---
type: "Bill"
title: "CHICAGO SCHOOLS-TRUANCY BOARD"
description: "CHICAGO SCHOOLS-TRUANCY BOARD"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "90th"
identifier: "HB 53"
citation: "Illinois HB 53 (90th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 68
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1997-01-08T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1997-07-23T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8121dbc6-1626-46d7-8271-69d3fe3cebc9"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/90gatoc.html"
source_hash: "13cef7dedf25f359e017805ebd15bda2b6c631a64277d017b2784a35a956c185"
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 HB 53 (90th) — CHICAGO SCHOOLS-TRUANCY BOARD

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0053** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/hbgroups/hb/900HB0053LV.html)

## Sponsors

- DART — cosponsor (person)
- DAVIS,MONIQUE — cosponsor (person)
- DUDYCZ — cosponsor (person)
- JONES,LOU — cosponsor (person)
- PERSICO — cosponsor (person)
- TROTTER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1997-01-08T00:00:00-06:00** FILED WITH CLERK `introduction`
- **1997-01-08T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-01-08T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-01-22T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE ELEM SCND ED `referral-committee`
- **1997-02-27T00:00:00-06:00** FISCAL NOTE FILED
- **1997-02-27T00:00:00-06:00** STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE FILED
- **1997-02-27T00:00:00-06:00** COMMITTEE ELEM SCND ED
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED AS AMENDED
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED AS AMENDED
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** COWLISHAW
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** COMMITTEE ELEM SCND ED
- **1997-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-ELEM SCND ED H
- **1997-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1997-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS AS AMENDED/STANDARD DEBATE 011-010-000 HELM
- **1997-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CAL 2ND READING-STANDARD DEBATE
- **1997-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED AS AMENDED/BLACK
- **1997-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED AS AMENDED/BLACK
- **1997-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-STANDARD DBT
- **1997-03-26T00:00:00-06:00** FISCAL NOTE FILED AS AMENDED
- **1997-03-26T00:00:00-06:00** STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE FILED AS AMENDED
- **1997-03-26T00:00:00-06:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-STANDARD DBT
- **1997-04-08T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-STANDARD DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1997-04-08T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-STNDRD DEBATE
- **1997-04-12T00:00:00-05:00** RECLLD TO SECOND READING-STANDARD DEBATE
- **1997-04-12T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-DART
- **1997-04-12T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **1997-04-12T00:00:00-05:00** HELD CAL ORDER 2ND READING-STANDARD DBT
- **1997-04-14T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-DART
- **1997-04-14T00:00:00-05:00** RULES REFERS TO HELM
- **1997-04-14T00:00:00-05:00** HELD CAL ORDER 2ND READING-STANDARD DBT
- **1997-04-15T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-DART
- **1997-04-15T00:00:00-05:00** BE ADOPTED HELM
- **1997-04-15T00:00:00-05:00** HELD CAL ORDER 2ND READING-STANDARD DBT
- **1997-04-16T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 03-DART
- **1997-04-16T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **1997-04-16T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR DAVIS,MONIQUE
- **1997-04-16T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR JONES,LOU
- **1997-04-16T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 03-DART
- **1997-04-16T00:00:00-05:00** BE ADOPTED HRUL
- **1997-04-16T00:00:00-05:00** HELD CAL ORDER 2ND READING-STANDARD DBT
- **1997-04-18T00:00:00-05:00** HOME RULE NOTE REQUESTED AS AMENDED/BLACK
- **1997-04-18T00:00:00-05:00** HOME RULE NOTE FILED AS AMENDED
- **1997-04-18T00:00:00-05:00** PRIMARY SPONSOR CHANGED TO PERSICO
- **1997-04-18T00:00:00-05:00** JOINT-SPONSOR CHANGED TO DART
- **1997-04-18T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-DART
- **1997-04-18T00:00:00-05:00** WITHDRAWN
- **1997-04-18T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 03-DART
- **1997-04-18T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1997-04-18T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-STNDRD DEBATE
- **1997-04-18T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/STANDARD DEBATE/PASS 111-003-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-04-23T00:00:00-05:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **1997-04-24T00:00:00-05:00** CHIEF SPONSOR DUDYCZ
- **1997-04-24T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR TROTTER
- **1997-04-24T00:00:00-05:00** HOME RULE NOTE FILED AS AMENDED HA 03
- **1997-04-24T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 97-04-24
- **1997-04-25T00:00:00-05:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-04-25T00:00:00-05:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-04-25T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **1997-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS 009-000-000 SESE
- **1997-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 97-05-12
- **1997-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1997-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 97-05-13
- **1997-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 057-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1997-06-11T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1997-07-23T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1997-07-23T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 97-07-23
- **1997-07-23T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0143

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8121dbc6-1626-46d7-8271-69d3fe3cebc9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).