---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-SPEC ED ADVIS COUNCIL"
description: "Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Adds the Secretary of Early Childhood or his or her designee as a member of the Advisory Council on the Education of Children with Disabilities. Provides that the Council shall establish a committee charged with ensuring that all children aged 3 to 5 with disabilities have access to high-quality, inclusive, early-childhood services, provided in the least restrictive environment, across all early learning settings. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "104th"
identifier: "SB 1555"
citation: "Illinois SB 1555 (104th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maura Hirschauer", "Meg Loughran Cappel"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-04"
last_action: "2025-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07c2fb09-57d7-4206-8261-a58716127e5d"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=1555&GAID=18&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=160255&SessionID=114"
source_hash: "d684f82b8faaeec6c96ebbb214f5025b7590af1bc19f1e16d2d656e390005ed1"
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 1555 (104th) — SCH CD-SPEC ED ADVIS COUNCIL

Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Adds the Secretary of Early Childhood or his or her designee as a member of the Advisory Council on the Education of Children with Disabilities. Provides that the Council shall establish a committee charged with ensuring that all children aged 3 to 5 with disabilities have access to high-quality, inclusive, early-childhood services, provided in the least restrictive environment, across all early learning settings. Effective immediately.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1555.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1555eng.pdf)
3. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1555sam001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1555enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Education — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper
- Education — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Education Policy — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **108–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Maura Hirschauer — primary (person)
- Meg Loughran Cappel — primary (person)
- Lakesia Collins — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-04** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel `filing`
- **2025-02-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-04** Referred to Assignments
- **2025-02-11** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** Postponed - Education
- **2025-02-21** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-02-21** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
- **2025-02-25** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Education
- **2025-02-25** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-26** Do Pass as Amended Education; 014-000-000
- **2025-02-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 27, 2025 `reading-2`
- **2025-03-05** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 6, 2025
- **2025-04-03** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-03** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Lakesia Collins
- **2025-04-04** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2025-04-08** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Maura Hirschauer
- **2025-04-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-09** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2025-04-17** Assigned to Education Policy Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-23** Do Pass / Short Debate Education Policy Committee; 012-000-000
- **2025-04-23** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-05-16** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-05-16** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-05-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2025-05-23** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-23** Passed Both Houses
- **2025-06-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-08-01** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2025-08-01** Effective Date August 1, 2025
- **2025-08-01** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0109 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/07c2fb09-57d7-4206-8261-a58716127e5d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).