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+type: "Bill"
+title: "SCH EMPLOYEE BENEFITS-DISTRICT"
+description: "Amends the School Employee Benefit Act. Includes in the definition of \"school district\" a vocational education district, a special education district, a program operated by an educational service region, and a joint agreement."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "94th"
+identifier: "SB 479"
+citation: "Illinois SB 479 (94th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 33
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2005-02-16"
+last_action: "2005-07-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05f1c78f-be1e-4b59-a02d-c513a1794764"
+source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=479&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=17267&SessionID=50&GA=94"
+source_hash: "4bfd14240463795bc686545e3a25916983b9fdb3146e2e2db159a50227f64fa6"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
+---
+
+# Illinois SB 479 (94th) — SCH EMPLOYEE BENEFITS-DISTRICT
+
+Amends the School Employee Benefit Act. Includes in the definition of "school district" a vocational education district, a special education district, a program operated by an educational service region, and a joint agreement.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB0479&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=17267&DocNum=479&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB0479eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=17267&DocNum=479&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB0479enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=17267&DocNum=479&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- George P. Shadid — primary (person)
+- Linda Chapa LaVia — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2005-02-16** Filed with Secretary by Sen. George P. Shadid `filing`
+- **2005-02-16** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2005-02-16** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2005-02-17** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
+- **2005-02-24** Postponed - Education
+- **2005-03-02** Postponed - Education
+- **2005-03-10** Do Pass Education; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2005-03-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 15, 2005
+- **2005-03-15** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2005-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 16, 2005
+- **2005-04-07** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
+- **2005-04-07** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2005-04-07** Arrived in House `introduction`
+- **2005-04-07** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2005-04-11** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Aaron Schock
+- **2005-04-11** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2005-04-11** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2005-04-20** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2005-05-11** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black
+- **2005-05-11** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Roger L. Eddy
+- **2005-05-11** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 021-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2005-05-11** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
+- **2005-05-12** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2005-05-19** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2005-05-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2005-05-20** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
+- **2005-05-20** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
+- **2005-05-20** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2005-05-20** Passed Both Houses
+- **2005-06-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2005-07-14** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2005-07-14** Effective Date January 1, 2006
+- **2005-07-14** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0227 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/05f1c78f-be1e-4b59-a02d-c513a1794764`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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