---
type: "Bill"
title: "$STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION"
description: "Makes a supplemental appropriation of $21,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the State Board of Education to be used exclusively for school districts that will receive less funding in the 2007-2008 school year as a result of Public Act 93-1022."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "SB 1874"
citation: "Illinois SB 1874 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 46
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2008-01-10"
last_action: "2008-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1512fbf5-1d12-403b-87b6-f13fc16681ef"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1874&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=34462&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "4dea256c3bc410da40f47f964c4205c6fd5ed43bdbc75df6457a466d8c250348"
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 1874 (95th) — $STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

Makes a supplemental appropriation of $21,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the State Board of Education to be used exclusively for school districts that will receive less funding in the 2007-2008 school year as a result of Public Act 93-1022.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB1874.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB1874eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB1874enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **109–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gary Forby — primary (person)
- Mike Fortner — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick J Verschoore — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-01-10** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Gary Forby `filing`
- **2008-01-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-01-10** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2008-02-07** Assigned to Appropriations I `referral-committee`
- **2008-02-13** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Larry K. Bomke
- **2008-02-14** Do Pass Appropriations I; 009-000-001 `committee-passage`
- **2008-02-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 20, 2008
- **2008-02-22** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. A. J. Wilhelmi
- **2008-02-27** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2008-02-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 28, 2008
- **2008-02-27** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Deanna Demuzio
- **2008-02-28** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Susan Garrett
- **2008-02-28** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael W. Frerichs
- **2008-02-28** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
- **2008-02-28** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
- **2008-02-28** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2008-02-28** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
- **2008-02-28** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Edward D. Maloney
- **2008-02-28** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
- **2008-02-28** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Bond
- **2008-02-28** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
- **2008-02-28** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. John M. Sullivan
- **2008-02-28** Third Reading - Passed; 051-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2008-02-28** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2008-02-28** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-02-28** Chief House Sponsor Rep. John E. Bradley
- **2008-03-05** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-03-05** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2008-03-05** Assigned to Approp-Elementary & Secondary Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2008-03-06** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael K. Smith
- **2008-03-11** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Roger L. Eddy
- **2008-03-11** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry L. Mitchell
- **2008-03-11** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
- **2008-03-11** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J Verschoore
- **2008-03-11** Do Pass / Short Debate Approp-Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2008-03-12** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2008-03-13** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
- **2008-04-01** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2008-04-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2008-04-02** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Noland
- **2008-04-02** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2008-04-02** Passed Both Houses
- **2008-05-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2008-06-30** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2008-06-30** Effective Date June 30, 2008
- **2008-06-30** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0729 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1512fbf5-1d12-403b-87b6-f13fc16681ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).