---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-TUITION FOR ORPHANS"
description: "Amends the School Code. Provides that the depreciation allowance included under the amount of the tuition for a child from a home for orphans, dependent, abandoned, or maladjusted children shall exclude depreciation of assets paid from federal or donated funds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "104th"
identifier: "SB 2149"
citation: "Illinois SB 2149 (104th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adriane Johnson", "Daniel Didech"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-02-07"
last_action: "2025-08-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b580f166-919b-43c3-b326-c8a483eac0ec"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=2149&GAID=18&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=161723&SessionID=114"
source_hash: "ac32fccf4e87b3f3a820ccc8862c92a27d679b79e9841ff62b781c03fd4e0dfa"
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 2149 (104th) — SCH CD-TUITION FOR ORPHANS

Amends the School Code. Provides that the depreciation allowance included under the amount of the tuition for a child from a home for orphans, dependent, abandoned, or maladjusted children shall exclude depreciation of assets paid from federal or donated funds.

## 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/10400SB2149.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB2149eng.pdf)
3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB2149ham001.pdf)
4. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB2149sam001.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB2149enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Concurrence — **57–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper
- Education — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Education, Amendment 1 — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Approp-Elementary & Secondary Educ — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Education — **14–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Adriane Johnson — primary (person)
- Daniel Didech — primary (person)
- Bob Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Graciela Guzmán — cosponsor (person)
- Julie A. Morrison — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Edly-Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Meg Loughran Cappel — cosponsor (person)
- Rita Mayfield — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-07** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Adriane Johnson `filing`
- **2025-02-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-07** Referred to Assignments
- **2025-02-25** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Postponed - Education
- **2025-03-06** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
- **2025-03-19** Do Pass Education; 014-000-000
- **2025-03-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 20, 2025 `reading-2`
- **2025-03-20** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 1, 2025
- **2025-04-02** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Adriane Johnson `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-02** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
- **2025-04-08** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Education
- **2025-04-08** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Education; 015-000-000
- **2025-04-09** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-09** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Johnson `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2025-04-09** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-09** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2025-04-09** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Daniel Didech
- **2025-04-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-09** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2025-04-17** Assigned to Appropriations-Elementary & Secondary Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-24** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Daniel Didech `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-24** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
- **2025-04-29** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Appropriations-Elementary & Secondary Education Committee
- **2025-04-29** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Appropriations-Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-29** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Appropriations-Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 006-000-000
- **2025-04-29** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
- **2025-04-29** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Bob Morgan
- **2025-04-30** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-05-14** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2025-05-22** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-22** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1
- **2025-05-22** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - May 26, 2025
- **2025-05-27** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Graciela Guzmán
- **2025-05-27** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Adriane Johnson `filing`
- **2025-05-27** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments
- **2025-05-27** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Education
- **2025-05-27** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Education; 013-000-000
- **2025-05-31** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
- **2025-05-31** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 057-000-000
- **2025-05-31** Senate Concurs
- **2025-05-31** Passed Both Houses
- **2025-06-04** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel
- **2025-06-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-08-15** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2025-08-15** Effective Date January 1, 2026
- **2025-08-15** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0410 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b580f166-919b-43c3-b326-c8a483eac0ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).