---
type: "Bill"
title: "EDUCATION-TECH"
description: "Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a school building code."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "SB 461"
citation: "Illinois SB 461 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aarón M. Ortíz", "Ram Villivalam"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 50
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-02"
last_action: "2024-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d64c4896-49c1-4d89-87e9-df67e287dca5"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=461&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=144209&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "a573880dc5987efd05bb136bab50e010a91feb6a5073f3ffbcb24e83c2868231"
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 461 (103rd) — EDUCATION-TECH

Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a school building code.

## 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/10300SB0461.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB0461eng.pdf)
3. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB0461sam001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB0461enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **42–16** (pass) · lower
- Executive — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **73–40** (pass) · lower
- Higher Education — **8–4** (pass) · lower
- Higher Education, Amendment 1 — **13–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Aarón M. Ortíz — primary (person)
- Ram Villivalam — primary (person)
- Abdelnasser Rashid — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Hernández — cosponsor (person)
- Dagmara Avelar — cosponsor (person)
- Edgar González, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Eva-Dina Delgado — cosponsor (person)
- Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Kam Buckner — cosponsor (person)
- Lilian Jiménez — cosponsor (person)
- Maura Hirschauer — cosponsor (person)
- Norma Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Rita Mayfield — cosponsor (person)
- Theresa Mah — cosponsor (person)
- Will Guzzardi — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-02** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon `filing`
- **2023-02-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-02** Referred to Assignments
- **2023-03-02** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Do Pass Executive; 011-000-000
- **2023-03-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 10, 2023 `reading-2`
- **2023-03-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 21, 2023
- **2023-03-31** Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
- **2024-03-20** Approved for Consideration Assignments
- **2024-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 21, 2024
- **2024-03-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ram Villivalam `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
- **2024-04-09** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Higher Education
- **2024-04-09** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Ram Villivalam
- **2024-04-10** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Higher Education; 013-000-000
- **2024-04-11** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-04-11** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2024-04-11** Third Reading - Passed; 042-016-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-11** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2024-04-12** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Aarón M. Ortíz
- **2024-04-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-04-12** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-04-24** Assigned to Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-01** Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 008-004-000
- **2024-05-02** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-05-15** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-05-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2024-05-17** Third Reading/Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 24, 2024
- **2024-05-21** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah
- **2024-05-21** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kam Buckner
- **2024-05-21** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dagmara Avelar
- **2024-05-21** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid
- **2024-05-21** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Eva-Dina Delgado
- **2024-05-21** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Lilian Jiménez
- **2024-05-21** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.
- **2024-05-21** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez
- **2024-05-21** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Edgar González, Jr.
- **2024-05-21** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernández
- **2024-05-21** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Norma Hernandez
- **2024-05-21** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Maura Hirschauer
- **2024-05-21** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
- **2024-05-21** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi
- **2024-05-24** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 073-040-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-24** Passed Both Houses
- **2024-06-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-08-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2024-08-09** Effective Date January 1, 2025
- **2024-08-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0876 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d64c4896-49c1-4d89-87e9-df67e287dca5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).