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type: "Bill"
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title: "COLLEGE AFFORDABILITY BOARD"
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description: "Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Creates the College Affordability Board to research and recommend to the General Assembly innovative tuition and financial aid policies to keep postsecondary education affordable for Illinois students. Sets forth provisions concerning the members of the Board, meetings of the Board, support from the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, and an annual report to the General Assembly."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
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legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
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session: "99th"
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identifier: "HB 5566"
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citation: "Illinois HB 5566 (99th)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 37
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2016-02-09"
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last_action: "2016-07-28"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ff3af72-0aaf-4f4b-be00-a6e88ab4f9d7"
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source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5566&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=94995&SessionID=88&GA=99"
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source_hash: "84a800e5bcfaf870f4cea04f8606a1c8225a431d2b07e4a3c9dfa63dd8b8f749"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
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---
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# Illinois HB 5566 (99th) — COLLEGE AFFORDABILITY BOARD
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Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Creates the College Affordability Board to research and recommend to the General Assembly innovative tuition and financial aid policies to keep postsecondary education affordable for Illinois students. Sets forth provisions concerning the members of the Board, meetings of the Board, support from the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, and an annual report to the General Assembly.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB5566&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=94995&DocNum=5566&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB5566eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=94995&DocNum=5566&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB5566enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=94995&DocNum=5566&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **53–0** (pass) · upper
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- Third Reading — **105–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Elgie R. Sims, Jr. — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-02-09** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Elgie R. Sims, Jr. `filing`
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- **2016-02-10** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2016-02-10** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2016-03-23** Assigned to Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2016-04-05** Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 017-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2016-04-06** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2016-04-14** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Luis Arroyo
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- **2016-04-15** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Elgie R. Sims, Jr. `amendment-introduction`
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- **2016-04-15** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2016-04-15** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2016-04-15** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2016-04-18** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Higher Education Committee
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- **2016-04-20** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Higher Education Committee; 015-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-04-21** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
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- **2016-04-21** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
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- **2016-04-21** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth
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- **2016-04-21** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
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- **2016-04-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2016-04-22** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 105-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2016-04-25** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
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- **2016-04-25** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading May 3, 2016 `reading-1`
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- **2016-05-03** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter
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- **2016-05-03** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2016-05-03** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
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- **2016-05-03** Assigned to Higher Education `referral-committee`
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- **2016-05-11** Do Pass Higher Education; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2016-05-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 12, 2016
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- **2016-05-17** Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2016-05-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 18, 2016
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- **2016-05-26** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pat McGuire
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- **2016-05-26** Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2016-05-26** Passed Both Houses
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- **2016-05-30** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
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- **2016-06-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2016-07-28** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
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- **2016-07-28** Effective Date January 1, 2017
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- **2016-07-28** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0643 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9ff3af72-0aaf-4f4b-be00-a6e88ab4f9d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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