IL HB 3500

enacted

ABLE ACCOUNT PROGRAM INFO

Illinois · 104th General Assembly, 2026 Session · lower

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Did IL HB 3500 pass?

Yes. IL HB 3500 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-08-15): Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0314

What is IL HB 3500 about?

IL HB 3500 is a bill in the 104th General Assembly, 2026 Session titled “ABLE ACCOUNT PROGRAM INFO”.

Who sponsors IL HB 3500?

Suzanne M. Ness, Paul Faraci are the primary sponsors of IL HB 3500, joined by 4 cosponsors.

Introduced: 2025-03-25
Latest action: 2025-08-15 — Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0314
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

2025-08-15
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0314
became-law
2025-08-15
Effective Date January 1, 2026
2025-08-15
Governor Approved
executive-signature
2025-06-24
Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt
2025-05-30
Passed Both Houses
2025-05-30
House Concurs
2025-05-30
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 116-000-000
2025-05-29
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools; 008-000-000
2025-05-28
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools
2025-05-23
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee
2025-05-23
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Suzanne M. Ness
2025-05-23
Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
2025-05-23
Arrived in House
introduction
2025-05-22
Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000
passage,reading-3
2025-05-21
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
2025-05-08
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2025
2025-05-08
Second Reading
reading-2
2025-05-07
Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 8, 2025
reading-2
2025-05-07
Do Pass as Amended Education; 014-000-000
2025-05-06
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted
amendment-passage
2025-05-06
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Education
2025-05-02
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
2025-05-02
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Paul Faraci
amendment-introduction
2025-04-30
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Porfirio
2025-04-30
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Javier L. Cervantes
2025-04-29
Postponed - Education
2025-04-23
Assigned to Education
referral-committee
2025-04-09
Referred to Assignments
2025-04-09
First Reading
reading-1
2025-04-09
Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Paul Faraci
2025-04-09
Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
reading-1
2025-04-09
Arrive in Senate
introduction
2025-04-08
Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000
passage,reading-3
2025-04-08
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
2025-04-08
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted
amendment-passage
2025-04-07
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools; 007-000-000
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-26
Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2
2025-03-26
Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2
2025-03-26
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools
2025-03-25
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
2025-03-25
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Suzanne M. Ness
amendment-introduction
2025-03-20
Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
reading-2
2025-03-19
Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools; 009-000-000
2025-03-18
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sue Scherer
2025-03-11
Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools
referral-committee
2025-02-18
Referred to Rules Committee
2025-02-18
First Reading
reading-1
2025-02-07
Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Suzanne M. Ness
filing

