---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-CIVIL DEFENSE SHELTERS"
description: "Amends the School Code. Requires a school board to cooperate with disaster relief organizations with regard to civil defense shelters. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "SB 877"
citation: "Illinois SB 877 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-02-19"
last_action: "2003-07-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/00fef2c6-ab7b-49f9-bb30-eb5a97511d1b"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=877&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=3729&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "6a4e1aefa82893ee4dd310255786634675104fb561e6d076ce1165b7a8ab3057"
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 877 (93rd) — SCH CD-CIVIL DEFENSE SHELTERS

Amends the School Code. Requires a school board to cooperate with disaster relief organizations with regard to civil defense shelters. 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=09300SB0877&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=3729&DocNum=877&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB0877eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=3729&DocNum=877&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB0877enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=3729&DocNum=877&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Larry D. Woolard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-02-19** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Larry D. Woolard `filing`
- **2003-02-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-02-19** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-26** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-11** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Vince Demuzio
- **2003-03-12** Do Pass Education; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-03-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 13, 2003
- **2003-03-18** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-03-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 19, 2003
- **2003-03-20** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-03-20** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2003-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-03-27** Chief House Sponsor Rep. James H. Meyer
- **2003-03-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-03-27** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-31** Assigned to Elementary and Secondary Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-29** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Roger L. Eddy
- **2003-05-01** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary and Secondary Education Committee; 015-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-05-01** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-05-09** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-05-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-05-14** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-05-14** Passed Both Houses
- **2003-06-12** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-25** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-25** Effective Date July 25, 2003
- **2003-07-25** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0390 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/00fef2c6-ab7b-49f9-bb30-eb5a97511d1b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).