Illinois · House Bill 4521 · 104th General Assembly

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HB 4521 Sponsored by Laura Faver Dias In committee

  1. Introduced Jan 21, 2026
  2. In committee Jan 26, 2026
  3. Passed the House Next
  4. Passed the Senate  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

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

Appropriates $5,000,000 to the State Board of Education to award funding under the Education of Homeless Children and Youth State Grant Program to be used to support programming for students at risk for or experiencing homelessness. Effective July 1, 2026.

Every action

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

Show the 12 earlier steps
  1. HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Laura Faver Dias
  2. HouseFirst Reading
  3. CommitteeReferred to Rules Committee · House Rules
  4. CommitteeAssigned to Appropriations-Elementary & Secondary Education Committee · House Approp-Elementary & Secondary Educ
  5. HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Gregg Johnson
  6. HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Aarón M. Ortíz
  7. HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Maura Hirschauer
  8. HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II
  9. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Norma Hernandez
  10. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa Davis
  11. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Crawford
  12. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicolle Grasse
  1. HouseRemove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II
  2. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II
  3. HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
  4. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal
  5. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
  6. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Nabeela Syed
  7. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid
  8. CommitteeRule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee · House Rules

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 13 cosponsors: 13 Democrats.

All 13 cosponsors

From Illinois's official records (www.ilga.gov), checked Nov 2, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.