# Illinois HB5328: SERVICEMEMBERS-SERVE ACT Illinois HB5328, SERVICEMEMBERS-SERVE ACT, is a 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status passed house, last action 2026-04-28 (Referred to Assignments); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB5328-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Illinois HB5328 - State: Illinois - Session: 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) - Title: SERVICEMEMBERS-SERVE ACT - Status: passed house - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-02-05 - Last action: 2026-04-28, Referred to Assignments - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 4 - Subjects: higher education, assignments - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 2 (112 yes, 1 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary Creates the Servicemember Education Rights Veneration Act. Requires institutions of higher education (institution) to accommodate service member student's academic military leave and grant prompt readmission when the service member student has not exceeded a cumulative academic military leave period beyond 5 years, provides advance notice of academic military leave to the institution, and provides notice of intent to return to the institution. Requires the institution to readmit a service member student on academic military leave into the next class, classes, or academic year division following the receipt of the notice of intent to return in accordance with the terms of the accommodation. Contains provisions on exemptions to readmission and related reporting requirements on service member students; investigations by the Attorney General's appointed ISERRA Advocate on whether a readmission exemption exists; and other matters. Requires service member students to provide advance notice of pending military service and prohibits institutions from imposing conditions for academic military leave not otherwise imposed under the Act. Contains provisions on military accommodation; academic obligations of service member students; reimbursement for school expenses; academic withdrawal due to military service; rejection of accommodation and the institution's burden of proof; a 5-year military service limitation; records documentation; advance notice requirements on service member students; notice of intent to return; anti-discrimination protections; academic leave for the spouses of servicemembers; Attorney General enforcement authority; remedies; rulemaking authority; and other matters. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Cosponsor: Erica Harriss (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Gregg Johnson (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Katie Stuart (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Kevin Schmidt (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-17 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed | pass | 101 | 1 | | | 2026-03-19 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; | pass | 11 | 0 | | ## Actions (18) - 2026-04-28: Referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2026-04-28: First Reading (Senate) - 2026-04-28: Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Erica Harriss (Senate) - 2026-04-21: Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 28, 2026 (Senate) - 2026-04-21: Arrive in Senate (Senate) - 2026-04-17: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin Schmidt (House) - 2026-04-17: Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 101-001-000 (House) - 2026-04-17: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2026-04-17: Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Gregg Johnson (House) - 2026-04-10: Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2026-04-10: Second Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2026-03-20: Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2026-03-19: Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 011-000-000 (House) - 2026-03-12: Assigned to Higher Education Committee (House) - 2026-02-26: Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Katie Stuart (House) - 2026-02-10: Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2026-02-10: First Reading (House) - 2026-02-05: Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Harry Benton (House) ## Bill text - Engrossed: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB5328eng.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB5328.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/10400HB5328eng.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB5328.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-HB5328-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).