# Illinois SB1322: MENTAL HLTH CAREER SCHOLARSHIP Illinois SB1322, MENTAL HLTH CAREER SCHOLARSHIP, is a 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) Senate bill sponsored by Javier L. Cervantes (Democratic); status in committee, last action 2025-05-09 (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-SB1322-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Illinois SB1322 - State: Illinois - Session: 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) - Title: MENTAL HLTH CAREER SCHOLARSHIP - Status: in committee - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-01-28 - Last action: 2025-05-09, Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments - Sponsor: Javier L. Cervantes (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 9 - Subjects: assignments, higher education - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 1 (13 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary Creates the Mental Health Professional Career Scholarship Act. Requires the Illinois Student Assistance Commission to create the Mental Health Professional Career Scholarship Program to award scholarships to Illinois students pursuing a mental health professional career in order to increase diversity rates by recruiting individuals to work in mental health fields in the public sector or mental health jobs that have a high demand for new employees and retain those individuals. Sets forth provisions concerning the selection of recipients, the amount of assistance, applications for assistance, the payment of assistance, administering the scholarship program, and rulemaking. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Javier L. Cervantes (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Adriane L. Johnson (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Celina Villanueva (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Graciela Guzmán (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Karina Villa (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Mary Edly-Allen (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Michael W. Halpin (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Mike Porfirio (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Mike Simmons (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Sara Feigenholtz (Democratic), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-03-19 | Senate | Do Pass as Amended Higher Education; | pass | 13 | 0 | | ## Actions (29) - 2025-05-09: Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2025-04-11: Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 9, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-04-11: Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Simmons (Senate) - 2025-03-20: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 1, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-03-20: Second Reading (Senate) - 2025-03-19: Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Sara Feigenholtz (Senate) - 2025-03-19: Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 20, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-03-19: Do Pass as Amended Higher Education; 013-000-000 (Senate) - 2025-03-19: Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Adopted (Senate) - 2025-03-12: Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Higher Education (Senate) - 2025-03-10: Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2025-03-10: Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Javier L. Cervantes (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Karina Villa (Senate) - 2025-03-06: Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael W. Halpin (Senate) - 2025-03-06: Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Porfirio (Senate) - 2025-03-06: Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Graciela Guzmán (Senate) - 2025-03-06: Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane L. Johnson (Senate) - 2025-03-06: Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen (Senate) - 2025-03-06: Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Celina Villanueva (Senate) - 2025-03-05: Postponed - Higher Education (Senate) - 2025-02-25: Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Higher Education (Senate) - 2025-02-20: Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2025-02-20: Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Javier L. Cervantes (Senate) - 2025-02-19: Postponed - Higher Education (Senate) - 2025-02-04: Assigned to Higher Education (Senate) - 2025-01-28: Referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2025-01-28: First Reading (Senate) - 2025-01-28: Filed with Secretary by Sen. Javier L. Cervantes (Senate) ## Bill text - Introduced: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1322.pdf) - Senate Amendment 1: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1322sam001.pdf) - Senate Amendment 2: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1322sam002.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 - [Introduced (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1322.pdf) - [Senate Amendment 1 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1322sam001.pdf) - [Senate Amendment 2 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1322sam002.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-SB1322-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).