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IL HB 3500

enacted

ABLE ACCOUNT PROGRAM INFO

Illinois · 104th General Assembly, 2026 Session · lower

Quick answers

Did IL HB 3500 pass?

Yes. IL HB 3500 has been enacted into law as of 2025-08-15. 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

Sponsors

  • Suzanne M. Nessprimary
  • Paul Faraciprimary
  • Sue Scherercosponsor
  • Javier L. Cervantescosponsor
  • Mike Porfiriocosponsor
  • Julie A. Morrisoncosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-07

    Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Suzanne M. Ness

    filing

  2. 2025-02-18

    First Reading

    reading-1

  3. 2025-02-18

    Referred to Rules Committee

  4. 2025-03-11

    Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-03-18

    Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sue Scherer

  6. 2025-03-19

    Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools; 009-000-000

  7. 2025-03-20

    Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate

    reading-2

  8. 2025-03-25

    House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Suzanne M. Ness

    amendment-introduction

  9. 2025-03-25

    House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee

  10. 2025-03-26

    House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools

  11. 2025-03-26

    Second Reading - Short Debate

    reading-2

  12. 2025-03-26

    Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate

    reading-2

  13. 2025-04-07

    House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools; 007-000-000

    committee-passage-favorable

  14. 2025-04-08

    House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted

    amendment-passage

  15. 2025-04-08

    Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate

  16. 2025-04-08

    Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000

    passage,reading-3

  17. 2025-04-09

    Arrive in Senate

    introduction

  18. 2025-04-09

    Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading

    reading-1

  19. 2025-04-09

    Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Paul Faraci

  20. 2025-04-09

    First Reading

    reading-1

  21. 2025-04-09

    Referred to Assignments

  22. 2025-04-23

    Assigned to Education

    referral-committee

  23. 2025-04-29

    Postponed - Education

  24. 2025-04-30

    Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Javier L. Cervantes

  25. 2025-04-30

    Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Porfirio

  26. 2025-05-02

    Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Paul Faraci

    amendment-introduction

  27. 2025-05-02

    Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments

  28. 2025-05-06

    Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Education

  29. 2025-05-06

    Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted

    amendment-passage

  30. 2025-05-07

    Do Pass as Amended Education; 014-000-000

  31. 2025-05-07

    Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 8, 2025

    reading-2

  32. 2025-05-08

    Second Reading

    reading-2

  33. 2025-05-08

    Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2025

  34. 2025-05-21

    Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison

  35. 2025-05-22

    Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000

    passage,reading-3

  36. 2025-05-23

    Arrived in House

    introduction

  37. 2025-05-23

    Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1

  38. 2025-05-23

    Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Suzanne M. Ness

  39. 2025-05-23

    Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee

  40. 2025-05-28

    Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools

  41. 2025-05-29

    Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools; 008-000-000

  42. 2025-05-30

    Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 116-000-000

  43. 2025-05-30

    House Concurs

  44. 2025-05-30

    Passed Both Houses

  45. 2025-06-24

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  46. 2025-08-15

    Governor Approved

    executive-signature

  47. 2025-08-15

    Effective Date January 1, 2026

  48. 2025-08-15

    Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0314

    became-law

Versions

Documents

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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