Illinois House Bill 871 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Introduced on January 23 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-06-23 - House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the Illinois Student Assistance Commission must award grants to students in financial need whose household income is less than the poverty guidelines updated periodically in the Federal Register by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and who are enrolled for at least 15 credit hours in a public university. Provides that the Commission shall receive funding for the grants through appropriations, with each grant awarded being in an amount sufficient to pay the cost of attendance at the university in which the student is enrolled for 2 semesters of enrollment within an academic year. Defines "cost of attendance" to mean the tuition and fee, room and board, and book and supply costs related to a student's attendance at a public university.

PUBLIC UNIVERSITY GRANT PROG

Rep. Latoya Greenwood [D]	Rep. Mary Flowers [D]	Rep. Rita Mayfield [D]	Rep. Carol Ammons [D]
Rep. Andre Thapedi [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-06-23	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2020-06-23	House	Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2020-02-04	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Higher Education Committee
2020-02-04	House	Assigned to Higher Education Committee
2019-03-29	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2019-03-29	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2019-03-22	House	To Special Issues Subcommittee (HED)
2019-03-05	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Higher Education Committee
2019-02-26	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
2019-02-26	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. LaToya Greenwood
2019-02-05	House	Assigned to Higher Education Committee
2019-01-30	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. André Thapedi
2019-01-29	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
2019-01-29	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
2019-01-29	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
2019-01-28	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2019-01-28	House	First Reading
2019-01-23	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. LaToya Greenwood

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
110	947	65.105	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=871&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=108&GA=101
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/HB/10100HB0871.htm
Amendment	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/HB/10100HB0871ham001.htm