---
type: "Bill"
title: "EDUCATION-TECH"
description: "Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the State Board of Education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "SB 574"
citation: "Illinois SB 574 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-18"
last_action: "2005-08-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01e17650-a6e0-4b47-9965-14310d4daa71"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=574&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=17482&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "cb041c8c90c9b4264ed0313e26c76ef90b7d9f6173a0d445d808faf7d2993d70"
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 574 (94th) — EDUCATION-TECH

Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the State Board of Education.

## 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=09400SB0574&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=17482&DocNum=574&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB0574eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=17482&DocNum=574&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB0574enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=17482&DocNum=574&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Miguel del Valle — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-02-18** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Miguel del Valle `filing`
- **2005-02-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-18** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-23** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-02** Postponed - Education
- **2005-03-10** Postponed - Education
- **2005-03-17** Do Pass Education; 007-004-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 6, 2005
- **2005-03-23** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Miguel del Valle `amendment-introduction`
- **2005-03-23** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-06** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Education
- **2005-04-08** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Held in Education
- **2005-04-12** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Be Adopted Education; 010-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-04-12** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
- **2005-04-13** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-04-13** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; del Valle `amendment-passage`
- **2005-04-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 14, 2005
- **2005-04-14** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Jacobs
- **2005-04-14** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2005-04-14** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-04-15** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2005-04-15** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-15** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Calvin L. Giles
- **2005-04-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-15** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-27** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Edward D. Maloney
- **2005-04-27** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-11** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 021-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **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** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-20** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-05-20** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
- **2005-05-20** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Milton Patterson
- **2005-05-20** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Annazette Collins
- **2005-05-20** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Constance A. Howard
- **2005-06-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-10** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-10** Effective Date January 1, 2006
- **2005-08-10** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0534 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/01e17650-a6e0-4b47-9965-14310d4daa71`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).