HB4791 - 104th General Assembly (2025-2026)

SMART START GRANTS-HEAD START
Last Action
4/28/2026 - Senate: Assigned to Appropriations- Education
Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
325 ILCS 85/95-10  
Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Smart Start Illinois Act. Expands eligibility under the Smart Start Child Care Workforce Compensation Program to Head Start and Early Head Start programs.

House Floor Amendment No. 1
Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Smart Start Illinois Act. Provides that Head Start programs and Early Head Start programs may be deemed eligible to participate in the Smart Start Child Care Workforce Compensation Program to the extent that appropriations are made available for new program entrants and shall not result in the reduction, reallocation, or displacement of funding for existing recipients. Provides that a provider participating in the Smart Start Child Care Workforce Compensation Program may simultaneously receive funding through Head Start or Early Head Start programs; and that receipt of funding under one program shall not disqualify or otherwise limit eligibility for funding under the other, provided that: (1) funds are used in accordance with the requirements of each respective program; and (2) funds are not used to supplant existing federal Head Start or Early Head Start funding, but may be used to supplement and enhance workforce compensation and program quality.
Actions
DateChamberAction
2/02/2026HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Maura Hirschauer
2/06/2026HouseFirst Reading
2/06/2026HouseReferred to Rules Committee
2/17/2026HouseAssigned to Child Care Accessibility & Early Childhood Education
3/20/2026HouseDo Pass / Short Debate Child Care Accessibility & Early Childhood Education; 013-000-000
3/20/2026HousePlaced on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
3/23/2026HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez
4/10/2026HouseSecond Reading - Short Debate
4/10/2026HouseHeld on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
4/10/2026HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Maura Hirschauer
4/10/2026HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
4/14/2026HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Child Care Accessibility & Early Childhood Education
4/16/2026HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Child Care Accessibility & Early Childhood Education; 013-000-000
4/16/2026HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted
4/16/2026HousePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
4/16/2026HouseThird Reading - Short Debate - Passed 106-000-000
4/16/2026HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lilian Jiménez
4/21/2026SenateArrive in Senate
4/21/2026SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of First Reading
4/21/2026SenateChief Senate Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
4/21/2026SenateFirst Reading
4/21/2026SenateReferred to Assignments
4/28/2026SenateAssigned to Appropriations- Education
4/28/2026SenateAdded as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel