---
type: "Bill"
title: "SAFE TO LEARN PROG-JULY 2005"
description: "SAFE TO LEARN PROG-JULY 2005"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "92nd"
identifier: "HB 678"
citation: "Illinois HB 678 (92nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 64
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2001-02-06T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "2001-08-17T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23820562-b3fe-4c15-94e1-be1fcefc2c53"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/92gatoc.html"
source_hash: "267c23f23fcebda08e128fdd6ecc76bc7d4942873bef50842bcf66feb85f41d9"
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 678 (92nd) — SAFE TO LEARN PROG-JULY 2005

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0678** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/hbgroups/hb/920HB0678LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BERNS — cosponsor (person)
- BLACK — cosponsor (person)
- CROTTY — cosponsor (person)
- CURRY,JULIE — cosponsor (person)
- FRANKS — cosponsor (person)
- GILES — cosponsor (person)
- HOFFMAN — cosponsor (person)
- HOLBROOK — cosponsor (person)
- MATHIAS — cosponsor (person)
- MILLER — cosponsor (person)
- MITCHELL,JERRY — cosponsor (person)
- MULLIGAN — cosponsor (person)
- O'BRIEN — cosponsor (person)
- O'CONNOR — cosponsor (person)
- REITZ — cosponsor (person)
- RYAN — cosponsor (person)
- SOMMER — cosponsor (person)
- WATSON — cosponsor (person)
- WINKEL — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-02-06T00:00:00-06:00** FILED WITH CLERK `introduction`
- **2001-02-06T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR MITCHELL,JERRY
- **2001-02-06T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR CURRY,JULIE
- **2001-02-06T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR WINKEL
- **2001-02-06T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2001-02-06T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-07T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE ELEM SCND ED `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-15T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 019-000-000 HELM
- **2001-02-15T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-02-15T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR OSTERMAN
- **2001-02-15T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR CROTTY
- **2001-02-15T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR RYAN
- **2001-02-15T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MILLER
- **2001-02-16T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **2001-02-16T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-03-13T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SOMMER
- **2001-03-22T00:00:00-06:00** PRIMARY SPONSOR CHANGED TO REITZ
- **2001-03-22T00:00:00-06:00** JOINT-SPONSOR CHANGED TO HOFFMAN
- **2001-03-22T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR GILES
- **2001-03-22T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BERNS
- **2001-03-22T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 112-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2001-03-22T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BLACK
- **2001-03-22T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR O'CONNOR
- **2001-03-22T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR COULSON
- **2001-03-22T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MULLIGAN
- **2001-03-22T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR FRANKS
- **2001-03-22T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR HOLBROOK
- **2001-03-22T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MATHIAS
- **2001-03-22T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR O'BRIEN
- **2001-03-27T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **2001-03-27T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 01-03-28
- **2001-03-27T00:00:00-06:00** CHIEF SPONSOR WATSON
- **2001-03-27T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2001-03-27T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-02T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS 008-000-000 SESE
- **2001-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 01-05-10
- **2001-05-11T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **2001-05-11T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 01-05-14
- **2001-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **2001-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-WATSON
- **2001-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO SRUL
- **2001-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-WATSON
- **2001-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** RULES REFERS TO SESE
- **2001-05-17T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-WATSON
- **2001-05-17T00:00:00-05:00** BE ADOPTED SESE/009-000-000
- **2001-05-17T00:00:00-05:00** RECALLED TO SECOND READING
- **2001-05-17T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-WATSON
- **2001-05-17T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **2001-05-17T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 01-05-18
- **2001-05-18T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 056-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2001-05-18T00:00:00-05:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **2001-05-18T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01
- **2001-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION FILED CONCUR 01/REITZ
- **2001-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION REFERRED TO HRUL
- **2001-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01
- **2001-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR SA #1
- **2001-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** RECOMMENDS BE ADOPTED HRUL/005-000-000
- **2001-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** HSE CONCURS IN SEN AMENDMENTS (NO.) 01/114-000-000
- **2001-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **2001-06-20T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2001-08-17T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **2001-08-17T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 01-08-17
- **2001-08-17T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0409

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/23820562-b3fe-4c15-94e1-be1fcefc2c53`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).