher education through a program that provides Illinois families with a method of State tax-free and federally tax-deferred, tax-exempt savings (instead of just tax-deferred savings) for higher education (instead of for college tuition). Removes a provision that provides that once a partial benefit of a prepaid tuition contract has been disbursed, any tax liability attributable to the contract and its assets becomes a tax liability of the qualified beneficiary, unless otherwise specified in the contract. 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=09500HB1656&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=30469&DocNum=1656&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB1656eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=30469&DocNum=1656&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB1656enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=30469&DocNum=1656&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **59–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Daniel J. Burke — primary (person)
- Matt Murphy — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2007-02-22** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Daniel J. Burke `filing`
- **2007-02-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-02-22** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-27** Assigned to Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-07** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Higher Education Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2007-03-07** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Higher Education Committee; 011-000-000 `amendment-passage`
- **2007-03-07** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-03-08** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-03-13** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-03-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-04-17** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
- **2007-04-17** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
- **2007-04-17** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
- **2007-04-18** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
- **2007-04-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elga L. Jefferies
- **2007-04-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Richard T. Bradley
- **2007-04-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin A. McCarthy
- **2007-04-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- **2007-04-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2007-04-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black
- **2007-04-18** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Shane Cultra
- **2007-04-20** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2007-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 24, 2007 `reading-1`
- **2007-05-01** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Frank C. Watson
- **2007-05-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-05-01** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-02** Assigned to Revenue `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-10** Do Pass Revenue; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 15, 2007
- **2007-05-10** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Chris Lauzen
- **2007-05-10** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Matt Murphy
- **2007-05-18** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-05-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 22, 2007
- **2007-05-22** Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-05-22** Passed Both Houses
- **2007-06-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-16** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-16** Effective Date August 16, 2007
- **2007-08-16** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0217 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8cf442c6-ddb4-4ef4-83c2-a4c0e16b082e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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