HB 5491104th
bill
104th General Assembly (2025 to 2026) · House of Representatives bill
HB 5491
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In committee Last action June 1, 2026: Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
Official bill page and text: ilga.gov
Sponsors 2
- Prime sponsors
- Don Harmon, Katie Stuart
Status
In committee as of June 1, 2026. The 104th General Assembly serves until the 105th convenes on January 13, 2027.
Referred to: House Higher Education (from the official referral record)
Roll-call votes 3
May 13, 2026State SenateDo Pass, Amendment 1Passed9-4
yes (9) Aquino, Omar, Cunningham, Bill, Castro, Cristina, Harmon, Don, Holmes, Linda, Harris III, Napoleon, Lightford, Kimberly A, Hunter, Mattie, Murphy, Laura M
no (4) Anderson, Neil, Curran, John F, Rose, Chapin, Tracy, Jil
April 9, 2026House of RepresentativesThird ReadingPassed104-0
yes (104) Mussman, Grasse, Ammons, Ness, Guerrero-Cuellar, Andrade, Niemerg, Guzzardi, Olickal, Haas, Benton, Ortíz, Halbrook, Blair-Sherlock, Rashid, Briel, Reick, Hanson, Buckner, Rita, Harper, Bunting, Hauter, Cabello, Ryan, Hernandez, Barbara, Canty, Sanalitro, Cassidy, Hernandez, Norma, Chung, Schmidt, Hirschauer, Cochran, Schweizer, Hoffman, Coffey, Severin, Crawford, Sheehan, Jacobs, Crespo, Slaughter, Jiménez, Croke, Smith, Sosnowski, Davis, Jed, Spain, Katz Muhl, Davis, Lisa, Stava, Keicher, Davis, Will, Stephens, Deering, Stuart, DeLaRosa, Swanson, La Ha, Syed, LaPointe, DeLuca, Tarver, Lilly, Deuter, Mah, Didech, Ugaste, Manley, Du Buclet, Vella, Mason, Elik, Walsh, Mayfield, Weaver, McCombie, Faver Dias, Weber, McLaughlin, Ford, West, Meier, Friess, Wilhour, Meyers-Martin, Fritts, Williams, Ann, Miller, Gabel, Williams, Jawaharial, Moeller, Gill, Windhorst, Moore, Gong-Gershowitz, Yang Rohr, Morgan, González, Welch, Morris, Gordon-Booth, Grant
excused (11) Hammond, Rosenthal, Hernandez, Lisa, Huynh, Johnson, Davidsmeyer, Jones, Kelly, Delgado, Tipsword, Evans
March 19, 2026House of RepresentativesDo PassPassed11-0
yes (11) Blair-Sherlock, Diane, Friess, David, Chung, Sharon, Hernandez, Barbara, Gong-Gershowitz, Jennifer, Ortíz, Aarón M, Katz Muhl, Tracy, Stuart, Katie, Rosenthal, Wayne A, Ugaste, Dan, Swanson, Dan
not voting (1) Ammons, Carol
Timeline 26
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| June 1, 2026 | Senate | Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments |
| May 22, 2026 | Senate | Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2026 |
| May 18, 2026 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 19, 2026 |
| May 18, 2026 | Senate | Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Harmon |
| May 18, 2026 | Senate | Second Reading |
| May 13, 2026 | Senate | Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Executive; 009-004-000 |
| May 13, 2026 | Senate | Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive |
| May 13, 2026 | Senate | Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments |
| May 13, 2026 | Senate | Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon |
| May 13, 2026 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 14, 2026 |
| May 13, 2026 | Senate | Approved for Consideration Assignments |
| May 12, 2026 | Senate | Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Don Harmon |
| April 10, 2026 | Senate | Referred to Assignments |
| April 10, 2026 | Senate | First Reading |
| April 10, 2026 | Senate | Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Celina Villanueva |
| April 10, 2026 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading |
| April 10, 2026 | Senate | Arrive in Senate |
| April 9, 2026 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 104-000-000 |
| April 7, 2026 | House | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate |
| April 7, 2026 | House | Second Reading - Short Debate |
| March 20, 2026 | House | Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate |
| March 19, 2026 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 011-000-000 |
| March 4, 2026 | House | Assigned to Higher Education Committee |
| February 13, 2026 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
| February 13, 2026 | House | First Reading |
| February 6, 2026 | House | Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Katie Stuart |
Data: Open States (API v3; public data, attribution appreciated). Official record: ilga.gov. Bill pages link to the official text, not copied.