---
type: "Bill"
title: "EDUC LABOR REL-CHARTER SCHOOLS"
description: "Amends the Charter Schools Law of the School Code and the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Provides that a charter school shall comply with all provisions of the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act; which is declaratory of existing law. Provides that \"educational employer\" under the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act includes the governing body of a charter school; which is declaratory of existing law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "SB 1984"
citation: "Illinois SB 1984 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 71
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2009-02-20"
last_action: "2009-07-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/131ab86d-3526-42aa-89d0-c5052ad2c32d"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1984&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=44888&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "f46e0f642e127cbaef7ad0128f61ccc15505e238ebf45f79051e6a5159947c95"
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 1984 (96th) — EDUC LABOR REL-CHARTER SCHOOLS

Amends the Charter Schools Law of the School Code and the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Provides that a charter school shall comply with all provisions of the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act; which is declaratory of existing law. Provides that "educational employer" under the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act includes the governing body of a charter school; which is declaratory of existing law.

## 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=09600SB1984&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=44888&DocNum=1984&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB1984eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=44888&DocNum=1984&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB1984enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=44888&DocNum=1984&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **55–1** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence, Amendment 3 — **37–19** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **102–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Annazette Collins — cosponsor (person)
- Arthur L. Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Constance A. Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Sullivan, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Esther Golar — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Sacia — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly A. Lightford — primary (person)
- Marlow H. Colvin — cosponsor (person)
- Mary E. Flowers — cosponsor (person)
- Robert W. Pritchard — cosponsor (person)
- Roger L. Eddy — cosponsor (person)
- William D. Burns — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-20** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford `filing`
- **2009-02-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-20** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-04** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-11** Do Pass Education; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-03-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 12, 2009
- **2009-03-31** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-03-31** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 1, 2009
- **2009-04-01** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
- **2009-04-01** Third Reading - Passed; 055-001-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-04-01** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2009-04-01** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-01** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
- **2009-04-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-01** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-20** Assigned to Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-06** Do Pass / Short Debate Labor Committee; 013-003-003 `committee-passage`
- **2009-05-06** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-05-13** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry L. Mitchell
- **2009-05-13** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Randy Ramey, Jr.
- **2009-05-13** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
- **2009-05-13** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles E. Jefferson
- **2009-05-13** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
- **2009-05-13** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Sacia
- **2009-05-13** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Constance A. Howard
- **2009-05-13** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Annazette Collins
- **2009-05-13** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur L. Turner
- **2009-05-13** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
- **2009-05-13** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Esther Golar
- **2009-05-13** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Ed Sullivan, Jr.
- **2009-05-19** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-05-19** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-05-22** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 29, 2009
- **2009-05-26** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Roger L. Eddy
- **2009-05-27** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Monique D. Davis `amendment-introduction`
- **2009-05-27** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-28** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 005-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-28** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Monique D. Davis `amendment-introduction`
- **2009-05-28** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-29** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-002-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-29** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2009-05-29** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2009-05-29** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-05-29** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2009
- **2009-05-30** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Monique D. Davis `amendment-introduction`
- **2009-05-30** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-30** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-30** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled `amendment-failure`
- **2009-05-30** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Tabled `amendment-failure`
- **2009-05-30** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2009-05-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-05-30** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 102-014-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-05-30** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Heather Steans
- **2009-05-30** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 3
- **2009-05-30** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 3 - May 31, 2009
- **2009-05-30** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. William D. Burns
- **2009-05-30** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Marlow H. Colvin
- **2009-05-30** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford `filing`
- **2009-05-30** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-31** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-31** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Education; 007-004-000
- **2009-05-31** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2009-05-31** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. William Delgado
- **2009-05-31** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2009-05-31** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Rickey R. Hendon
- **2009-05-31** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Senate Concurs 037-019-002
- **2009-05-31** Passed Both Houses
- **2009-06-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2009-07-30** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2009-07-30** Effective Date January 1, 2010
- **2009-07-30** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0104 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/131ab86d-3526-42aa-89d0-c5052ad2c32d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).