Sen. Celina Villanueva
Filed: 4/10/2024
 
 

 
 

 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 462

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 462 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 1. This Act may be referred to as the Admissions 
5Based on Legacy Status or Donor Relation Prevention Law.
 
6    Section 5. The Public Higher Education Act is amended by 
7adding Section 15 as follows:
 
8    (110 ILCS 167/15 new)
9    Sec. 15. Admission based on legacy status or donor 
10relation prohibited.
11    (a) In this Section: 
12    "Alumnus" means a graduate of a public institution of 
13higher education. 
14    "Familial relationship" means an individual's father, 
15mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, 
 
 
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1great-aunt, great-uncle, first cousin, nephew, niece, husband, 
2wife, grandfather, grandmother, grandson, granddaughter, 
3father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, 
4brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, 
5stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister, half brother, 
6or half sister; the father, mother, grandfather, or 
7grandmother of the individual's spouse; or the individual's 
8fiance or fiancee. 
9    "Legacy status" means the familial relationship of an 
10individual applying for admission to a public institution of 
11higher education to an alumnus or former or current attendee 
12of the public institution of higher education. 
13    (b) In determining admission to a public institution of 
14higher education, the public institution of higher education 
15may not consider an applicant's legacy status or the 
16applicant's familial relationship to any past, current, or 
17prospective donor of something of value to the public 
18institution of higher education as a factor in admitting the 
19applicant.
 
20    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
21becoming law.".