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SB 705 Illinois Senate · 100th Regular Session

HIGHER ED-VETERANS SERVICE ACT

Summary
Amends the Higher Education Veterans Service Act. Provides that a required survey and guidebook shall be made available on the homepage of a campus website or a veteran Internet link (instead of just the survey being made available on the homepage of the campus Internet link). Requires the survey to be sent to the Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, and State Comptroller. Requires each public college and university to make its best efforts to hire a veteran of the armed services as the Coordinator of Veterans and Military Personnel Student Services.
Bill status failed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2017
Committee Review
May 2017
Senate Passage
May 2017
House Passage
Governor
Introduced May 3, 2017 Last action Jan 9, 2019
Floor votes · Senate May 3, 2017

How they voted

45–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 48
May 3, 2017
D Democratic28
26 Yea 2
92% Yea
R Republican20
19 Yea 1
95% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
31
Key actions
3
Committee
7
May 31, 2017
Committee
Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
lower
May 19, 2017
Lower · Passed
Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 26, 2017
lower
May 15, 2017
Committee
Assigned to Higher Education Committee
lower
May 9, 2017
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
May 3, 2017
Introduced
Arrived in House
lower
May 3, 2017
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (45-0-3)
senate
Feb 16, 2017
Upper · Passed
Do Pass Veterans Affairs; 006-000-000
upper
Feb 8, 2017
Committee
Assigned to Veterans Affairs
upper
Jan 30, 2017
Committee
Referred to Assignments
upper
0 primary · 2 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.