---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CONSTUCTION-CAPITAL NEEDS"
description: "Amends the School Construction Law. Requires the State Board of Education and the Capital Development Board to file with the General Assembly a comprehensive assessment report of the capital needs of all school districts in this State before January 1, 2005 and every 2 years thereafter. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "SB 1369"
citation: "Illinois SB 1369 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-02-20"
last_action: "2003-08-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77c3aa40-48ed-41d1-884e-1fbd83d351f4"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1369&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=4387&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "c7ee10cb14fc50c6f356d737d22b813cfc4e074221123644687583860c907ae0"
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 1369 (93rd) — SCH CONSTUCTION-CAPITAL NEEDS

Amends the School Construction Law. Requires the State Board of Education and the Capital Development Board to file with the General Assembly a comprehensive assessment report of the capital needs of all school districts in this State before January 1, 2005 and every 2 years thereafter. Effective immediately.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB1369&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=4387&DocNum=1369&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB1369eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=4387&DocNum=1369&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB1369enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=4387&DocNum=1369&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **43–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Karen A. Yarbrough — cosponsor (person)
- Miguel del Valle — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-02-20** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Miguel del Valle `filing`
- **2003-02-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-02-20** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-27** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-12** Do Pass Education; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-03-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 13, 2003
- **2003-03-21** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-03-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 24, 2003
- **2003-03-24** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Barack Obama
- **2003-03-24** Third Reading - Passed; 043-010-002 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-03-25** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2003-03-25** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-03-26** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Calvin L. Giles
- **2003-03-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-03-26** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-31** Assigned to Elementary and Secondary Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-04** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
- **2003-04-10** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg
- **2003-04-16** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary and Secondary Education Committee; 017-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-04-16** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-04-30** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
- **2003-05-08** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-05-16** Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Extended-Rule 19(a); May 23, 2003
- **2003-05-21** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-05-21** Passed Both Houses
- **2003-06-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2003-08-08** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2003-08-08** Effective Date August 8, 2003
- **2003-08-08** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0489 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/77c3aa40-48ed-41d1-884e-1fbd83d351f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).