---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCH SAFETY-RAPID ENTRY"
description: "Amends the School Safety Drill Act. Provides that a school building's emergency and crisis response plan, protocol, and procedures shall include a plan for local law enforcement to rapidly enter a school building in the event of an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "HB 3559"
citation: "Illinois HB 3559 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Janet Yang Rohr", "Julie A. Morrison"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-17"
last_action: "2023-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ec40daa-46fe-427f-989a-da3b222e1961"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=3559&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=148730&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "88bab19c91788d06a284c561de594b24c7609534381624c4fb64fde9f3cdcdce"
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 3559 (103rd) — SCH SAFETY-RAPID ENTRY

Amends the School Safety Drill Act. Provides that a school building's emergency and crisis response plan, protocol, and procedures shall include a plan for local law enforcement to rapidly enter a school building in the event of an emergency.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB3559.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB3559eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB3559enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Elem Sec Ed: Adm., Lic. & Charter — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Education — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Janet Yang Rohr — primary (person)
- Julie A. Morrison — primary (person)
- Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar — cosponsor (person)
- Camille Y. Lilly — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Belt — cosponsor (person)
- Doris Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Emanuel "Chris" Welch — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Plummer — cosponsor (person)
- Jawaharial Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Ellman — cosponsor (person)
- Laura M. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Meg Loughran Cappel — cosponsor (person)
- Michael E. Hastings — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Stadelman — cosponsor (person)
- Sue Scherer — cosponsor (person)
- Terra Costa Howard — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-17** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Janet Yang Rohr `filing`
- **2023-02-17** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-17** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-02-28** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-03** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sue Scherer
- **2023-03-08** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools; 009-000-000
- **2023-03-10** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-03-16** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar
- **2023-03-16** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-03-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2023-03-20** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch
- **2023-03-21** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Terra Costa Howard
- **2023-03-21** Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Terra Costa Howard
- **2023-03-22** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-22** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
- **2023-03-22** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jawaharial Williams
- **2023-03-23** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-03-23** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 24, 2023 `reading-1`
- **2023-03-27** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
- **2023-03-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-27** Referred to Assignments
- **2023-03-29** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Ellman
- **2023-04-12** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** Do Pass Education; 012-000-000
- **2023-04-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 20, 2023 `reading-2`
- **2023-04-20** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 25, 2023
- **2023-04-26** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt
- **2023-04-26** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Doris Turner
- **2023-05-02** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel
- **2023-05-04** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael E. Hastings
- **2023-05-04** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Jason Plummer
- **2023-05-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** May 8, 2023
- **2023-05-10** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
- **2023-05-11** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-11** Passed Both Houses
- **2023-05-11** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Steve Stadelman
- **2023-06-09** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-30** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-30** Effective Date January 1, 2024
- **2023-06-30** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0194 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ec40daa-46fe-427f-989a-da3b222e1961`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).