IL HB 5491
in committeeEDUC-QLFD COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
Illinois · 104th General Assembly, 2026 Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did IL HB 5491 pass?
Not yet. IL HB 5491 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-06-01): Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
What is IL HB 5491 about?
IL HB 5491 is a bill in the 104th General Assembly, 2026 Session titled “EDUC-QLFD COMMUNITY FOUNDATION”.
Who sponsors IL HB 5491?
Katie Stuart, Don Harmon are the primary sponsors of IL HB 5491.
- Introduced
- 2026-04-10
- Latest action
- 2026-06-01 — Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Sponsors
- Katie Stuartprimary
- Don Harmonprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-06-01
Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2026-05-22
Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2026
2026-05-18
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 19, 2026
2026-05-18
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Harmon
amendment-passage
2026-05-18
Second Reading
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2026-05-13
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Executive; 009-004-000
2026-05-13
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive
2026-05-13
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
2026-05-13
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon
amendment-introduction
2026-05-13
Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 14, 2026
reading-2
2026-05-13
Approved for Consideration Assignments
2026-05-12
Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Don Harmon
2026-04-10
Referred to Assignments
2026-04-10
First Reading
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2026-04-10
Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Celina Villanueva
2026-04-10
Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
reading-1
2026-04-10
Arrive in Senate
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2026-04-09
Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 104-000-000
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2026-04-07
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
2026-04-07
Second Reading - Short Debate
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2026-03-20
Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
reading-2
2026-03-19
Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 011-000-000
2026-03-04
Assigned to Higher Education Committee
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2026-02-13
Referred to Rules Committee
2026-02-13
First Reading
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2026-02-06
Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Katie Stuart
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Versions
Documents
Votes
Higher Education
2026-03-19 · pass · 11-0
Member-level votes (12)
- Blair-Sherlock, Diane: yes
- Friess, David: yes
- Chung, Sharon: yes
- Hernandez, Barbara: yes
- Gong-Gershowitz, Jennifer: yes
- Ortíz, Aarón M: yes
- Katz Muhl, Tracy: yes
- Stuart, Katie: yes
- Rosenthal, Wayne A: yes
- Ugaste, Dan: yes
- Swanson, Dan: yes
- Ammons, Carol: not voting
Third Reading
2026-04-09 · pass · 104-0
Member-level votes (117)
- Mussman: yes
- Grasse: yes
- Ammons: yes
- Ness: yes
- Guerrero-Cuellar: yes
- Andrade: yes
- Niemerg: yes
- Guzzardi: yes
- Olickal: yes
- Haas: yes
- Benton: yes
- Ortíz: yes
- Halbrook: yes
- Blair-Sherlock: yes
- Rashid: yes
- Briel: yes
- Reick: yes
- Hanson: yes
- Buckner: yes
- Rita: yes
- Harper: yes
- Bunting: yes
- Hauter: yes
- Cabello: yes
- Ryan: yes
- Hernandez, Barbara: yes
- Canty: yes
- Sanalitro: yes
- Cassidy: yes
- Hernandez, Norma: yes
- Chung: yes
- Schmidt: yes
- Hirschauer: yes
- Cochran: yes
- Schweizer: yes
- Hoffman: yes
- Coffey: yes
- Severin: yes
- Crawford: yes
- Sheehan: yes
- Jacobs: yes
- Crespo: yes
- Slaughter: yes
- Jiménez: yes
- Croke: yes
- Smith: yes
- Sosnowski: yes
- Davis, Jed: yes
- Spain: yes
- Katz Muhl: yes
- Davis, Lisa: yes
- Stava: yes
- Keicher: yes
- Davis, Will: yes
- Stephens: yes
- Deering: yes
- Stuart: yes
- DeLaRosa: yes
- Swanson: yes
- La Ha: yes
- Syed: yes
- LaPointe: yes
- DeLuca: yes
- Tarver: yes
- Lilly: yes
- Deuter: yes
- Mah: yes
- Didech: yes
- Ugaste: yes
- Manley: yes
- Du Buclet: yes
- Vella: yes
- Mason: yes
- Elik: yes
- Walsh: yes
- Mayfield: yes
- Weaver: yes
- McCombie: yes
- Faver Dias: yes
- Weber: yes
- McLaughlin: yes
- Ford: yes
- West: yes
- Meier: yes
- Friess: yes
- Wilhour: yes
- Meyers-Martin: yes
- Fritts: yes
- Williams, Ann: yes
- Miller: yes
- Gabel: yes
- Williams, Jawaharial: yes
- Moeller: yes
- Gill: yes
- Windhorst: yes
- Moore: yes
- Gong-Gershowitz: yes
- Yang Rohr: yes
- Morgan: yes
- González: yes
- Morris: yes
- Gordon-Booth: yes
- Grant: yes
- Hammond: excused
- Rosenthal: excused
- Hernandez, Lisa: excused
- Huynh: excused
- Johnson: excused
- Davidsmeyer: excused
- Jones: excused
- Kelly: excused
- Delgado: excused
- Tipsword: excused
- Evans: excused
- Avelar: not voting
- Scherer: not voting
- Kifowit: not voting
Executive, Amendment 1
2026-05-13 · pass · 9-4
Member-level votes (13)
- Aquino, Omar: yes
- Cunningham, Bill: yes
- Castro, Cristina: yes
- Harmon, Don: yes
- Holmes, Linda: yes
- Harris III, Napoleon: yes
- Lightford, Kimberly A: yes
- Hunter, Mattie: yes
- Murphy, Laura M: yes
- Anderson, Neil: no
- Curran, John F: no
- Rose, Chapin: no
- Tracy, Jil: no
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