---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-DRIVR ED-ORGAN DONATION"
description: "Amends the Driver Education Act of the School Code. Requires a driver education course to provide at least 30 minutes of classroom instruction relating to organ, tissue, and blood donation and organ, tissue, and blood donation procedures. Prohibits a student from being required to participate in this instruction if his or her parent or guardian objects. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "SB 372"
citation: "Illinois SB 372 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 63
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2003-02-18"
last_action: "2003-08-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d2f7f6e-bd62-4196-adeb-627bcbab9207"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=372&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=2956&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "90345380714ff744a66122452905f576fa8e443b3fbe1668d6f53763e9d12fce"
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 372 (93rd) — SCH CD-DRIVR ED-ORGAN DONATION

Amends the Driver Education Act of the School Code. Requires a driver education course to provide at least 30 minutes of classroom instruction relating to organ, tissue, and blood donation and organ, tissue, and blood donation procedures. Prohibits a student from being required to participate in this instruction if his or her parent or guardian objects. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. 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=09300SB0372&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=2956&DocNum=372&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB0372eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=2956&DocNum=372&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB0372enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=2956&DocNum=372&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Concurrence, Amendment 4 — **57–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence — **57–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence, Amendment 3 — **57–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **33–22** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mattie Hunter — primary (person)
- Wyvetter H. Younge — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-02-18** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mattie Hunter `filing`
- **2003-02-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-02-18** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-19** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-12** Do Pass Education; 006-003-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-03-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 13, 2003
- **2003-03-13** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-03-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 18, 2003
- **2003-03-24** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter
- **2003-03-25** Third Reading - Passed; 033-022-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-03-26** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2003-03-26** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-03-31** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Robert Rita
- **2003-03-31** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-03-31** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-02** Assigned to Elementary and Secondary Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-04** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis
- **2003-05-01** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Elementary and Secondary Education Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2003-05-01** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elementary and Secondary Education Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2003-05-01** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Elementary and Secondary Education Committee; 015-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-05-01** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-05-07** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Robert Rita `amendment-introduction`
- **2003-05-07** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-13** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-05-15** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Robert Rita `amendment-introduction`
- **2003-05-15** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-16** House Floor Amendment No. 4 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Robert Rita `amendment-introduction`
- **2003-05-16** House Floor Amendment No. 4 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-16** Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b); May 23, 2003
- **2003-05-20** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; by Voice Vote `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-05-20** House Floor Amendment No. 4 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; by Voice Vote `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-05-21** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-05-21** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Withdrawn by Rep. Robert Rita
- **2003-05-21** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2003-05-21** House Floor Amendment No. 4 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2003-05-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-05-21** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Brady
- **2003-05-21** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack McGuire
- **2003-05-21** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2003-05-22** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 118-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-05-22** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01,03,04
- **2003-05-22** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01,03,04 - May 23, 2003
- **2003-05-27** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Mattie Hunter `filing`
- **2003-05-27** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-27** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Mattie Hunter `filing`
- **2003-05-27** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-27** House Floor Amendment No. 4 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Mattie Hunter `filing`
- **2003-05-27** House Floor Amendment No. 4 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-27** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Wyvetter H. Younge
- **2003-05-28** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-28** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-28** House Floor Amendment No. 4 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-28** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Be Adopted Education; 009-000-000
- **2003-05-28** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion to Concur Be Adopted Education; 009-000-000
- **2003-05-28** House Floor Amendment No. 4 Motion to Concur Be Adopted Education; 009-000-000
- **2003-05-29** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 057-000-000
- **2003-05-29** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Senate Concurs 057-000-000
- **2003-05-29** House Floor Amendment No. 4 Senate Concurs 057-000-000
- **2003-05-29** Passed Both Houses
- **2003-06-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2003-08-19** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2003-08-19** Effective Date August 19, 2003
- **2003-08-19** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0547 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1d2f7f6e-bd62-4196-adeb-627bcbab9207`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).