Illinois · Senate Bill 1315 · 103rd General Assembly

NURSE EDUCATR-SCHOLARSHIP FUND

SB 1315 Sponsored by Sara Feigenholtz Died in committee

  1. Introduced Feb 6, 2023
  2. In committee Feb 6, 2023
  3. Died  
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Amends the Nursing Education Scholarship Law. Creates the Nurse Educator Scholarship Fund as a special fund in the State treasury to be used by the Department of Public Health to provide scholarships to nurse educators. Provides that each fiscal year, beginning July 1, 2023, the Comptroller shall transfer $1,500,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Nurse Educator Scholarship Fund to implement these provisions.…

Read the full title (122 words)

Amends the Nursing Education Scholarship Law. Creates the Nurse Educator Scholarship Fund as a special fund in the State treasury to be used by the Department of Public Health to provide scholarships to nurse educators. Provides that each fiscal year, beginning July 1, 2023, the Comptroller shall transfer $1,500,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Nurse Educator Scholarship Fund to implement these provisions. Makes a conforming change in the State Finance Act. Amends the Nurse Practice Act. Provides that $6,000,000 (instead of $4,000,000) of the moneys deposited in the Nursing Dedicated and Professional Fund each year shall be set aside and appropriated to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission for nursing scholarships awarded pursuant to the Nursing Education Scholarship Law. Effective immediately.

Every action

6 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. SenateFiled with Secretary by Sen. Sara Feigenholtz
  2. SenateFirst Reading
  3. CommitteeReferred to Assignments · Senate Assignments
  4. CommitteeAssigned to Appropriations · Senate Appropriations
  5. CommitteeRule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments · Senate Assignments
  6. SenateSession Sine Die

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

From Illinois's official records (www.ilga.gov), checked Nov 13, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.