---
type: "Bill"
title: "EDUCATION-TECH"
description: "Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "SB 2685"
citation: "Illinois SB 2685 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 54
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2008-02-15"
last_action: "2008-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a44dfa9-ecf8-4b19-8415-016b73031bae"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2685&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=37144&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "7c761465fc35c5dc3d95bc51fca66031fcb92bb9e5efab9f017feff423ad591a"
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 2685 (95th) — EDUCATION-TECH

Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions.

## 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=09500SB2685&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=37144&DocNum=2685&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB2685eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=37144&DocNum=2685&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB2685enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=37144&DocNum=2685&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Motion — **97–0** (fail) · lower
- Motion — **55–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **112–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- William Delgado — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-15** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Emil Jones, Jr. `filing`
- **2008-02-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-02-15** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2008-03-05** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2008-03-12** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. James A. DeLeo
- **2008-03-13** Do Pass Executive; 008-005-000 `committee-passage`
- **2008-03-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 1, 2008
- **2008-04-01** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2008-04-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 2, 2008
- **2008-04-02** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. William Delgado `amendment-introduction`
- **2008-04-02** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-02** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Education
- **2008-04-03** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Education
- **2008-04-08** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. William Delgado `amendment-introduction`
- **2008-04-08** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-09** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Education
- **2008-04-09** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
- **2008-04-10** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Education; 006-000-000
- **2008-04-15** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. William Delgado
- **2008-04-15** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2008-04-15** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Delgado `amendment-passage`
- **2008-04-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2008-04-15** Third Reading - Passed; 052-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2008-04-15** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) `amendment-failure`
- **2008-04-15** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2008-04-15** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-04-16** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Tom Cross
- **2008-04-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-04-16** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-19** Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 23, 2008
- **2008-05-19** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-23** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2008
- **2008-05-28** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 012-000-005 `committee-passage`
- **2008-05-28** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2008-05-28** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2008-05-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2008-05-30** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
- **2008-05-30** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2008-05-30** Passed Both Houses
- **2008-06-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2008-08-26** Governor Amendatory Veto `executive-veto`
- **2008-09-22** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Susan Garrett
- **2008-09-22** Placed on Calendar Amendatory Veto September 22, 2008
- **2008-09-22** Motion Filed Override Amendatory Veto Sen. William Delgado
- **2008-09-22** 3/5 Vote Required
- **2008-09-22** Override Amendatory Veto - Senate Passed 055-000-000
- **2008-09-22** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2008-09-22** Placed on Calendar Amendatory Veto September 23, 2008
- **2008-09-23** Motion Filed Override Amendatory Veto Rep. Tom Cross
- **2008-09-23** 3/5 Vote Required
- **2008-09-23** Override Amendatory Veto - House Passed 097-000-000
- **2008-09-23** Amendatory Veto Overridden Both Houses
- **2008-09-25** Effective Date January 1, 2009
- **2008-09-25** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0969 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a44dfa9-ecf8-4b19-8415-016b73031bae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).