---
type: "Bill"
title: "EDUCATION-TECH"
description: "Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning rules."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "101st"
identifier: "SB 459"
citation: "Illinois SB 459 (101st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 45
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/021b2c4b-fee5-4ec2-a43d-4cdf6b20c418"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=459&GAID=15&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=116396&SessionID=108&GA=101"
source_hash: "e5bef0a6faf84b2a4d752eee1b662c77aa2026e99b8d7a62fee2ef4456ac93d1"
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 459 (101st) — EDUCATION-TECH

Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning rules.

## 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=10100SB0459&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=116396&DocNum=459&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100SB0459eng&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=116396&DocNum=459&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100SB0459enr&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=116396&DocNum=459&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Deb Conroy — cosponsor (person)
- Diane Pappas — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Karina Villa — primary (person)
- Laura Ellman — primary (person)
- Suzy Glowiak Hilton — cosponsor (person)
- Terra Costa Howard — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-31** Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton `filing`
- **2019-01-31** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-31** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** Do Pass Executive; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 7, 2019
- **2019-03-07** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 12, 2019
- **2019-04-12** Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-13** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Laura Ellman
- **2019-05-14** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2019 `reading-3`
- **2019-05-14** Approved for Consideration Assignments
- **2019-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2019
- **2019-05-14** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Laura Ellman `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-14** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Education
- **2019-05-22** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Education; 013-000-000
- **2019-05-27** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton
- **2019-05-27** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-27** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Ellman `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2019-05-27** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-05-27** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2019-05-27** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Karina Villa
- **2019-05-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-05-27** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-28** Assigned to Mental Health Committee; `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-28** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2019
- **2019-05-28** Motion Filed to Suspend Rule 21 Mental Health Committee; Rep. Kathleen Willis
- **2019-05-28** Motion to Suspend Rule 21 - Prevailed
- **2019-05-29** Do Pass / Short Debate Mental Health Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-29** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-05-29** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2019-05-29** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2019-05-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-05-30** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-05-30** Passed Both Houses
- **2019-05-30** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Deb Conroy
- **2019-05-30** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
- **2019-05-30** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Terra Costa Howard
- **2019-05-30** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Diane Pappas
- **2019-06-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-08-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-09** Effective Date January 1, 2020
- **2019-08-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0305 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/021b2c4b-fee5-4ec2-a43d-4cdf6b20c418`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).