---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCH CD-BD MEMBER-TREASURER"
description: "Amends the School Code. With respect to a school board of an elementary school, high school, or unit school district that forms a part of a Class II county school unit that was under the jurisdiction and authority of the township treasurer and trustees of schools of a township at the time those offices were abolished in that township, allows the school treasurer to also be a member of the school board (now prohibited); provides that if a member of the school board is also school treasurer, he or she shall perform his or her duties as school treasurer without compensation. With respect to school districts having a population of not fewer than 1,000 and not more than 500,000 inhabitants, allows a member of the board of education to also be a school treasurer (now prohibited). Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 325"
citation: "Illinois HB 325 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-01-23"
last_action: "2009-08-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bafedd55-8d34-4aa0-bc8d-33433cb27f5b"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=325&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=40489&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "0503e0949412aba1553504d948325e59f7f8f394c2e6201ba4bd6485b60cba40"
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 325 (96th) — SCH CD-BD MEMBER-TREASURER

Amends the School Code. With respect to a school board of an elementary school, high school, or unit school district that forms a part of a Class II county school unit that was under the jurisdiction and authority of the township treasurer and trustees of schools of a township at the time those offices were abolished in that township, allows the school treasurer to also be a member of the school board (now prohibited); provides that if a member of the school board is also school treasurer, he or she shall perform his or her duties as school treasurer without compensation. With respect to school districts having a population of not fewer than 1,000 and not more than 500,000 inhabitants, allows a member of the board of education to also be a school treasurer (now prohibited). 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=09600HB0325&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=40489&DocNum=325&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB0325eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=40489&DocNum=325&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB0325enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=40489&DocNum=325&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mike Fortner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-01-23** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Mike Fortner `filing`
- **2009-01-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-01-27** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-04** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-10** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 020-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-02-10** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-02-11** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-02-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-02-19** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-02-20** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2009-02-20** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading February 25, 2009 `reading-1`
- **2009-03-11** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson
- **2009-03-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-11** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-12** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Randall M. Hultgren
- **2009-04-02** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Randall M. Hultgren
- **2009-04-02** Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson
- **2009-04-22** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-29** Do Pass Education; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-04-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 30, 2009
- **2009-05-07** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-05-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** May 18, 2009
- **2009-05-19** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-05-19** Passed Both Houses
- **2009-06-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-14** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-14** Effective Date August 14, 2009
- **2009-08-14** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0538 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bafedd55-8d34-4aa0-bc8d-33433cb27f5b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).