---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-SICK LEAVE-BIRTH-ADOPT"
description: "Amends the School Code. In school districts other than the Chicago school district, allows sick leave for birth, adoption, or placement for adoption. Allows the school board to require a certificate from a physician or other health care provider as a basis for pay during this leave after an absence of 30 days. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "HB 1877"
citation: "Illinois HB 1877 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-02-23"
last_action: "2007-08-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1893c701-2801-4883-b279-1291062adea7"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1877&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=30713&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "8a0992095efdeeadcec25c9a0bc98ed2ad96af02146e9c1843efca085ae43bf8"
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 HB 1877 (95th) — SCH CD-SICK LEAVE-BIRTH-ADOPT

Amends the School Code. In school districts other than the Chicago school district, allows sick leave for birth, adoption, or placement for adoption. Allows the school board to require a certificate from a physician or other health care provider as a basis for pay during this leave after an absence of 30 days. 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=09500HB1877&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=30713&DocNum=1877&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB1877eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=30713&DocNum=1877&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB1877enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=30713&DocNum=1877&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **59–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Keith P. Sommer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-23** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Keith P. Sommer `filing`
- **2007-02-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-02-23** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-27** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-14** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 020-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-03-14** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-04-12** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Keith P. Sommer `amendment-introduction`
- **2007-04-12** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-18** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Keith P. Sommer `amendment-introduction`
- **2007-04-18** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-24** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 005-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-25** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-04-25** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2007-04-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-04-27** Third Reading/Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 3, 2007 `reading-3`
- **2007-05-01** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-05-01** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40(a) `amendment-failure`
- **2007-05-01** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- **2007-05-01** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2007-05-02** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2007-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-05-02** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Susan Garrett
- **2007-05-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-05-02** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-03** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-09** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- **2007-05-10** Do Pass Education; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 15, 2007
- **2007-05-15** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-05-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 16, 2007
- **2007-05-17** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2007-05-17** Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-05-17** Passed Both Houses
- **2007-06-15** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-14** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-14** Effective Date August 14, 2007
- **2007-08-14** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0151 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1893c701-2801-4883-b279-1291062adea7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).