---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCH EMPLOYEE BENEFITS-DISTRICT"
description: "Amends the School Employee Benefit Act. Includes in the definition of \"school district\" a vocational education district, a special education district, a program operated by an educational service region, and a joint agreement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "SB 479"
citation: "Illinois SB 479 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-16"
last_action: "2005-07-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05f1c78f-be1e-4b59-a02d-c513a1794764"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=479&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=17267&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "4bfd14240463795bc686545e3a25916983b9fdb3146e2e2db159a50227f64fa6"
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 479 (94th) — SCH EMPLOYEE BENEFITS-DISTRICT

Amends the School Employee Benefit Act. Includes in the definition of "school district" a vocational education district, a special education district, a program operated by an educational service region, and a joint agreement.

## 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=09400SB0479&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=17267&DocNum=479&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB0479eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=17267&DocNum=479&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB0479enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=17267&DocNum=479&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- George P. Shadid — primary (person)
- Linda Chapa LaVia — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-02-16** Filed with Secretary by Sen. George P. Shadid `filing`
- **2005-02-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-16** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-17** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-24** Postponed - Education
- **2005-03-02** Postponed - Education
- **2005-03-10** Do Pass Education; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-03-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 15, 2005
- **2005-03-15** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 16, 2005
- **2005-04-07** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
- **2005-04-07** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-04-07** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2005-04-07** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-11** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Aaron Schock
- **2005-04-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-11** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-20** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-11** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black
- **2005-05-11** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Roger L. Eddy
- **2005-05-11** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 021-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-05-11** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
- **2005-05-12** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-05-19** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-05-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-05-20** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- **2005-05-20** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2005-05-20** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-20** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-06-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-07-14** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-07-14** Effective Date January 1, 2006
- **2005-07-14** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0227 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/05f1c78f-be1e-4b59-a02d-c513a1794764`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).