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Votes

Elem Sec Ed: Adm., Lic. & Charter
2025-03-19 · pass · 9-0
Member-level votes (9)
- Friess, David: yes
- Didech, Daniel: yes
- McCombie, Tony M: yes
- Guerrero-Cuellar, Angelica: yes
- Morgan, Bob: yes
- Moeller, Anna: yes
- Sosnowski, Joe C: yes
- Scherer, Sue: yes
- Yang Rohr, Janet: yes
Elem Sec Ed: Adm., Lic. & Charter, Amendment 1
2025-04-07 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (9)
- Friess, David: yes
- Didech, Daniel: yes
- La Ha, Nicole: yes
- Guerrero-Cuellar, Angelica: yes
- Moeller, Anna: yes
- Ness, Suzanne M: yes
- Yang Rohr, Janet: yes
- Morgan, Bob: not voting
- Sosnowski, Joe C: not voting
Third Reading
2025-04-08 · pass · 113-0
Member-level votes (117)
- Mussman: yes
- Guerrero-Cuellar: yes
- Ness: yes
- Guzzardi: yes
- Andrade: yes
- Niemerg: yes
- Haas: yes
- Avelar: yes
- Olickal: yes
- Halbrook: yes
- Benton: yes
- Ortíz, Aarón: yes
- Hammond: yes
- Blair-Sherlock: yes
- Rashid: yes
- Hanson: yes
- Briel: yes
- Reick: yes
- Harper: yes
- Buckner: yes
- Rita: yes
- Hauter: yes
- Bunting: yes
- Rosenthal: yes
- Hernandez, Barbara: yes
- Cabello: yes
- Ryan: yes
- Hernandez, Lisa: yes
- Canty: yes
- Sanalitro: yes
- Hernandez, Norma: yes
- Cassidy: yes
- Hirschauer: yes
- Chung: yes
- Schmidt: yes
- Hoffman: yes
- Coffey: yes
- Schweizer: yes
- Huynh: yes
- Costa Howard: yes
- Severin: yes
- Jacobs: yes
- Crawford: yes
- Sheehan: yes
- Jiménez: yes
- Crespo: yes
- Slaughter: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Croke: yes
- Smith: yes
- Jones: yes
- Davidsmeyer: yes
- Sosnowski: yes
- Katz Muhl: yes
- Davis, Jed: yes
- Spain: yes
- Davis, Lisa: yes
- Stava-Murray: yes
- Kelly: yes
- Davis, Will: yes
- Stephens: yes
- Deering: yes
- Stuart: yes
- La Ha: yes
- Swanson: yes
- LaPointe: yes
- DeLuca: yes
- Syed: yes
- Lilly: yes
- Deuter: yes
- Tarver: yes
- Mah: yes
- Didech: yes
- Tipsword: yes
- Manley: yes
- Du Buclet: yes
- Ugaste: yes
- Mason: yes
- Elik: yes
- Vella: yes
- Mayfield: yes
- Evans: yes
- Walsh: yes
- McCombie: yes
- Faver Dias: yes
- Weaver: yes
- McLaughlin: yes
- Ford: yes
- Weber: yes
- Meier: yes
- Friess: yes
- West: yes
- Meyers-Martin: yes
- Fritts: yes
- Wilhour: yes
- Miller: yes
- Gabel: yes
- Williams, Ann: yes
- Moeller: yes
- Gill: yes
- Williams, Jawaharial: yes
- Moore: yes
- Gong-Gershowitz: yes
- Windhorst: yes
- Morgan: yes
- González, Edgar: yes
- Yang Rohr: yes
- Morris: yes
- Gordon-Booth: yes
- Moylan: yes
- Grant: yes
- Grasse: yes
- Ammons: excused
- Scherer: excused
- Kifowit: excused
- Keicher: not voting
- Delgado: not voting
Education
2025-05-06 · pass · 14-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Belt, Christopher: yes
- Balkema, Chris: yes
- Edly-Allen, Mary: yes
- DeWitte, Donald P: yes
- Fowler, Dale: yes
- Faraci, Paul: yes
- Lightford, Kimberly A: yes
- Johnson, Adriane: yes
- Loughran Cappel, Meg: yes
- Turner, Doris: yes
- Rose, Chapin: yes
- Villivalam, Ram: yes
- Villa, Karina: yes
- Wilcox, Craig: yes
- Preston, Willie: not voting
Third Reading
2025-05-22 · pass · 58-0
Member-level votes (58)
- Simmons: yes
- Joyce: yes
- Faraci: yes
- Anderson: yes
