# Illinois HB2466: HIGHER ED-INCARCERATED STUDENT Illinois HB2466, HIGHER ED-INCARCERATED STUDENT, is a 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status passed house, last action 2025-06-02 (Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB2466-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Illinois HB2466 - State: Illinois - Session: 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) - Title: HIGHER ED-INCARCERATED STUDENT - Status: passed house - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-03 - Last action: 2025-06-02, Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 17 - Subjects: higher education, assignments, appropriations- education - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 3 (87 yes, 45 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Removes a provision specifically excluding academic programs for incarcerated students from the definition of "institution of higher learning", "qualified institution", and "institution". In provisions concerning the AIM HIGH Grant Program, removes the grant eligibility requirement that an applicant not be incarcerated. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Cosponsor: Adriane L. Johnson (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Camille Y. Lilly (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Carol Ammons (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Dagmara Avelar (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Javier L. Cervantes (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Jehan Gordon-Booth (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Kelly M. Cassidy (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Kimberly Du Buclet (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Lindsey LaPointe (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Mary Beth Canty (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Maurice A. West, II (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Michael Crawford (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Rachel Ventura (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Rita Mayfield (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Thaddeus Jones (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Theresa Mah (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Will Guzzardi (Democratic), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-10 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed | pass | 72 | 39 | | | 2025-04-07 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Higher Education Committee; | pass | 7 | 2 | | | 2025-03-13 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; | pass | 8 | 4 | | ## Actions (40) - 2025-06-02: Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2025-05-23: Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As June 1, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-05-15: Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Javier L. Cervantes (Senate) - 2025-05-14: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II (House) - 2025-05-14: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Thaddeus Jones (House) - 2025-05-14: Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachel Ventura (Senate) - 2025-05-09: Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 23, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-04-29: Assigned to Appropriations- Education (Senate) - 2025-04-25: Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachel Ventura (Senate) - 2025-04-23: Referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2025-04-23: First Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-23: Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Adriane L. Johnson (Senate) - 2025-04-15: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Beth Canty (House) - 2025-04-14: Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 29, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-04-14: Arrive in Senate (Senate) - 2025-04-11: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield (House) - 2025-04-11: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kimberly Du Buclet (House) - 2025-04-10: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth (House) - 2025-04-10: Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 072-039-000 (House) - 2025-04-10: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-04-10: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted (House) - 2025-04-07: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Higher Education Committee; 007-002-000 (House) - 2025-04-01: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah (House) - 2025-03-27: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lindsey LaPointe (House) - 2025-03-27: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi (House) - 2025-03-26: Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-03-26: Second Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-03-26: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy (House) - 2025-03-19: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly (House) - 2025-03-18: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Higher Education Committee (House) - 2025-03-14: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2025-03-14: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Carol Ammons (House) - 2025-03-13: Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-03-13: Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 008-004-000 (House) - 2025-03-04: Assigned to Higher Education Committee (House) - 2025-02-18: Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dagmara Avelar (House) - 2025-02-18: Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Crawford (House) - 2025-02-04: Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2025-02-04: First Reading (House) - 2025-02-03: Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Carol Ammons (House) ## Bill text - Engrossed: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2466eng.pdf) - House Amendment 1: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2466ham001.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2466.pdf) ## Related bills - HB5198: AFFORDABLE HOUSING-CILAS (passed house) - SB1937: PENSION CODE-VARIOUS (passed senate) - HB2563: CONDO-RESERVE STUDY (in committee) - HB4701: LIMITATIONS FACILITY FEES ACT (in committee) - SB3008: DHS-ABLE PROGRAM INFO MATERIAL (passed senate) - SB3484: VEH CD-PLATES-REGISTRATION (signed) ## Sources - [Engrossed (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2466eng.pdf) - [House Amendment 1 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2466ham001.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2466.pdf) ## Related - [HB5198: AFFORDABLE HOUSING-CILAS](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB5198-2025-2026) - [SB1937: PENSION CODE-VARIOUS](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB1937-2025-2026) - [HB2563: CONDO-RESERVE STUDY](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB2563-2025-2026) - [HB4701: LIMITATIONS FACILITY FEES ACT](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB4701-2025-2026) - [SB3008: DHS-ABLE PROGRAM INFO MATERIAL](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB3008-2025-2026) - [SB3484: VEH CD-PLATES-REGISTRATION](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB3484-2025-2026) - [Illinois bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/illinois/bills) - [Illinois state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/illinois) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB2466-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).