---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-DRIVER ED-DISTRACTIONS"
description: "Amends the Driver Education Act of the School Code. Requires a driver education course to include classroom instruction on distracted driving as a major traffic safety issue. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "SB 1557"
citation: "Illinois SB 1557 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-02-09"
last_action: "2007-08-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/173c776d-60e7-43cd-98dc-d11417577516"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1557&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=29705&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "bce07c7314c3f724b76eb02ee0000983a72527f177ab103f654c615324c12953"
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 1557 (95th) — SCH CD-DRIVER ED-DISTRACTIONS

Amends the Driver Education Act of the School Code. Requires a driver education course to include classroom instruction on distracted driving as a major traffic safety issue. 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=09500SB1557&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=29705&DocNum=1557&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB1557eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=29705&DocNum=1557&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB1557enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=29705&DocNum=1557&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **102–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Michael W. Frerichs — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-09** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael W. Frerichs `filing`
- **2007-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-02-09** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-21** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-02** Postponed - Education
- **2007-03-08** Postponed - Education
- **2007-03-15** Do Pass Education; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 20, 2007
- **2007-03-20** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 21, 2007
- **2007-03-21** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2007-03-21** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
- **2007-03-30** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2007 `reading-3`
- **2007-04-20** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-04-20** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2007-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-04-20** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
- **2007-04-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-04-20** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-30** Assigned to Drivers Education & Safety Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-08** Do Pass / Short Debate Drivers Education & Safety Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-05-09** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-05-24** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-05-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-05-24** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
- **2007-05-24** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
- **2007-05-31** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 102-014-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-05-31** Passed Both Houses
- **2007-06-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-21** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-21** Effective Date August 21, 2007
- **2007-08-21** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0339 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/173c776d-60e7-43cd-98dc-d11417577516`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).