- Sims: yes
- Koehler: yes
- Feigenholtz: yes
- Aquino: yes
- Stadelman: yes
- Lewis: yes
- Fine: yes
- Arellano, L.: yes
- Syverson: yes
- Lightford: yes
- Fowler: yes
- Balkema: yes
- Tracy: yes
- Glowiak Hilton: yes
- Belt: yes
- Turner, D.: yes
- Martwick: yes
- Guzmán: yes
- Bryant: yes
- Turner, S.: yes
- McClure: yes
- Halpin: yes
- Castro: yes
- Ventura: yes
- Morrison: yes
- Harris, N.: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Villa: yes
- Murphy: yes
- Harriss, E.: yes
- Chesney: yes
- Villanueva: yes
- Peters: yes
- Hastings: yes
- Collins: yes
- Villivalam: yes
- Plummer: yes
- Hills: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Walker: yes
- Porfirio: yes
- Holmes: yes
- Curran: yes
- Wilcox: yes
- Preston: yes
- Hunter: yes
- DeWitte: yes
- Rezin: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Edly-Allen: yes
- Rose: yes
- Jones, E.: yes
- Ellman: yes
- Loughran Cappel: not voting
Elem Sec Ed: Adm., Lic. & Charter
2025-05-29 · pass · 8-0
Member-level votes (9)
- Friess, David: yes
- Du Buclet, Kimberly: yes
- Katz Muhl, Tracy: yes
- Guerrero-Cuellar, Angelica: yes
- Moeller, Anna: yes
- La Ha, Nicole: yes
- Morgan, Bob: yes
- Yang Rohr, Janet: yes
- Sosnowski, Joe C: not voting
Concurrence
2025-05-30 · pass · 116-0
Member-level votes (117)
- Mussman: yes
- Guerrero-Cuellar: yes
- Ammons: yes
- Ness: yes
- Guzzardi: yes
- Andrade: yes
- Niemerg: yes
- Haas: yes
- Avelar: yes
- Olickal: yes
- Halbrook: yes
- Benton: yes
- Ortíz: yes
- Hammond: yes
- Blair-Sherlock: yes
- Rashid: yes
- Hanson: yes
- Briel: yes
- Reick: yes
- Harper: yes
- Buckner: yes
- Rita: yes
- Hauter: yes
- Bunting: yes
- Rosenthal: yes
- Hernandez, Barbara: yes
- Cabello: yes
- Ryan: yes
- Hernandez, Lisa: yes
- Canty: yes
- Sanalitro: yes
- Hernandez, Norma: yes
- Cassidy: yes
- Hirschauer: yes
- Chung: yes
- Schmidt: yes
- Hoffman: yes
- Coffey: yes
- Schweizer: yes
- Huynh: yes
- Costa Howard: yes
- Severin: yes
- Jacobs: yes
- Crawford: yes
- Sheehan: yes
- Jiménez: yes
- Crespo: yes
- Slaughter: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Croke: yes
- Smith: yes
- Jones: yes
- Davidsmeyer: yes
- Sosnowski: yes
- Katz Muhl: yes
- Davis, Jed: yes
- Spain: yes
- Keicher: yes
- Davis, Lisa: yes
- Stava-Murray: yes
- Kelly: yes
- Davis, Will: yes
- Stephens: yes
- Kifowit: yes
- Deering: yes
- Stuart: yes
- La Ha: yes
- Delgado: yes
- Swanson: yes
- LaPointe: yes
- DeLuca: yes
- Syed: yes
- Lilly: yes
- Deuter: yes
- Tarver: yes
- Mah: yes
- Didech: yes
- Tipsword: yes
- Manley: yes
- Du Buclet: yes
- Ugaste: yes
- Mason: yes
- Elik: yes
- Vella: yes
- Mayfield: yes
- Evans: yes
- Walsh: yes
- McCombie: yes
- Faver Dias: yes
- Weaver: yes
- Ford: yes
- Weber: yes
- Meier: yes
- Friess: yes
- West: yes
- Meyers-Martin: yes
- Fritts: yes
- Wilhour: yes
- Miller: yes
- Gabel: yes
- Williams, Ann: yes
- Moeller: yes
- Gill: yes
- Williams, Jawaharial: yes
- Moore: yes
- Gong-Gershowitz: yes
- Windhorst: yes
- Morgan: yes
- González: yes
- Yang Rohr: yes
- Morris: yes
- Gordon-Booth: yes
- Moylan: yes
- Grant: yes
- Grasse: yes
- Scherer: excused
- McLaughlin: excused

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