---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-BOARD MEMBER-VACANCY"
description: "Amends the School Code. With regard to boards of education in school districts having a population of not fewer than 1,000 and not more than 500,000 inhabitants, provides that if, whenever a vacancy occurs, members of the board fail to fill the vacancy within 60 (rather than 45) days after the vacancy occurs, the regional superintendent of schools shall fill the vacancy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "101st"
identifier: "HB 2802"
citation: "Illinois HB 2802 (101st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-14"
last_action: "2019-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13b74c44-6971-4f51-b85d-0e4240aa741f"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2802&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=119088&SessionID=108&GA=101"
source_hash: "bc976f5d342b35397f31216c324cf8bb17d09cffe9875541d39968ccb871e0f4"
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 2802 (101st) — SCH CD-BOARD MEMBER-VACANCY

Amends the School Code. With regard to boards of education in school districts having a population of not fewer than 1,000 and not more than 500,000 inhabitants, provides that if, whenever a vacancy occurs, members of the board fail to fill the vacancy within 60 (rather than 45) days after the vacancy occurs, the regional superintendent of schools shall fill the vacancy.

## 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=10100HB2802&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=119088&DocNum=2802&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB2802eng&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=119088&DocNum=2802&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB2802enr&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=119088&DocNum=2802&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cristina Castro — primary (person)
- Emanuel Chris Welch — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-14** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch `filing`
- **2019-02-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-14** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter School `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter School; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-07** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-03-19** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2019-03-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-03-27** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-03-27** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-03-27** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-27** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
- **2019-03-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-27** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02** Do Pass Education; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2019
- **2019-05-14** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2019
- **2019-05-16** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-05-16** Passed Both Houses
- **2019-06-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-12** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-12** Effective Date January 1, 2020
- **2019-07-12** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0067 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/13b74c44-6971-4f51-b85d-0e4240aa741f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).