---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-HEARING OFFICERS"
description: "SCH CD-HEARING OFFICERS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "90th"
identifier: "SB 559"
citation: "Illinois SB 559 (90th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 33
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1997-02-06T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1997-07-25T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88d9adfd-b3f7-4bd2-8e57-8dd1470b6ef4"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/90gatoc.html"
source_hash: "6099150b36b9e3c0abfd37ba79efabab10f8279d180120d2317fc8db4626b474"
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 559 (90th) — SCH CD-HEARING OFFICERS

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0559** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/sbgroups/sb/900SB0559LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BLACK — cosponsor (person)
- WATSON — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1997-02-06T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-02-06T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-02-19T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **1997-02-27T00:00:00-06:00** POSTPONED
- **1997-03-05T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-EDUCATION S
- **1997-03-05T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1997-03-05T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS AS AMENDED 008-000-000 SESE
- **1997-03-05T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 97-03-06
- **1997-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1997-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 97-03-12
- **1997-03-13T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 057-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-03-13T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **1997-03-13T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING
- **1997-03-21T00:00:00-06:00** HOUSE SPONSOR BLACK
- **1997-03-21T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-03-21T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-04-08T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE ELEM SCND ED `referral-committee`
- **1997-04-11T00:00:00-05:00** FISCAL NOTE FILED
- **1997-04-11T00:00:00-05:00** STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE FILED
- **1997-04-11T00:00:00-05:00** COMMITTEE ELEM SCND ED
- **1997-05-01T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 021-000-000 HELM
- **1997-05-01T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-05T00:00:00-05:00** FISCAL NOTE FILED REVISED
- **1997-05-05T00:00:00-05:00** STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE FILED REVISED
- **1997-05-05T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1997-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 109-005-001 `reading-3`
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1997-06-06T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1997-07-25T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1997-07-25T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 97-07-25
- **1997-07-25T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0224

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/88d9adfd-b3f7-4bd2-8e57-8dd1470b6ef4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).