---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CONSTRUCT-EARLY CHLD GRANT"
description: "Amends the School Construction Law. In provisions concerning early childhood construction grants, removes a provision that specifies that grants made in fiscal year 2024 may be made only to public school districts. Provides that a not-for-profit early childhood entity that rents or leases from another not-for-profit entity shall be considered an eligible entity. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "SB 2675"
citation: "Illinois SB 2675 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Margaret Croke", "Ram Villivalam"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-10"
last_action: "2024-08-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7747b1df-fb23-4c19-b828-0b8d4cb5d2a1"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=2675&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=151252&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "f556b36aac488e6418ca3e116619d53df900538197791fcf8c690815e3df4b4b"
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 2675 (103rd) — SCH CONSTRUCT-EARLY CHLD GRANT

Amends the School Construction Law. In provisions concerning early childhood construction grants, removes a provision that specifies that grants made in fiscal year 2024 may be made only to public school districts. Provides that a not-for-profit early childhood entity that rents or leases from another not-for-profit entity shall be considered an eligible entity. Effective immediately.

## 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/SB/PDF/10300SB2675.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB2675eng.pdf)
3. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB2675sam001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB2675enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Education, Amendment 1 — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Child Care Access & Early Childhood — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **109–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **59–0** (pass) · lower
- Education — **13–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Margaret Croke — primary (person)
- Ram Villivalam — primary (person)
- Dan Ugaste — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Fine — cosponsor (person)
- Laura M. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Peters — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-10** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ram Villivalam `filing`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-01-10** Referred to Assignments
- **2024-01-31** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Do Pass Education; 013-000-000
- **2024-02-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 8, 2024 `reading-2`
- **2024-03-07** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Fine
- **2024-03-08** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ram Villivalam `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-08** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
- **2024-03-12** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Education
- **2024-03-13** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Education; 011-000-000
- **2024-03-21** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-21** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 22, 2024
- **2024-04-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading **
- **2024-04-10** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
- **2024-04-12** Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-12** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2024-04-12** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Margaret Croke
- **2024-04-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-04-15** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-04-24** Assigned to Child Care Accessibility & Early Childhood Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-02** Do Pass / Short Debate Child Care Accessibility & Early Childhood Education Committee; 012-000-000
- **2024-05-02** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-05-06** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2024-05-14** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-14** Passed Both Houses
- **2024-05-14** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Ugaste
- **2024-05-14** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert Peters
- **2024-06-12** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-08-02** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2024-08-02** Effective Date August 2, 2024
- **2024-08-02** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0759 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7747b1df-fb23-4c19-b828-0b8d4cb5d2a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).