---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-VIRTUAL DRIVER ED"
description: "Amends the School Code. Provides that a school district's decision to allow a student to take a portion of a driver education course through a distance learning program must be determined on a case-by-case basis and must be approved by the student's driver education teacher and the student's parent or guardian; defines \"distance learning program\". Provides that under no circumstances may the student take the entire driver education course through a distance learning program. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "101st"
identifier: "HB 2087"
citation: "Illinois HB 2087 (101st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-08-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cee31c64-0cb5-41e7-a833-1f5594a8e4ea"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2087&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=117685&SessionID=108&GA=101"
source_hash: "f88df2873948ab6ad0b8eaab3eb626fae58cc38b2504496e8830c0d427b84db5"
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 2087 (101st) — SCH CD-VIRTUAL DRIVER ED

Amends the School Code. Provides that a school district's decision to allow a student to take a portion of a driver education course through a distance learning program must be determined on a case-by-case basis and must be approved by the student's driver education teacher and the student's parent or guardian; defines "distance learning program". Provides that under no circumstances may the student take the entire driver education course through a distance learning program. 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=10100HB2087&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=117685&DocNum=2087&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB2087eng&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=117685&DocNum=2087&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB2087enr&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=117685&DocNum=2087&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant — primary (person)
- Jonathan Carroll — primary (person)
- Sam Yingling — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-05** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jonathan Carroll `filing`
- **2019-02-05** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-05** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-19** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-07** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-03-20** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jonathan Carroll `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-20** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee
- **2019-03-29** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee; 019-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-02** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sam Yingling
- **2019-04-02** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2019-04-02** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-04-03** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-04-04** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-04** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 9, 2019 `reading-1`
- **2019-04-09** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant
- **2019-04-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-09** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02** Postponed - Education
- **2019-05-08** Do Pass Education; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 9, 2019
- **2019-05-16** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 17, 2019
- **2019-05-21** Third Reading - Passed; 052-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-05-21** Passed Both Houses
- **2019-06-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-08-02** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-02** Effective Date August 2, 2019
- **2019-08-02** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0183 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cee31c64-0cb5-41e7-a833-1f5594a8e4ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).