HIGHER ED-PUBLIC INTEREST ATTY House SponsorsRep. Dave Vella 1/7/2025HouseSession Sine Die 110 ILCS 916/20 Amends the Public Interest Attorney Assistance Act. Provides that if a participant in the Public Interest Attorney Loan Repayment Assistance Program has been an assistant Public Defender for at least 6 years in an office of an Illinois Public Defender, other than the Office of the Cook County Public Defender, and the participant graduated from a law school in this State, then the maximum amount of loan repayment assistance during the participant's career shall be equal to the full tuition cost charged the participant while attending that law school or $30,000, whichever is greater (rather than a maximum of $30,000 for any program participant). 1/24/2023HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Dave Vella 1/31/2023HouseFirst Reading 1/31/2023HouseReferred to Rules Committee 2/15/2023HouseAssigned to Appropriations-Higher Education Committee 3/10/2023HouseCommittee/3rd Reading Deadline Extended-Rule May 19, 2023 3/29/2023HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Dave Vella 3/29/2023HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee 4/18/2023HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Appropriations-Higher Education Committee 5/19/2023HouseRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee 5/19/2023HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee 1/7/2025HouseSession Sine Die