---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-SCH CLOSING NOTICE"
description: "Amends the School Code. Requires school boards to give at least 60 days' notice of the closure of a school for at least one school year to all affected students, parents, and legal guardians. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "100th"
identifier: "HB 3437"
citation: "Illinois HB 3437 (100th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2017-08-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c859b0f9-fe6e-40c1-9333-e00dd4c767ff"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3437&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=105208&SessionID=91&GA=100"
source_hash: "0a1bdec42fb8bedf3291d98d455f27684d21ba10d600d87b3af5ab353232497a"
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 HB 3437 (100th) — SCH CD-SCH CLOSING NOTICE

Amends the School Code. Requires school boards to give at least 60 days' notice of the closure of a school for at least one school year to all affected students, parents, and legal guardians. 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=10000HB3437&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=105208&DocNum=3437&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB3437eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=105208&DocNum=3437&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB3437enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=105208&DocNum=3437&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **90–8** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **55–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cynthia Soto — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-09** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Sonya M. Harper `filing`
- **2017-02-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-10** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: Licensing, Administration & Oversight `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-24** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Sonya M. Harper `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-03-24** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-27** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Elementary & Secondary Education: Licensing, Administration & Oversight
- **2017-03-29** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elementary & Secondary Education: Licensing, Administration & Oversight; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2017-03-29** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: Licensing, Administration & Oversight; 007-002-000 `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-29** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2017-04-26** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2017-04-26** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2017-04-28** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Cynthia Soto
- **2017-04-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2017-04-28** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 090-008-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-05-02** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2017-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-05-02** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2017-05-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-05-02** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-05** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-12** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 19, 2017
- **2017-05-19** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
- **2017-05-19** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 26, 2017
- **2017-05-23** Do Pass Education; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 24, 2017
- **2017-05-24** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-05-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 25, 2017
- **2017-05-25** Third Reading - Passed; 055-002-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-05-25** Passed Both Houses
- **2017-06-23** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-08-18** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-18** Effective Date August 18, 2017
- **2017-08-18** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0179 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c859b0f9-fe6e-40c1-9333-e00dd4c767ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).