IL HB 5491

• Katie Stuartprimary
• Don Harmonprimary

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1. 2026-02-06

   Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Katie Stuart

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2. 2026-02-13

   First Reading

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3. 2026-02-13

   Referred to Rules Committee

4. 2026-03-04

   Assigned to Higher Education Committee

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5. 2026-03-19

   Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 011-000-000

6. 2026-03-20

   Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate

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7. 2026-04-07

   Second Reading - Short Debate

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8. 2026-04-07

   Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate

9. 2026-04-09

   Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 104-000-000

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10. 2026-04-10

    Arrive in Senate

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11. 2026-04-10

    Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading

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12. 2026-04-10

    Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Celina Villanueva

13. 2026-04-10

    First Reading

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14. 2026-04-10

    Referred to Assignments

15. 2026-05-12

    Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Don Harmon

16. 2026-05-13

    Approved for Consideration Assignments

17. 2026-05-13

    Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 14, 2026

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18. 2026-05-13

    Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon

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19. 2026-05-13

    Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments

20. 2026-05-13

    Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive

21. 2026-05-13

    Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Executive; 009-004-000

22. 2026-05-18

    Second Reading

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23. 2026-05-18

    Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Harmon

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24. 2026-05-18

    Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 19, 2026

25. 2026-05-22

    Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2026

26. 2026-06-01

    Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments

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• 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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