---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-REGIONAL BOARD VACANCY"
description: "Amends the Regional Board of School Trustees Article of the School Code. Provides that a vacancy on a regional board of school trustees shall be subject to the residency provisions in the Article unless the vacancy occurs in a single county educational service region (instead of providing that any vacancy is subject to the residency provisions in the Article). Provides that if a vacancy occurs in a single county educational service region, then the vacancy may be filled by a person who is a resident of a congressional township not represented on the board. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "SB 3110"
citation: "Illinois SB 3110 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joyce Mason", "Mary Edly-Allen"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-02"
last_action: "2024-08-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/610a67f2-5d8b-497f-9487-4ba49c177f47"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=3110&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=152213&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "80beb7910e1d05e6a3fad0f5bca9ca5da572d9b4d1339733c1d214d4985ff822"
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 3110 (103rd) — SCH CD-REGIONAL BOARD VACANCY

Amends the Regional Board of School Trustees Article of the School Code. Provides that a vacancy on a regional board of school trustees shall be subject to the residency provisions in the Article unless the vacancy occurs in a single county educational service region (instead of providing that any vacancy is subject to the residency provisions in the Article). Provides that if a vacancy occurs in a single county educational service region, then the vacancy may be filled by a person who is a resident of a congressional township not represented on the board. 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/10300SB3110.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB3110eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB3110enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Education — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Elem Sec Ed: Adm., Lic. & Charter — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **59–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Joyce Mason — primary (person)
- Mary Edly-Allen — primary (person)
- Adriane Johnson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-02** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mary Edly-Allen `filing`
- **2024-02-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-02-02** Referred to Assignments
- **2024-02-07** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
- **2024-02-14** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21** Do Pass Education; 011-000-000
- **2024-02-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 22, 2024 `reading-2`
- **2024-03-14** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 20, 2024
- **2024-04-10** Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-10** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2024-04-10** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason
- **2024-04-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-04-11** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-04-15** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-01** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools; 008-000-000
- **2024-05-02** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-05-13** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2024-05-16** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-16** Passed Both Houses
- **2024-06-14** 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 . . . . . . . . . 103-0774 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/610a67f2-5d8b-497f-9487-4ba49c177f47`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).