---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-DAILY PUPIL ATTENDANCE"
description: "Amends the School Code. Provides that for a pupil of legal school age and in kindergarten or any of grades 1 through 12, a day of attendance shall be counted only for sessions of not less than 5 clock hours of school work per day under direct supervision of (i) teachers or (ii) non-teaching personnel or volunteer personnel when engaging in non-teaching duties and supervising in instances specified under the Code; provides for exceptions. Makes conforming changes, including in the Vocational Academies Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "101st"
identifier: "SB 28"
citation: "Illinois SB 28 (101st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-10"
last_action: "2019-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0f06280-79ac-4ebb-8710-446d4ad31cc5"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=28&GAID=15&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=114205&SessionID=108&GA=101"
source_hash: "6c18d35922bd3d4411ac9b061fefbc494251aacd3c1f46d0822c163247137140"
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 28 (101st) — SCH CD-DAILY PUPIL ATTENDANCE

Amends the School Code. Provides that for a pupil of legal school age and in kindergarten or any of grades 1 through 12, a day of attendance shall be counted only for sessions of not less than 5 clock hours of school work per day under direct supervision of (i) teachers or (ii) non-teaching personnel or volunteer personnel when engaging in non-teaching duties and supervising in instances specified under the Code; provides for exceptions. Makes conforming changes, including in the Vocational Academies Act.

## 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=10100SB0028&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=114205&DocNum=28&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100SB0028eng&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=114205&DocNum=28&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100SB0028enr&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=114205&DocNum=28&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **53–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Avery Bourne — cosponsor (person)
- Chuck Weaver — cosponsor (person)
- Fred Crespo — primary (person)
- Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant — primary (person)
- Katie Stuart — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-10** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant `filing`
- **2019-01-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-10** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-23** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-30** Do Pass Education; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading January 31, 2019
- **2019-02-06** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 7, 2019
- **2019-03-04** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-04** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Education
- **2019-03-12** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Education; 012-000-000
- **2019-03-15** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Chuck Weaver
- **2019-03-20** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-20** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Bertino-Tarrant `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **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. Fred Crespo
- **2019-03-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-27** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **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
- **2019-05-14** 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 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-05-21** Passed Both Houses
- **2019-05-21** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
- **2019-05-21** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Avery Bourne
- **2019-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-07** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-07** Effective Date July 1, 2019
- **2019-06-07** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0012 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c0f06280-79ac-4ebb-8710-446d4ad31cc5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).