---
type: "Bill"
title: "STUDENT RECORDS DESTRUCTION"
description: "Amends the Illinois School Student Records Act. Provides that if the rights and privileges accorded to a parent under the Act have been transferred to a student, a school must give reasonable prior notice to the student (rather than the parent) before any school student record is destroyed or any information is deleted from that record. Provides that a school may provide reasonable prior notice to a parent or student through (i) notice in the school's parent or student handbook, (ii) publication in a newspaper, (iii) U.S. mail delivered to the last known address of the parent or student, or (iv) other means provided the notice is confirmed to have been received."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "101st"
identifier: "SB 117"
citation: "Illinois SB 117 (101st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-29"
last_action: "2019-07-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be6d1720-03e5-4510-9860-352f536e78c3"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=117&GAID=15&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=115180&SessionID=108&GA=101"
source_hash: "13e5a9c2be31d3d6acfb939729f91cd2be84815b2a711549153814baa586395c"
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 117 (101st) — STUDENT RECORDS DESTRUCTION

Amends the Illinois School Student Records Act. Provides that if the rights and privileges accorded to a parent under the Act have been transferred to a student, a school must give reasonable prior notice to the student (rather than the parent) before any school student record is destroyed or any information is deleted from that record. Provides that a school may provide reasonable prior notice to a parent or student through (i) notice in the school's parent or student handbook, (ii) publication in a newspaper, (iii) U.S. mail delivered to the last known address of the parent or student, or (iv) other means provided the notice is confirmed to have been received.

## 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=10100SB0117&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=115180&DocNum=117&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100SB0117eng&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=115180&DocNum=117&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100SB0117enr&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=115180&DocNum=117&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **53–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Avery Bourne — cosponsor (person)
- Chuck Weaver — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Brady — cosponsor (person)
- Fred Crespo — cosponsor (person)
- Jason A. Barickman — primary (person)
- Katie Stuart — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Mussman — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas M. Bennett — primary (person)
- Tony McCombie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-29** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jason A. Barickman `filing`
- **2019-01-29** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-29** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-30** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** Do Pass Education; 014-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 7, 2019
- **2019-02-06** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Chuck Weaver
- **2019-02-21** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 5, 2019
- **2019-03-27** Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-03-27** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2019-03-27** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Thomas M. Bennett
- **2019-03-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-27** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Brady
- **2019-04-09** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee; 019-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-02** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-05-07** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
- **2019-05-08** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
- **2019-05-08** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Tony McCombie
- **2019-05-08** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Avery Bourne
- **2019-05-08** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Fred Crespo
- **2019-05-14** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2019-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-05-21** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-05-21** Passed Both Houses
- **2019-06-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-26** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-26** Effective Date January 1, 2020
- **2019-07-26** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0161 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/be6d1720-03e5-4510-9860-352f536e78c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).