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+type: "Bill"
+title: "SCH CD-DRIVER ED-DISTRACTIONS"
+description: "Amends the Driver Education Act of the School Code. Requires a driver education course to include classroom instruction on distracted driving as a major traffic safety issue. Effective immediately."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "95th"
+identifier: "SB 1557"
+citation: "Illinois SB 1557 (95th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 32
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2007-02-09"
+last_action: "2007-08-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/173c776d-60e7-43cd-98dc-d11417577516"
+source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1557&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=29705&SessionID=51&GA=95"
+source_hash: "bce07c7314c3f724b76eb02ee0000983a72527f177ab103f654c615324c12953"
+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 1557 (95th) — SCH CD-DRIVER ED-DISTRACTIONS
+
+Amends the Driver Education Act of the School Code. Requires a driver education course to include classroom instruction on distracted driving as a major traffic safety issue. Effective immediately.
+
+## 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=09500SB1557&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=29705&DocNum=1557&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB1557eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=29705&DocNum=1557&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB1557enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=29705&DocNum=1557&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
+- Third Reading — **102–14** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Michael W. Frerichs — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2007-02-09** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael W. Frerichs `filing`
+- **2007-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2007-02-09** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2007-02-21** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
+- **2007-03-02** Postponed - Education
+- **2007-03-08** Postponed - Education
+- **2007-03-15** Do Pass Education; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2007-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 20, 2007
+- **2007-03-20** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2007-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 21, 2007
+- **2007-03-21** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
+- **2007-03-21** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
+- **2007-03-30** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2007 `reading-3`
+- **2007-04-20** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2007-04-20** Arrived in House `introduction`
+- **2007-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2007-04-20** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
+- **2007-04-20** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2007-04-20** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2007-04-30** Assigned to Drivers Education & Safety Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2007-05-08** Do Pass / Short Debate Drivers Education & Safety Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2007-05-09** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2007-05-24** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2007-05-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2007-05-24** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
+- **2007-05-24** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
+- **2007-05-31** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 102-014-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2007-05-31** Passed Both Houses
+- **2007-06-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2007-08-21** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2007-08-21** Effective Date August 21, 2007
+- **2007-08-21** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0339 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/173c776d-60e7-43cd-98dc-d11417577516`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
+